I’m from Cleveland and Norton Furniture commercials have perplexed late-night viewers for the past few years.
Perplexed is the perfect word to express what we are feeling right now.
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Marc is the king of marketing.
This reminds me of the voice acting from House of the Dead 2.
Dang! That guy is creepy! LOL
I’ve actually been in his store, it’s just as creepy. The statues you see in the ads are on the sales floor. Crazy as he is, he does do quite a bit of philanthropic stuff in Cleveland.
Philanthropy is all well and good, but is HIS store just like a mini-mall?
Also, does anyone thing Marc Norton sounds more than a little like Senor Cartgage? Does Marc have Senorial Day sales? Credit in his store?: “No Probolo, Marlyn!”
Hacks like me could mine that stuff for non-humor all day.
I’m scared now.
Rumor has it his throat was slashed in a robbery years ago, leading to his trademark voice.
@BeastMasterJ: His store is nothing like a mini-mall. It’s a pretty good sized building right in downtown Cleveland. It’s funny because it’s a pretty old building, so there’s only a service elevator for moving the furninture. No special days, just wacky every day….
I’ve never been in the store, but here’s an article from one of those local free weeklies about Norton’s Furniture: Cleveland Scene.
The voice comes from being kicked in the throat as a child. And they’re apparently great at providing service to their customers.
@BeastMasterJ: I was thinking the same thing.
All that was missing was a robot testimonial and the guy saying that he wasn’t being taken to Chick-Fil-A.
marc IS a full Cleveland
Creep-tastic!
Are you sure he’s not from Rhode Island? That accent sounds familiar…
His face (complete with breathtaking pony-tail) is painted on the side of his building in profile. It’s huge. I wish I was up there right now, I’d snap a pick and post it. That’s why I love Cleveland, and Ohio in general. This guy rules. There is a YouTube video of him goofing on himself (shouting his slogan out into Lake Erie, etc). Too lazy to find it, but you guys can if you want…
@ElizabethD: He definitely sounded like a New Englander. “My name is Mahhhhk.”
I just saw one of his commericals this morning.
He scares me
After watching three of those in a row, I feel the need to curl up in the fetal position in the corner of my office. Now…seriously.
you can see that breathtaking ponytail illustration here:
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and, marc recruits for his commercials on his very busy myspace page:
[www.myspace.com]
WTF?
That is terrifying. I think it’s the weird pauses between words. And what’s with the exact same script and choreography in every commercial? What does “Now…seriously…” even mean? So many questions.
Hmmm. The kid in the last one sorta looks like Neil Cicierega.
Maybe these are all “Lemon Demon”-like artistic productions.
@cjc: That was a really interesting article. Made me think very highly of the overly creepy man.