The Naked Cowboy

Saw the Naked Cowboy in Cincy he looks awesome. Makes even big women feel sexy. Really Nice man. This lady won’t forget you. Thanks for making my day.
Love you Cowboy

Tidy whities running around the streets of NYC for loose change, ONLY IN AMERICA!
This guy even puts the RHINESTONE COWBOY to shame except he doesn’t have a top 40
Hit Single. Yet he does have a six string guitar slung around his neck so in all fairness he could create a tune.
So FRANK cruising thru Times Square and I run smack into this guy. I figure why tip this guy (am I wrong to not tip ?) so grab a few images for giggles anyways. I mean after all this is no Chris Farley Chippendales dancer flapping his meat belly in the center of NY. It’s just a dude in cowboy boots in white underwear.
The joke would be to offer him a drink laced with VIAGRA during PRIDE WEEK. That would be a show for all to see and things stiffen up.
Hopefully you get to see him or Naked Grandma with her saggy boobs. It ain’t NYC without the freak show.

The Naked Cowboy is AMAZING!!! Hes super nice and such a wonderful sport. Could not ask for a nicer gentleman. Made my day :)

Der 1970 gebohrene Robert John Burck ist auf dem New Yorker Times Square als «The Naked Cowboy» eine Touristenattraktion. Sein Markenzeichen sind sein weißer Cowboyhut, eine weiße Unterhose und weiße Stiefel.
Bereits im Jahr 1998 hat er sich in Los Angeles am Strand von Venice Beach recht erfolglos als Straßenmusiker versucht. Auf Anraten eines Freundes hat er dann beschlossen nur noch leicht bekleidet aufzutreten und gehört mittlerweile wohl zu den meistfotografierten Männern der Welt.
Seit 15 Jahren steht er nun bei Sonne, Regen und Schnee auf dem Times Square und lässt sich für 2 $ hauptsächlich mit weiblichen Touristen fotografieren. Anfangs wurde er dafür belächelt, mittlerweile hat er durch unzählige Auftritte im Fernsehen, mit Werbeverträgen und Merchandising Millionen verdient.
Auch mit seinen geplanten Kandidaturen für das Bürgermeisteramt in New York City und der Kandidatur für die Präsidentschaftswahl hat er für mächtig Aufsehen gesorgt.
Unter seiner Regie arbeiten mittlerweile auch Cowgirls, damit auch die männlichen Besucher des Times Square auf ihre Kosten kommen. Der «Naked Cowboy» ist auch ein eingetragenes Warenzeichen.
Ich empfand den «Naked Cowboy» als sehr sympathisch und er war auf den ersten Blick auch mit Spaß an der Sache.

Went to New York for the first time for a wedding and only got out to see the sites one day!
Was really hoping to see the naked cowboy and sure enough right there in time square
Gave him a couple bucks (which he did not ask for) snapped a selfie and he then made conversation with me asking where I was from and gave me a autograph pic as well
Super friendly a New York City must see
Cheers!

I’m afraid I can only give the Naked Cowboy 4 stars because he doesn’t entirely deliver on what he promises — he’s not naked, he wears tighty whities.
That aside, Naked Cowboy is probably the least tacky of the Times Square hucksters.(Crazy, right?) I mean, as far as I know he hasn’t gotten drunk and assaulted a tourist from Nebraska like that good-​for-​nothing Elmo.
Naked Cowboy seems like a genuinely nice guy and doesn’t aggressively hit people up. In fact, he was completely swarmed with ladies of the bachelorette party variety while we were in the area. So he’s got a pretty good gig going.
If you’re in Times Square and you don’t stop to see the Naked Cowboy, you can’t call yourself a New York Tourist.

My wife and I had the chance to see the naked cowboy before our show in the city. He could not have been more polite and accommodating. With all the people that are walking up to you on the street asking for money and demanding fees. It was refreshing to deal with someone dare I say so professional. It was truly a pleasure, he posed for as many pics as we wanted and gave us an autographed pic as we parted.

Le célèbre «The Naked Cowboy». L’emblème vivante et seul artiste de rue de Time Square qui mérite qu’on s’attarde au moins quelques secondes sur son chemin, voir pourquoi pas à lui donner quelques dollars pour être pris en photo avec lui.
Il a carrément établi un véritable marketing tout autour de son personnage, avec son propre site internet et des objets dérivés.
Exhibant une musculature travaillé, il se trimballe uniquement accoutrer d’un chapeau, d’un slip, de bottes et de sa guitare suffisamment grande pour laisser croire qu’il se balade dans le plus simple appareil.

