Serutan was the target of numerous jokes by Bob Hope and other radio comedians during the 1930s and 1940s.
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It was manufactured by the J. B. Williams Co., which was founded in 1885 and bought out by Nabisco in 1971.
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Serutan is especially associated with The Lawrence Welk Show and The Original Amateur Hour, both of which were also sponsored by J. B. Williams products Sominex, a sleeping pill and Geritol, a vitamin supplement.