When one of our callers asked Dr. Zorba about the ear candle home remedy, Zorba explained that it was “a folk remedy that came up short.”
However, the call jogged Tom’s memory about the time on the show when Zorba tried to demonstrate the ear candle remedy, using Tom as the guinea pig.
Zorba recalled that there was photographic proof of this and requested we dig deep into our web archives to search for it.
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Luckily, we were able to recover this publicity photo – which rivals any senior photo taken – from our vault. Perhaps our hosts would rather it stay locked up, but here it is for you to enjoy!
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