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...early 1980s he became an iconic pitchman for Miller Lite, appearing in the beer's famous "tastes great, less filling" ad campaign. Madden's barely restrained enthusiasm made him a natural salesman and he showed a knack for making anything - even foot fungus treatment - seem exciting: ("Boom! Tough-Actin' Tinactin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: John Madden | 4/17/2009 | See Source »

...doctors can offer better advice. Tinactin, the first simple, locally applied fungicide (fungus killer), has already won 60% of the anti-fungal prescription market in the five months it has been available. Says Dr. Harry Robinson Jr. of the University of Maryland Medical School: "If the diagnosis of athlete's foot is correct-and often it is not-then treatment with Tinactin is 100% effective." The colorless, odorless, stainless liquid has no known side effects, and it works as well on nearly every other form of external fungus infection. In fact, Tinactin's impressive qualities have already earned...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Drugs: To Wipe Out Athlete's Foot | 11/19/1965 | See Source »

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