We decided to tape The Simpsons and Arrested Development last night (still watched them before going to bed, though) so I could cry for an hour during A Very Special American Dreams.

MIA Marine and American Hero JJ Pryor has been floating around the Cambodian countryside for awhile and eventually finds friendly folk who patch up his leg and send him home. The episode was definitely a tear-jerker, watching this one once-young and innocent man return a very different person to his family.

My only problem? The trade-off for “limited commercial interruptions” is that I had to watch four Ford commercials built in to the show. First, we see a Ford commercial on one of the televisions in Papa Pryor’s shop. Then, a bus drives by with an ad for a New! Ford! on it’s side. Then…Rogue Uncle Cop points out the new Mustang on the back of a magazine.

Finally, the cherry on top of the sundae, Papa Pryor gets JJ a brand-spanking-new car for his homecoming…ta da! A Ford Mustang. A word of advice…never get a guy with a girlfriend (fiancee?) and a baby a two-door car. My mom has multiple photos of her after whacking her head trying to get me into the back of her and Dad’s Dodge Dart Swinger circa 1972.

Almost made me long for the days of having Campbell’s tomato soup shoved down my throat at every turn of the script page. It also reminded the UberHusband and I that we need to go look at non-Ford automobiles since his lease is about to come up.

Darcey reminded me about the 5-minute Ford commercial at the end of the show. I had to pause the show earlier, so I fast-tivo-forwarded through it. I did see a new Mustang, though.