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Tuesday 11:18am, August 14, 2007
new podcast episode: jay mccarroll at coney island posted by Chris

Hey peeps, the wait is over… Our new Podcast episode is here featuring an awesome interview with Project Runway Season 1 winner AND Next Big Thing finalist Jay McCarroll at the ever-exciting Coney Island! I defs missed my co-host Keith - he stayed at the warehouse to hold the fort down - but I still had a blast with Jay! And NO, Jay is NOT homeless! He just plays one on YouTube! Hahahahaha! He’s doing awesome and as HI-larious as ever! Okay, enjoy the episode… I hope you LOVE it!

CONTEST: Wanna win Corney the Lion autographed by Jay?? I thought so! All you have to do is leave us a ROARsome comment here and you’ll be eligible to win! Good Luck you lucksters!

Hey you guys! I LOVE Fred Flare (I always check into their blog and their store) and their podcast is my favorite!!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE Project Runway, and I LOVE Jay Mcarroll. I’d really really LOVE if I won Corny the lion. I’d keep it forever, and NEVER sell it on EBAY! I hope I win!
comment by Zoe — August 14, 2007

Hey guys! Just wanted to say what an awesome job CJ, Julie and Jen did on this episode. I know you all put in extra time to make this happen and I just want to say thanks for being so effin ROARsome!! This turned out so great. My fave parts are the tea cups twirling, when Jay talks about NBT and that funny blooper at the end. Ha ha ha! LOVE it!
comment by Keith — August 14, 2007

well, it looks like the roarsome lion knows that animal prints and bold bright colors are in this fall, kudos to the fashionable feline.

comment by Elletra — August 14, 2007

jay mccarroll is more fun than a barrel (of monkeys)
comment by michael — August 14, 2007

Jay McCarroll is the coolest guy ever

I love fred flare and i love fashion, you guys are so much fun!! Have fun guysss

comment by Shriya — August 14, 2007

haha! Someone should give Jay a dang honorary degree already! Love the changing sunglasses…Jay looks best in the blue and Chris was rocking the white risky business. Oh and that lion was being man handled, I WANT IT!
comment by Sarah — August 14, 2007

Fred Flare hearts me but I heart Jay McCarroll! What a love triangle! How much fun would that have been to hang out with him at Coney Island - he will always be my favorite designer on Project Runway! I hope Fred Flare gets more fun stuff that Jay designed soon!
comment by Freshie — August 14, 2007

I have always loved Jay. I knew and wanted him to win as soon as I saw his audition! Both of you guys rocked all the glasses you wore.And I bet the lion didn’t like being called a tiger!!!
comment by Erika — August 14, 2007

Aww! I love Jay! Huge fan since the first episode of PR and I wish him all the best!!
comment by Cristin — August 14, 2007

That video was so much fun! Jay is the best. His designs are outrageously awesome, and I can’t wait to see what he comes up with next!
comment by Britt — August 14, 2007

Love this episode! I noticed the whole sunglasses changing, which was spicy hot. Chris, I love you more with the white shades, while Jay was looking fab rockin the big shades! I heart how Corney is like in every scene.haha, loved it!
comment by Marie — August 14, 2007

Jay is awesome! loved his stuff on project runway, any chance that we can have an affordable clothing line from him? fredflare please entice him!!
comment by Andrea — August 14, 2007

Heej! i’m from the netherlands, and i Love Fredflare&Jay he makes awesome clothess

:):) I WANT THAT LION!! :p Btw jay: cool glasses ;p I WANT IT I WANT IT I WANT IT, i’ll make a beautiful table for that lion!!

and i’ll pray with it everyday haha he’s my god! Sorry if i have errors, i’m not good at english

roarsome or not ;p?
comment by Fenne — August 14, 2007

Love the youtube video & what an adorable lion!

comment by Lily — August 14, 2007

corn on a stick
comment by jennifer — August 14, 2007

I luv Jay & project runway! Looks like you had a great day at coney island

Corny looks super-cute with his fabu pink mane. hope I win!
comment by Ashley — August 14, 2007

He is such fresh designer and that lion is so rad and cute! =]
comment by Jordan — August 14, 2007

