GET NAKED: PART II

"When I played on the beach in my clothes, I was ignored the entire day," Naked Cowboy said. "I went back to the studio the next day, a photographer who was shooting me on the trip for the magazine named Charles Worthington told me, 'Why don't you do sing in your underwear and do something different?'"

After taking Worthington's advice, Naked Cowboy hit the jackpot. He made over $100 the first day, was a feature on the news, and had girls hoarding him for pictures the entire day.

"That was the turning point I needed," Naked Cowboy said. "I was in the middle of modeling, acting, being a stripper, anything and everything I could find with the talents I had."

From that moment, Naked Cowboy was on fire. He did anything and everything he could do to gain attention of Americans and the world.

"If I could, I'd find national ballgames," Naked Cowboy said. "I ran onto the field in my underwear, got arrested, and made the news. I went to about 11 other stadiums around the country. I'd go to the front row, get filmed, run onto the field, and get removed from the stadiums. I'd do NASCAR, air shows, anything you could think of."

After making an impact on stadiums and ballparks around the country, Naked Cowboy finally found a home in New York City. It is there where Naked Cowboy has had his greatest impact on the American culture.

"I'm a worldwide iconic figure," Naked Cowboy said. "Right now I'm the third-rated tourist attraction in the city of New York. I'm a turning point in the development of the human race. I'm un-sellable to corporate America. I'm a risk, and I have no choice. I'm not putting on a show; I'm just being who I am."

As he put on a show for New Yorkers and tourists alike, many strange things have happened to Naked Cowboy. For example, he has starred in Nickelback's Rockstar music video. He has also released two CDs, as well as auditioned for American Idol, yet no one ever knew about it.

"A guy asked me if I wanted to be on TV and I said 'Sure, I love being on TV' and he pulled me in front of Simon, Paula, and Randy," Naked Cowboy said. "I never heard of the show before this time, and I came out and played. Simon was critical, Randy said I was too big for them, and Paula tried giving me her number after the show."

Another current issue that has taken New York and Naked Cowboy by storm is a lawsuit with Mars, Inc. The company that created M&Ms, put a short animated feature of a blue M&M on an electronic animation display that hangs outside its store in Times Square. The M&M is dressed up exactly like Naked Cowboy.

"When I saw it, I said 'Hell yeah, cool!,'" Naked Cowboy said. "The people who worked in tandem with different projects with me looked into it and told me that I should have gotten paid for that. After a press release stated it was meant to be iconic of the Naked Cowboy in New York City, by association, they are using my trademark, my licensed property. There was no doubt of their intent or their commercial gain."

Because of the intent, Naked Cowboy filed a $6 million trademark-infringement lawsuit against Mars, Inc. on Feb.15, 2008. His lawsuit includes a request for an injunction to stop the company from using Naked Cowboy's likeness for their advertisements.

As Naked Cowboy lives his life day by day, he feels that nothing or no one can ever stop him, including models like Fabio or even a deadly illness.

"As we know, I am far better looking than Fabio," Naked Cowboy said. "And anyways, there is nothing that could come upon me (in terms of health issues) that I couldn't take up on my own. I understand using doctors as assistants, but I think most of the medical industry is, well, wrong. When you go to a doctor's office and they have a TV on with a channel you can't turn off, and you see old ladies rolling up on motorcycles advertising Depend products, I mean, come on."

While Depend projects might knock Naked Cowboy down, getting older is no issue for him as the 38-year old man continues to age.

"Every day the things I do more and more get better," Naked Cowboy said. "That's no different with my health and my vitality. If I go to the gym, I can do the same thing better in half the time. I see some people struggling, and it takes them four hours to do what I can do in five minutes, and I still do it for two hours."

While his legacy will live on for ages to come, Naked Cowboy believes he will be along for the ride, and has no intentions of dying.

"Speak for yourself," Naked Cowboy said. "I'm not going anywhere."

Additional Reporting by Alex Rubin, Senior Sports Editor, and John Ranic, Arts & Life Editor