Squibb: Spec-T Antibacterial Troches and Children's 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. 0:05 - Well, at least you have your health 0:07 so you know what you gotta do for that? 0:08 - Yeah, yeah, yeah. 0:09 Yeah, I take Spec-T by Squibb helps make it easier 0:11 for me to swallow. 0:14 - You know, Paulie Noonan? 0:15 Paulie had himself a sore throat, 0:16 couldn't swallow for about five years. 0:17 Lost a lot of weight. 0:19 - I imagine. 0:20 - But he had this great remedy. 0:21 So you'd go down to the ocean. 0:22 Wait for one of these big storms that come in. 0:23 Now, the storm, would throw this kelp up on the beach. 0:25 You know what your kelp is? 0:26 Kelp is what you call your seaweeds. 0:27 So you take the seaweed home 0:29 throw it in the stove, 0:30 cook it for awhile and then take it out and chew on it. 0:31 And it worked. 0:33 - Now how long did they have to wait for a storm to come by? 0:34 - Sometimes three or four weeks. 0:36 - Well, you see Spec-T works faster than that. 0:38 I'm swallowing better already. 0:40 - You know why you always have a sore throat, Eddie? 0:42 Because you're always talking 0:46 just cut the hair will you? 0:47 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 cold. 0:53 Spec-T makes a sore throat easy to swallow. 0:55 Now there's a Spec-T for children. 0:57