Google Play Puts Kibosh on Cookie Monter’s New Year’s Resolution

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For anyone who thinks New Year’s resolutions are never broken or whether or not Sesame Street Cookie Monster will ever stop eating cookies, look no further than this new Google Play ad.

In the ad, Cookie Monster attempts to turn over a new leaf first buying the Rocky soundtrack then downloading fitness apps and, finally, grabbing a subscription to Everyday Food:Light. Except that’s were it all goes wrong and things, as they usually do, return to normal.

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