In 1988, the company would be acquired by the Maytag Corporation.

The Maytag Corporation offered $175 million worth of 10-year notes.

An advertising director who saw his performance on the film's release soon cast him in a television advertising campaign for the Maytag Corporation.

By 1986, the company had become the 249th largest industrial company in the nation and it was sold to the Maytag Corporation.

In 1988, the now profitable company was acquired by the Maytag Corporation.

The Maytag Corporation was one of several appliance makers that responded with layoffs.

For the last three years, the Maytag Corporation has been a Wall Street darling.

A sink is not an appliance, but designers at the Maytag Corporation think it could be.

The Maytag Corporation got into the front loader market first, in the 1990's, but soon stumbled.

It was acquired by Maytag Corporation in 1989.