I watched a lot of bad TV in those days and I swear I never heard of a single one of these. I see the McDonald’s/Coke people weren’t satisfied with the millions they imagined they’d make off their POS feature Mac and Me, they had to mine every avenue of potential revenue! Can anyone tell me what the gag was with 9099-CRY? What were they really crying about?
Though I suspect PPK’s “Their phone bill of course you scamming arsehole!” is the true answer.
I’m surprised the Trump Organization hasn’t thought of Making this sort of phone scam Great Again. They could suck up a lot of dough with promises of wisdom from the Dear Leader. Lucky callers may even get to speak to our Phone-y Freak live!" [Odds 1 in 500,000,000].