Hadacol provided a lot of material for comedians.

Prior to Hadacol was Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, a tonic for various and sundry women's ailments (This makes this a music thread). Actually, it did catch on, and for many years running, they sold oceans of the stuff. Anyway, years ago, my dad ran into an old schoolmate, and we were invited to her house for dinner (I can't recall the occasion because I was pretty young at the time). Dad and the old school chum were standing in the kitchen reminiscing, when the chum reminded dad of once when, as kids, they went to some kind of temperance meeting where they signed a pledge never to let alcohol cross their lips. The chum ask dad, "Did you keep your pledge, Bob?" Dad responded that, no, he guessed he hadn't. She raised herself to her full height and said stuffily, "Well, I can proudly say that I kept mine. I have never touched a drop of alcohol in my life!" Dad noticed a bottle of Lydia Pinkham's tonic on the counter, picked it up, and said, "Do you take this?" "Well, yes, I do." Dad pointed to the label. 20% alcohol. That shut her up.

Don Firth