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Cartoons: A Prescription for Giggles

These pharmacists are phunny!

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“Take one pill daily and don’t expect miracles. These things take time, you know.”
Joseph Zeis
September 3, 1955

 

“I’m afraid there’ll be a slight delay. Your prescription just exploded.”
Harry Mace
August 22, 1959

 

“I forget what it’s called. When taken, the little anvil in the head stops pounding.”
Chon Day
March 11, 1961

 

“You mean he’s prescribed these pills for some of his other patients?”
John Gallagher
November 28, 1953

 

“Cough drops?”
Roy Fox
October 3, 1959

 

“Are you in any hurry for this?”
Scott Taber
June 11, 1960

 

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  1. The Chon Day cartoon from March 11, 1961 reminds me of
    the commercial for Anacin. There was an animated portion that showed a hammer and an anvil inside a cartoon head.

  2. I have to go with #6 (and opener) here as the most desperate, not necessarily the funniest, because we have compassion. Otherwise, they’re all great. #4, the pills really are being dispensed like candy, aren’t they?

    I doubt most had many side effects, never mind the dozen or so horrible ones in any given big pharma TV ad, read off like a disclaimer so you won’t think about it. No wonder they’re banned on TV in almost every country around the world.

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