Vicks: Formula 44, 1950s-1960s
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(gentle piano music) | 0:01 | |
Narrator | We are at an actual performance | 0:03 |
in Carnegie Hall. | 0:05 | |
On the main floor, | 0:07 | |
hidden microphones are recording | 0:08 | |
that familiar problem, | 0:10 | |
the theater cough. | 0:11 | |
(person coughing) | 0:14 | |
Backstage, these technicians are counting each cough. | 0:16 | |
At intermission, on the main floor, | 0:21 | |
a new portable cough medicine is handed out. | 0:23 | |
Vicks Formula 44 Extra Strength Cough Discs, | 0:26 | |
with Silentium, | 0:29 | |
effective as Codeine but not narcotic. | 0:31 | |
(gentle piano music) | 0:33 | |
After intermission, | 0:35 | |
there were 57% fewer coughs by actual count. | 0:37 | |
(audience clapping) | 0:44 | |
Maybe it was just coincidence, | 0:45 | |
or, maybe it was the Mozart. | 0:47 | |
We think Extra Strength Cough Discs | 0:49 | |
deserve some of the bows. | 0:51 | |
Formula 44 Cough Discs, | 0:53 | |
new portable partner to Formula 44 Cough Mixture. | 0:55 |
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