# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![Orwell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/dfb087/32.png) [@Orwell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orwell)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2017, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-they-still-make/787655/61 "2017-05-31T14:01:18Z")
> [@steatopygia](#): > > 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) you know, I vaguely remember Malt Duck, but I can’t recall ever drinking it. I do remember drinking _Cold Duck_ at holidays when I was young. Pretty much a sweet, sparkling wine cooler in a 750ml bottle. $7.99 at my local state store right now. No thanks, other than fond memories. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2017, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-they-still-make/787655/62 "2017-05-31T14:42:25Z")
> [@jz78817](#): > > matter of fact, I think it’s “wine coolers” in general; they didn’t seem to survive the '80s. They were widely available at least into the mid-90s. My cite is my college girlfriend. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2017, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-they-still-make/787655/63 "2017-05-31T14:53:06Z")
> [@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. Let’s go to the quarry and throw stuff down there! This whole post is awesome but the bolded part is FANTASTIC! I can’t wait to watch your TED Talk (from the comfort of my chair, where I’ll eat Ho Hos and wash them down with Tahitian Treat)! ---
**Author:** ![Jumpbass](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jumpbass/32/147_2.png) [@Jumpbass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jumpbass)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2017, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-they-still-make/787655/64 "2017-05-31T14:56:15Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > I’ve seen Quisp in stores, but not for a dozen years or so. And the monster cereals, all of them, had a brief revival a couple Halloweens ago. I see them every Halloween. Then I buy the Count Chocula for my kids (and me) when it goes on sale for $1.50 after Halloween. ---
**Author:** ![Jumpbass](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jumpbass/32/147_2.png) [@Jumpbass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jumpbass)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2017, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-they-still-make/787655/65 "2017-05-31T14:58:25Z")
> [@Brodi](#): > > Brylcreem (sorry for double posting- still trying to learn how to do more than one quote) I use Brylcreem. Good stuff. It’s not the greasy kid stuff it used to be. It’s now a leave in conditioner with mild holding properties. ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2017, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-they-still-make/787655/66 "2017-05-31T15:26:37Z")
> [@Kimballkid](#): > > [Alberto VO5](http://www.vo5haircare.com/vo5-products/) I see it in the local grocery store. And not just one type, a half dozen ‘flavors’, matching shampoo and conditioner, priced something like $1.79 for a largish bottle. (Regular price, not a sale.) Wonder if Consumer Reports has ever included these cheap old brands when they test shampoos? ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2017, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-they-still-make/787655/67 "2017-05-31T18:50:47Z")
> [@Jumpbass](#): > > I see them every Halloween. Then I buy the Count Chocula for my kids (and me) when it goes on sale for $1.50 after Halloween. Count Chocula and Franken Berry are released for Halloween (although I’m not sure I saw them last Halloween), but the others, Boo Berry, Fruit Brute, and Fruity Yummy Mummy are very rarely seen. I remember wondering how hard it is to recreate something like that. Are all the ingredients (such as they are) still available, and is there any special equipment neded to produce it? For that matter, who still has the recipe? Is there an archive somewhere that includes the instructions on how to make all the products that have disappeared off store shelves? ---
**Author:** ![Jumpbass](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jumpbass/32/147_2.png) [@Jumpbass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jumpbass)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2017, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-they-still-make/787655/68 "2017-05-31T21:58:43Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Count Chocula and Franken Berry are released for Halloween (although I’m not sure I saw them last Halloween), but the others, Boo Berry, Fruit Brute, and Fruity Yummy Mummy are very rarely seen. > > I remember wondering how hard it is to recreate something like that. Are all the ingredients (such as they are) still available, and is there any special equipment neded to produce it? For that matter, who still has the recipe? Is there an archive somewhere that includes the instructions on how to make all the products that have disappeared off store shelves? I’ve seen Boo Berry fairly recently, but not the others. Maybe they’re not preserving the machinery and recipes, but just selling us old stock. 🙂 ---
**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 31, 2017, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-they-still-make/787655/69 "2017-05-31T22:10:53Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Count Chocula and Franken Berry are released for Halloween (although I’m not sure I saw them last Halloween), but the others, Boo Berry, Fruit Brute, and Fruity Yummy Mummy are very rarely seen. I just bought a box of Frank and a box of Boo. I was surprised to learn they’re on limited release. Weren’t they huge sellers at one point? I haven’t seen Fruit Brute or Yummy Mummy for decades. But even back in the day those weren’t that widely available. I like [Alph Bits](https://i5.walmartimages.com/asr/23f76451-7f5e-4c46-97da-84a84708a92d_1.e374c432dcb4a59e06813cba72641da4.jpeg?odnHeight=450&odnWidth=450&odnBg=FFFFFF). But the only store that carries them around here is Woodmans. None of the other major stores have them. Huh. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2017, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-they-still-make/787655/70 "2017-06-01T02:07:45Z")
> [@Chicken\_Fingers](#): > > Save me your clove flavors, please, if you don’t want them. Are you talking about those purplish ones? I thought they were licorice-flavored. Love Necco wafers! ---
