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Cannes

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About Cannes

Cannes is a resort city located on the French Riviera. It is located in the Alpes-Maritimes department of Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, and is the host city of the annual Cannes Film Festival, Midem, and Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. The city is known for its association with the rich and famous, its luxury hotels and restaurants, and for several conferences.

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There was one famous incident where they showed the movie in Cannes at the film festival. This was at the 1967 one. It had French titles along the bottom.

from No Such Thing As A Face Mite With A Laptop, 2022-07-28 at 00:44:27 ยท read transcript

Other times Cannes came up

  1. He loved his cocaine. Massive in Coke world. He did it a lot, right? Yeah. He did it to the point that there was a film festival he went to in Cannes in 78. He was unable to score Coke there. He dispatched a private jet to go on a Coke run to pick it up for him and bring it back. It was a massive thing.

    No Such Thing As Captain Birdseye's Caribou Sausage, 2025-03-06 ยท listen

  2. Oh, I've put my hands on my ears, but I've got cans on. It's just going to make the sound more intense. Also, when James says cans, he doesn't mean actual cans on his head. He's wearing headphones. He's wearing the Southern French city of Cannes. Anyone who tuned out will be tuning back in right around now. Go away for five minutes and then come back. Disappear. Go make a cup of tea.

    237: No Such Thing As A Closed-Minded Tortoise, 2018-10-05 ยท listen

  3. Oh, I'm putting my hands on my ears, but I've got cans on. It's just going to make the sound more intense. Also, when James says cans, he doesn't mean actual cans on his head. He's wearing headphones. He's wearing the southern French city of Cannes. Anyone who tuned out will be tuning back in right around now. Absolutely. Go away for five minutes and then come back.

    No Such Thing As A Closed-Minded Tortoise, 2018-10-05 ยท listen

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