# Does anyone remember these Furniture Store commercials with some King character in the L.A. area? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 25, 2018, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-these-furniture-store-commercials-with-some-king-character-in-the-l-a-area/809573 "2018-02-25T22:04:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Asuka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2018, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-these-furniture-store-commercials-with-some-king-character-in-the-l-a-area/809573/1 "2018-02-25T22:04:33Z")
I don’t know the name of the store but it was “\ King” and combinations of Furniture King/Mattress King/Room King on YouTube aren’t turning up anything. Basically I remember these commercials airing CONSTANTLY through-out the mid-00’s to early 10’s on my local SoCal Los Angeles based stations, like about once a break. They were your bog standard furniture store commercials but at the end a really bad CGI character dressed like a king would pop-out and go “I am the King!” in a very bad monotone voice. Kind of like the Empire Direct commercials except with even less of a budget. The reason why I’m asking is nobody I know even remembers these commercials despite the fact they would air once every commercial break when I was watching Dodgers games so they must have had some traction somewhere. Looking for name of store and possibly links to the commercials themselves. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2018, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-these-furniture-store-commercials-with-some-king-character-in-the-l-a-area/809573/2 "2018-02-26T00:08:25Z")
[Was Seinfeld’s “I’m the Wiz” commercial inspired by it?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjQKFoUdk4g) ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2018, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-these-furniture-store-commercials-with-some-king-character-in-the-l-a-area/809573/3 "2018-02-26T00:20:41Z")
Al Greenwood the Bedspread King? His obituary is [here](http://articles.latimes.com/2001/jun/09/local/me-8407). He made a lot of (terrible) commercials proclaiming "I am the King. ---
**Author:** ![zbuzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e19b73/32.png) [@zbuzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zbuzz)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2018, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-these-furniture-store-commercials-with-some-king-character-in-the-l-a-area/809573/4 "2018-02-26T00:41:18Z")
Pretty sure you’re remembering [Paul’s TV](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwrSoHvg0qQ), featuring Paul Goldberg, the King of Big Screen. That’s an ad from the early 90s but it ends with his less than enthusiastic claim that he is the king. ---
**Author:** ![zbuzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e19b73/32.png) [@zbuzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zbuzz)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2018, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-these-furniture-store-commercials-with-some-king-character-in-the-l-a-area/809573/5 "2018-02-26T00:53:11Z")
Actually, I see now that HRH was named Paul Goldenberg, not Goldberg. I just wanted to make sure I got that straight, not terribly wise to piss off the memory of a king, you know. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2018, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-these-furniture-store-commercials-with-some-king-character-in-the-l-a-area/809573/6 "2018-02-26T02:59:59Z")
When I lived down there, I seem to remember some “Mattress King” who would show up out of nowhere, complete with red robe and crown at the end of the spot. Damned (thankfully) if I can remember his name… ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2018, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-these-furniture-store-commercials-with-some-king-character-in-the-l-a-area/809573/7 "2018-02-26T04:02:14Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > [Was Seinfeld’s “I’m the Wiz” commercial inspired by it?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjQKFoUdk4g) [The Wiz](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wiz_(store)) was a real place. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2018, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-these-furniture-store-commercials-with-some-king-character-in-the-l-a-area/809573/8 "2018-02-26T04:12:55Z")
> [@friedo](#): > > [The Wiz](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wiz_(store)) was a real place. I…did not know that. Thanks. I am surprised they used a real place. Huh. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2018, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-these-furniture-store-commercials-with-some-king-character-in-the-l-a-area/809573/9 "2018-02-26T04:51:23Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I am surprised they used a real place. Huh. Well, nobody beats them. [sub]Except the US Bankruptcy Court[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![zbuzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e19b73/32.png) [@zbuzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zbuzz)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2018, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-these-furniture-store-commercials-with-some-king-character-in-the-l-a-area/809573/10 "2018-02-26T07:05:42Z")
> [@friedo](#): > > Well, nobody beats them. [Go to the Wiz and select it. Take it off the rack, if it’s wack, put it back](https://youtu.be/phOW-CZJWT0?t=224). ---
**Author:** ![eunoia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eunoia/32/97_2.png) [@eunoia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eunoia)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2018, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-these-furniture-store-commercials-with-some-king-character-in-the-l-a-area/809573/11 "2018-02-26T19:04:27Z")
[This guy’s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgYs9kkqvPc) famous enough the commercial was recreated for Punch Drunk Love. Not much help, but it might help jog your memory, [this one is definitely not it it either.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XL5ZcanUslI) ---
**Author:** ![Quercus\_alba](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quercus_alba/32/4061_2.png) [@Quercus\_alba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus_alba)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2018, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-these-furniture-store-commercials-with-some-king-character-in-the-l-a-area/809573/12 "2018-02-27T03:02:42Z")
[This isn’t it either-](http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/sofa-king/n12138?snl=1)-but it was the first I thought of… :rolleyes: