# 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:** 3
**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, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-they-still-make/787655/41 "2017-05-30T17:22:55Z")
> [@usedtobe](#): > > PhisoHex (spelling) > > A very good skin cleanser. > > Not seen in decades. > Now 'script only, sole indication is per-surgery scrub/ Phisohex was made RX-only in the early 1970s. When I stopped actively practicing pharmacy in 2012, it was unavailable and had been for some time. That’s unfortunate, because it was used by people who are allergic to chlorhexidine. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2017, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-they-still-make/787655/42 "2017-05-30T17:26:46Z")
> [@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. Yep. Walgreens is the only place around here that sells it. It’s not for everybody, but since I have _the_ oiliest skin on the planet, Prell is the only shampoo that enables me to go 24 hours before my hair reverts to its natural “Jerry Lewis 1964” state. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2017, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-they-still-make/787655/43 "2017-05-30T17:32:43Z")
> [@jasg](#): > > “A Little Dab’ll Do Ya!” - it lasts forever. Didn’t Fred Flintstone endorse it, or am I confused?\* > [@hogarth](#): > > “Darkie” brand toothpaste. Well, they’ve changed the name to “Darlie”, but that’s not fooling anyone.[Darlie - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darlie) It’s not uncommon to see Jew’s Harps marketed as “Jaw Harps” but I’ve seen them being sold as “Bruce Harps.” Ha! Didn’t fool me. - humor ---
**Author:** ![Orwell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/dfb087/32.png) [@Orwell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orwell)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2017, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-they-still-make/787655/44 "2017-05-30T17:40:01Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > This one surprised me: [_Twenty Mule Team Borax_.](https://www.walmart.com/ip/20-MULE-TEAM-BORAX/20850525) I buy it every year for my swimming pool. It is used to raise the PH level, at a cost of about one-fourth of the stuff you buy at the pool store. It’s on the shelf at my supermarket. ---
**Author:** ![Orwell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/dfb087/32.png) [@Orwell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orwell)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2017, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-they-still-make/787655/45 "2017-05-30T17:43:21Z")
> [@Mudshark](#): > > What shocked me was Murphy’s Oil Soap. My wife uses that a lot. ---
**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, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-they-still-make/787655/46 "2017-05-30T17:48:01Z")
> [@TreacherousCretin](#): > > It’s not uncommon to see Jew’s Harps marketed as “Jaw Harps” but I’ve seen them being sold as “Bruce Harps.” Ha! Didn’t fool me. Coming soon to a cleaning supplies aisle near you, all new Latinx and Span! ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2017, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-they-still-make/787655/47 "2017-05-30T17:52:20Z")
Bartles & Jaymes. after the “Thank you for your support” commercials ended, it just seemed to go away. Then a couple of months ago I saw some on the shelf at a store. matter of fact, I think it’s “wine coolers” in general; they didn’t seem to survive the '80s. ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2017, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-they-still-make/787655/48 "2017-05-30T18:10:43Z")
> [@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. We have Prell in our bathroom all the time. It’s high detergent content is great for after swimming in the lake or ocean.\* \*Candy cigarettes \*Groom & Clean \*Shasta soda \*[JERRY: Who needs misty herbal rain water crap they sell in the health food store. I use Prell, the hard stuff. A hundred proof - takes your roots out.](http://www.seinfeldscripts.com/TheDinnerParty.html) ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2017, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-they-still-make/787655/49 "2017-05-30T18:26:03Z")
> [@Weisshund](#): > > For a dollar though, i guess you get what you pay for. But is it still so thick it takes a pearl forever to sink to the bottom? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2017, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-they-still-make/787655/50 "2017-05-30T18:33:57Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > …Zima… Also, apparently, it’s coming back. Of course it is. Why else do you think it was available in 2258? > [@TreacherousCretin](#): > > Didn’t Fred Flintstone endorse it, or am I confused? Fred and Barney endorsed a lot of things, mostly cigarettes. Shocking to see today, but it was an “adult” prime-time cartoon. > [@jz78817](#): > > …I think it’s “wine coolers” in general; they didn’t seem to survive the '80s. You say that like it’s a bad thing. Urgh. Wine cooler puke… even worse than Boone’s Farm or Ripple puke. ---
**Author:** ![Orwell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/dfb087/32.png) [@Orwell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orwell)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2017, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-they-still-make/787655/51 "2017-05-30T18:47:04Z")
> [@jz78817](#): > > Bartles & Jaymes. after the “Thank you for your support” commercials ended, it just seemed to go away. Then a couple of months ago I saw some on the shelf at a store. > > matter of fact, I think it’s “wine coolers” in general; they didn’t seem to survive the '80s. Hardly. The “wine cooler” segment is more popular than ever. Contrary to the name, wine coolers were never made with wine. They were malt beverages, made with a brewing process like beer. Flavored malt beverages are extremely popular now, even if most aren’t called “wine coolers”. All of the Redds stuff, Seagrams, hard lemonades, hard root beers, malt-based cocktails (margarita in a can), etc. are very similar or identical to wine coolers. Sweet, soda-pop-like drinks for people (mostly girls and women) who don’t like the taste of beer or dry wine. They are everywhere and very popular. ---
