Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!lll-winken!sun-barr!newstop!texsun!pollux!attctc!vector!telecom-gateway From: utah-cs!arizona!naucse!rrw@cs.utexas.edu (Robert Wier) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: The Lighter Side: Phone Number Jingles Message-ID: Date: 26 Oct 89 04:44:26 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Lines: 21 Approved: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 473, message 10 of 10 I remember a widely run tv commercial about 20 years ago (?) by the Sheraton Corporation advertising their toll-free reservation --> 800 325 3535. There wasn't anything particulary humorous about this, they just had a REALLY catchy tune to which the numbers were sung. Plus since the number was so redundant (lots of 3's and 5's) it could also be sung somewhat in a round-robin fashion (like row, row, row your boat). My choral group in high school liked to sing this to get our music teacher upset :-). Coincidentally enough, I currently have one number which has a 325 prefix (although not the same suffix), and also one that has a 523 prefix. I believe that the number is still in use, for Day's Inns now. But they don't use the old commercial (a shame...) - Bob Wier Northern Arizona University summer:Ouray, Colorado winter:Flagstaff, Arizona USENET: ...arizona!naucse!rrw | BITNET: WIER@NAUVAX | WB5KXH