Remember when late-night TV was full of mysterious 1-800 numbers promising to tell you the truth about love, money, and your future?
This psychic hotline ad has everything: purple graphics, dramatic music, smiling people on couches, and the magic words every commercial loved to use — “This call is FREE!” Of course, the tiny print told the real story: first few minutes free, then the meter started running.
It is a perfect little time capsule from that wonderfully weird era when TV convinced us that answers to life’s biggest questions were just one phone call away.
Did you ever call one of these numbers, or were you smart enough to just watch the commercial and wonder who actually did?