Mojave Phone Booth

Beth

Barry

Alex

Mary

Richard

Michael

Sarah

Darrell

Glory

Rachel

Supervisor Marv

Flower Guy

Casino Beauty

Bartender Dan

Boy

Greta

Bar Patron (uncredited)

Bar Patron (uncredited)

Based on an actual phone booth that accepted incoming calls, isolated in the Mojave Desert, which gained an online following. Callers from many countries dialed (619) 733-9969, later (760) 733-9969, to see who would answer (often people who hiked to the spot). The phone was removed at the request of the Mojave National Preserve in 2000, and per SBC policy, the phone booth numbers were retired for good.

In the 70's and before, all phone booths would take incoming calls. So people could wait for a call, or call back. Sometime in the 80's the phone company stopped this service, saying it helped drug dealers.

Richard: Jesus, I thought my life was shit.

Richard: What about you, Barry? Married or something?

Greta: Could it actually be the sound of an alien craft?