I’m starting to wonder if there is a master list somewhere of the phone numbers of all the famous people in the world, and once you become one of those famous people, somebody loads all of the other famous people’s contact info on to your phone.
For example, when a golfer wins a tournament, he tells people the next day that he received hundreds of congratulatory texts, and drops the names of several celebrities. How do those celebrities have the golfer’s phone number to send him a text? I can’t even imagine that all of the professional golfers in the world have each other’s phone numbers, but I guess they do.
Or when an actress wins an Oscar, she tells the press that she was busy answering text messages all night, from people like Beyonce and Meryl Streep. How is that possible?
It seems the only viable explanation is for there to be a copy of a master cellphone list of famous people that you get when you become a member of that club.
And here are some guesses I have about the requirements to be a member of that club, and my chances of qualifying
Money? Fail.
Looks? Fail.
Accomplished something notable? Fail.
More than 10,000 Twitter followers? Fail.
So the only way for me to get a hold of that list would be to buy off the dark web. But I don’t even know if it could be found there.
But if I did somehow got hold of that list, I’d spend the day texting with Springsteen, Obama, Oprah, Sebastian Maniscalco, Anna Kendrick, Tiger. The list would go on and on. Of course,Β the odds of any of them responding would be quite slim, but the odds of being blocked are quite high.
I guess I should set my sights a bit lower, like at least having the cell phone number of the people in the business school at Villanova. At this point, I’ve only got the contact info for about five people in the business school, out of about 200 employees.
But I’d be just as worried that if I texted one of my fellow employees, they would also block me, just like Oprah.
So maybe I’ll just keep my five names and be happy.
*image from ListToday – I realize it needs some updating…
P.S. I wonder if famous people have a secret handshake too…
Good questions. I have just under 1,400 contacts in my phone. Most are family and friends, business contacts, a few people who died over the years , a sitting governor and a handful of nerdy bloggers π
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that is a lot of contacts! I just checked my hone; I have a little over 200. And no nerdy bloggers! Looks like I’ve got some networking to do…
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great thing to ponder, jim. they are all connected through kevin bacon.
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of course, I should have realized that… π
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A great topic to think about! I wonder how it was in the older times, when there were no cell phones. Did the famous people have each other’s cable line numbers then?
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probably not, since they likely didn’t want to talk to them, just send them a message. It’s much more impersonal that way! π
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I tell all my friends that I’m hooked up with Borden’s Blather. You should see the looks of admiration.π
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and I’m sure those friends have probably already put blocks in place in case I try to connect with them… π
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Lol they DEFINITELY have a secret handshake!
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they probably had to come up with a new one because of covid-19… π
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And a Zoom group chat…
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the famous people are going high tech!
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I hope someone can solve the phone list mystery. I’m intrigued.
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I think Brad has given us the answer in his comment; now I need to get on the agents’ lists…
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Still waiting for your call jim…
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since you’re one of the famous people, I don’t have access to your contact info π
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I’d never think of the phone list mystery. Maybe it IS just when you get famous enough and everyone knows you, so they send you a text and of course you would anwser Beyonce rather than your old neighbour?!
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So I guess I should just make my phone number public so that all these famous people can contact me? I’ll see how long it takes Beyonce to get in touch with me…
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Well, she may need to know who you are, but great idea!
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How to Contact Famous Celebrities —
https://www.wikihow.com/Contact-Famous-Celebrities
Jensen Comment
Many celebrities (think politicians) have contact offices where messages are filtered with only a small number actually being seen by celebrities.
If you search for a celebrity’s office I found Duck Duck Go to be a better search engine that Google, Bing, Yahoo, etc. —
https://duckduckgo.com/
Duck Duck Go is also better when you are searching for a home page such as the home page of the Sunset Hill House Hotel where somehow booking agencies have managed to get priority listings in the search engine hits ahead of home pages.
Compare looking for “Sunset Hill House Hotel” with the following two search engines:
https://duckduckgo.com/
https://www.google.com/advanced_search
But Duck Duck Go is not perfect when searching for celebrities. Then try
https://www.wikihow.com/Contact-Famous-Celebrities
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Hi Bob, thanks for all these suggestions – I’ll take a look at your links later today. After I do, it looks like I’ll be busy contacting lots of famous people!
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I hate to burst any conspiracy bubbles here, but more often than not they get the numbers from their agent. The agents all know each other at that level and often facilitate their clients communications with other celebrities. You can still dream though, Jim! We have to get you a good agent!
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I want the same agent you have! You are probably in regular contact with all the A-listers… π
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ill search the dark web!
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let me know what you find…
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Never thought of this, seems like most of the texts I get lately are from my kids wanting to know if I have any extra TP. So I guess Iβm not a candidate for the celebrity phone number list. π
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Funny. I hadn’t thought about that.
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I guess I have too much time on my hands, and my mind starts to wander… π
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Maybe. π
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