There’s more than one?!
The first time I saw one in Times Square was shortly after New Year 2013, when the Polar Vortex made them into White Walkers. I guessed they drank antifreeze and mainlined Szechuan Hot Sesame Oil. Then, as I walked down around 46^th Street, I saw a half dozen or so of them coming out of a garage and spreading out around midtown to catch the afternoon rush. Maybe there is an Original Naked Cowboy, but like all things American that become popular, it needed to franchise and spread the wealth.
Of course, the Naked Cowgirls arrived demanding equal time, and putting the men who felt weird about the cowboys, completely at ease with their funny luridness.
Yeah! This is it, Ladies and Gentlemen. Tightie Whities, guitars, and hard pects and abs. Maybe a few three chord riffs, and an off-​colored lyric.
The Carnival of New York.

The Naked Cowboy, yee-​haw!
Just about every time I am a tour guide to my relatives when they visit New York, I always find myself in the middle of Times Square getting scammed by a dozen Elmos, Cookie Monsters, Iron Man, Woody, etc. Sounds like a really gay orgy right? It gets even weirder because the good olé Naked Cowboy comes into the mix. The Naked Cowboy has been singing and prancing around Times Square for quite some time now and I must say, he’s probably the most friendliest one there. He’ll mingle with tourist, switch up his poses, and he doesn’t push tourist too hard for money unlike the ranting Elmo who got arrested.
The Naked Cowboy use to be a one man act way back in the day. Now, he has a team of other Naked Cowboys and Naked Cowgirls. He handed out a flyer to us about his oyster business. This guy was always friendly to my family whenever we saw him. He seems like a nice guy but who knows for sure. The Naked Cowboy isn’t a must see attraction in New York City but if you like a humorous and memorable photo with the original Naked Cowboy, I think it’s worth the trip.

The Naked Cowboy is a street performer who has become a famous fixture in New York City Times Square. He wears only cowboy boots, a hat, tighty whities and a strategically placed guitar. He’s become so famous that the New York Tourism Department says that he is more popular than the Statue of Liberty.
It all began in 1997, when Robert John Burck (his real name) began busking on Venice Beach. Apparently his friend suggested he strip down to just his undies, and once he did, he realized people were willing to give him more money… and The Naked Cowboy was born.
He’s appeared on TV shows, commercials (for Guinness and Chevrolet) music videos (Nickelback’s «Rockstar»), recorded his own album «Year of the Cowboy», auditioned for the first season of American Idol (although he didn’t make it to the next round) and has written six books. In 2010, he announced he was running for President of the United States in the 2012 presidential election. Not bad for a guy in his undies.
Even though The Naked Cowboy charges a mere $ 2 dollars per photo (which includes a front and back pose — more bang for your buck), it’s reported he’s worth $ 2.5 million dollars. Burck owns the trademark to his Naked Cowboy character in which he’s obtained corporate sponsorships and licenses merchandise. And The Naked Cowboy isn’t to be messed with and will sue your ass if you mess with his brand.
In 2008, Burck sued Mars Inc. after they aired a commercial that shows an M&M dressed in an outfit similar to his own, in front of what appears to be Times Square. He also filed a trademark infringement suit against the CBS network, over the appearance of a drunken man dressed in cowboy hat and carrying a guitar, in promos for the soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful.
He also operates the business as a franchise. Franchisees must undergo a screening process, and are required to pay $ 500 per month or $ 5,000 per year, which authorizes a person to operate as a «Naked Cowboy» or «Naked Cowgirl». Unfortunately Sandy Kane, a fixture of the city comedy scene and former stripper famous for closing her act by lighting her breasts on fire, felt the wrath of The Naked Cowboy. He sent a cease-​and-​desist letter to her when she appeared as the Naked Cowgirl, for «devaluing a real American brand and Icon.»
Although he told the New York Daily News «I’ve been here (in Times Square) 365 days, every day, for 13 years and change,» — I have to question as I’ve only seen him twice in the dozen times I’ve walked by (only a questionable flabby cowboy). But I have to say, I love it when I do. And I’ve got a deal with my friend who has promised me that it she gets married while living in NYC, she’ll do it in Times Square by the ordained Naked Cowboy. Remember that’s a deal Jackson.

