- Barcalounger
A Barcalounger is a type of
recliner made in theUnited States of America . It was introduced by the Barcolo Manufacturing Company ofBuffalo, NY , which eventually became the Barcalounger Company. The chairs are currently produced inNorth Carolina .Barcolo Manufacturing also made beds in Welland Ontario under the Quality Beds name in the first decade of the 20th century, and is also reputed to be the first American company to allow its employees coffee breaks, in 1902.
Cultural references
* In "
Rabbit is Rich " byJohn Updike , protagonist Harry Angstrom has a Barcalounger in his house.
* In "Friends ", Chandler and Joey both own Barcaloungers.
* In "BASEketball ", when Joey gives the ball he made himself the same way Coop did, the ball has a chair logo in the same place, but instead of the La-Z Boy logo, it's one for the Barcalounger.
* In "The Nirvana Blues " by John Nichols, the residents of Chamisaville recline in Barcaloungers.
*In chapter 4 of "Slaughterhouse-Five " byKurt Vonnegut , one item theTralfamadorians used to furnish Billy Pilgrim's artificial Habitat was a Barcalounger they had stolen from aSears Roebuck warehouse.
*In "Welcome to the Monkey House " byKurt Vonnegut , a chair in a suicide booth.
*Dave Barry often uses the Barcalounger as a heavy object or a point of lazy repose.
*In the television show "Frasier ", Martin Crane's favorite chair is a Barcalounger, which Frasier detests because it clashes with his decor.
*In the play "Inspecting Carol " by Daniel Sullivan, main character Larry Vauxhall longs for his Barcalounger after giving up his possessions for a simpler life.
*In the television show "Cheers ", Norm Peterson brings a Barcalounger to Cheers for a thanksgiving dinner held at the bar. He notes that Thanksgiving wouldn't be the same without a Barcalounger.
* In the comic book series "The Incredible Hulk", Bruce Banner has a fantasy that one day he will fall and hit his head while transforming into his alter ego. "Hulk killed by Barcalounger, film at eleven."ee also
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La-Z-Boy External links
* [http://barcalounger.com/index.php Official site]
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