It’s been a rough summer over at Gallery Furniture, what with a former employee being arrested for torching the local home-furnishing superstore’s warehouse. But we all know plucky owner Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale isn’t going to let losing the lion’s share of Gallery’s inventory get him down any more than the Astros’ and Texans’ lackluster performances have (plus, Mack and Rocks Off both have the impending UT football season to look forward to).
Today, Houston blogger and “dunderpate” Mike McGuff posted this video of Mack getting his swerve on in various vintage Gallery commercials, with a little help from his buds Jamie Kennedy, Paul Wall and Chuck Norris. If we were Robert Gillham, the former Gallery sales manager charged with arson in the May 21 fire, we’d be glad to be in jail. At least that way we’d be safe from Mack and Chuck going upside our heads with some pieces from Gallery’s “Solid Wood” collection.
This article appears in Aug 20-26, 2009.
