Parker Lewis Can't Win (19 May 1991)

Parker has a lot of good days, some mediocre days, but only one worst day. Everything imaginable that could go wrong does. Even Shelley one-ups Parker when she plays an embarrassing video ... See full summary »

Director:

Bryan Spicer

Writers:

Clyde Phillips (creator), Lon Diamond (creator),

Stars:

Corin Nemec, Billy Jayne, Troy W. Slaten

Cast

Episode cast overview:
Corin Nemec	...	Parker Lloyd Lewis
Billy Jayne	...	Mikey Randall (as William Jayne)
Troy W. Slaten	...	Jerry Steiner (as Troy Slaten)
Maia Brewton	...	Shelly Lewis
Abraham Benrubi	...	Larry Kubiac
Timothy Stack	...	Mr. Martin Lewis
Anne Bloom	...	Mrs. Lewis
Taj Johnson	...	Frank Lemmer
Melanie Chartoff	...	Principal Grace Musso
Ray Walston	...	Augie
Kim Valentine	...	Becky Grant
Larry Spinak	...	Conrad Fleck
Robert Cavanaugh	...	Silhouette #1
Richard Feldman	...	Silhouette #2
Jim Lange	...	Himself

Storyline

Parker has a lot of good days, some mediocre days, but only one worst day. Everything imaginable that could go wrong does. Even Shelley one-ups Parker when she plays an embarrassing video of Musso to the entire school instead of the video Parker really made for Musso portraying her in a good light. In the end Parker has enough and ditches the rest of his day. It seems that this could be the end of Parker Lewis...

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

19 May 1991 (USA)

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

In the scene where Mikey Randall is making a new "Musso Highlights" video, one can see in the far right monitor screen a shot of Miss Musso from Episode 21. She is at her high school reunion party and giving the announcement of the change in the program.

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Connections

References Total Recall (1990)

User Reviews

Parker Lewis and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day!

This episode is a little bit of a downer as it portrays Parker in a downward spiral. I was hoping that in the end there'd be a series of twist lifting Parker back up high, but it ends with only one 'conveinent twist'. Literally 20 minutes of the episode (not including commercials mind you) are of bad things happening to Parker which is to say the least, depressing. I'd hope for a season finale to be more of a positive episode, but sometimes you can't get what you want. A funny gag at the end is during the fade out the silhouette of Ferris Bueller and his sidekick take notice of Parker's style and then leave quietly. Oh and one thing I always take notice of though is Parker's clothing, and the bright side of this episode is Parker wears a cool yet over the top shirt. So I give credit on this episode to the costume designer!