# Apparently, they still make... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 29, 2017, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-they-still-make/787655 "2017-05-29T16:19:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2017, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-they-still-make/787655/21 "2017-05-30T01:02:07Z")
Geritol. I though it left the earth when Ted Mack did. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2017, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-they-still-make/787655/22 "2017-05-30T01:07:41Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Geritol. I though it left the earth when Ted Mack did. That’s so funny. I was in the store yesterday and saw it on the shelf and had the same thought. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2017, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-they-still-make/787655/23 "2017-05-30T01:13:19Z")
The other day, I was thinking about one of my childhood favorites: **Toffifay** _The candy that’s too good for kids!_ I was wondering whatever happened to that company. Then about a week later I see they have a display set up at one of the end aisles at my grocery store. Talk about your weird coincidences. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2017, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-they-still-make/787655/24 "2017-05-30T01:41:03Z")
**Members Only jackets.** Saw a guy wearing one the other day and my eyebrows shot skyward. Fired up the Google Machine and sure enough, they’re still available. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2017, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-they-still-make/787655/25 "2017-05-30T02:54:25Z")
Hell, I USE most of the products cited so far. And I grew up with Hydrox cookies, which my family was convinced were superior to Oreo. Back before I grew a full beard…fifteen years ago…I shaved daily with Burma-Shave brand shaving soap. My old mug and brush are still in the bathroom cabinet. ---
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2017, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-they-still-make/787655/26 "2017-05-30T03:22:33Z")
> [@engineer\_comp\_geek](#): > > 18th century British infantry flintlock muskets. > > Actually, I’m not surprised that some are made. After all, there are a lot of re-enactors out there. What surprises me is how many are being made. There are quite a few different manufacturers out there. The one I have was made in India a few years ago. Other than a serial number hidden on the bottom of the barrel, it’s otherwise an exact copy of a musket made in the 1750s, all the way down to the British military proof marks. Well, mine also doesn’t have a couple hundred years of rust and age on it as well, but you get the point. You can get reproductions of pretty much every major American gun nowadays - I’m including the India Pattern Brown Bess in that because of its close association with the American War of Independence. But yes, it is surprising they’re so readily available - there’s evidently a huge market for them, but outside re-enacting you don’t tend to encounter them much. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2017, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-they-still-make/787655/27 "2017-05-30T03:29:41Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > This one surprised me: [_Twenty Mule Team Borax_.](https://www.walmart.com/ip/20-MULE-TEAM-BORAX/20850525) I use it to make my own laundry soap, along with Arm & Hammer washing soda and Fels Naptha soap. You can buy it at pretty much any grocery or hardware store. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2017, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-they-still-make/787655/28 "2017-05-30T03:30:52Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > I just read an article about Hydrox cookies recently. Although they predated Oreos, the author thought the name doomed them by sounding too scientific and chemical. And a small company has bought the rights and is trying to revive them. Hydrox made a brief comeback about 10 years ago. They ARE better than Oreos. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2017, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-they-still-make/787655/29 "2017-05-30T03:33:07Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > **Members Only jackets.** > > Saw a guy wearing one the other day and my eyebrows shot skyward. Fired up the Google Machine and sure enough, they’re still available. > mmm That reminded me, and I had to look it up, but apparently Zubaz was resurrected not to long ago and a brick and mortar Zubaz outlet just opened up this last November. I was also a bit surprised to see Drakkar Noir going strong. I thought that was a brand that went out with Z Cavariccis in the late 80s/early 90s, but apparently not. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2017, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-they-still-make/787655/30 "2017-05-30T03:45:02Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Ever think of a product, wondered what ever happened to it, and then found out it’s still being made? > > For a reason unknown to me, I thought of Prell shampoo this morning. I haven’t seen any advertising in at least a couple of decades. Apparently, they still make it. Breck shampoo is also available. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2017, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-they-still-make/787655/31 "2017-05-30T04:24:08Z")
