Remembering Answering Machines In The '70s, '80s, & '90s
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Published 2024-07-06
In this week's video we have a nostalgic look back at all the ways in which the answering machine changed our lives during our formative years.
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All Comments (13)
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I loved the Crazy Calls commercial. My favorite was Beethoven’s Fifth! 😂 We didn’t get an answering machine until I graduated college and entered the job market. 😂
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I still remember when my aunt got her first answering machine - I was only maybe six or seven at the time, and she was in her 20s and still lived with my grandparents. Her room was on the second floor, and she and I would take turns calling her number and leaving a message, then we'd listen together and laugh and then switch places to do it again. She was so patient with me, because I made her do this quite a few times!
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My sister would record the greetings for us. She would sneak in messages to her friends in the greetings. It drove my parents bonkers 🤣
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I remember when my mom got her first answering machine- the FIRST call we screened ended up being important ("sorry, just got in the door!" Loll!). We had just opened the box, plugged it in and sat down to dinner. I remember them fondly: college years. First cassette tapes then micro-cassettes -- Crazy Calls tape: that's hilarious! I don't recall this
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I had forgotten how fun answering machines were!! The wood-panel look made me laugh. It is true that they all looked like that! I sold a later model phone/answering machine on eBay a few years ago, so I guess some people still want them or collect them.
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Oh this was fun Jon!!
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My cousin has both a phone with landline and an answering machine. He has yet to adopt to US cell phone. It's quite amusing listening to the Crazy Call recordings.
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We didn't have "answering machine" money! lol What we did have: a secret phone kill switch - that my dad installed himself..hidden in rafters in the basement. On his way up to bed, at 10pm, he'd flip it, turning off every phone in the house. On his way to work, he's turn them back on...We had no idea until 20 years later - when we found it when were moving! lol omg it was so funny. There were six of us, so the phone basically rang off the hook all day! 😂
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Good way to record prank calls
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Not sure if it was Crazy Calls or a different company that used the Milli Vanilli song changed to "Baby, leave your name and number....I'll get back to you!" Always thought that was funny.
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I miss answering machines. I wish they would come back in some shape or form, but I know that won't probably have it anytime soon. I wish I had those crazy calls cassettes when I was a kid, just a mess with telemarketers.😂 Also, I'm not sure if you saw my suggestion in the last video or not, but do you think you can do some videos on LED games of the 80s and 90s in virtual pets of the 90s and early 2000s? Thank you in advance!
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what cobra model was used in ferris bueller's day off
