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There reportedly was a car dealer who got a telco-provided answering machine in the late 1950's early 1960's to take messages from his customers. When he discovered that people were then very reluctant to leave recorded messages (something which might be hard to imagine today), he started reading jokes on the outbound message.  None of these messages were preserved, since apparently they were recorded directly onto the answering machine.

There are numerous stories like this -- and the idea of doing this seems to be about as old as the first answering machines.  In fact, one of the main reasons pushing research in magnetic recording was to be able to use magnetic recorders to record phone messages.

The following recordings have been either recorded off of the telephone or are copies of the original.  There might be some problems with the longer recordings when there is net congestion.  The recording might stop.

The Dial-A-Jokes used continuous loop tapes like 8 tracks or modified answering machines with several recordings and changed every couple of months.  Recordings on lines like FunFone changed every day.

The Comment Lines saved incoming messages for a while so enough content can be used for the next recordings.  They usually changed their tapes once a week.

Some of these lines don't last very long.  The interest dies down or they get pestered by the callers to make new tapes.  The playback or recording equipment might break down.  They might not have the money to fix it.  It can be very time consuming, just like now making web pages and keeping them up to date.

It seems to me that the Internet and making Web Pages on the Internet is just like what line runners had to deal with.  They both have an audience that are interested in the subject matter or content.  The regular visitors see a Web Page regularly, usually expecting regular updates and sometimes make comments on improvements and changes.  People on the phone that participate on the lines are more or less anonymous like they are on the Internet.

What's New for the past nine months

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9/11/2004
Added Windows Media Player files to the Superfone & Zygot recordings.
The Tom & Darryl Shows that had the interview with Mark Bernay, Strom Carlson & Al Bernay have been fixed.

8/27/2004
Finnished converting the one Machine recording and the Mainline recordings.

8/26/2004
Finnished converting the Laffline recordings to the Windows Media Player. There are some that I don't have the source file, they are the ones that are encoded for the Real Audio player.

8/18/2004
Finnished all but one Fluke recording, encoding for the Windows Media Player. Things still need to be moved around. I had two duplicates of the same recording.

8/10/2004
Added some recordings on the Dial-A-Joke page that are encoded for the Windows Media Player.
Ben, Dial-A-Joke, & Doctor Don Rose Smile-A-Phone. Next will be Fluke.

7/30/2004
On the Paul Mack Present's main page, I have converted all of the songs and clips for the Windows Media Player.

7/22/2004
Finnished converting all the Phunfone recordings to the Windows Media Player.
Also added some Windows Media Player files on the main page of Paul Mack Presents.

7/20/2004
Here are links to two shows of the Tom & Darryl Show that have interviews with Mark Bernay & Strom Carlson. The first show also includes Al Bernay.
Show #1 on 3/21/2003: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4.
Show #2 on 2/6/2004: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4.
The next group of recordings that I am working on are the Funfone/Phunfone skits. Most of the recordings will be encoded for the Windows Media Player. The next page after that will be the main page to Paul Mack Presents that have all those short clips..

7/13/2004
Movieline tapes #1 thru #60 now have a Windows Media file. The tapes #61 upto #75 will be added in the next couple of days.

7/9/2004
The Fluke & Laffline page has merged back with the Dial-A-Joke page. It now under the new domain http://www.dialajoke.us/
I'm going to start converting recordings for the Windows Media Player. The first set of recordings are tapes #1 to #10 of Paul mack Presents the Movieline.

6/18/2004
Restored all of the Picturephone recordings, plus added tapes #158, #159, #160, #161 & #163. The comments will be added later.

6/15/2004
Restored the Paul Mack Presents main page. Many of the links went to the wrong address.
The Other Recordings are back up, KROQ Interview and New York Telephone Commercial (Thanks to Steve Rhoads for the commercial).

6/10/2004
Added Cinemascoop recordings #138, #139, #140, #142, #143, #145, #146, #147, #148, #149, #150, #151, #152, #153, #154 & #155. The comments will be added later.

6/7/2004
Added Movieline tapes #90, #91, 92, #95, #96, #97, #98, #99, #100, #103, #137, & #137. The comments will be added later.

6/4/2004
ALL of the Wildeside tapes are now online. Tapes added are #112 thru #124, #127, #129, #130, #132, #133, #134, #157, & #159. The comments will be added later.

6/3/2004
Restored most of the Wildeside and the links to it.
Restored most of the recordings on the new Comment Line page.
http://www.MapsToStarsHomes.com/ is being used to go to the new Comment Line page. The page that is on DSLExtreme will be forwarded to the new page. I try to keep the forwarding links going for two years.
Now running the new server on Linux Mandrake and the Apache webserver (1.30GHz Athlon, 512Meg RAM).
Advanced Extranet Server     Apache Web Server

5/26/2004
http://www.funfone.org/ is now going to the new server. There are at least 20 recordings that need to be fixed. Fortunecity is not letting people get into their accounts, so I moved it all over to the new server.

