A while back I posted about the ever-famous Naked Cowboy and his quest to protect his brand. This man, who most of us New Yorkers regarded as simply another Times Square nut adding peripheral color to our otherwise drab days, turned out to be quite the savvy businessman.
When Mars used his likeness to promote M&Ms on a billboard he went out and hired himself a lawyer. Much to my surprise, and surely the shock of a giant like Mars and their not so savvy creative team, the (not so) little (naked) guy won the suit to the tune of 4 million bucks!
Now it seems our beloved undressed cowboy has gone one step further in protecting his intellectual (and I use that term loosely) property and has begun to sell franchises. For a guy who serenades without clothing in all sorts of weather in the middle of Times Square he has surely become wise to the ways of protecting his brand.
During a press conference on Wednesday (in his skivvies, of course), he announced that he is suing Sandy Kane, a 50-year-old former stripper who calls herself the Naked Cowgirl, for ripping off his Times Square act. It seems the king of the tighty whities already collects $5,000 annually in franchise payments from a woman named Louisa Holmlund, 27, who also performs as the Naked Cowgirl.
Now here’s the thing, and I don’t want to appear to be cruel here, but the woman who pays is, well, there is no other way to put this, she is a babe. And BTW, way more authentically naked. The new one, not so much. See for your self. Here is the ‘legally Naked Cowgirl’ in Naked Cowboy terms:
And here is the new one. Sorry grandma, if I were the cowboy I would not want you ‘diluting’ my brand, if you will. Oh and I would like to add; 50 MY ASS! She is pushing 60 if she is a day, maybe even 70 from this picture. Or maybe she just lived 50 really hard years, but seriously, cover that up. All of it, actually.
Yikes! This is just wrong. (I particularly like the woman on the left with the big smile).
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i could cry but i don't have time 
no way she’s 50. Lying. She’s more like 70. I’m 55 and she’s has at least 15 years on me. Or maybe I’m just diluting myself. What do you think?
the 95 behind her says it all. loved this post.
Copy write on being naked and a cowboy? So if they were the naked “insert anything else here” then there would be no trouble, gotcha.
Thanks for this funny post – I googled the old woman version and actually found my photo of her (the bottom one), which is from my Flickr page. The woman to the left is my daughter and the old woman was huckstering for photos which I flatly refused to pay. So I asked me daughter to position herself to the side and the old Naked Cow”woman” was in the foreground. So the lady is not looking too happy with me, but my daughter and I thought it was funny.
That is hysterical. And please give me your full info so I can give you a photo credit on this.