I was thinking the other day of a 70’s TV commercial. It featured a guy who used to wear a yellow hard hat and say at the end of every ad- “…because we’re THAT GOOD!” I can’t recall the chain of stores he was hawking. I think it may have been a furniture chain. Why was he wearing a hard hat? Was he representing organized labor? I think this character was called Jerry. He also said in every ad…“What’s the story, Jerry?” The reply was always “That’s the stawww-ry!” Was he asking a rhetorical question? I don’t know. This is why I was pondering it. He was always flailing his arms and acted in a generally exasperated manner with a tad bit of crazy thrown in to boot. I know it was not Crazy Eddie though. What store was it?
It’s quite likely that, whoever this fellow was, his business was purely local. In what city did you see these ads? That might help to level it down a lot.
Those ads were only shown in the New York City area. I don’t recall the name of his chain, but it was a type of warehouse club, sort of like Sam’s Club. You had to be a member of a union or other organization to get in (they were very liberal about what organizations qualified). You then got special deals on appliances and other items.
Just found it: JGE Discount Appliances.