Phil and Four-Way Cold Tablets

[scottp]

"When Radio Was" just played a 1949 Phil Harris/Alice Faye show where Rexall is considering a move into TV. When Alice gets annoyed with Phil comparing her to Betty Grable, she switches into her New York tough broad persona and says, "Ahh, yer fadda' takes Four-Way Cold Tablets!"

Why is that particular product funny? Did Rexall have anything to do with it? (If I recall correctly from late-50s Suspense shows, Four-Way was a product of Grove Laboratories.)

[mrdj]

I was recently listening to one of Jack's shows but can't remember which one. They mentioned something about showing Jack's show or movie in 3-D and joking that there would then be 12-way cold tablets. Wish I could remember more to reverence the episode.

[kbbl]

I was recently listening to one of Jack's shows but can't remember which one. They mentioned something about showing Jack's show or movie in 3-D and joking that there would then be 12-way cold tablets. Wish I could remember more to reverence the episode.

It was early (maybe March, maybe February) 1953. I just heard that myself (and I'm now in April 1953)

I just assumed that 3-way cold tablet was just topical at the time.

[Moose Hatrack]

Unless I'm the victim of a suburban legend, in those pre-payola days the writers collected $$$ from Bendix for each mention of a Bendix washing machine on the air. Perhaps cold hard cash made 4way cold tablets funny too? Lucrative or not, Bendix and 4way were terrific running gags.

[kbbl]

I was recently listening to one of Jack's shows but can't remember which one. They mentioned something about showing Jack's show or movie in 3-D and joking that there would then be 12-way cold tablets. Wish I could remember more to reverence the episode.

It was early (maybe March, maybe February) 1953. I just heard that myself (and I'm now in April 1953)

I just assumed that 4-way cold tablet was just topical at the time.

[kbbl]

Sorry for the double post. I thought I was editing my original post.