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I'm in Panama City Beach, Florida on the birthday of a 5-day take-over-the-world plan. We'll systematically hit a different place every single day on the beach until everywhere you go, it will be Naked Cowboy. I was just thrown out of a restaurant up the street for not wearing clothes. Everyone was taking my picture and all of a sudden this guy came up and was like, flippin' out, being just as belligerent as can be. It was pretty cool.
Soon I'll be shooting footage for the Naked Cowboy Reality Show. Basically, I'm just out and everything is awesome. Right now we're in music production with some unbelievable songs that would stand up on their own. There are some issues with competing production companies that are working out their differences over the rights and clauses and getting on my case, but the point is, everything is coming along.
Right now I'm wearing underwear, boots and hat. My real name is Robert Burck, but that's no more real than Naked Cowboy. To the best of my recollection, I come from Cincinnati. I became the Naked Cowboy by doing what I always do, which was following my own plan and my own agenda. I was looking for my place in the world, so to speak.
In 1998, I went down to shoot Playgirl Magazine, which is what took me to West Hollywood, about 30 minutes from Venice Beach. The first day I was performing at the beach in my clothes, I was completely ignored all day. So, the guy who was shooting me for Playgirl suggested that I play guitar in my underwear. He was kind of kidding, but it was the best idea I'd ever heard.
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Re: The Naked Cowboy Sues Candy Giant
By Michelle Kenneth, February 18, 2008 at 09:13I don't recall seeing his likeness at the M&M store (which is a few blocks away from where the Naked Cowboy show is). I'll have to stop and take a look. I know that some stores nearby sell Naked Cowboy t-shirts and all, but those are certain specialty stores. Not everyone can sell his t-shirts. Even the vendors on the corners selling photos of NYC sell pictures of the Naked Cowboy.
I see the Naked Cowboy almost every single day. But if you're a New Yorker, you're usually trying to get away from him as fast as possible. Don't ask why...it's a New Yawrk thing.
He's spent a lot of cold winter nights in his underwear in Times Square...M&M should have compensated him for using his likeness. Just because he is an icon in NY, doesn't mean that he's not still a street performer just trying to earn his bread. They have to compensate him just like they would the Beatles or Michael Jackson for using their likeness.