My favorite wired phone prank as a kid (once we actually had a phone...) was to dial 5-7-9-dial tone-6-dial tone and hang up.
That was the test code to ensure the phone would ring...
In the Southwestern Bell area (within 5 states), all phone books regardless of the size of the city was seeded with a few false names.
This was for copyright protection should it be needed.
One such name (back in the day), was Moody Nunek (or was it Moody Nunik with an “i”?).
You could go to any town or city - regardless of size, and find that name.
There were others as well.
The address shown would be the address of a phone company central office.