Google Ad Confirms Hall & Oates Should Have Called It 'Mangobbler'

A few Docs keystrokes away from greatness

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As a rule, any enterprise that offers even a remote possibility of reviving interest in—and by extension, promoting the present-day playing of—songs by annoying '80s blue-eyes soulsters Hall & Oates is best avoided, if not outright shunned. I'll make an exception for the cute Goodby, Silverstein & Partners spot below that imagines the derivative duo using Google Docs to collaborate. "Oh oh here she comes, she's a …" We watch cursors type on screen as these synth-driven Sondheims struggle to finish the thought.

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