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During Fallon's comedic segment titled "Do Not Read These Books," that aired on Jan. 23, Fallon showed off a few books he had recently found that he advises his audience not to read. "Now before we start, I just want everyone to know every book I'm about to show you is 100 percent real," Fallon said. buy pushchair pay monthly "Next up, we have a history book. cheap baby pushchair ukThis is 'The History of the Metal Lawn Chair...ergonomic desk chair for saleWhat We Know Now'. brown leather chair restoration hardwareThe secret is revealed," Fallon joked as he showed off Torrans' book to his audience. used office chairs bristol

"Here's why I don't want you to read it. This book was printed in 2014 so who knows what kind of metal lawn chair advancements have taken place over the last three years." While Fallon and his audience members got a kick out of picking on Torrans' book, Torrans is actually getting the last laugh.buy pushchair "We might usually sell one or two books a week but since this aired on 'The Tonight Show', we've sold probably about 60 books," Torrans said Thursday. "Jimmy Fallon can make fun of us all the time." In fact, it was a book sale on Amazon that alerted Torrans to his overnight fame. "There was a new comment on the book's reviews on Amazon that said 'saw the book on Jimmy Fallon'," Torrans said. "So we went online and looked at the episodes that week and found where he had talked about our book." Torrans' book is a collective history of how the first stamped metal lawn chairs began, who manufactured them and how they've remained an American outdoor patio staple since 1938.

"I started making them in 2004 and I started trying to do some research to find out the history of how they've developed over the years," Torrans said. "When I started researching, I found that there was very little information out there about these metal lawn chairs that almost everybody had back in the 1960s and 70s. I always thought there would have been a book written about the chairs and there was nothing. I knew then and there, there had to be something written. Someone would want to know this. What information I could gather, I decided to put in a book." Torrans showed his book to fellow Jefferson author and publisher of 23 House Publishing Mitch Whitington. "If it weren't for Mitch, the book wouldn't have been done," Torrans said. "He looked at it and agreed it was a good book and said he would publish it through his company 23 House." The book takes a look at early stamped metal lawn chair manufacturers like Gordon Rideout, Alvin Shott, Victor Schreckengost and Ed Warmack, and shows how World War II had an effect on all metal products manufactured in the U.S. during the time, including the patio furniture.

"Almost everyone remembers those old metal chairs that bounced," Torrans said of the metal lawn chair's popularity. "Almost everyone had one growing up or sat in one at some point." Torrans is the only manufacturer of the stamped metal lawn chair left in the area. Through his Jefferson company, Torrans Manufacturing LLC, which is one of the oldest businesses in Jefferson, having been established in 1850, Torrans and his wife Kathy make different styles of the stamped metal lawn chairs in a variety of colors and sizes. "We have the glider chairs and the patio tables, along with the rockers and the bar stools," he said. "They are powder coated and come ready to assemble in the box." Torrans said during the 1940s, the popular lawn chairs would run about $3.50 per chair, or about $15 in today's economy. Nowadays, they run about $60 per chair and are known for their durability and comfort. "A lot of people like this retro-style chair," Torrans said. While Fallon and his 'Tonight Show' friends might not be fans of the metal lawn chair yet, Torrans is hoping to change his mind when he sends the TV host a specially made metal lawn chair just for him with "The Tonight Show" decal on it.

"We're going to send him a chair with his show's decal on it and we're shooting a short video here, where we will have the chairs set up at different places all around Jefferson, showing Fallon how everybody is using and sitting in these chairs," Torrans said. It's Torrans way of poking back a little at Fallon but he said it's all in good fun. "If we can get any more eyes on our little town here in Jefferson, and on our chairs here, that will be good," Torrans said. They are planning to shoot the video the weekend of Feb. 18 and 19 and Torrans said they are needing a few extras to be in the short video. Anyone in the area who would like to participate is welcome to give Torrans a call to set up a time and place to shoot the video. Torrans can be reached at his business at (903) 665-6449. Torrans said they believe they have a contact who can get the video in front of Fallon for viewing. "We're going to tell Mr. Fallon, 'you made fun of the book but we don't think you realize the effect the metal lawn chair has had on Jefferson'," Torrans said.