Not only do they sell electronics, living room, bedroom and dining room furniture, entertainment centers, lamps and occasional tables*, they're also High Point's source for the single greatest commercial that North Carolina has ever seen.
What about poor people?This commercial is epic in so many ways. First, the Dick in a Box-esque duo cutting in and singing the name (and eventual slogan) of the store. Samberg and Timberlake would be proud.
One of my other favorite parts happens at about 25 seconds into the video, where the black guy is shaking the white lady's hand in an attempt to show residents of High point that, even in the dark, racist times of the late 2000s, black people and white people can make physical contact without one or the other immediately bursting into flames. This leads to the most awkward handshake ever caught on film.
No grip. She is shaking a lifeless hand. Has anyone ever made their hand go limp when you go to shake it? It's fucking creepy. Just grab the lady's land, sir. High Point embraces furniture store integration.
If this commercial didn't help boost their sales, then this shirt they're selling online should help do the trick.
They just got 13 dollars from me.
*What the hell is an occasional table, and how the hell can something occasionally be a table? What is it when it isn't a table?
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That commercial never aired in the High Point, Greensboro or Wimston Salem television market. All of the TV stations, I mean ALL of them, refused to air it. No matter, it made it on a bunch of TV shows and went viral on the Internet, so they got exposure while the local TV stations turned their noses up at it.
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