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''[[Century 21 Calling]]'' is a 1962 stealth advertisement for telephone technology (in this vein, much like ''[[Once Upon a Honeymoon]]''). It aired as a short feature with ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'' episode 906, ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000/Recap/S09/E06 The Space Children|The Space Children]]''.

It was directed by Jerry Fairbanks and features ample footage of the 1962 [[Seattle]] World's Fair.

Not to be confused with any instance of advertising for a certain real estate firm.

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* [[Chewing the Scenery]]: The two...teenagers mincing about the fair, nearly bowling people over.
* [[Landmark of Lore]]: The then-new Space Needle, Monorail and what is now the Pacific Science Center.
* [[Mighty Whitey]]: Heavily implied by the short, as the two teens treat various ethnic persons at the Fair like dolls.
* [[Society Marches On]]: And on and on and ''on.''{{context}}
* [[The Voiceless]]: The two main characters never speak.
* [[Zeerust]]: Zig-zagged; a number of the then-new advances have become ubiquitous. Other uses (such as phoning the house in order to start the oven) have been found too fanciful... although the late-2010s idea of the "Internet of Things" is bringing that particular idea back into the public consciousness.

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[[Category:Mystery Science Index 3000]]
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