Fred Flare = awesome! Looks like you guys had a ROARtastic time at Coney Island. :thumbs up: And I ♥ Corney, he’s the raddest lion ever!
comment by Katherine — August 14, 2007

How adorable!!! I want that for my baby boy. : )
comment by Caryn — August 14, 2007

I HEART Jay! I just ordered the first season of Project Runway today, because I love him to pieces.
comment by Rita Rita — August 14, 2007

check out your myspace, i commented you with a cool pic of the lion

comment by Elletra — August 14, 2007

Seeing this episode made me want to goto a theme park. Ride some rides (tea cups!). Basically just have a great day out side with my peeps. I have a season pass to Great Adventure (Six Flags), and I haven’t gone in a while so maybe I’ll go. I really miss Keith. I am super sad that he wasn’t in this episode. My theory is that if all three of those awesome peeps were in the episode we would have such split focus I would have no idea who to pay attention to. I am going to go now. Have a supercute day. STAY CUTE!
comment by Ricky — August 14, 2007

i love that lion;; he’s adorable!! i want it… please?? love ya!!
comment by rachael — August 14, 2007

Aww looks like you guys had mucho fun! Cute lion

PR & Lost are defz my fav shows!
comment by Alexx — August 14, 2007

Holy Cats cuties, Jay’s bag is so FUN, it holds tons of schtuff and it makes you look yummy at the same time! It’s a treat being able to own a bag made by someone as famous and wonderful as JAY MCCARROLL. How cool FredFlare.com gives small town Iowa girls a chance to own such a sweet bag that makes us feel like RockStars! My 6 kids and I wanted to be playing with you at ConeyIsland, what a great adventure that would have been. You brightened our day. Keep spreading the Love!
comment by TracyJane McDermott — August 14, 2007

It was so great to be able to watch the Fred Flare podcast again! The interview was good and it was nice to get to know the man behind the clothes and accessories! I thought that Jay would be cool when I first saw a pic of him wearing one of his fantastic sunglasses! Corney the lion rocks too, I just love his fluffy and snazzy pink hair! I’m definately looking forward to the next episode! x X x
comment by talya — August 14, 2007

oml, i love fredflare. i have many bags and sunglasses from here, and they are so used to me getting things from here they always say, “Let me guess…FRED FLARE!” haha anyways. he is so funny. he totally deserved to win project runway! that lion is TOO CUTE!!
comment by Hunter — August 14, 2007

Corney the Lion is adorable! I love Jay. The spinning tea cups of Coney Island are best ride there is.
comment by Kat — August 14, 2007

Typically thoughts of Coney Island bring to mind The Wonder Wheel, Astroland, and that guy sticking beer bottles on his fingers and using them as castanets during the final showdown in the movie The Warriors (”Come out to playyiyayy!”) But now I’ll be thinking about the always witty and not homeless Mr. McCarroll, Kevin, and that cuckoo crazy Lion. Thanks, Fred Flare!
comment by Adele — August 14, 2007

WHEEE! I was literally smilling through this whole video!
comment by A — August 14, 2007

i LOVE jay! he is my favorite person ever to be on project runway. so glad he is a friend of FF.
comment by mia — August 14, 2007

HEY JAY!
comment by Jennifer G. — August 14, 2007

HEY JAY! I LOVED the video!

it was soo ROARsomely cool! Coney Island looks fun, but I have never been their. It was so cool the way you won Corney the Lion! I love him!! BTW they better give you your degree!!! Puppies and Lions, Jennifer
comment by Jennifer — August 14, 2007

that bit with jay on the teacups made me laugh out loud ehehe .. i can almost spin that fast. by the way i love the ‘dog dayz’ thingy ma jig. purrlease do a ‘cat dayz’ one (might need a better title though)…
comment by mj — August 14, 2007

omg i love jay his is kickin it fredflare rules !! wanna the lion badly
comment by Natalia — August 14, 2007

teacups were the best. cute venue! mod*tot wants to go NOW. i promised her santa cruz boardwalk this week. we missed keith in there

comment by mod*mom — August 14, 2007

ive rode on that pink tea cup before
comment by EMMERIFIC — August 14, 2007

I’m the baby of the family too, and I used too make costumes for all the kittens our mama cat had. I might repurpose Barbie and Doll clothes sometimes.as well. These days, I make costumes for mostly for one hot kitty - me. I still think that Jay was the bestest and most creative designer, Runway has every seen. Glad to see what he’s doing these days!
comment by Denver — August 14, 2007

