Editor’s note: You may recall back in the 1980’s Wally Schirra demonstrated his legendary independence and became a spokesman for Actifed decongestant – something he and other astronauts had taken during their missions. YouTube now has several of those videos online.

Shirra and Donn Eisele did this ad for Actifed in 1986:

In 1987 Wally Schirra, Alan Bean, and Richard Gordon did this TV spot:

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