Jay Furby’s Cannes Diary – last thoughts
Jay Furby, executive creative director at JayGrey, Sydney representing Australia on the Radio jury. Here’s his final thoughts on the week, exclusive to CB…
And as the famous hypnotist said – ‘I’m back in the room’. But don’t look in my eyes. Quite frankly after all the fun over the last few days you would just find a sea of redness.
I, along with a zillion other invaders of this wedding cake town, am suffering from late week disease. The disease common to all here. Croaky voiced delegates roam the streets suffering from all the signs of over indulgence and endless drunken chit chat.
At night others bemoan their lack of a shortlisting over and over again: Advertising boring zombies biting their pound of vitriol out of any passing innocent.
And the tv crowd start to move in, like a huge herd of gucci and jimmy choo’ed buffalo, feasting on the grass of ego.
Yes the symptoms of late weekitus are many and varied my friend…speaking of friends long lost ones, who have travelled to Cannes from distant agencies, disappear in the cacophony of texts and vanish in the Human wave of delegates…never to be seen again.
Public displays of sticky slobbery kisses become more prevalent. The hookers that line the rue de croisette are fewer in number as drunkeness increases their economic short term future.
Enemies hug it out then bring it on once again. Chat up lines become increasingly sophisticated- ” oi I wanna go down the beach with you and screw right now!”
Heads pound. Livers ache. Sweat pours. Tears flow. Mascara drips and voices are lost – Cannes lateweek, not so pretty but still oodles of pot noodle fun.
3 Comments
Furby.
One of the true great writers of Australian advertising.
He is what he is, and what he is is necessary to add a bit of fun back to this thing we call Aussie advertising.
And he grabs the metal too.
Bastard.
Well done Furbs.
A.
I enjoyed reading this, made me laugh and quince at the same time with it’s all honesty. Funny bugger.
oops i meant ‘wince’.