I love Jay McCarroll. That is all.

comment by Dana — August 14, 2007

Love it! I miss Jay on PR!!!
comment by Dishie — August 14, 2007

Ok, so I thought that Jay and Chris were going to have a “Step By Step” moment with those water guns! Whew! Great episode!! He’s so much fun, and I hope I get to see that documentary one day!! (Remember to catch Isaac Mizrahi’s “Unzipped” if you’re interested in a similar doc. He made it in the mid-90s, I believe, and it’s great!)
comment by Tommy — August 14, 2007

jay mccarroll is hysterical. the guy’s a genius

i was just watching reruns of project runway today. his designs were always so cute! loove him!
comment by isleyn — August 14, 2007

Haha, I love to see the comment count JUMP when y’alls have a contest! I guess it shows that a lot of people read this puppy, even if they don’t comment all the time. I am so stoked to see the episode! (Unfortch the dial-up is hindering my viewage, I have to wait ’till Thursday). 10 pts for FF! xoxo, Bee
comment by Bee — August 14, 2007

finally, its JAY MCCARROLL!! i absolutely loved him on project runway and i have missed him ever since they stopped showing the specail about him on bravo. he is an amazing (and hilarious) designer, and person! i could not be happier that he is collaborating with fredflare!they are a perfect match: always super cute! corney the lion is adorable
comment by Emmy — August 14, 2007

that was like an episode of h.r. pufnstuf

good times
comment by sarah — August 14, 2007

Teacups..priceless. You guys were hilarious, and Jay, love the shades, man, looove the shades. You guys are just plain fash-tabulous. : )
comment by Becca — August 14, 2007

jay had me at “i didn’t take the b*tches dye!” pro run and fred flare is a major (thanks posh) combo! carry on with the cuteness!!
comment by paul — August 15, 2007

i love it!
comment by sarah frost — August 15, 2007

I love FredFlare and Project Runway too!! I live in New Zealand and I have to ship everything all the way over here! I also have to wait to wear it cos we are in a different season! It sucks!! My fave is the Two Scoops sweater and the Captain Cupcake wallet. I would LOVE to win the super cute, sparkle pop lion!! =) Good luck everyone!
comment by Susie — August 15, 2007

I love Jay!
comment by Sand — August 15, 2007

That cutie lion matches my room exactly!
comment by niki — August 15, 2007

OMG! I love Jay! I was totally rooting for him. My best friend and I had a bet about who would win and thanks to him I was $5 richer! We both really strapped for cash, but you can’t loose in gambling if you have a really good feeling about it. Right?
comment by Emily — August 15, 2007

OMG ITS JAY!!!! Im from Australia and i watched ALL of the project runway season one. Jay had such a fab flare to him throughout the whole season!! The podcast was great and Coney Island or wherever that is seems like so much fun!!!! Great podcast! and Corney the Lion is uber cute!! I ♥ FRED FLARE
comment by Danielle — August 15, 2007

I don’t know the dude - blimmin UK teev hasn’t played your version of PR - boo. Still, I LOVES me a new podcast and who wouldn’t love some Chris peck pokin’and the teacups?!! Coney Island looks so retro fabulous! I’ve only ever seen it in that Sandra Bullock & Hugh Grant movie - LOVES it and loves you Christoff - great job! Don’t think of replacing Keithster long term in podcast-world tho, that would be sad, sad days! Stay cute - mwooah! L x
comment by Lisa — August 15, 2007

Mouahahaha!! Corney shall be mine! I shall steal him in the night…-eth. Haha, Shakespearian language has never come to me so easily.

