C.J.: Will Purple One see red over ad?
C.J. - Star Tribune - Published Nov. 14, 2002 http://www.startribune.co...29641.html

Symbolina's lawyers. "I've got another F potential lawsuit on my hands," Fancy Ray McCloney nearly cooed. Prince is the subject of the fancy pitchman's newest TV commercial for Nicollet Village Video. To date, this is the best commercial out of Chocolate Orchid Productions, perhaps because it's not a stretch. Since his former cable show, Ray has made a living of being a cross among Prince, James Brown and Little Richard. "Wait till you see how much I look like him," Ray said before delivering a tape. The viewing public should be able to tell the difference. But Ray's got the Prince's old hairstyle, dandy suit and ruffled shirt down to all the fibers involved. (Blessedly, the ruffles on the shirt conceal a view of Ray's birdlike chest.) He even crawls across the floor a la Prince's "When Doves Cry" video and mimicks the coquettishly sucked in (facial) cheeks and flirty eye moves. "He's ripe for parody," said Ray. But I thought Ray worshipped Prince. "Nah. Other than you, my worshiping stops." (Make guttural noise and roll eyes here.) "Muhammad Ali, Liberace, those are my heroes,' he said. "Prince, I admire. This thing [commercial] just works." Ray realizes that the public gets "tired of seeing so much Fancy Ray. So we've got the Miss Cleo and Don King and the Crocodile Hunter." Speaking of whom, Fancy Ray has not heard anything more from Steve Irwin's lawyer since the Crocodile Fancy commercial was pulled by the client, a sex-oriented book and video store. The Prince parody "shows the creative genius behind what I do," said Fancy Ray. "That's the same thing that is going to propel me to where I'm going." Wasn't he suppose to be gone a long time ago? "You sound like my mom right now." Go, already. You say you're leaving, so let's see a rear end disappearing into the distance. "Wait until you see the commercial," he said. Yes, the Prince parody says goodbye from behind, thankfully without an assist from Prince's famous buttless breeches.

Fuck this guy and CJ

Prince has been in the game for over 20 years, making great music and doing something positive, all the while these fools make their living by making fun of it. Sure it's good to have a sense of humour, but this is fuckin' sad.

and if CJ is "reporting" on TV commercials of nobodies now then the editor of that paper is wasting a pay check on her that could go to a family who may need that money to live day to day.

Ray come up with something original
CJ - get a life!

dnaplaya said:

Wow I'm guessing Prince doesn't care this much. You are quite sad IMO if a parady of Prince bothers you that much.

lovemachine said:

co-sign!!! it's a parody, lighten up.


fancy ray =

Fancy Ray is funny as hell.

dnaplaya said:

You haven't even seen the commercial, have you?

Nevermind all that. I didn't know Liberace was a hero to anybody.

I love Fancy Ray! And the commercial is for my neighborhood video store. I haven't seen it yet, though...

If anyone sees the commercial (shown in the Twin Cities area) let us know. Sounds similar to Jimmy Fallon's parody of WDC in his recent video 'I'm your boyfriend'-which i thought was great.

i still haven't seen this commercial, either...fancy ray is the shit, tho'.

PlastikLuvAffair said:

Channel 12, after midnight and you're sure to see it. First time I saw it was over two weeks ago.

joeycoco said:

What's Channel 12? A local station or is that cable? I've seen his previous commercials during shows like Howard Stern and their like.