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RadishRose said:
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If this ad is pre-1903 then the reference to "Brain Tonic" may have referred to the fact they used actual fresh coca leaves in their formula. 1903-1925 they used "spent" coca leaves. Spent leaves are the leftovers after the cocaine extraction process and those leaves had only trace levels of cocaine in them. By 1929, their formula used a cocaine free coca leaf extract.
 
Pink Biz said:
I went to his show when I was very young
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I was watching the show one day when he collapsed. The show was televised live. My mother thought he had a heart attack. This explains what really happened. The local channel I was watching it on switched over to a film with a sailboat on a lake.

On September 20, 1955, Lee collapsed on camera during a live show due to illness.[11] His normal antics were so energetic that apparently the cameraman and the show's director assumed the fall an ad lib part of his performance. The "Peanut Gallery", an audience usually composed almost entirely of pre-adolescent children who were coached by a staff member, continued their enthusiastic cheering and applause from the on-stage bleachers. After as much as ten seconds of writhing by the stricken Lee, the camera abruptly panned to the still-cheering audience. The following afternoons Pinky Lee was not present. This effectively ended his leading role on the show, which continued without him until June 9, 1956.[5]
 
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