Squibb: Spec-T Antibacterial Troches, 1960s

Genre: Commercial

Year Published: 1960s

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

Format: 16mm

Description: Transcription: - 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