C & P Telephone (commercial, 1962)

I just got another wrong number. They ought to invent something to keep people from dialing the wrong number. We're working on it. I'm telling people to dial one in the area of codes before dialing wrong distance out of Virginia.

What's the gun for? Two, get their attention. Long distance calls within Virginia. Dial one. Then the number. For our state long distance calls. Dial one. The area of code, then the number. Do you check the telephone directory for dialing information?

No. People who don't use directory just blow up sometimes. Oh, that's a lot of... Do you know what I mean? Before you miss it, Paul, did you check the number in the telephone directory? Yes, I did.

Nice things happen to people who use the directory. Who use the area code? What? When you dial out a state, do you dial 1? And the area code, then the number? Oh, yeah. So do I.

Get this, for local calls you just dial a number. Right, for long distance within Virginia I dial 1, then the number, right? And for our state, you don't want the area code done the number. Got it? No.

Get this. For local calls, you just dial a number. Right. For long distance codes within Virginia, I dial one, then the number, right? Right. And for our state, you don't want the area code done the number. Got it? Yeah. No.

One of them, directory. I do too. You can be sure you're dialing the right number. I always try to dial the right number. I do too. Kiss me. What's you doing? Dial a long distance. Is it dial one first? No.