The boy from East Dallas has become a big deal in Houston.
Jim McIngvale throws out the first pitch prior to Game Six of the 2022 World Series at Minute Maid Park on Nov. 5, in Houston.The Dallas Cowboys suckered you in again this season, raising expectations and even igniting Super Bowl fantasies with another successful regular season and their first road playoff victory in 30 years.
“Hey Dak, Mattress Mack here,” McIngvale posted on Twitter and Instagram. “I just lost $2 million, but I’ve got some advice for you. Get rid of that Sleep Number mattress and get a Tempur-Pedic. You’ll get much better results!” McIngvale claims it’s all just marketing. In advance of his much-publicized wagers, he offers Gallery Furniture customers spending $3,000 to double their money back if he wins the bet. Bottom line: While he paid through the nose for the Astros’ win, he sold $20 million of furniture tied to the Bengals loss and more than covered his $2 million loss on the Cowboys.“It’s whatever we can do to make people’s lives better,” McIngvale said recently.
In 1981 he and his new wife, Linda, moved to Houston to capitalize on the area’s oil-and-gas boom. Gallery Furniture was born and immediately grew on the wings of his wacky TV ads that showed him wearing a flimsy mattress and shouting his frantic “Gallery Furniture saves you money!’ catchphrase.He once boxed Muhammad Ali for a promotion. He funded the Chuck Norris movie. He boasts of being an “ultra-Republican,” contributing to the political campaigns of Donald Trump and Ted Cruz.
Groundhog Day was Feb. 2. But for football fans in D/FW it’s been the same nightmare on repeat since 1996: The Cowboys are popular, profitable and wholly pathetic.
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