PARKER LEWIS CAN'T LOSE: PILOT {SERIES PREMIERE} (TV)

Summary

Premiere of this comedy series about smooth student Parker Lewis, his "best buds" Mikey and Jerry, and their archnemesis -- high school principal Ms. Musso. In this premiere episode, Ms. Musso tries to expel Parker from school when he uses a video camera to cheat on a test, but the candid camcorder also reveals incriminating data about Musso. Additional complications arise when Mikey is attracted to a girl who wants to date Parker instead. Upon discovering the girl's preference, Mikey declares that he and Parker are no longer "best buds." Also, high school bully Larry Kubiac prepares to beat up Parker, believing he sat on his lunch. Commercials deleted.

Details

• NETWORK: FOX
• DATE: September 2, 1990 Sunday 9:30 PM
• RUNNING TIME: 0:23:08
• COLOR/B&W: Color
• CATALOG ID: T:26418
• GENRE: Comedy
• SUBJECT HEADING: Comedy
• SERIES RUN: Fox - TV series, 1990-1993
• COMMERCIALS: N/A

CREDITS

• Clyde Phillips … Executive Producer, Created by, Writer
• Robert Lloyd Lewis … Supervising Producer
• Lon Diamond … Supervising Producer, Created by, Writer
• John Ziffren … Producer
• Thom Eberhardt … Director
• Dennis McCarthy … Music by
• Corin Nemec … Cast, Parker Lewis
• William Jayne … Cast, Mikey Randall
• Troy Slaten … Cast, Jerry Steiner
• Maia Brewton … Cast, Shelly Lewis
• Melanie Cartoff … Cast, Grace Musso
• Abraham Benrubi … Cast, Larry Kubiac
• Mary Ellen Trainor … Cast, Mrs. Lewis
• Sherman Howard … Cast, Mr. Lewis
• Milla Jovovich … Cast, Robin Fecknowitz
• Taj Johnson … Cast, Frank Lemmer
• Clyde Kusatsu … Cast, Mr. Loopman
• Scott Thomson … Cast, Mr. Kornstein
• Lisa Canning … Cast, Andrea Russell
• Zachary Bostrom … Cast, Bobby Kubiac
• Christopher Faulk … Cast, Grad School Genius
• Evelina Fernandez … Cast, Registrar