Jennifer Grey’s Jeanie Bueller is still waiting for her brother to help. In Home Instead’s holiday ad “Save Jeanie,” she’s handling their aging parents’ shopping, prescriptions and appointments while Ferris leaves the work to her.
Charlie Sheen returns as the unnamed character who once offered her advice in a police station, this time hearing her out at a bar.
Released November 9, the commercial reunites the Ferris Bueller’s Day Off actors 40 years after the 1986 film. Cindy Pickett also returns as Katie Bueller, Ferris and Jeanie’s mother.
When Jeanie asks whether Ferris took Dad to his appointment or got the groceries, her mother defends him: “Ferris is a very busy boy.”
Jeanie tells Sheen’s character, “Because if I don’t do it, it won’t get done.” He suggests there’s somebody she should call.
“If you say Ferris Bueller, I scream,” she replies. His answer: “Home instead.”
Home Instead provides non-medical care at home for older adults. The campaign also includes a “Nominate a Jeanie” giveaway running December 1 through 31 for family caregivers who could use a day off.