1-900-490-FREAK

**1-900-490-FREAK** (actual number **1-900-490-37325**), officially named "**The Freak Phone**", is the phone line that existed to call Freddie Freaker, operated by Starwest Entertainment from roughly 1988 to 1995. As of 2023, the number is no longer in service. No known accessible recordings of the Freddie Freaker phone line exist (though physical recordings supposedly exist, none have been released online), and it is considered lost media.

## Details

When the line was in service, it would cost $2.00 USD to call.

According to the Lost Media Wiki, the caller was given the option to leave a recording, listen to recordings other callers left, leave a message for Freddie Freaker himself, or learn what was and wasn't trending in the United States.

A majority of the recordings left by callers were songs, raps, jokes, sound effects, and party locations. The most creative recordings left by callers would be recognized by the phone line; those recordings would be moved to their own section separate from other caller recordings, and the callers that left them would be called "Freak Phone Stars".

Per Kevin Leto, co-creator of Freddie Freaker:

> You could make funny recordings, freaky messages, record rap tunes, leave a message for Freddie, hear about what's freakin, anything and everything. The majority of the messages were user created rap tunes. Some were really good rappers. Then we had a section to hear the best recordings.
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Some accounts claim strange sounds could be heard on the line, such as conversations, breathing, or silence. However, these are unconfirmed, and may have simply been recordings left by other callers.

## Status

1-900-490-37325 is no longer in service. It is unknown when the line was retired, but it is believed that the line did not operate past 1996, when the Freddie Freaker trademark was retired.

According to the Freddie Freaker Facebook group, the hotline was expected to make a comeback at some point in the 2010s or 2020s. However, as of 2023, nothing has come of it, and the group page has since been set to private.

## Commercial lyrics

[Intro]

It's The Freak Phone, and here's the party freak

Freddie Freaker, dancing new sensation!

Grabbing on the nation, doing the freak

[Hook]

Call now

1-900-490-FREAK

[Verse 1]

Join the party, the fast and easy way!

Hear what's scannin' from New York to L.A.

[Hook]

Call now

1-900-490-FREAK

[Verse 2]

What's happening, what's jamming, party 'til you drop!

Dial and hear the action, what's hot and what's not

[Hook]

Call now

1-900-490-FREAK

[Outro]

(Freddie Freaker) $2 a call!

## Related links

1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdQiSGb4Luw
2. http://www.break.com/article/what-was-the-freddy-freaker-puppet-900-number-2684769#
3. http://www.friendsoftom.com/forum/index.php?topic=7878.0
4. http://www.ilxor.com/ILX/ThreadSelectedControllerServlet?boardid=60&threadid=5606
5. http://www.reddit.com/r/NotTimAndEric/comments/2zuc4w/
6. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xk\_J0vm3bCI
7. https://www.facebook.com/groups/FreddieFreaker/

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://lostmediawiki.com/1-900-490-FREAK\_(lost\_audio\_from\_%22Freddie\_Freaker%22\_interactive\_1900\_number;\_1987-1995)