Posted on 06/22/2010 10:49:20 AM PDT by a fool in paradise
Times Square isn't big enough for the two of them.
The Naked Cowboy claims a bawdy, bikini-clad female busker who calls herself "The Naked Cowgirl" is ripping off his shtick, and he's threatening to lasso her into court for as much as $150,000.
The cowboy, whose real name is Robert Burck, sent a cease-and-desist letter to his foil, Sandy Kane, a fixture of the city comedy scene and former stripper famous for closing her act by lighting her breasts on fire.
"Your use of Naked Cowgirl is essentially identical to the Naked Cowboy and is clearly in violation" of Burck's trademark, read the letter.
Burck is demanding that Kane -- who began appearing in Times Square in a red, white and blue cowboy hat and matching bikini several years ago -- either stop making money off of his trademark or sign a "Naked Cowboy Franchise Agreement."
...Most licensed franchisees are required to fork over $5,000 for a year or $500 a month and go through a screening process to ape the Naked Cowboy's act.
...Kane, a 50-something New Jersey native whose real name is Sandra Brodsky, said she doesn't see why she has to pay Burck a cent.
...She said she had once had a good relationship with the Naked Cowboy and had, in fact, asked him to sing a duet with her.
Burck was willing to do it, both sides agree, but he wanted her to sign a franchise agreement. She balked and recorded the song with a male counterpart she called "The Cowboy."
That prompted Burck to fire off the cease-and-desist letter. But Kane said that it was no big deal and that she hasn't sold a single copy of the song...
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
Damn! Now I know what my Dad meant when he said “She looks like she’s been rode hard and put away wet!”
Nude Protest Over Oil: PR Spin Worse Than BP, Dammit (Houston Press Wednesday, Jun. 9 2010)
We don't know much about public relations, but if we sent out a press release titled, "Naked Protesters Bare All Against Dirty Oil," we'd at least deliver the naked protesters.But maybe that's not why we're in public relations, because this afternoon, inside the tiny Lush cosmetics store at Baybrook Mall, ourselves, along with a photographer from the Houston Chronicle (another news agency was leaving as we showed up), lined up to see naked women protest "dirty oil."
Turns out, the protesters were a store manager and three sales clerks from Lush. The manager was the closest to naked, dressed in a cardboadish cutout meant to resemble an oil barrel. And she wasn't even naked underneath it!...
Dyan Cannon, You forgot your Lakers pom - pom in your SUV.
from our conversation yesterday
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