Gasoline Alley by Jim Scancarelli for November 06, 2016

This one sure brings back the memories. I’ll bet no one under 60 knows about Peter Pain and the Ben-Gay ads in the Sunday funnies.

I’m 62 and remember Ben-Gay but don’t recall Peter Pain.

I’m 75 and I DO remember Peter Pain. Always looked like a pickle to me!

Ad from the 1950’s

I,m 78 and remember the great art work of Ben – Gay ads .

Hey, welcome. We are the Ben Gay duet. I am Ben and this is Gay….

I remember both Ben-Gay &P P. Don’t remember any ads & today’s Grand Rapids Press has NO ads in tne first 6 pages of comics section, the remaining 4 pages are the puzzle pages…I’m grateful for the little joys in life !!

72 and, yes, I remember Peter Pain but didn’t remember his name. Love it!

I’m Canadian and turned 60 a couple of months ago. I don’t recall the local rag running ads in the comics section, but then that paper has been “strange” in their handling of cartoons for a long time. The comics sections I have in my (very) small collection are from the Star Weekly (the Saturday magazine section of the Toronto Star turned into a magazine for the rest of Canada) and they did have ads, but often those ads were for Canadian companies. All of which is a long way of telling you that I don’t remember the Ben-Gay/Peter Pain ads either.

I remember the ads well. FWIW I was reading them inthe funnies in South Texas. (Since some did not see the adsand others did, I suspect that it may be locale related.)My age is currently 75.

Ben-Goo ? Ha ha. Made my day. :-)

I am 68 and I DO remember Peter Pain Ben Gay ads in the funnies. They ran in between the strips that didn’t have a full page to their own.,

Thought that little green guy looked familiar.

Ben Goo?