Path: utzoo!telecom-request Date: Mon, 3 Jun 1991 09:06:30 DST From: Dennis Pratt Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Telecom References in Movies (Was: The President's Analyst) Message-ID: Organization: GTE Labs, Inc. Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 421, Message 8 of 11 Lines: 26 Other important telecom aspects of The President's Analyst included: * All phone company employees were actually PR robots. * The phone company had video bugs planted all over the world. * The phone company was more powerful than the KBG, CIA, FBI, etc. I would like to compile a list of telecom references from popular movies (and what those references were). I particularly liked the Cheers episode two years ago in which Robin Colcord (sp?) phones Cheers from a plane (using, perhaps, GTE Airfone). The connection was extremely poor, causing a mis-communication, and leading to the humorous episode. Sam also implied that Robin used AirFone only to impress people. Please email any telecom references from movies that you remember to DGP0@bunny.gte.com. Dennis Pratt New Service Modeling Techniques Service Concept Design Department GTE Laboratories, Inc., Waltham, MA (617) 466-2910