Instead of hitting you with our weekly Bad Movie Friday entry, we’ve decided to round out our cough-syrup trilogy with a classic ad: Oddjob shilling for Vicks Formula 44. Good thing there’s no narcotic in there to slow him down. And the phenylpropanolamine should make him a much more energetic opponent for Mr. Bond. We’re […]
Entries Tagged as 'Vicks Formula 44'
A State That’s Untouchable, Like Eliot Ness
October 16th, 2009 · 2 Comments
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Tippin’ on 44
October 16th, 2009 · 1 Comment
In response to yesterday’s post on Houston’s botching of syrup possession cases, one of our loyal correspondents offered a nostalgic comment: When I was a kid, over the counter codeine was legal. On Sunday visits, I used to slip into my grandmother’s medicine chest and for periodic sips out of her Vicks Formula 44 cough […]
Tags:addiction·alcohol·codeine·drugs·medicine·Vicks Formula 44