Payphones Past

In Movies and on TV

Adele’s “Hello” Video: It’s All About The Phone Booth

Pundits and techies pounced on the appearance of a flip phone in the video for Adele’s latest song “Hello”, calling…

10 years ago

“Hang Up”, a Payphone Documentary, Now Playing at the Brooklyn Historical Society

"Hang Up" Ugo Massa'a payphone documentary to which I contributed last year, is playing at 3pm every Sunday in October…

10 years ago

European Payphone Chase

Anyone who knows me much at all finds themselves afflicted by a strange condition in which they start seeing payphones…

10 years ago

The Sid Tuchman Mystery Solved, 25 Years Later.

Sid Tuchman. For 25 years that name haunted me. Sid was at the center of a moment which is, 2½…

10 years ago

Caller ID, Payphones, and Fictitious 555 Numbers.

I spotted this discussion, which focuses on the question of what shows up on caller ID when one receives a…

10 years ago

Sesame Street: Grover at the Phone Booth

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdmfAdsr1iY

10 years ago

1992: Dave Letterman Calls a Times Square Payphone

https://youtu.be/LxyV-e9cub0?t=2m17s David Letterman's telephone routines are, in my opinion, among the funniest bits he ever did in his 32 years…

10 years ago

Trailer for “Hang Up” – A Payphone Documentary

Earlier this year John Porter (of East Harlem Unity Communications) and I appeared in "Hang Up" - a payphone documentary…

11 years ago

GoodFellas Diner: The Payphones

Famous among fans of Martin Scorsese's film "GoodFellas" this relatively isolated outpost is home to the one and only truck…

11 years ago

“Hang Up” – A Payphone Documentary By Ugo Massa

UPDATE, OCTOBER, 2014: The trailer for "Hang Up" has been released. Click here to watch. The photo below was taken…

11 years ago