June 16, 1939 –
The Merrie Melodies short, Hobo Gadget Band, directed by Ben Hardaway and Cal Dalton, debuted on this date.
When the lead hobo partakes in his “Soda Fizz” (or as he calls it, “Sodium Acetylsalicylate“), he states “Listen to it fizz“; which was an early catch-phrase for the Alka-Seltzer brand in the 1930s.
The Haus of Dcaligari 