Warning! If You’re at Cannes, Beware of the Red Speedos

Steve Hall

Jun. 22, 2009
1 min read

This is beyond weirdly creepy. Or is it creepily weird? Or is it just bad? Or wrong? Whatever. It’s made by an ad agency that’s going to Cannes for the first time so, of course, it’s full of all sorts of inanity not to mention a tiny red Speedo…a version of which arrived at our doorstep this morning, no less! And no, we are not going to wear it lest we want to be a poster boy for Donny Deutsch.

Yes, Red Tettemer is going to Cannes and they’ve brought their red Speedos along. Not to mention a lot of other weird shit. Have fun, guys.

Steve Hall

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