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.
They were widely available at least into the mid-90s. My cite is my college girlfriend.
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)!
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.
(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 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?
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. 
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. But the only store that carries them around here is Woodmans. None of the other major stores have them. Huh.
Are you talking about those purplish ones? I thought they were licorice-flavored.
Love Necco wafers!
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.
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.
I’m pretty sure that’s because, as someone already noted, that it’s one of the highest detergent shampoos on the shelf.
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
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.
My father gave our 14 year old son tool this 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. Not only that, but it’s made just a few miles from where we live!
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.
American Beauty 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.
Let’s not and say we did.
Once in awhile I run across Chunky chocolates in their distinctive truncated pyramid shape.