By Danielle Beavers
One of our favorite Times Square neighbors might soon be the millionaire next door.
A Manhattan judge has allowed the Naked Cowboy (yeah, he has a name: Robert Burck), to continue with his $6 million lawsuit against Mars Inc. filed in February. The scantily clad singing sensation claims an M&Ms ad unfairly gave the impression that the Naked Cowboy endorsed the product. The offending ad is actually an animated billboard in Times Square (sacred Cowboy turf for almost a decade), which depicts a blue M&M wearing a white cowboy hat, cowboy boots and underpants while strumming a familiar-looking white guitar.
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This in from MTV News digital producer Megan Warner:
I was grabbing lunch today at the deli near our building when I was handed a CD. I looked down to find to my complete horror/amazement that it was in fact a copy of the famed Naked Cowboy's album, What the Naked Cowboy Wants to Hear. (The guys at the deli assured me they had enough copies to go around so it was mine for the taking.)
The rumors of our country Western neighbor putting out an album have been long since confirmed, but this is actual proof.
With titles such as "Handy Man" and "Naked Son of a Gun," the songs are all similar-sounding, with what you'd expect for lyrics. I do have to say the band he recorded with actually isn't bad, if country music is your style. Take that, M&M's!
So did he record in his skivvies? Aren't those too constricting...?