Anywhoz,TOTES lovin’ the podcast ep! I was laughing so hard my mom came in and asked me what was wrong. :S (-sneaks a last hug for Corney-) Hihi.
comment by Rachie — August 15, 2007

O mi ♥GOD!!!!i love love ♥jay!!he is soo funny!!!♥ i love ♥ project runway!!!xspeshilly heidi klum ♥ love her♥!!!!i WANT COURNEY!!!♥♥♥♥♥ he i MINE!!!ily♥fredflare
comment by Brookelynn — August 15, 2007

You Rock JAY! No-one will ever top you on Prject Runway. You make me laugh so hard it hurts

:D:D:D
comment by Aimee — August 15, 2007

Oy vey Chris you’ve done it again! a podcast well done even tho Keith has gone missing..aah well I love Jay and would LOVE to own me his lion! FF is the best! now let’s all get Jay his degree. xxoo
comment by Courtney — August 15, 2007

It looks as if Corney the Lion is trying to out do Jay with being fashion crazy when it comes to their outfits. (pink mane and orange fur?!) but no one can beat the fabulous Jay.
comment by Kim — August 15, 2007

okay im not even gonna lie i have been in this bubble of my boarding school life and i never watched project runway before until yesterday when they did their little marathon thing. And i wanna say I EFFIN LOVEEEE JAY!!!!!! he is HILARIOUS and i jus love his personality. he is madd cool and it would just make my day if i got the lion signed by him. actually i dont even care ANYTHING signed by him. ♥&hearts’
comment by Cheryn — August 15, 2007

omg i say that sunglasses shirt on this guy with orange wafer sunglasses and i live in israel! i have no idea how it got there. wierd.
comment by shayna — August 16, 2007

OMG!! It’s Jay! I totally LOVE my Jay McCarroll bowling bag! I hope there are more Jay things coming to fred! I Just watched a Pro Runway marathon and my fave look of jay’s has tot be the time he dressed up like jesus!! I would absolutely thank jesus if I got that ROARsome lion!
comment by karen — August 16, 2007

my little girl just saw the ROARsome lion and said “that’s my cat”, i love 2 year olds. Please kiss my cat she said. We love Jay, he’s our favorite and will buy everything of his that you carry, we think he’s the king of fashion and fun just as the lion is king of the jungle, stay cute.
comment by AvaBlue — August 16, 2007

HEYYYYYY I LOVE JAY I LOVE FRED FLARE AND I LOVE THAT LION!!!!! ROARSOME!
comment by kate — August 17, 2007

Oh man, if Jay was really homeless, I’d let him sleep on my couch. I’m real excited hes got merch out and about!
comment by Miriah — August 18, 2007

i LOVE jay mccarroll. i LOVE fred flare. i LOVE jay’s bowling bag from fred flare. i would LOVE to see some more items of jay’s at fred flare. i also would LOVE to win courney he will be in good hands. i would carry him with me everywhere in my bowling bag because i know he would LOVE it too. KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK FRED FLARE AND JAY!!!!!did i mention i LOVE it.
comment by Faye — August 18, 2007

HOLY SHIZZZZ!!! i can believe my question got asked in this podcast episode …….this so made my day
comment by William M. — August 19, 2007

“RROOAARRR……” corney is king of the jungle and jay is king of the fashion world. i would LOVE to see more items from jay at Fred flare. so please send corney to my den so we can have a roaring good time. ok jay do you hear me roar. “RROOAARRR……”
comment by LIZ — August 20, 2007

Fred flare is my favorite internet website!!! I love you fredflare!! that tiger is SOOOOO cute!!! i want him [;
comment by Jenna — August 24, 2007

Fred flare has friggin amazing things!! i just bought an awesome school bus bag!! Jay you are ma favorite designer boo!!! love the lion
comment by ali — August 27, 2007

i love jay! and i love you, fred flare!

comment by cathleen — August 29, 2007

hey jay! hey chris! I was so exsited when i saw you at coney! One day i want to be a designer just like you! If i win corney, it would mean the world to me! Hope you guys had a good tyme at Coney! Smoochies Bye!
comment by Alexus — March 10, 2008

I want that lion betch.
comment by Zoe — July 11, 2008

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