Glands

There was this guy:

in 1939 everyone in the USA knew what this guy was about

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_R._Brinkley

Yes, old Doc Brinkley - he sold potions and treatments over the radio to cure: EVERYTHING !  Eventually he moved his station to Mexico where he could boom his disinfomercials over all of the USA.  And he did advocate goat glands for restoring virility, yikes !

But then there was this (I think I heard Norman Gilliland point out the Doc Brinkley reference on the discontinued Old Time Radio Drama program on Wisconsin Public Radio):

https://archive.org/details/OTRR_Jack_Benny_Singles_1939-1940/JB+1939-11-19+Mary's+Thanksgiving+Poem.mp3

1939 was Dennis Day's first season on the program taking over the singer/stooge role after Kenny Baker left.  At about 8:20 Dennis is about to sing when Mary interjects an amazing line:

Jack:    Oh Dennis !

Dennis:  Yes, please ?

Jack:    How about a song before we get involved again ?

Dennis:  OK Mr. Benny.  I'm gonna sing an old favorite by Stephen Foster called Jeannie With The Light Brown Hair

Jack:  Oh that's swell, Dennis.  I love those old songs

Mary:  Old songs, old gags.  What this program needs is glands !

An actual laugh out loud moment for me - another reason why the Benny show is one of my favorites.

from left: Dennis Day, Don Wilson, Eddie Anderson, Jack Benny, Mary Livingstone, Phil Harris

Best Regards,
Chuck, WB9KZY
http://wb9kzy.com/ham.htm