{"id":24635,"date":"2020-03-10T21:35:46","date_gmt":"2020-03-11T01:35:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wsbj.com\/sorabji\/?p=24635"},"modified":"2020-03-11T17:57:10","modified_gmt":"2020-03-11T21:57:10","slug":"did-nyc-ever-have-an-oo-exchange-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wsbj.com\/sorabji\/2020\/03\/10\/did-nyc-ever-have-an-oo-exchange-name.html","title":{"rendered":"Did NYC Ever Have an &#8220;OO&#8221; Exchange Name?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Did an &#8220;OO&#8221; telephone exchange name ever exist in NYC?<br \/>\nJust spotted this in the opening credits of Saturday Night Live, Season 5, which aired in 1979.<br \/>\nTop left corner, exchange name phone number, looks like OO-6-3161.<br \/>\nWhat would &#8220;OO&#8221; have stood for? &#8220;OOpsie&#8221;?<br \/>\nOOperator, give me OOmpalata 6-5000&#8230;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_24636\" style=\"width: 586px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24636\" data-attachment-id=\"24636\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/wsbj.com\/sorabji\/2020\/03\/10\/did-nyc-ever-have-an-oo-exchange-name.html\/vlcsnap-2020-03-10-21h19m09s677\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wsbj.com\/sorabji\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/vlcsnap-2020-03-10-21h19m09s677.png?fit=576%2C432&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"576,432\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"&amp;#8220;OO&amp;#8221; Telephone Exchange Name in NYC?\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;OO&amp;#8221; Telephone Exchange Name in NYC?&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;OO&amp;#8221; Telephone Exchange Name in NYC?&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wsbj.com\/sorabji\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/vlcsnap-2020-03-10-21h19m09s677.png?fit=576%2C432&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24636\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wsbj.com\/sorabji\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/vlcsnap-2020-03-10-21h19m09s677.png?resize=576%2C432&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"&quot;OO&quot; Telephone Exchange Name in NYC?\" width=\"576\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wsbj.com\/sorabji\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/vlcsnap-2020-03-10-21h19m09s677.png?w=576&amp;ssl=1 576w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wsbj.com\/sorabji\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/vlcsnap-2020-03-10-21h19m09s677.png?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-24636\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;OO&#8221; Telephone Exchange Name in NYC?<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did an &#8220;OO&#8221; telephone exchange name ever exist in NYC? Just spotted this in the opening credits of Saturday Night Live, Season 5, which aired in 1979. Top left corner, exchange name phone number, looks like OO-6-3161. What would &#8220;OO&#8221; have stood for? &#8220;OOpsie&#8221;? 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