May 1943 Baby food might not have been rationed, but babies were ... why do you think there was such a 20-year boom in them after the war ended?! Why do I hear in my head the voice of Dan Brennan promoting this show?    Coming!  In Person!   Tony Pastor!!  [cheering]  The Norton Sisters!   [cheering]   Paradiddle Joe Morris!!  ... etc. Long before Billy Mays, "Oxy-Clean" or "As Seen On TV" -- or TV at all, for that matter -- there was OXYDOL! Did somebody say "Summer"??? GO TO MAY 1953 | RETURN TO "THIS MONTH" PAGE