Wongdoody
During the Seattle International Film Festival, my employer Wongdoody pranked audiences with a movie-matchmaking phonebot that never matches you—because it never ends.
1-870-FILM-LUV was a real number that ran throughout the film festival. We bought it somewhere out of Arkansas.
At the end of each call route, the bot re-directs you to another line, or to the main menu. Here’s the full phone tree.
MAIN MENU
PRESS 1
if you are quirky and offbeat
Press 1
Press 2
Press 3
PRESS 2
if you are quirky, offbeat, and haunted by a looming sense of apocalyptic dread
Press 1
Press 2
Press 3 auto-directs to PRESS 6
PRESS 3
if your movie partner is into gore, and you're wondering if that's a major red flag
Press 1
Press 2
Press 3 auto-directs to PRESS 5
PRESS 4
if you are a raging intellectual
Press 1
Press 2
Press 3
PRESS 5
if your movie tastes are honestly pretty basic
Press 1
Press 2
Press 3
PRESS 6
if this was a wrong number, but you're down to get info about a cool documentary or something
Press 1
Press 2
Press 3
CD: Monkey Watson
Sr. AD: Scott Ford