BECAUSE WHO DOESN'T LOVE TALKING CONDOMS? In other important news from The New Yorker:

The Three Amigos are talking prophylactics. They have been appearing for the past few months, as often as twenty times a day, in a series of animated public-service announcements on the South African Broadcasting Corporation. Their names are Shaft, Dick, and Stretch. Shaft is tall and black, and wears a backward-facing baseball cap. He speaks in a deep baritone. Dick is white, with an open Hawaiian shirt, and he talks like a surfer dude. Stretch is short, squat, and blue, with a Hispanic-sounding voice. (Quinn is partial to Stretch, whom he calls “an eager little chap.”) Each of them cares principally about getting laid. According to Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the Amigos are “wonderfully human-like characters.”

“Essentially, they’re these three amigos going on adventures,” Quinn said. “The comedy is driven by three mates in a sort of contaminated war zone, out to get lucky.” The Amigos’ adventures—depicted in short cartoons ranging from fifteen seconds to one minute, and from tot-friendly to steamy—include space travel (punch line: “No condom, no blastoff”), soccer (“You just can’t score without a condom”), an African safari (“It’s a jungle out there—carry protection”), and bungee jumping (“Never make a leap of faith—always wear a condom”). They even have a sister, Femidom, a siren who lives in a pond in a mystical forest. They are a hit with young children—including Quinn’s own, aged seven and nine.

I can't wait for the Nickelodeon series.

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