# Retired tropes of yesteryear **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 23, 2022, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retired-tropes-of-yesteryear/963324 "2022-04-23T18:11:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 19
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2022, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retired-tropes-of-yesteryear/963324/361 "2022-05-29T21:12:25Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > Another one from the 40s: whenever a person (usually a woman) has had a frightening or dangerous experience, the doctor would give them a sedative THE ABOMINABLE DOCTOR PHIBES has maybe the best example of this one. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2022, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retired-tropes-of-yesteryear/963324/362 "2022-05-29T21:32:18Z")
That was hard to watch. ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2022, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retired-tropes-of-yesteryear/963324/363 "2022-05-30T06:26:39Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > > [@Bootb](#): > > > > Apparently, doctors and everybody else handed out prescription pills like candy. > > They did. There’s even a Rolling Stones song about it. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/h-ahSGQ0CcA/maxresdefault.jpg "The Rolling Stones - Mother's Little Helper") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-ahSGQ0CcA) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retired-tropes-of-yesteryear/963324.md?page=18)