I've submitted a Trivia item a second time with revisions, and it is still being declined with the reason, " did not meet our formatting standards. Please review our submission guides." I did that, and could not find any formatting issue. (This may be another one of those bot-rejected submissions that ends up being reversed, and accepted, by sentient staff. In the 'history' of people complaining about rejected items, that seems to be a very common outcome. Could it be the whitespace after the name of the actor playing 'Doc Williams'? If so, this was not my doing; the IMDb automaton that processes the "link=" code did that, and has done it to my submissions in the past.) The submission is No.230107-210754-934000; following is the submission, and my added comment/'documentation' for the submission:
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This story is about common illness, and Ozzie's belief that old-fashioned remedies are preferable to modern drugs. The modern cure prescribed by Doc Williams (
Frank Cady ) was called argipenicitin (Ricky calls it 'archie pelican seeds'), while Ozzie's preferred 'Old Fashioned' remedy was called Gaffney's Blood Tonic. (Both of these apparently were not actual medicines.) At the end of the show, Ozzie and Harriet appear from behind a stage curtain in a rare Epilog to assure the audience (and doctors) that they were only having a bit of fun - and to remind viewers that their regular sponsor, Listerine, is a real cold remedy.
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As for the "not actual medicines" note, Web searches for "argipenicitin" (with various spellings) found no 'hits'. There were Blood Tonics in the XIXth and early XXth centuries, though none named "Gaffney's". Web searches for that turned up only articles about the city of Gaffney, South Carolina and various people with the name Gaffney.
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Hey @gerald_jones_phd -
I am thinking since the trivia item started with "This story is about..." they thought you were trying to submit a description of the episode instead of a trivia. I have now resubmitted on your behalf and approved.
Cheers!
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