Nuts
Nuts!, narrated by Gene Tognicci, documents the life and career of John R. Brinkley (1885-1942), a Milford, Kansas druggist-turned physician who, purportedly, discovered a cure for male impotence by implanting goat testicles into the scrotums of his human patients. Largely through the testimonials of his "satisfied" customers, Brinkley enjoyed a period of fame and fortune before drawing the attention of Morris Fishbein, editor of the Journal of American Medicine, and the American Medical Association, which revoked his license.
"It's because people want to believe that something as magical and as weird as this could be true. So I was less interested in telling Brinkley's story and more interested in investigating that aspect."
Brinkley is credited for building the world's most powerful radio station for the time, KFKB (Kansas Folk Know Better), popularizing country or "hillbilly" music, and inventing the infomercial with his own diatribes about public health. Brinkley ran into trouble with the Federal Radio Commission (now the Federal Communications Commission), which shut down his radio station. In response, Brinkley build the "million-watt-regulation-skirting border-blaster", XERA, in Mexico and continued broadcasting.
Brinkley ran for governor of Kansas in 1930 as a write-in candidate. It was reported he might have won had thousands of votes not been disqualified, possibly illegally, by his opponents.
Brinkley's fame and fortune deteriorated when Fishbein sued him for libel. It is revealed late in the movie that Brinkley also faced numerous wrongful death suits, had dubious academic credentials, and had an arrest record.
insanity, murder