If you lived in North America any time in the 20th century, you probably ran across one of these telephones. The Western Electric Model 500 and its subsequent variants were so ubiquitous that you almost couldn't go anywhere without seeing one, especially in the United States where it was standard equipment from the phone company. Even if you're not American, if you've seen any of our movies, you'll have seen this phone, too. A literal fixture of American life, this phone was inescapable. But its ubiquity also caused some filmmakers or TV show producers to get a little lazy. This video tells that story. Here's a link to the video of the Model 500 from 1958. Yes I said 1957 in the video. I am truly sorry. My oversight is abhorrent. I am ashamed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9X99nfA4oGM You can support this channel on Patreon! Patrons of the channel are what keep these videos coming. If you're interested in supporting the channel as well, please check out my Patreon page. Thanks for your consideration! https://www.patreon.com/technologyconnections The clips used in this video are the property of their respective copyright holders. Their appearances in this video fall under fair use, with their primary purpose being for critical and educational review. And thank you to the following Patrons! Charlie Quigley, Tommi Hares, Tomas, Dakota Williams, Chuck Floyd, Eitan Tal, Callum Brieske, Paul Fisher, Stephen Vrazel, Applied Science, peter ford, Sophie Haskins, James Id, Brendan Sheehy, Jay Foreman, Howard Longden, Rich Theobald, Kyle Olson, Bryan Reid, Quinton Wilson, Jeremy DeGuzman, Sean Spark, Lucas Hartbarger, Taylor Cuzela, twiglet, David Lastres, Granger Meador, Jeremy Kitchen, Jason Wellband, Shane Belaire, Paul Emmerich, Sam Hodge, Matthew Rossi, Paul Craigie, Paul Williams, Tyler, Gerald Monaco, Kelly Rose, Tab Patterson, Jason Weathered, Sergey Kiselev, h.drew foy, Roger Beal, Gantradies, Chris Hartl, Steve Stone, Brian G. Shacklett, Colton Aubrey Hooke, Paul Mills, Christopher Luna, Kotanu, Brendan Terrett, Tiago Pereira dos Santos silva From Porto, Portugal, Techmoan, Mike Mason, Clara Latter, Elijah Reeds, Christopher Jett, Justin Talbot, Francisco Vogliotti, Steven Metcalf, Verysofisticated, Lolucoca, Matt Standish, John McLusky, Ashleigh R, Stephen Bell, Logan Beenken, Örn Arnarson, Eric Wood, Stephen Pick, BlancoGrande, Matthew Giraitis, James Ryan, Robert Joscelyne, Ellis M. Eisen, Francis Fisher, Kedar Deshpande, Boris, Bill Basch, Lukas Komischke, Dave Anderson, Felix Freiberger, Dane Peterson, Brent LaRowe, Aerospyke, Kiera Cox, Hunter Schwisow, Logan Kriete, RafaÅ‚ Wiosna, Adam D. Ruppe, Audin Malmin, Eric Hansen, Noah McCann, Jason R Scheuren, Rufo Sanchez, Bjørn Vegar Torseth, Yaniv, André, Andres Plaza, Charlie Hankin, Craig Leverenz, Casey Kikendall, Sebi Jecklin, Tianyu Ge, Daniel J Schless, Justin Smith, The8TrackKid, Scott Emmett O’Donnell, Jon-André Haraldstad, Ashley Grant, Boh00711, Drew McClain, Michael Snoden, Jesse Cardone, Hason Portwood, Kevin Terrell, Clara Latter, Nick, Ed Hall, Julian Rapoport, Christopher Bassett, Ryan Cozzubbo, Marcus Schwartz, Steven Hidy, Patrick Meister, Josef Citrine, The Automatic Filmmaker, Thomas Jew, Johan Schoeman, Joseph Spiros, Matt Taylor, Jason McMillon