Feels slickery!

I know you're still rolling on the floor over the Doublemint laughing gas, but I just made an even more long-awaited commercial discovery that has absolutely nothing to do with gum!

This is almost too good to be true, but here it comes...

I remember how in the '80s there was an ad for N'Ice throat lozenges in which a man who was playing cards with his wife got angry and threw his cards down because he had a sore throat.

For the record, N'Ice lozenges didn't work worth a damn. I don't know anyone foolish enough to think they did. I haven't seen N'Ice in years, but I'm assuming that's not because they didn't work - because products are more likely to be discontinued if they work.

When I discovered YouTube, this N'Ice commersh was the very first thing I searched for. I looked for the ad almost every day for the next 3 years, and I was just about ready to give up.

But now I'm glad I didn't! Someone has now posted on YouPube a CBS news brief from 1986. The description says it includes a "mini-commercial for N'Ice." This was another "Could it be?!" moment for me, and my blood started racing!

After the 30-second report about Tip O'Neill's retirement, there it was: my N'Ice commersh that was lost for years!

I'm assuming N'Ice no longer exists, so I have no objection to posting the clip (complete with the news brief) here:



"Don't lose your cool!" What do you expect him to do? Jump for joy because he has a sore throat?

And yes, the actor's resemblance to right-wing activist Gary Bauer has been noted.