From the Naked City episode “To Dream Without Sleep” (May 24, 1961). Poor Fran Burney (Lois Nettleton) has lost her last dime to a pay phone. An operator speaks:
“If your coin was not returned, please send us a postcard with your name and address, and we will forward the proper amount in United States postage stamps.”In 1961, that would have meant sending a three-cent postcard to get ten cents in stamps. It hardly seems worth the effort. Would an audience have heard this message as a joke about an offer that few, if any, callers took up? Or did seven cents matter?
There must be eight million pay phones in the Naked City.
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