5/21/2004
Added Telephun Caller Collage #91 & #129.
It looks like I will be moving the Funfone/Phunfone page to the new server, since Fortunecity will not let me login to the account. It looks like a Fortunecity error where there is a problem with getting into the file manager.

5/17/2004
Added the remaining Why Not! Tapes #26 to #31.
Added Telephun recording of Nino Nukes Telephun.
Added Telephun recordings of the Gopher Twins, Episodes #1 through #4.
I have a server up running recordings for Paul Mack Presentshttp://www.PaulMackPresents.com/
Don't expect it to be up all the time but I will see about keeping it up as much as possible. I have it on my main machine and will soon move it to another machine perminently.

5/12/2004
I finally have a home for some of these recordings. The comment line tapes are going back up. First will be Whynot! tapes #8 through #23. The rest will come later. I'm going to see if I can host some pages on my DSL at home.

2/6/2004
New domain, http://www.MapsToStarsHomes.com/ I had to do something to this page.
The Comment Line page is not working. The provider is no longer around. I need to find another provider.

1/3/2004
Happy New Year!!!!

12/16/2003
Howdyneighbor.com does not seem to work anymore. (1997 - 2003)



To-Do List:

Create Windows Media Player audio files.
New recordings will be added as soon as I receive them.

  • Dial-A-Joke Page:
    • Zzzzzz Recordings
  • Funfone & General Entertainment Page:
    • 9 - Shokus Hotline Recordings
    • 14 - Funfone Recordings, brand new (also adding Real Audio Files)
    • 1 - Suprise Recording
  • Comment Line Page:
    • 1 - Bloopline Recording
    • 4 - B.S. Line Recordings
    • 7 - Calcom Recordings
    • 2 - Clothesline Recordings
    • 21 - Dual Phase Recordings
    • 7 - Electric Return Recordings
    • 2 - Feedback Recordings
    • 12 - Maps To Stars Homes Recordings
    • 6 - Observatory Recordings
    • 36 - Telephun Recordings
    • 1 - Test Board Recording
    • 1 - Why Not! Recording
  • Paul Mack Presents Page:
    • Movieline tapes #76 to #105 & #131
      • #76 to #87 Add comments to the page.
      • #90 to #92 Add comments to the page.
      • #95 to #100 Add comment to the page.
      • #103 Add comments to the page.
      • #131 Add comments to the page.
    • Wildeside tapes #106-1 to #130-25
    • Wildeside tapes #132-26 to #134-28
    • Wildeside tapes #159 & #162
      • #108 to #127 Add comments to the page.
      • #129 to #130 Add comments to the page.
      • #132 to #134 Add comments to the page.
    • Movieline tapes #135 to #137
      • #135 to #137 Add comments to the page.
    • CinemaScoop tapes #138 to #155
      • #138 to #140 Add comments to the page.
      • #142 to #143 Add comments to the page.
      • #145 to #151 Add comments to the page.
    • PicturePhone tapes # 156 to #158, #160, #161 #163 & #164
      • #157 to #158 Add comments to the page.
      • #160, #161, & #163 Add comments to the page.

Contributors of Recordings

Thanks to the Contributors of this site:

Uncle Jeffy:
For the Fluke recordings dubbed off the Original tapes.

Lynn Woodland Hills:
For the The Comedy Music Line, Electric Return, one Suprise, eleven Zygot, Laffline, the Al Bernay Interviews, Superfone recording, one Feedback recording, KROQ interview, Kindergarten Express & the many Why Not! recordings.

Michael Hollywood:
For the Polaroid picture of Laura 805.

Paul Mack The Moviemaker:
For all of the recordings of all of the lines he as been on.  Clothesline, The BS Line, Telephun, Dual Phase & Observatory.  Also for the music and promos of your movies for the Paul Mack Web Page. All 164 of Paul Mack Presents will take some time to post all of them.

Laura-805:
For the recordings on an old tape she sent me.  Will start posting the recordings in July. There are recordings of Zygot, "ZZZZZZ", Funfone and "The Mainline".
Thanx....

Lori "Zygot":
For the Sounding Board tape she made with Mark while still in California.
Thank You for your time to duplicate and send the tape.

Stu Funfone:
For the work in getting "The Shokus Hotline" & "Funfone" out to the world again, so new people as well as old listeners can hear them.  The Funfone series of recordings are classics.

Mr. William Wilde:
For the work in getting "Nino Nukes Telephun" and other recordings.

Mark Bernay:
For hosting the Paul Mack Presents recordings.

Virtual-Comm:
For finding and hosting the recording from "Ben".


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