Beatles Actually Proponents of Savvy Spending According to Target

Steve Hall

Jan. 17, 2007
1 min read

In their usual mod, somewhat Stepford style, Target takes the Beatles’ “Hello, Goodbye” and makes one critical improvement, which they flash intermittently throughout the ad.

We’ll grant it that John Lennon maybe had spelling issues but whether he meant “goodbuy” is not for us to say. Sir McCartney’s staying mum. Guess we’ll never know.

This is way better than turning Audrey Hepburn into the posthumous spokesgirl for Gap, yeah? If only the dead could protest on their own. Actually Orville Redenbacher might just be able to.

Steve Hall

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