When answering machines first came out, "callers resisted the whole notion of speaking to a machine." It was weird. Why would anyone want to talk to a robotic voice that asked you to "leave your name ...

Saturday, May 28 marks the 18th anniversary of the day that Saturday Night Live star and comedy legend Phil Hartman was murdered in his sleep by his wife, Brynn Omdahl. So many years later and just ...

Sometimes, someone blogs about something that someone else blogged about, and it leads to an incredible discovery, or in this case, a rediscovery. (SOUNDBITE OF ANSWERING MACHINE RECORDING) ...

For those who grew up with a cell phone in their hand, it might be difficult to imagine a time where the phone wasn’t fully integrated with voicemail. It sounds like a fantastical past, yet at one ...

For those who grew up with a cell phone in their hand, it might be difficult to imagine a time where the phone wasn’t fully integrated with voicemail. It sounds like a fantastical past, yet at one ...

Hi this is _____. I can't come to the phone right now, but if you leave your name, credit card number, and expiration date, I'll get right back to you.

Pod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. The funny, sad, unique, and quietly heartbreaking Fugitive Waves episode “Taylor Negron: ...

Martin Schneider of the website "Dangerous Minds" reviews a series of pre-recorded outgoing messages made by Radio Shack in the 1980s when home... Radio Shack's Answering Machine Messages Were Hip To ...