Could Mattress Mac get in the Guinness Book of World Records

[A-Train]

Check out what I found on guinnessworldrecords.com

Most TV Commercials Starring Company Founder

Dave Thomas (USA), the founder of Wendy's Hamburger Restaurants, has appeared in a record 652 TV commercials for his company, since April 1989. "The Founder" campaign has won 36 major advertising awards. The shortest advert he has appeared in ran for five seconds and the longest ran for 60 seconds. He opened the first Wendy's Old Fashioned Hamburger Restaurant in Columbus, Ohio, in 1969. The restaurant was named after his 8-year-old daughter Melinda Lou, who was called Wendy by her older siblings.

If Mac hasn't been in more than 652 Gallery Furniture commercials by now, he must be getting damn close. He's been doing those things since the mid 80's and it seems like there is a new one each week...

[Behad]

Hell, I think I've seen 652 different Gallery Furniture commercials this week!

[codell]

Does anyone else remember the Old Mattress Mac commercials that came on around midnight during Sat. night wrestling? The ones with Paul Boesch.

[AntiSonic]

Are only national ads recognized?

[pgabriel]

It is so funny to hear the same two people on Mack's radio ads.

One day they are moving in from Chicago and need new furniture.
Then they are hosting the superbowl and need new furniture.
Then the inlaws are visiting and the need new furniture.
Then the guy turns into a giant and he needs new furniture.

Too funny.

[Behad]

Originally posted by codell Does anyone else remember the Old Mattress Mac commercials that came on around midnight during Sat. night wrestling? The ones with Paul Boesch.

Oh hell yes. We used to play "Count the hand movements", to see how often he pointed his hand at the camera.

[codell]

Originally posted by Behad Oh hell yes. We used to play "Count the hand movements", to see how often he pointed his hand at the camera.

Those were the good days of Wrestling.

Hacksaw Jim Duggan
Dr. Death
Ted Dibiase
The Missing Link

and my personal fav ...........The One Man Gang.

[Behad]

Originally posted by codell Those were the good days of Wrestling. Hacksaw Jim Duggan Dr. Death Ted Dibiase The Missing Link and my personal fav ...........The One Man Gang.

I go farther back than you....Wahoo McDaniel, Johnny Valentine, Andre the Giant...

[RocketMan Tex]

Originally posted by codell Those were the good days of Wrestling. Hacksaw Jim Duggan Dr. Death Ted Dibiase The Missing Link and my personal fav ...........The One Man Gang.

Wahoo McDaniel
Fritz Von Erich
Ernie Ladd

Man...the memories...

[codell]

I remember the Von Erichs. What a cursed family that was.

[ima_drummer2k]

Originally posted by pgabriel It is so funny to hear the same two people on Mack's radio ads. One day they are moving in from Chicago and need new furniture. Then they are hosting the superbowl and need new furniture. Then the inlaws are visiting and the need new furniture. Then the guy turns into a giant and he needs new furniture. Too funny.

Oh, yeah. I wonder who that 2nd guy was. He uses and discards houses full of furniture like toliet paper!

Curse those back, back, back-order slips!

[TheHorns]

Originally posted by A-Train He's been doing those things since the mid 80's and it seems like there is a new one each week...

I think the more appropriate thing to say would be "the early 80's". He opened the store in 1981 and began advertising almost immidiately. Most memorably on Houston Wrestling.

[rockHEAD]

Who remembers Jose Lothario? That's some old school Houston Wrestling!!

[AntiSonic]

I remember Lothario, but only as Shawn Michaels' mentor in the mid 90's WWF. You old guys are giving DoD a run for his money

[Mulder]

Originally posted by codell Does anyone else remember the Old Mattress Mac commercials that came on around midnight during Sat. night wrestling? The ones with Paul Boesch.

"Ladies, if IW Marks can make my ears look pretty, just imagine what they could do for yours."

[TheHorns]

Hacksaw Jim Duggan, Kamala, JYD, Coco B Ware, Hacksaw Butch Reed, Hector & Chavo Guererro, Jim Coronet & the Midnight Express, the Rock n Roll Express, Sing, Iron Shiek and so on, were all from Houston Wrestleing.

I purposely left out one very big name, QUICK, who can name the Russian guy who was the big enemey?

[Behad]

Originally posted by TheHorns Hacksaw Jim Duggan, Kamala, JYD, Coco B Ware, Hacksaw Butch Reed, Hector & Chavo Guererro, Jim Coronet & the Midnight Express, the Rock n Roll Express, Sing, Iron Shiek and so on, were all from Houston Wrestleing. I purposely left out one very big name, QUICK, who can name the Russian guy who was the big enemey?

The Professor?

[Woofer]

Originally posted by Behad I go farther back than you....Wahoo McDaniel, Johnny Valentine, Andre the Giant...

I watched those guys on TV. I remember Wahoo's last match and was stunned he never wrestled again. Or it seemed like it, where his face was all bloodied up.

[pgabriel]

Originally posted by TheHorns Hacksaw Jim Duggan, Kamala, JYD, Coco B Ware, Hacksaw Butch Reed, Hector & Chavo Guererro, Jim Coronet & the Midnight Express, the Rock n Roll Express, Sing, Iron Shiek and so on, were all from Houston Wrestleing. I purposely left out one very big name, QUICK, who can name the Russian guy who was the big enemey?

Ivan Koloff or Volcoff or something like that

[RocketBurrito]

Nikolai Volkoff.