**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, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-they-still-make/787655/52 "2017-05-30T19:24:06Z")
> [@Orwell](#): > > Contrary to the name, wine coolers were never made with wine. Do you have a cite for that? From what I can find, it seems they originally were made with wine, but a tax in 1991 made it much cheaper to just go to malt. [Here’s a 1986 article from the NYTimes](http://www.nytimes.com/1986/07/02/garden/season-s-drink-coolers.html) that mentions them being made from wine: > [@](#): > > While most coolers are made with white wine, some use red, rose and sparkling wine from a spectrum of grapes. They may contain water, sugar, high fructose corn syrup, citric acid, artificial coloring, undefined natural flavors and a variety of preservatives, though not necessarily in one product. ---
**Author:** ![Orwell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/dfb087/32.png) [@Orwell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orwell)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2017, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-they-still-make/787655/53 "2017-05-30T19:50:25Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Do you have a cite for that? From what I can find, it seems they originally were made with wine, but a tax in 1991 made it much cheaper to just go to malt. [Here’s a 1986 article from the NYTimes](http://www.nytimes.com/1986/07/02/garden/season-s-drink-coolers.html) that mentions them being made from wine: You know, you might be right. If so, I stand corrected. I only remember them as malted beverages. In my state, malt beverages and wines are sold in completely different stores, and I remember malt-based “wine coolers” being sold in the beer stores. I’m guessing before the tax you mention there were some being made both ways. Even now, I see concoctions that could be called “wine coolers” being sold in both liquor and beer stores, but there are lots more in the beer stores. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2017, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-they-still-make/787655/54 "2017-05-30T20:04:04Z")
[Alberto VO5](http://www.vo5haircare.com/vo5-products/) ---
**Author:** ![Urbanredneck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ea5d25/32.png) [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2017, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-they-still-make/787655/55 "2017-05-30T20:15:50Z")
Oh yeah, you can still buy buggy whips and their are craftsmen who can make anything “old” like swords, stone tools, parts for Model T’s, etc… ---
**Author:** ![Chicken\_Fingers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Chicken\_Fingers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chicken_Fingers)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2017, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-they-still-make/787655/56 "2017-05-30T23:48:03Z")
> [@digs](#): > > 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. Save me your clove flavors, please, if you don’t want them. Then I’ll share my [Email Diamant](https://www.bigelowchemists.com/email-diamant-red-toothpaste.html) toothpaste with you, and our teeth will look whiter because it tints the gums red. I first read about it in a Colette novel. And I still use V05 shampoo every day. The kiwi-lime smells amazing and costs a buck a bottle. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2017, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-they-still-make/787655/57 "2017-05-30T23:57:46Z")
Carter’s Little Pills (formerly Carter’s Little Liver Pills). ---
**Author:** ![steatopygia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steatopygia/32/3132_2.png) [@steatopygia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steatopygia)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2017, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-they-still-make/787655/58 "2017-05-31T04:37:48Z")
> [@Orwell](#): > > Hardly. The “wine cooler” segment is more popular than ever. Contrary to the name, wine coolers were never made with wine. They were malt beverages, made with a brewing process like beer. Flavored malt beverages are extremely popular now, even if most aren’t called “wine coolers”. All of the Redds stuff, Seagrams, hard lemonades, hard root beers, malt-based cocktails (margarita in a can), etc. are very similar or identical to wine coolers. Sweet, soda-pop-like drinks for people (mostly girls and women) who don’t like the taste of beer or dry wine. They are everywhere and very popular. > [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#): > > … > … Wine cooler puke… even worse than Boone’s Farm or Ripple puke. Which reminded me of Malt Duck. Drank (and regurgitated) mostly by teen girls. Looks like it may have sorta made a [comeback](https://www.brewbound.com/news/sprecher-recreates-malt-duck-blend-premium-beer-concord-grapes) ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2017, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-they-still-make/787655/59 "2017-05-31T13:53:33Z")
> [@digs](#): > > 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. ↑↑↑ This. I eat too many to fast. Go me… :smack: ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2017, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-they-still-make/787655/60 "2017-05-31T14:00:11Z")
> [@TreacherousCretin](#): > > Yep. Walgreens is the only place around here that sells it. It’s not for everybody, but since I have _the_ oiliest skin on the planet, Prell is the only shampoo that enables me to go 24 hours before my hair reverts to its natural “Jerry Lewis 1964” state. Only thing that works well in ocean salt water IIRC. 😕 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-they-still-make/787655.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-they-still-make/787655.md?page=4)