My Kingston — Ity & Fancy Cat
Ian ‘Ity’ Ellis and Alton ‘Fancy Cat’ Hardware;
Comedic duo; fathers
What’s your earliest memory of Kingston?
Ity: When I would leave from St Aloysius Primary School to St William Grant Park to swing on the tree branches like Tarzan!
Fancy Cat: The X77 JOS Bus that we used to call “round di world”.
What would you do if you were mayor (of Kingston) for a day?
Ity: Free entertainment licence (laughs)!
Fancy Cat: I would free up the town to ‘higglers’ during the holidays.
Share with us the title of the last book you read.
Ity: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey.
Fancy Cat: I read comic books, the last one was Justice League.
What’s your middle name?
Ity: Mattison
Fancy Cat: Hugh
And the last bit of music that stirred your soul?
Ity: I Know by Bob Marley.
Fancy Cat: The Best of Joe (album) and Boyz II Men, Greatest Hits Collection.
Which cologne are you currently splashing?
Ity: Light Blue by Dolce & Gabbana
Fancy Cat: Blue Jeans by Versace.
Share with us your last bit of retail therapy.
Ity: I bought two pairs of Aldo shoes in the Aldo store without checking the price.
Fancy Cat: I bought an expensive Gucci hat in one of their stores in New York in November.
What is your preferred beverage?
Ity: Energy drinks
Fancy Cat: Cran Water.
What was your most memorable meal in Kingston?
Ity: Sliced escoveitched fish at Strawberry Hill.
Fancy Cat: Home-cooked stew peas with plain rice.
What are your current projects?
Ity & Fancy Cat: Christmas Comedy Cook-up on December 26 at the Wyndham and working the comedy circuit in Los Angeles, January 2011.
What upsets you?
Ity: Pretense.
Fancy Cat: Bad breath.
What are your favourite spots on the island?
Ity: Waking up early morning to the beautiful view outside a cottage in Strawberry Hill.
Fancy Cat: Sans Souci Lido, Ocho Rios.
Share some places in your Black Book.
Ity: Hellshire beach.
Fancy Cat: Back Road, Portmore and Look Out, Red Hills.
Finally, what’s your philosophy?
Ity: Be yourself, follow all your passions and praise the Creator.
Fancy Cat: Rasta mi say, cause Rasta is love and love is Rasta!