NYC Americana at it’s best! The naked cowboy rocks baby!
Where else can you be entertained by a street performer in his tighty whiteys than NYC. Yes he’s been known to miss a note and sing off key and forget the words, although I’m not sure he really sings real songs. I’m not sure how this became a reviewable profile? I’m not too sure I’m actually reviewing him
Oh well NYC is like no other place in the world so let’s just embrace the naked cowboy, not that there’s anything wrong with that.

In 2010 the Naked Cowboy ran for President as a Tea Party candidate.
It figures and makes sense that a guy parading around Times Square in his tighty whities is a «Tea Bagger».
I just don’t get how he doesn’t freeze his nut sacks off in the winter season. Does he stuff those foot warmers down there that you put in your shoes?
Gotta hand it to him as Robert John Burck has become a millionaire parading around the streets in his undies taking photos for a fee with tourists and turning it into a lucrative business.
Dammit — I’m gonna put on a neon red speedo, pair of red crocs, and hit Times Square as the Naked Unilocaler!
He belongs there with all the crazy tourists. Just don’t wear a cowboy hat near him or he might sue you just like he sued the blue M&M guy.
Who doesn’t like M&M’s?

He’s a real American hero! Always smiling and always bad-​ass. To be honest, the times I’ve seen him, he never PLAYED the guitar. Is this a scam?
To quote Anna P., «It takes balls to play the guitar in 27 degrees and nothing but tighty whities and cowboy boots in the middle of NYC.»
He gets extra points for being in the same vicinity as The Black Israelites. Think about it… Practically butt-​naked white dude with a guitar freezing his yambags off and being around those angry brothers? THAT takes balls…
His neighbors

Honestly? I want to punch you in the guitar, sir.

Only in America can a guy just decide he want to be the biggest thing since sliced bread and actually make it come true and only in NYC can that guy be wearing only tighty whiteys and a cowboy hat in the commercial center of the world that is Times Square while strumming the guitar and taking photos with tourists for tips. Good for him. He’s become one of NYC’s icons and I’m glad the ego maniac stays exactly where he fits in, Times Square. He’s so much of an ego maniac that he sued M&Ms for $ 6 million for having a blue M&M dressed like him in their video billboard outside of their store a couple blocks away. I’ve also seen him on one of the court shows on TV suing his then wife (or girlfriend) who didn’t want him recording his life ²⁴⁄₇ to be streamed live online. The guy (Robert John Burck) turned 40 this year and you’ve got to wonder how long he’s going to keep this up and if someone will replace him. You know if someone does he’ll probably sue them or attempt to take a precentage of whatever they make. You’ve just got to laugh at this guy and say wow. You’re a true NYC cowboy.

Ok he is naked… ok he is making a living… EH nothing special i guess… If you want an interesting picture that is about it nothing much else to say

Jeez — — tough crowd here. No, the Naked Cowboy is not *completely* naked, but is that REALLY what you want? C’mon! His guitar is placed *strategically,* giving the illusion of nudity, which is all the excitement anyone needs FROM A STRANGER and IN PUBLIC. :^)
So good for Robert John Burck (the Naked Cowboy), a prominent fixture of New York City’s Times Square — — keeping it PG13 on the streets of NY. His routine consists of playing guitar wearing only cowboy boots, a hat, and tighty whities and as I mentioned, the strategically placed guitar.
He charges a mere $ 2 dollars per photo, which include a front and back pose. He’s gregarious and convivial as you would expect anyone willing to stand near nekkid in the street to be. The dude is almost 40, so props to him for being in that kind of shape, and remembering the Golden Rule: Displaying yourself in public clad only in tighty whities is a privilege, not a right.

I finally saw the «naked» cowboy. He wasn’t naked. He had on underpanties. False advertising Also, despite the very cold weather, I don’t see what the big deal is. Tourists like anything and everything so they might love it. I do not.
I spent 5 seconds looking at him and about 20 minutes petting the horsies. The cops riding them said it was okay. Took lots of pictures.

It takes balls to play the guitar in 27 degrees and nothing but tighty whities and cowboy boots in the middle of NYC.
Or none at all. Literally.
Keep on rockin’ my friend.

Has it only been three weeks since our desperately short and very public display of affection in Times Square? Did I captivate you so thoroughly and completely you felt the need to fly cross country wearing only your BVDs while strumming your… guitar, to try and find me, getting yourself arrested in San Francisco in your futile search? You only had to call… I’m livin’ in LA.
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