Slate- I love Pawn Stars so I enjoyed the brief Pawn Stars-themed ad that Microsoft ran during the NFL playoffs last weekend and I like the longform version of the spot even better. The basic idea—woman can't pawn her Chromebook at the Gold and Silver Pawn Shop in Las Vegas because it's not a full-featured laptop:
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