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: - I don't know what you're so nervous about Eddie, 0:03 it's my wedding, not yours. 0:05 - I gotta sore throat, hurts when I swallow. 0:06 - Well, you know what you oughta do for that, don't you? 0:08 - Yeah. 0:09 - Huh? 0:09 - Yeah. 0:10 - Huh? 0:11 Take Spec-T by Squibb, helps makes swallowing easier. 0:12 - Honeycombs. 0:13 - Honeycombs? 0:14 - Everyone knows that, everybody knows that. 0:15 - I didn't know that. 0:16 - Well, there you are no one knows these things. 0:17 (organ music) 0:19 - It's an old remedy my grandmother taught me. 0:19 You go down to what you call your beehive, 0:21 you know where they keep the bees? 0:22 - Bzz, bzz, bzz? 0:23 - Yeah. Then you put your hand and you take out 0:24 a fresh honeycomb and you chew on it. 0:25 Of course, you gotta wait for the bees to leave. 0:27 - I imagine. 0:28 - If you don't, they'll be all over you. 0:29 - How long does it take for the bees to leave? 0:30 - Oh, sometimes three or four days. 0:32 - Spec-T works faster than that. 0:33 I'm swallowing better already. 0:35 - I didn't know that. 0:36 - Well, now you do. 0:37 - Now, I do. 0:38 I do. 0:39 - I do. 0:39 - I do. 0:40 (wedding song plays) 0:41 - Spec-T is an antibacterial trokey from Squibb 0:44 with a local anesthetic for temporary relief 0:46 of minor sore throat due to colds. 0:48 Spec-T makes a sore throat easy to swallow. 0:50 Now, there's a Spec-T for children. 0:53 (organ music) 0:54 (♪) 0:57