Episode Report Card Couch Baron: A | 5 USERS: A YOU GRADE IT If You Love Someone, Shoot Them With A BB
By Couch Baron | Season 1 | Episode 9 | Aired on 2007.09.13
Harry and Pete are discussing their ad-buying strategy for Secor Laxatives. Pete complains that the Secor people have "absolutely no sense of humor about their product." I'm sure the rest of us can make up for that. Talk turns to reminiscence about the glory of their college days; Pete tells a long-winded story about how his frat's mascot "Mamie" died, so, in order to steal girls' attention from a rival frat who was having a big "beauty-pageant parade," they had a grand funeral for the dog on Main Street. After some chuckling and Harry rightly calling Pete's frat "idiots," Pete has An Idea: Since JFK and Nixon are competing for airtime, they can use their ad-buying for Secor strategically to help Nixon, buying precious airtime in the swing states. "We're selling laxatives, Nixon's selling Nixon, and Kennedy's watching Mamie's funeral." Pete explains this strategy so poorly here (he seems to miss the fact that they can't buy time and give it to Nixon, so their actions will detract from both candidates' time equally; Bertram will explain the real thrust of it later) that I'm not entirely sure he's even clear why this is a great idea, but nonetheless, he looks thrilled with himself, which I can believe.
The TV in the Draper living room is on, and Don looks half-asleep on the couch as we hear the phone ring. After a minute, Betty enters and happily announces the call was for her -- she got the job. She stands in hopeful anticipation, and Don smiles as he says he's not going to ruin the moment -- he's very happy for her. She slinks over and starts kissing him, and then says she knows he's not a big fan of what she's doing, but she thinks he's a little proud of her. I'd say that's an accurate read, borne out by the fact that when she climbs all over him, Don doesn't refuse her advances, in fact telling her that they can do it right there. They lean down out of the frame, and all I can say is I hope the kids are either in bed or taking the dog for a good long walk.