DVD Review: Parker Lewis Can't Lose - Season 1 - Chud.com
23 June 2009
The Nutshell
The early 90s on FOX was youth culture central. The kids from West Beverly High held court, as all other shows were designed to buff the primetime darlings and offer new venues for the various kid actors that were too ugly for feature films. Parker Lewis Can't Lose was born as a 1990 filler program that could combine the style of Ferris Bueller with the budget of primetime schlock. This is the show that introduced America to Corin Nemec and Abraham Benrubi. Plus, it gave us another venue for Timothy Stack to somehow keep working.
The Lowdown
Parker Lewis is Ferris Bueller's dim-witted Florida cousin. He's a High School junior that's not quite the legendary figure that a Bueller might be in Chicago. Lewis is something more pedestrian. A likeable schlub who gets past his decent Rogues' gallery with the assistance of his two pals. Jerry is the pet nerd who possesses a trench coat that holds almost everything in existence. Only Jerry knows where he keeps the AK that will one day instill his anger upon the masses at Santo Domingo High. Mikey is the big dumb kid that plays off of Parker's hair-brained schemes.
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