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mrbreezeet1 · 01-19-2015, 06:43 PM

I am watching Wally's car, now why would Ward have to have the operator ringing the Cleaver's home phone?
He says, "operator, keep ringing it, I know there is someone there, it is my home".
I guess they just did that for effect?
I wonder if that was a real drive shaft from that year of car Eddie had, when he was telling them how to put it back together?

Scrabjan1 · 01-19-2015, 09:35 PM

Back in the day an operator had a lot to do like finding out if someone was really on the line when you got a busy signal. They could ring your phone and tell you what the charges would be like in Long Distant Call. A busy signal is something you don't hear much now.

mrbreezeet1 · 01-19-2015, 10:18 PM

yeah, l can remember getting the operator to see if the line was really busy, or if the phone was off the hook.

01-19-2015, 06:43 PM	#1
mrbreezeet1 Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Nov 25, 2012 Posts: 286	Wally's car I am watching Wally's car, now why would Ward have to have the operator ringing the Cleaver's home phone? He says, "operator, keep ringing it, I know there is someone there, it is my home". I guess they just did that for effect? I wonder if that was a real drive shaft from that year of car Eddie had, when he was telling them how to put it back together?

01-19-2015, 09:35 PM	#2
Scrabjan1 Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Nov 27, 2013 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 3,521	Back in the day an operator had a lot to do like finding out if someone was really on the line when you got a busy signal. They could ring your phone and tell you what the charges would be like in Long Distant Call. A busy signal is something you don't hear much now.

01-19-2015, 10:18 PM	#3
mrbreezeet1 Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Nov 25, 2012 Posts: 286	yeah, l can remember getting the operator to see if the line was really busy, or if the phone was off the hook.