Collect Calls
Do you remember collect calls? If you don’t, here’s a brief overview. If you were on a public phone and didn’t have any change on you, you could just dial 1-800-COLLECT or 1-800-CALL-ATT. The recipient, if they agreed, would accept all charges of the phone call, so you would never be stranded ever again.
Back then, each collect call company had a variety of different spokespeople. We remember Alf being one, as well as Arsenio Hall, and… that’s pretty much it. The phone number was pretty catchy, too, so if you didn’t have a few quarters in your pocket, you’d know what number to call.