“Darkie” brand toothpaste. Well, they’ve changed the name to “Darlie”, but that’s not fooling anyone. > **[Darlie](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darlie)** > > Darlie (originally known as Darkie) is an oral care brand owned and manufactured by the Hawley & Hazel Company with focus on Chinese and Southeast Asian markets.  The company is headquartered in Hong Kong with manufacturing facilities in Zhongshan. The name, logo, and brand-mascot of the company have been the subject of ongoing controversy regarding racial stereotyping. > The brand was launched as Darkie in Shanghai in the 1930s. Colgate-Palmolive acquired 50% equity in Hawley & Hazel in 1985. Aft... ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2017, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-they-still-make/787655/32 "2017-05-30T04:47:08Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > For a reason unknown to me, I thought of Prell shampoo this morning. I haven’t seen any advertising in at least a couple of decades. Apparently, they still make it. Now there’s a product that needs to go away. As a young man I used to think in typical teen-guy-who-doesn’t-care-much-for-grooming fashion that all shampoos were virtually identical. Prell disabused me of that notion - I have oily hair and it still reduced me to a rat’s nest of snarls and tangles immediately after showering. It was almost comically bad IME. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2017, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-they-still-make/787655/33 "2017-05-30T05:38:39Z")
This only tangentially works for the thread, but I was shocked to learn Zima was being produced as late as 2008! I thought for sure it didn’t make it past the 90s. Also, apparently, it’s coming back. ---
**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2017, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-they-still-make/787655/34 "2017-05-30T05:54:35Z")
PhisoHex (spelling) A very good skin cleanser. Not seen in decades. Now 'script only, sole indication is per-surgery scrub/ ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2017, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-they-still-make/787655/35 "2017-05-30T12:00:52Z")
A good while back a _Simpsons_ episode had dream sequence that included Screaming Yellow Zonkers. I mentioned it as being a dead product in a thread here only to have someone point out it was still being made. Googling reveals that a “limited edition” version is still being sold. (And add me to the list of Hydrox fans.) ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2017, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-they-still-make/787655/36 "2017-05-30T12:29:36Z")
I recently ran across a manga that features a certain type of pencil I used as a child but haven’t seen or thought about since then. They are flat, and filled with interchangeable short segments of colored “lead”, and some googling showed that they [are still available](https://www.amazon.com/Fun-Express-Transparent-Glitter-Stacking/dp/B004MZPIXI). ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2017, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-they-still-make/787655/37 "2017-05-30T13:17:10Z")
> [@usedtobe](#): > > PhisoHex (spelling) > > A very good skin cleanser. > > Not seen in decades. > Now 'script only, sole indication is per-surgery scrub/ PhisoHex was taken off the market in 1972 because the hexachlorophene in it caused brain damage.\* They remarketed it as PhisoDerm. \*Insert joke about the 60s teens here. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2017, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-they-still-make/787655/38 "2017-05-30T13:27:51Z")
I was so happy to find Necco wafers. No other snack combines the rush of real sugar with the grittiness of real Dover chalk. In fact, I’m now on the Necco Diet: I can walk right by the free donuts at work if I pop a wafer (hmmm, can I find a church where they do Eucharist with these?). Watch for my Necco Diet book, TED Talk, and appearances on the morning news shows. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2017, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-they-still-make/787655/39 "2017-05-30T15:52:44Z")
[Collyrium](https://cdn0.rubylane.com/shops/712792/1511RL3.0L.jpg?12). Bought out by Bausch & Lomb, with more boring [packaging](http://www.bausch.com/our-products/eye-wash/collyrium-for-fresh-eyes-eye-wash) but apparently the same stuff. [Astyptodyne](http://astyptodynefirstaid.com/yahoo_site_admin/assets/images/102_3046.13973951_std.JPG). Now sold in a [slightly modernized bottle](http://www.mastgeneralstore.com/ProductImages//14844c19-7d78-4799-b637-8882ddae2077/images/ProdDetail_Retina_48784.jpg) but still good for your cuts & scratches. ---
**Author:** ![Pabitel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bbce88/32.png) [@Pabitel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pabitel)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2017, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-they-still-make/787655/40 "2017-05-30T16:28:33Z")
[Resinol](https://www.walmart.com/ip/Resinol-Medicated-Ointment-1.25-oz/46108538?wmlspartner=wlpa&selectedSellerId=0&adid=22222222227033550722&wl0=&wl1=g&wl2=c&wl3=71930818496&wl4=pla-119480999576&wl5=9003055&wl6=&wl7=&wl8=&wl9=pla&wl10=8175035&wl11=online&wl12=46108538&wl13=&veh=sem) THE treatment for any cut or scrap for my mother when I was growing up. Haven’t seen it in years. But it looks like even Walmart carries it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-they-still-make/787655.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-they-still-make/787655.md?page=3)