Poughkeepsie N.Y. Sales In 1963, the Smith family sold the company to Warner-Lambert. F & F Foods of Chicago, purchased it in 1972 and production left Poughkeepsie. The iconic Smith Brothers logo was diminished in favor of the F&F Foods logo and the brothers' name recognition declined. Though the product became scarce, it continued to make appearances in pop culture references such as the season 1, 1986 of The Golden Girls episode, "The Flu”. Rose politely declines a Sucrets cough drop from her date, and tells him that she’s “sucking on a Smith Brothers”. In the 1997 Seinfeld episode "The Van Buren Boys", Jerry references "Smith Brothers cough drops" in a discussion about thick beards. Later in the 2009 Simpsons episode, "O Brother, Where Bart Thou?". The expression, "When the Smith Brothers shave..." was used in popular culture to mean something that was never expected to happen. In Victor Herbert's 1906 operetta The Red Mill, two heavily bearded men appear on stage, while one of the Vaudevillians yells, "Pipe the Smith Brothers!" Smith Brothers cough drops also get a prominent reference in Laurel and Hardy's 1932 comedy, Pack Up Your Troubles, when Stan makes a trip to Poughkeepsie to see if one of the Smith Brothers is the father of their deceased friend Eddie Smith, whose orphaned daughter was left in their care and until the pair could return her to relatives. In the 1963 film Beach Party, the character Deadhead suggests that if the bearded Professor Sutwell had a twin he’d make a good cough drop. In 2011, F & F sold the brand to GemCap, a private equity fund in Santa Monica, California. In 2014, GemCap sold the company to hedge fund York Capital Management, who once again attempted to revive the brand which had largely disappeared from store shelves. However, in 2016, the Smith brothers cough drop brand folded due to declining sales. Smith Brothers Cough Drops remained available on some retail shelves and online sources, due to previously purchased unexpired back stock. Comeback In May 2016, Lanes Brands of Bedford, New Hampshire, acquired the Smith Brothers brand. Lanes is the United States subsidiary of Lanes Health based in Gloucester, United Kingdom. According to the Lane Brands website, the Smith Brothers brand of cough drops returned to the American and worldwide markets later in 2017. According to the homepage of the company website, the cough drop flavors