History Main / RidiculouslyLongPhoneNumber

* ''VideoGame/{{Stray}}:'' In the subway, you can find a line map. In small print at the bottom is the city's customer service number: 000 455 785 99 001 987. (Yes, one group of two numbers).

* In a surreal comedy bit, Music/JohnLennon dials one of these from his below-ground resting area in [[Music/TheBeatles the Beatles' house]] in ''Film/{{Help}}'', to set off Paul, George and Ringo's alarm clocks late at night.

** When Homer calls Japan, he dials a ridiculous series of digits (we can't see what he's dialing). At one point, he touch-tones the theme to ''[[Film/TheMagnificentSeven1960 The Magnificent Seven]]''. (Note that it's made to seem longer than it is by Homer looking back to the phonebook after ''every'' digit.)
** There was a similar bit on the episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' where Bart plays a phone prank in Australia and the dial tone sounds like the National Geographic theme.

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* WebVideo/StuartAshen once did a fake promotional message to support Sad Onions (long story). The Website/YouTube comments were quick to jump on the fact that the long phone number he recites is different from the number that scrolls along the bottom of the screen. Someone put the "promo" into [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ax7qU-Y2nGQ its own video, here.]]
* Day Job Orchestra's ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' GagDub [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=414TmP12WAU "Happy in Paraguay"]] ends with a phone number for ordering DJO [[RunningGag apple juice]], spoken very fast: "ACT NOW CALL 1-800-608-652-5612..24-652-642-, THAT'S 1-800-608-56-56-56 1-800-608-642-562-642 1-800-56-56-56-"[[spoiler:*BOOM*!]]

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--->'''Osias''': ''[Answering the phone]'' Hello?
--->'''Caller''': Hello? Jonathan?
--->'''Osias''': No. What number are you callin'?
--->'''Caller''': 7.
--->'''Osias''': No, this is 3.
--->'''Caller''': Oh, sorry.

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* WebVideo/StuartAshen once did a fake promotional message to support Sad Onions (long story). The Website/YouTube comments were quick to jump on the fact that the long phone number he recites is different from the number that scrolls along the bottom of the screen. Someone put the "promo" into its own video [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ax7qU-Y2nGQ here]].

--->'''Osias''': ''[Answering the phone']] Hello?

-->Well hey! Don't dial direct! Now you can save 4%! Simply dial 10-10-[[UsefulNotes/TheAmericanRevolution 1776]]-[[UsefulNotes/AndrewJackson 5-28-1830]]-[[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII 242]]-[[UsefulNotes/AmericanFootball 3]]-[[UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar 316-68]]-[[Music/TheMoodyBlues 22]]! Then 1, the area code, and the number you're calling!

* In a Creator/DeanMartin and Creator/JerryLewis hosted edition of the ''Series/ColgateComedyHour'', during a library sketch, Jerry Lewis tries to call his friend Herbie so he can help him retrieve his lost library card:

-->-- '''Moss''', reciting the new emergency services number on {{Series/The IT Crowd}}''

Sort of TruthInTelevision: To dial on a public phone from Tokyo to Guadalajara, Mexico, for example, you have to dial ''0041-010-52-33-XXXX-XXXX'', where 0041 is the long distance carrier,[[note]]In this case, Softbank, and this prefix is actually optional, though it's usually not recommended to omit it for the reason shown below.[[/note]] 010 is the international long distance code,[[note]]If you chose to omit the carrier selection prefix, you will be connected through the default carrier for your phone company, usually NTT, which is well known for its extortionate rates.[[/note]] 52 is Mexico's country code, 33 is Guadalajara's city code, and XXXX-XXXX is the local phone number. Also, any extra digits are ignored once you've finished dialing a full valid number, [[PhoneWord so sometimes harmless extra letters are tacked on to a mnemonic]] (i.e. 1-800-BUSINESS-NAME).

* The "new emergency number" in ''Series/TheITCrowd'', complete with jingle: That's ♪ [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWc3WY3fuZU 0118 999 881 999 119 725 ...3]] ♪