Squibb: Spec-T Antibacterial Troches, 1960s

Genre: Commercial

Year Published: 1960s

Creator: Squibb D'Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles (DMB&B)

Format: 16mm

Description: Transcription: (birds chirping) 0:01 (caddy groans) 0:04 - What do you make of that noise? 0:06 For I'm trying to putt! 0:06 - Sorry, I got a sore throat. It hurts when I swallow. 0:08 - Well you know what you ought to do for that, don't cha? 0:10 - Yeah. 0:11 - Huh? - Yeah. 0:12 - Huh? - My mother told me to take Spec-T by Squibb. 0:13 Helps make swallowing easier. 0:16 - Your mother, who's that? 0:17 - It's my mother. 0:18 - Well, my mother had a great remedy. 0:20 Now want you to do is this: 0:21 She got a lemon and she cut it in half, then boil it 0:22 and try to get the juice out of it, 0:24 and then she'd mixed that juice with two tablespoons 0:26 of (indistinct). 0:28 Your two tablespoons, that's what they call your one ounce, 0:29 and you take that and you mix it with a glass of honey, 0:31 and drink it right down. 0:32 Really works. 0:33 - Well, how long would that take? 0:34 - I don't know. Maybe 10 or 12 minutes. 0:36 - Well, Spec-T works faster than that. 0:38 I'm swallowing better already. 0:39 - And if you don't mind, with your permission, 0:42 I'll go ahead and putt, all right? 0:43 - I'm sorry. Go ahead. 0:44 (birds chirping) 0:47 That was a good swallow. 0:48 Advertiser Spec-T is an antibacterial troche 0:49 from Squibb, with a local anesthetic for temporary relief 0:51 of minor sore throat due to colds. 0:53 In other words, Spec-T makes a sore throat easy to swallow. 0:55