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!