1961 AT&T PR in Action: "Mr. Digit and the Battle of Bubbling Brook"
http://j.mp/mTnhIh (This message on Google Buzz)
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AT&T has "occasionally" been accused of being a bit, uh, heavy-handed
in their public relations efforts -- for example, ads relating to
their plan to try assimilate T-Mobile.
But this isn't really new.
Let's explore another winner (this time mixed live action and
animation comedy) from the AT&T Video Archive. This one from 1961,
dealing with the controversies surrounding the "number exhaustion"
("All Digit Dialing") transitions of the era. No more Bubbling
Brook 7 ... No more Murray Hill 5!
http://j.mp/k10Jbe (YouTube / ~17 minutes)
For a somewhat more critical exploration of the issue from the same
period, don't miss Allan Sherman's "Let's All Call Up AT&T and Protest
To The President March":
http://j.mp/lwMVjj (YouTube / ~2.75 minutes)
"Mr. Digit" *is* just a bit pushy, eh? And yeah, the letters are still
on the phones. Ask me about the history of (311) 555-2368
sometime ...
--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein ([email protected]): http://www.vortex.com/lauren
Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org
Founder:
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- Global Coalition for Transparent Internet Performance: http://www.gctip.org
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