Talk:555 (telephone number)

message: Can someone explain this? I'm assuming KL5 is a reference to the letters on the number 5, but where does "klondike" come from? Klondike 5 redirects here, so it should be explained on this page. 68.68.88.36 (talk) 17:45, 26 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Just a convenient name which came to be adopted for the fictitious numbers.  With the 2L-5N scheme, the 55x prefixes had little use simply because it was hard to come up with any usable names to match any of the possible two-letter permutations - JJ, JK, JL, KJ, KK, KL, LJ, LK, LL.  Only the KL combination stands much chance of being usable (at least with English-based names), but even then was limited.  KLamath comes to mind, but not too many others.  KLondike just happened to be one of the few names which fit.  91.125.207.231 (talk) 16:52, 10 May 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Klondike 5 

message: the article's first section, the summary, looks horrid...
I'm thinking that this page should be merged into 555, then made into a redirect. I think the dashes will just make this page harder to find. Hardly anyone (to be generous) writes phone numbers with dashes between the digits. You might write 555-1234, or (555) 123-4567, or 555.1234, or whatever, but not 5-5-5 1-2-3-4 etc. -Rholton (aka Anthropos) 05:23, 22 Feb 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Convention appears to be to use pure numbers to refer to dates eg 911 is the year Nine-hundred and eleven AD; this then has a link to Number 911 which notes the usage as the North American emergency number linking to 9-1-1. It isn't pretty but is the convention. Maybe 555 (telephone) would be better. MrWeeble 23:22, 22 May 2004 (UTC)
replies: text:  According to folklore, "9-1-1" is written that way because too many people read it as "nine-eleven" and then, under stress, got stuck looking for the "eleven" button.  —Tamfang 16:11, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  article trashed 

message: whats the purpose of numbers?
The article seems to imply that the most commonly used fictional number, namely, 555-5555, is actually available for use.  Is this true?  Also, does the (555) area code exist anywhere? Fieari 07:14, July 24, 2005 (UTC)
:According to Dan, 555 is not an area code in the US or Canada. http://www.danstheman.com/Jenny.htm--Atlastawake 18:29, 17 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Question 

message: The first words under the Fictitious Phone Numbers section are "The phone company began encouraging..." Who is the "phone company? The old AT&T monopoly? Sammo 21:15, 10 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  entity unclear 

message: The question as to whether that IP range is really similar or not prompted a bit of research by me, and it happens it is indeed: Private Internets
Ain't that a hang of a thing. Search4Lancer 02:33, 26 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  IP address 

message: :Others, such as the producers of HBO's Sex and the City have acquired actual telephone numbers solely for the purpose of using them in the movie or on TV.
What happens when someone calls them? Do they hear recorded promotional messages about the shows? Seahen 19:47, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The number shown on Fox's 24 is a fan insider line.  It has been answered on-set in between takes by crew members. --68.35.127.124 (talk) 00:07, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Actual numbers

message: :In fact, only 555-0100 through 555-0199 are now specifically reserved for fictional use; the other numbers have been reserved for actual assignment, with the notable exception of the 800 area code where only 800-555-0199 is reserved. The entire 555 exchange is reserved in all overlay North American toll-free area codes (844, 855, 866, 877, 888)
In one case, the numbers are reserved for fictional use.  In another, they are reserved for actual assignment.
In the two remaining cases they are reserved.  Reserved for what??  76.188.146.163 (talk) 19:16, 15 December 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Reserved for what

message: Certainly it's a related concept, but internet addresses are not the same thing as phone numbers.
Also, maybe some Aqua Teen Hunger Force fan could recall all the names of fictitious websites mentioned on that show and add to the list (and find out if any of them actually exist); I think there's probably about half a dozen of them.
B7T 09:19, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Fictitious domain names" should be a separate entry 

message: The list of fictitious numbers includes a very long one for "Señor Mortgage." His name is Senor Cardgage (no tilde on Senor), and the number is for Senor Cardgage Mort-gage. Also, the link (cite) is wrong. It should be http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php/Senor_Cardgage_Mort-gage, not http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php/Senor_Mortgage. Will fix. 71.154.213.191 22:16, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Senor Cartgage 

message: I'm ready to delete the list of examples, which is now at 45 (if I counted correctly), all of which are incredibly unenlightening. Fake 555 exchanges have been used on a zillion shows and movies - that's the whole point, after all - and the list could extend almost indefinitely. I see no reason to keep any of them. Any thoughts? - DavidWBrooks 16:07, 16 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The lack of response has been deafening. I may kill them all in another day or two if nobody objects. - DavidWBrooks 11:29, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  OK, I've removed them. See if anybody reacts. - DavidWBrooks 14:43, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  Brute! Fiend! To callously wipe out a whole tribe of harmless — er, what were they again?  —Tamfang 02:41, 24 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Let's delete all the examples 

message: The article says that some movies use fictional phone numbers beginning with 1, for example 167-1402. What is the source for this? I find it difficult to believe. I will delete that sentence unless someone can cite a reliable source.--Mathew5000 10:35, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Just curious but why do you find it hard to believe? I-baLL 18:30, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Because I’ve seen lots of movies and don’t recall ever hearing someone use a seven-digit phone number beginning with the digit 1. --Mathew5000 12:31, 19 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I've seen it, but I don't remember where.  It was some sort of action or spy movie and someone viewed a list of phone numbers on a computer screen, and they were all like that.  It might have been Fair Game (1995 film), which I certainly don't expect to ever see again.  --208.76.104.133 (talk) 07:11, 4 September 2009 (UTC)

