# Stuff you never see advertized (any more) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 1, 2013, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-you-never-see-advertized-any-more/651772 "2013-03-01T22:53:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [March 3, 2013, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-you-never-see-advertized-any-more/651772/21 "2013-03-03T08:41:58Z")
Heh. A catheter commercial just came on tonight, and I realized it was one of the few embarrassing/painful products where the men’s version is worse than the female version. An oh so tiny revenge for decades of menstruation pain. ---
**Author:** ![Neidhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Neidhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neidhart)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2013, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-you-never-see-advertized-any-more/651772/22 "2013-03-03T10:37:09Z")
Gaines dog food/GainesBurgers. I used to see ads for them in Better Homes & Gardens every month back in the '70s. Is the company even still around? Also, Swanson frozen dinners. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2013, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-you-never-see-advertized-any-more/651772/23 "2013-03-03T11:30:29Z")
> [@Neidhart](#): > > Gaines dog food/GainesBurgers. I used to see ads for them in Better Homes & Gardens every month back in the '70s. Is the company even still around? > > Also, Swanson frozen dinners. Wow. I hadn’t thought of [Gaines dog burgers](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaines-Burgers) in a long time. Looks like they pulled the plug in the 1990s. ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2013, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-you-never-see-advertized-any-more/651772/24 "2013-03-03T12:46:48Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > It seems like you don’t see TV ads for candy bars much any more. They’re still around but seem rarer than they used to be. Is this a whoosh? Because if I have to hear that damn Kit-Kat crunch tune comercial one more time I’m going to lose it. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2013, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-you-never-see-advertized-any-more/651772/25 "2013-03-03T17:47:30Z")
> [@BubbaDog](#): > > Is this a whoosh? Because if I have to hear that damn Kit-Kat crunch tune comercial one more time I’m going to lose it. Honestly no, I meant it. Of course seconds after I posted, I saw Hershey’s ad but I really think they don’t seem to be on as much as they used to be. I guess I just don’t watch the right shows 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2013, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-you-never-see-advertized-any-more/651772/26 "2013-03-03T19:02:01Z")
> [@StarvingButStrong](#): > > Heh. A catheter commercial just came on tonight, and I realized it was one of the few embarrassing/painful products where the men’s version is worse than the female version. > > An oh so tiny revenge for decades of menstruation pain. neener neener neener 😛 How many times does the average person pee? 200 catheters a month? I think I pee at least 4 or 5 times a day, more if I am gaming and serially swilling icewater [talking on vent or ts dries out my throat] > [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](#): > > Wow. I hadn’t thought of [Gaines dog burgers](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaines-Burgers) in a long time. Looks like they pulled the plug in the 1990s. Bummer, my Dad’s dogs absolutely loved those back in the 70s. ---
**Author:** ![Enkel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/df705f/32.png) [@Enkel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enkel)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2013, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-you-never-see-advertized-any-more/651772/27 "2013-03-03T19:38:22Z")
The epilady. I think the word has gotten out that they are worthless torture devices. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2013, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-you-never-see-advertized-any-more/651772/28 "2013-03-03T20:05:56Z")
> [@Enkel](#): > > The epilady. I think the word has gotten out that they are worthless torture devices. Nowadays all the ads are for No! No! Hair! (which is the dumbest name for a product in years…) ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2013, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-you-never-see-advertized-any-more/651772/29 "2013-03-03T20:17:54Z")
[Brylcreem](http://www.the-toronto-realestate.com/images/17330/brylcreem-hair-dressing_pomade-shop1.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2013, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-you-never-see-advertized-any-more/651772/30 "2013-03-03T21:43:18Z")
Does anyone nowadays suffer from post-nasal drip or midriff bulge? Are breasts no longer in need of being lifted and also separated? ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2013, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-you-never-see-advertized-any-more/651772/31 "2013-03-03T23:18:49Z")
> [@Infovore](#): > > Nowadays all the ads are for No! No! Hair! (which is the dumbest name for a product in years…) I thought Nads was pretty bad as a product name. ---
**Author:** ![YourAdHere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/65b543/32.png) [@YourAdHere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YourAdHere)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2013, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-you-never-see-advertized-any-more/651772/32 "2013-03-03T23:34:47Z")
Collect call services, e.g. - 1-800-COLLECT 1-800-CALLATT and all those other weird numbers / prefixes you were supposed to dial to give you cheaper long distance rates. Those and commercials for MCI, Sprint, etc. Wasn’t MCI the one with Murphy Brown and the pin drop, or was that Sprint? I watched an old VHS a while back and the commercials were a trip down nostalgia lane. "Buy yourself a little freedom, buy yourself a little YUGO! " "I love what you do for me, Toyota! " ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2013, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-you-never-see-advertized-any-more/651772/33 "2013-03-04T01:15:16Z")
Right. Murphy Brown dd MCI. Sela Ward did Sprint. ---
**Author:** ![GameHat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ed655f/32.png) [@GameHat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GameHat)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2013, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-you-never-see-advertized-any-more/651772/34 "2013-03-04T03:59:05Z")
> [@Accidental\_Martyr](#): > > Long-distance phone cards. I don’t see TV commercials for these anymore, but I do live in an area with lots of immigrants so there are print ads (posters, flyers, business cards) everywhere. Especially in the local (excellent) taquerias. ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2013, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-you-never-see-advertized-any-more/651772/35 "2013-03-04T06:05:21Z")
[Prell](http://ultimarkproducts.com/products/prell/) [Geritol](http://www.geritol.com/) ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2013, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-you-never-see-advertized-any-more/651772/36 "2013-03-04T11:47:33Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > It seems like you don’t see TV ads for candy bars much any more. They’re still around but seem rarer than they used to be. It may be the channels you’re watching. I’ve seen far too many Snickers commercials with celebs - the current one with Robin Williams is particularly annoying. And all the KitKat ads, and Hershey bars (and Hershey kisses) - and if you want to stretch the definition of candy bars, there’s all the M&Ms ads, too. Not too long ago, there was an inane series 3 Musketeers ads with the candy bar floating away because it’s so light! :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2013, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-you-never-see-advertized-any-more/651772/37 "2013-03-04T13:06:00Z")
I don’t see nearly so many pet food commercials as I used to, and the ones I do see are for some frou-frou brands. I kind of miss the days of “Chuck Wagon”, 'Gravy Train", “Gaines Burgers”, “9 Lives” and “Meow Mix”. Nowadays it’s catheters and other geezer products, along with ISP commercials (HughesNet primarily) aimed at people who apparently live so far from civilization that things that the rest of us took them for granted 10 years ago. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2013, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-you-never-see-advertized-any-more/651772/38 "2013-03-04T13:23:58Z")
Tic Tacs. Also, Kleenex or Puffs tissues. ---
**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:** [March 4, 2013, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-you-never-see-advertized-any-more/651772/39 "2013-03-04T15:44:52Z")
Hmm. Are we looking at commericals on basic/free/over the air channels vs. cable channels? I bet that the first viewers of the first category are way more likely to be old vs. the second category. Thought of another category I haven’t seen lately: telephone chat lines. ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2013, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-you-never-see-advertized-any-more/651772/40 "2013-03-04T16:01:31Z")
A few that come to mind: -“Armystrong”-is that a product? -tooth powder -Florida Timeshares -spats -chia pet “Obama” heads -cremation services -the “clapper” (clap on/clap off) -Suzuki automobiles [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-you-never-see-advertized-any-more/651772.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-you-never-see-advertized-any-more/651772.md?page=3)