wow, I did not know this segment of radio history https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_R._Brinkley
thanks ef On 22 March 2016 at 15:33, Theo <[email protected]> wrote: > Cue the tale of 'Doctor' John Brinkley... > > TD > > On 3/22/2016 12:50 PM, Rick Dau wrote: > >> To be quite honest, Les, this is nothing new. Back when Art Bell hosted >> the program, he used to do reads for a product called Dr. Duplisky's Super >> Prostate Formula. I would listen to one of these and think that it all >> sounded like a lot of hooey. >> >> Now, I'm too young to remember this (I'm 51 and didn't start DXing until >> 1981), but I've heard stories about how, back in the 1950s and 1960s, the >> border blasters like XERF would run ads for doctors that were only slightly >> less shady than snake oil salesmen. Supposedly they would hawk things like >> goat gland operations that were designed to spice up your sex life, or some >> such. Makes me think that maybe all-night radio hasn't changed much >> through the years, after all. >> >> 73, >> Rick Dau >> South Omaha, Nebraska EN21af >> _______________________________________________ >> IRCA mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca >> >> Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the >> original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the >> IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers >> >> For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org >> >> To Post a message: [email protected] >> >> >> > _______________________________________________ > IRCA mailing list > [email protected] > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca > > Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the > original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the > IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers > > For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org > > To Post a message: [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: [email protected]