text: Ditto.  I couldn't give a movie or TV show title, but have certainly seen a few examples.  97.84.107.236 (talk) 21:20, 26 October 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  167-1402  

message: Sneakers (film) is an example of a film using a non-555 number. . At the end of the film, one of the characters asks an attractive NSA agent for her phone number, and she gives a real number with a 415 area code. A rumour circulated that this was the San Francisco office of the IRS (which the filmmakers wanted to disrupt), but that is untrue; it was actually the office number of somebody working at Universal Pictures (the film's production company). --Mathew5000 10:46, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  ''Sneakers'' 

message: Why exactly is there a "worldwide view" tag on an article that is obviously about something North American? Of course it isn't going to represent a worldwide view -- it's an article about a fictional, North American telephone number. Shouldn't the tag be removed, considering that, you know, there most likely isn't any actual way to conform it to a "worldwide view"? --Serph 20:19, 20 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The 555 prefix does represent a world wide view of America, actually. I'm Australian, and untill I saw this page today, I actually thought all phone numbers in the US started with "555". Of course, this is incredibly naive of me, and I obviously never actually thought this through, but I'm sure I'm not the only one with this misconception.--Murgie 02:41, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Worldwide View 

message: How about the song Beechwood 4-5789 "you can call me up and have a date, any old time," A minor hit in 1962, written by Marvin Gaye, and performed by the Marvelettes.151.204.233.138 13:00, 11 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Beechwood 4-5789 

message: The Geocomtex 
website has a 555 "toll free number". T.Neo (talk) 13:31, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fictional tie-in website 

message: As long as we're listing examples, I think the TV show, "Push Nevada," deserves some mention. It was an interactive mystery series, in which the phone numbers used in the show were owned by the producers of the show. Astute viewers would call the number and get clues to solve the mystery. 
Ultimately, the final call led to a viewer winning a million dollars. 207.59.211.146 (talk) 15:40, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Push, Nevada 

message: I removed a ton of irrelevant or non-notable material from this article.  Please note that not every 555- listing ever in a mediaoutlet is not significant, this is an encyclopedia.   Removed material that didn't have anything to do with the 555 listing (Example scrubs), that stuff relates to how the media uses phone numbers not 555.  Also removed foreign listings of the 555- prefix as the restrictions on the number (as far as I can tell) relate to North America.  This article still needs a lot of cleanup to bring all the remaining pieces of the puzzle together.  I realize this was a lot of info to remove, but I hope you agree with me in thinking that the article is much better and less cumbersome for it.D-rew (talk) 20:41, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Remove 

message: I just created  fictitious telephone number and moved the stuff from this article that wasn't 555-specific there. That article covers fictitious phone numbers internationally. Well, so far the US and UK ;-) Working on more material ... - David Gerard (talk) 22:46, 28 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  New article [[fictitious telephone number]] 

message: In the "Real uses" section, one part reads "1-800-555-1234, a commonly used fictional number, is Nations' Tell in the Pacific Northwest..." I've never heard of Nations' Tell - what is it? I tried a Google and nothing sensible came up. 86.167.120.113 (talk) 19:06, 4 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  What is "Nations' Tell"? 

message: ABC recently redid their website, invalidating the "Laughter and Litigation" link. I've tracked down the new official page for that episode of the program "Law Report", but it doesn't include a transcript like the original version did (and archive.org doesn't seem to have a copy of the original page).
On the other hand, the Comic Book Legends column at Comic Book Resources explored this issue in 2009, and included a copy of the relevant transcript... taken from the then-current "Law Report" site.
So which of these should we use as our source? DS (talk) 14:19, 15 January 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Cancel that -- the transcript is visible if you click the 'show' link. DS (talk) 00:39, 28 June 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  updating references... 

message: I have changed the bit on The Far Side, as I believe it is erroneous. It's difficult to be sure, because every web site out there now paraphrases Wikipedia's version, but I don't believe there was any cartoon about prank-calling Satan. I believe this is the actual cartoon. If anyone can show otherwise, please do. 67.142.167.22 (talk) 20:04, 30 April 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: There definitely was. I saw it myself (although it's difficult to find based on a text descriptor, and on Larson's explicit wishes that his strips not be online), but more to the point the Australian news program talked about it being Satan and prank calls. That was the entire point of the defamation lawsuit. Larson did panels with 555 phone numbers multiple times; that was the only one that connected a phone number to Satan. DS (talk) 01:07, 1 May 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Ah, and here it is - "Graffiti in Hell" is the caption, and in case this URL becomes invalid, the panel's publication date was April 20 1994. In addition to the "warm and tender guy" graffito, there are also butterflies, flowers, a duck, and "you call this hot?". I am therefore restoring the full description of the panel; thank you for having tried to fix the article. DS (talk) 01:16, 1 May 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Far Side 

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message: It strikes me that any nation-state with a film and television industry would have prefixes
analogous to North America's 555. Undoubtedly worth an article! kencf0618 (talk) 14:14, 22 October 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Other National Film and Television Industries 

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