issues . please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages this article is an orphan as no other articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . december 2009 this article relies too much on references to primary sources . please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources . december 2009 learn how and when to remove this template message the topic of this article may not meet wikipedia s notability guidelines for companies and organizations . please help to establish notability by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond its mere trivial mention . if notability can not be established the article is likely to be merged redirected or deleted . find sources sit n sleep news newspapers books scholar jstor free images december 2009 learn how and when to remove this template message this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . august 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message sit n sleep sit n sleep will beat anyone s advertised price or your mattress is freeeeeeeeeeeeee industry retail genre mattress founded 1978 headquarters culver city california u.s. gardena california distribution center main offices products mattress website http www.sitnsleep.com sit n sleep is an american major mattress retailer chain in southern california founded in 1978 by phil and larry miller the latter currently the corporation s owner and chairman . the chain is mainly known for its advertising which features larry and his accountant irwin . 1 while he is hardly seen irwin is voiced by real accountant irwin zigmond . 2 3 contents 1 corporate overview 2 advertising 3 mattress brands 4 merchandise 5 sales 6 references 7 external links corporate overview edit this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . august 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message sit n sleep opened its first store in culver city and as of january 2014 has 32 superstore locations in southern california 4 and a 240 000 square foot 22 000 m2 distribution center corporate office in gardena california . as of 2014 update the company employs over 300 people . citation needed the newest store in the sit n sleep chain is located in burbank california . this store opened in january 2014 . 5 advertising edit this article possibly contains original research . please improve it by verifying the claims made and adding inline citations . statements consisting only of original research should be removed . march 2011 learn how and when to remove this template message the catchphrase sit n sleep will beat anyone s advertised price or your mattress is freeeeeeeeeeeeee 6 originated shortly after the company s founding in response to a customer who asked miller is your price the cheapest . citation needed each of sit n sleep s advertisements includes this phrase . 7 most radio ads since 1996 also feature miller s best friend and accountant irwin . 3 these ads feature larry and irwin in what starts out as a mundane situation or a situation relating to an upcoming holiday ; irwin tries to keep the subject on company profits but larry reaches far sometimes torturiously far to tie in the free mattress angle into every discussion . at the end of each commercial irwin collapses and cries you re killing me larry . he has begun to appear in the television commercials as well . for the 2005 christmas season sit n sleep gave away free bobblehead dolls of irwin which said his catchphrase . 1 when opening the laguna hills store miller made a joke about the exit near the laguna hills store on a radio ad . he mentioned that el toro road was renamed el snoro road . that is an example of a forced tie in . citation needed mattress brands edit sit n sleep sells these brands of mattresses sherwood bedding 8 sealy 9 simmons 10 serta 11 stearns & foster 12 aireloom 13 sleep to live 14 tempur pedic 15 kluft 16 merchandise edit this section is empty . you can help by adding to it . august 2016 sales edit this section is empty . you can help by adding to it . august 2016 references edit a b http www.sitnsleep.com resources article so cal cheers the return of irwin http www.laweekly.com news mattress cide irwin the accountant killed off 2389431 a b http articles.latimes.com 2014 mar 31 business la fi mo marketing mattress sit n sleep 20140330 sit n sleep official website http article.wn.com view 2014 01 31 sit x2018n sleep mattress store expands to burbank http www.laobserved.com biz 2010 08 irwin aka youre kill.php http www.latimes.com business la fi mo marketing mattress sit n sleep 20140330 story.html axzz2xyg61l4d http www.sitnsleep.com mattresses sherwood http www.sitnsleep.com mattresses sealy http www.sitnsleep.com mattresses simmons http www.sitnsleep.com mattresses serta http www.sitnsleep.com mattresses stearns and foster http www.sitnsleep.com mattresses aireloom http www.sitnsleep.com mattresses sleep to live http www.sitnsleep.com mattresses tempur pedic http www.sitnsleep.com mattresses kluft external links edit sit n sleep homepage sit n sleep s channel on youtube retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title sit % 27n sleep & oldid 733094201 categories mattress retailers of the united statescompanies based in los angeles county californiaretail companies established in 19781978 establishments in californiahidden categories orphaned articles from december 2009all orphaned articlesarticles lacking reliable references from december 2009all articles lacking reliable referencesarticles with topics of unclear notability from december 2009all articles with topics of unclear notabilityarticles needing additional references from august 2016all articles needing additional referencesarticles containing potentially dated statements from 2014all articles containing potentially dated statementsall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from may 2013articles that may contain original research from march 2011all articles that may contain original researcharticles with unsourced statements from october 2010articles to be expanded from august 2016all articles to be expandedarticles with empty sections from august 2016all articles with empty sectionsarticles using small message boxes navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 5 august 2016 at 09 46 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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