Kooky Lady Rides Naked Cowboy for $10 Mil

Posted Apr 2nd 2008 11:17AM by TMZ Staff

Some woman wants to ride the Naked Cowboy's bare back to try to nab $10 mil from the folks who make M&Ms.

Bonnie Vent says Mars stole her idea for an Addams Family-themed TV spot in a suit filed suspiciously soon after the Naked Cowboy sued the company for $8 million for swiping his Speedo'd image for a digital billboard.

Here's where Ms. Vent's argument has some gaps: She says she pitched an ad with the original Wednesday Addams and Cousin Itt. Which raises two questions: Wasn't the show forty years ago, and ... Cousin Itt was played by a human being?

Mars hasn't gotten back to our request for comment.

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1. Fist, who is the naked cowboy, and secondly, he sued for 8 million for an unauthorized billboard flash of his image? That's a bit of a high ball figure, dontchathink, considering A-list stars get that sum for doing a whole movie. Just a tad overinflated, in my humble opinion.

Posted at 11:40AM on Apr 2nd 2008 by Aim high, settle low...

2. Why is there a naked cowboy and why would anyone want him on a billboard?

Posted at 12:06PM on Apr 2nd 2008 by pd

3. yeah, this naked cowboy guy has a VERY high opinion of himself... he is really self absorbed

Posted at 12:24PM on Apr 2nd 2008 by erica rae

4. no the real question is why are they writing about him

Posted at 12:25PM on Apr 2nd 2008 by armysoldiergyrl

5. They took his "identity" and are using it for their own $$$benefit$$$ - surely they could cough up some dough to "thank" him for his idea... HE is the naked cowboy... and Mars Company should pay up if they care to use any likeness of his image - FAIR is FAIR... Just because he isn't a paid superstar that gives the right for a corporation to take his "idea"...
Come on people - the Naked Cowboy has been around forever - Ive never been to Times Square and even I know that...

Posted at 1:29PM on Apr 2nd 2008 by bvak

6. the naked cowboy is in Times' Square, NYC.
check him out, it's actually pretty funny to see a guy in his drawers playing guitar in Times' Square in the middle of winter.

Posted at 1:38PM on Apr 2nd 2008 by panda

7. i saw him on christina's court suing his ex, seems like a douchebag

Posted at 3:06PM on Apr 2nd 2008 by thats right

8. WHO'S NAKED COWBOY?!?! I am guessing you live under a rock and/or have never been to NYC. Just a wild guess. Im not calling you stupid at all.

Posted at 3:26PM on Apr 2nd 2008 by LOSERS!

9. no no. "Who is Naked Cowboy" is a very legitimate question - he should *not* be famous. It is *not* funny to see a country singer singing in his underwear in the winter.... THAT is stupid.

Posted at 5:08PM on Apr 2nd 2008 by shockeddd

10. The naked cowboy is not just in NYC, he's all over the place. I saw him in Nashville, TN last year about this time and in Vegas a year or two before that. He must travel a lot!

Posted at 5:25PM on Apr 2nd 2008 by Mickey D

11. guess no one here has been to time square in the last 10 years

Posted at 5:29PM on Apr 2nd 2008 by michaelcory

12. If he is the naked cowboy, why does he wear drawers? I mean maybe they should call him the "underwear cowboy" and is he hung? That matters.

Posted at 8:12PM on Apr 2nd 2008 by Beth Monroe

13. Well, I hope mars loses this law suit as well....THEY TEST ON ANIMALS, HERSHEY DOESNT, WHY DO THEY NEED TO?? DONT SUPPORT MARS. OR ANY OF THERE PRODUCTS!!! DONT LET THE CUTE M&M ADS FOOL YOU!!

Posted at 9:22PM on Apr 2nd 2008 by Kat

14. I LOVE THE NAKED COWBOY...MET HIM AND HE'S A GREAT GUY...

Posted at 12:06AM on Apr 3rd 2008 by d

15. Obviously there are folks here who don't get around. Naked cowboy is great. He's very campy and hams it up for everyone. Think of Fabio with a funny twist. You can call him what you want, he makes more than a million dollars a year and has statues of him in all the tourist shops in NYC.

Posted at 12:18AM on Apr 3rd 2008 by Justme

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