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30 Nostalgic 1-900 Numbers From The ’80s

27. G.L.O.W. (Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling)’s hotline

Keep up with your favorite female wrestlers.

28. Creep Phone

With the creep phone, you can even leave your own scary message recording that will be played for others. Crowdsourcing your creeps.

29. Jose Canseco’s hotline

According to a 1990 article in the L.A. Times, Jose had his own 1-900 line, hosted by the same company, Audio Communications, Inc, which hosted many of the other celebrity fan lines.

A clip of the ad exists within an old sports news show – at the 0:54 mark of this video you can see the ad where Jose promises, “if you want to know if I do steroids, how fast I drive, or why I was carrying that gun, call 1-900-234-JOSE.”

30. U.F.O. hotline

For information about U.F.O.s, “we warn you – this may be the most shocking phone call you’ll ever make!”

 

(Sources: Buzzfeed and GUFF)

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