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MELBOURNE - PHONE PHREAKERS PHROM THE PAST

When I was a kid I would stay up all night to watch titty movies on cable before I even knew what to do with that kind of information. In between the softest of softcore flicks they would show these ridiculous phone hotline commercials. No, I'm not talking about stroke lines, I'm talking about the bizarre numbers that you could dial to plug you into the life of the party, a scary story, or the most hype rapper's personal life. I mean, who couldn't resist calling fucking MC Hammer at 2 AM when they were 9 years old? Here are a few I remember the best.

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Prime Example:

Seriously:

Oh Grampa:

Way to scare the shit out of the only people watching your channel: pedophiles and kids under 10:

This one is just stupid:

UNCLE SHARKEY