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Norton Furniture is a Cleveland-based furniture store that is known across the Internet for its strange and unusual late night television commercials. Norton Furniture is owned and operated by Marc Brown, who inherited business from his father in 1995. The store is located in downtown Cleveland on the corner of Payne Avenue and East 21st Street.〔"(Midnight Hustler )", ''Cleveland Scene'', January 19, 2005.〕 == Advertising == Norton Furniture is widely known for its unorthodox B-Rate commercials, as they have circulated across the Internet on many viral video sites. The commercials are known for their wacky characters and low production value, as well as the spokesperson for Norton Furniture, Marc Brown, who sports a gray ponytail, glasses, and an unmistakable quiet, raspy voice somewhat like the voices of Marlon Brando and, as Homestar Runner fans note, Senor Cardgage,〔"(Forum thread: Real life reminds me of Homestar )", 2007 (posts 1, 3-4).〕 due to physical damage to his throat when he was a child. The tagline of the commercials is "If you can't get credit in my store, you can't get credit anywhere. My name is Marc, and you can count on it!"〔"(Norton Furniture is Baaack )", video on website of Spike network.〕 Common elements include local actors as well as mannequins (stocked by the store) to which he often delivers his spiel, and a comedic skit structure. The commercials have been featured on MTV's viral video show and several late-night television programs, and were among the local TV programs which were awarded "Best of All Time" (2007) in the Cleveland Free Times. Brown participated in the 2010 campaign to keep LeBron James in Cleveland, by appearing in the ''Please Stay LeBron'' video.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Tell LeBron James You Want Him )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Norton Furniture」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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