Retsy Series 1 · Card 0181 · 80-MEM
You've reached us. Kind of.
Families recording elaborate joke greetings on answering machines, complete with sound effects and fake interruptions.
The story · 1987
Getting your first answering machine meant one thing: everyone in the house had to perform. Dad did a fake game show voice. The kids added a drumroll on a pot. The best greetings pretended someone answered, said hello, then paused awkwardly until you realized it was a recording.
Grandmas left the longest messages, usually starting with is this thing on and ending with a full recipe.
Six finishes
Beep Message Comedy comes in six finishes: 100 Base, 50 Holo, 25 Laser and 10 Gold copies, plus one Super Laser and one Misprint that exist exactly once. Every copy is minted to the wallet that rips it, with its own serial number.
80-MEM
Beep Message Comedy is one of 32 cards in the 80s Memes & Fads set. Here are the other 31.
