Squibb: Spec-T Antibacterial Troches, 1960s
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| - | Well, how are you today, Eddie? | 0:01 |
| - | Not so good, I got a sore throat. | 0:03 |
| Yeah, it hurts when I swallow. | 0:06 | |
| - | Well, at least you have your health. | 0:07 |
| So you know what you outta do for that? | 0:08 | |
| - | Yeah. | 0:09 |
| - | Huh? | |
| - | Yeah. | 0:10 |
| - | Huh? | |
| - | Yeah. | 0:11 |
| - | Huh? | |
| Yeah, I take Spec-T by Squibb, helps make it easier | 0:12 | |
| for me to swallow. | 0:14 | |
| - | You know Paulie Noonan? | 0:15 |
| - | Nah. | 0:16 |
| - | Paulie got himself a sore throat, | 0:17 |
| couldn't swallow for about five years. | 0:18 | |
| Lost a lot of weight. | 0:19 | |
| - | I imagine. | |
| - | But he had this great remedy. | 0:21 |
| See, he'd go down the ocean, and he waited for one | 0:22 | |
| of these big storms to come in. | 0:24 | |
| Now the storm, it threw this kelp up on the beach, | 0:25 | |
| you know what your kelp is? | 0:27 | |
| - | Yeah, well- | 0:28 |
| - | Kelp is what you call your seaweed. | 0:28 |
| So you take the seaweed home, throw it in the stove, | 0:29 | |
| cook it for awhile, and he'd take it out | 0:31 | |
| and chew on it, really worked. | 0:33 | |
| - | And how long did they have to wait for a storm to come by? | 0:35 |
| - | Sometimes three or four weeks. | 0:37 |
| - | Well, you see, Spec-T works faster than that. | 0:38 |
| I'm swallowing better already. | 0:41 | |
| - | You know why you always have a sore throat, Eddie? | 0:42 |
| Eddie? | 0:45 | |
| - | Huh? | |
| - | Because you're always talking, just cut the hair will you? | 0:46 |
| Announcer | Spec-T is an antibacterial troche from Squibb | 0:49 |
| with a local anesthetic for temporary relief | 0:51 | |
| of minor sore throat due to cold. | 0:53 | |
| Spec-T makes a sore throat easy to swallow. | 0:55 | |
| Now there's a Spec-T for children. | 0:58 |
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