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Subject: Re: Ellery Queen Revisited
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Date: Fri, 1-Nov-85 16:10:17 EST
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>  3. You had to know that they used 6-digit phone numbers back in the 1940's
>     (although there might have been a brief shot of Ellery trying to buy
>     flowers at a flower shop and you could see the shop's 6-digit
>     phone number on the front door).

New York NEVER used 6 digit phone numbers.  The producers thought it would
be too much trouble to find an unused 7 digit number that could be used for
the program.
 
> The audience never really had a chance with this one.

You know it!