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2017, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-they-still-make/787655/71 "2017-06-01T05:32:28Z")
> [@Tamerlane](#): > > 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. Slow your roll there, Hoss. We work with phosphorous pentasulfide, a noxious smelling substance that permeates clothes, skin, hair, etc. And that’s _with_ all the appropriate PPE. Hands down, no bullshit, but Prell is the ONLY substance we’ve managed to locate that washes that smell right out. ---
**Author:** ![Elemenopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b5e925/32.png) [@Elemenopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elemenopy)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2017, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-they-still-make/787655/72 "2017-06-01T06:28:39Z")
> [@usedtobe](#): > > PhisoHex (spelling) > > A very good skin cleanser. > > Not seen in decades. > Now 'script only, sole indication is per-surgery scrub/ Is that Hibiclens? Because you can still get that. It’s pretty good for my eczema-ish nonsense. When I was in the Navy, many moons ago, Pert soap/shampoo was the freebie. It’s still around. We keep some Florida water around, and that’s pretty ancient. It’s a nice toner/aftershave kind of substance. I think it used to be used as a mouthwash as well. Plus vetiver, lemon verbena and sandalwood essential oils or spirits. Cheap but very nice. I always liked Hydrox or even generic sandwich cookies better than Oreos. I’ll never forget the jingle “Open up and say Hi, Drox!” Whaa? We still use a bar of Fels-Naptha for stains. Plus Epsom salts for long soaks in the tub, placebo or no. ---
**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:** [June 1, 2017, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-they-still-make/787655/73 "2017-06-01T13:22:18Z")
> [@ExTank](#): > > Hands down, no bullshit, but Prell is the ONLY substance we’ve managed to locate that washes that smell right out. I’m pretty sure that’s because, as someone already noted, that it’s one of the highest detergent shampoos on the shelf. ---
**Author:** ![DummyGladHands](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/49beb7/32.png) [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2017, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-they-still-make/787655/74 "2017-06-02T14:22:40Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Let’s go to the quarry and throw stuff down there! > > This whole post is awesome but the bolded part is FANTASTIC! I can’t wait to watch your TED Talk (from the comfort of my chair, where I’ll eat Ho Hos and wash them down with Tahitian Treat)! Holy cats, Tahitian Treat! Do they still make it? Was it Canada Dry that made it? Or 7-up? All I know is I was working as a PT sampler person at age 16 at the Allegheny County fair and drank wayyyyyyyyyyyy to much of that. And then a bee was attracted to that stuff and flew up under my skirt and stung me, and I met a really cute boy who I should have slept with, actually ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2017, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-they-still-make/787655/75 "2017-06-03T01:34:22Z")
Mouse traps. Made out of wood. In the USA. Victory, Lititz, Pennsyhlvania. Two for a dollar. I think you can also still buy Fly-paper, in the sticky coil-out roll, to hang from the ceiling over the kitchen table. ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2017, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-they-still-make/787655/76 "2017-06-03T12:15:35Z")
My father gave our 14 year old son tool [this](http://gerstnerusa.com/image/cache/catalog/USA_Products/GO2610_oR1-700x700.jpg) tool chest for his birthday. It was not new; my father bought it 45 years ago when he was working as a toolmaker. It was made by a company called Gerstner. It is in perfect shape. I did a little googling and discovered the company is still in business and they still make [the exact same chest](http://gerstnerusa.com/made-in-usa-products/chests-and-bases/2610-chest). Not only that, but it’s made just a few miles from where we live! ---
**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:** [June 3, 2017, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-they-still-make/787655/77 "2017-06-03T12:20:20Z")
> [@Jumpbass](#): > > (sorry for double posting- still trying to learn how to do more than one quote) > > I use Brylcreem. Good stuff. It’s not the greasy kid stuff it used to be. It’s now a leave in conditioner with mild holding properties. I’ve heard it’s popular with folks from the subcontinent too. Until I worked in a supermarket, I’d always figured it was one of those Old Timey products one’s grandfather used when they weren’t fighting the Nazis or smoking cigarettes indoors - but it’s still out there and still sells consistently, from what I gather. ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2017, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-they-still-make/787655/78 "2017-06-03T12:21:39Z")
[**American Beauty soldering irons**](https://americanbeautytools.com/Soldering-Irons). Thousands of these were used to assemble radios in the 1920s and 1930s. American Beauty is still in business and they still make the same soldering irons. ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2017, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-they-still-make/787655/79 "2017-06-03T13:40:50Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Let’s go to the quarry and throw stuff down there! Let’s not and say we did. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2017, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-they-still-make/787655/80 "2017-06-03T23:03:42Z")
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