Paul Drysdale has spent nearly half a century dispelling the foundational myth that a waterbed will improve your love life. The North York-based salesman says the late Sue Johanson, a client and the ...

For kids and adults alike, waterbeds used to be the coolest—until suddenly, they weren’t. After a heyday in the late 1980s in which nearly one out of every four mattresses sold was a waterbed mattress ...

Following is a transcript of the video. Announcer: Wouldn't you rather spend your evening in a waterbed? For a limited time, $189.99. Girl: Daddy, can I have a waterbed? Please, Daddy, can I have a ...

Whatever you do, don’t call it a waterbed. The Wavy Gravy-era fixture evokes a time when the free flow, water-filled mattresses were closely associated with shag carpet and bead curtains. These days, ...

On my recent trip to Florida I picked up the Sarasota Herald-Tribune one day and started to flip through it. I stopped at a full-page ad. The ad was for the John W. Schultz Co.–a waterbed store. The ...