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 gulps) 0:04 - What are you making that noise for? 0:05 I'm trying to putt. 0:07 - I'm sorry, I got a sore throat. 0:08 It hurts when I swallow. 0:09 - Well, you know what you ought to do for that, don't ya? 0:10 - Yeah, yeah, yeah. 0:11 - Huh, huh, huh? Caddy My mother told me to take Spec-T by Squibb, 0:13 helps make swallowing easier. 0:15 - Your mother, who's that? 0:17 - My mother. 0:18 - Well, my mother had a great remedy. 0:20 Now, what she'd do is this. 0:21 She got a lemon, and she cut it in half, 0:22 then brought it and tried to get the juice out of it, 0:24 and then she'd mix that juice 0:26 with two tablespoons of glycerin. 0:27 Your two tablespoons, 0:28 that's what you call your one ounce. 0:29 And you take that and you mix it with a glass of honey 0:30 and drink it right down, really works. 0:32 - Well, long would that take? 0:33 - I don't know, maybe 10 or 12 minutes. 0:35 - 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 putter. 0:43 - I'm sorry (chuckles), go ahead. 0:44 (birds chirping) 0:46 - That was a good swallow. 0:48 Narrator 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 colds. 0:53 Spec-T makes a sore throat easy to swallow. 0:55 Now there's a spec T for children. 0:58