Parker Lewis Can't Lose DVD Release

I Know My First Name Is Parker

The Return of Your Childhood / Daniel Carlson

Trade News | February 19, 2009 | Comments (43)

Man. Not long after learning that Fox’s animated “X-Men” would be coming to DVD, word has come that Shout Factory is planning a release of the first season of “Parker Lewis Can’t Lose,” currently set for June 30.

The Fox series ran from 1990-93 and starred Corin Nemec as Parker Lewis, who was basically Ferris Bueller with hair gel and bad shirts. The characters and titles are burned into my brain from youth, existing in that hazy area where my mind stores cheat codes and the daytime schedules of syndicated cable shows. (To this day, whenever I see actor Abraham Benrubi, I think, “Kubiac.” Every. Time.) The good news is that Shout Factory puts a lot of care into their reissues, as with their “Freaks and Geeks” sets and their anniversary collection of “Sports Night,” so this release looks primed to knock you back with nostalgia.

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Shouldn't that be "hair gel and worse shirts"?

Posted by: Henry at February 19, 2009 11:36 AM

I'm sorry, but Corin Nemec will ALWAYS be Harold Lauder to me.

Don't screw with my disco, Nadine!

Posted by: dammitjanet at February 19, 2009 11:43 AM

I rank Parker Lewis right up there with Adventures of Pete and Pete in awesomeness.

Honorable mention to Popular on that same list.

Posted by: BarbadoSlim at February 19, 2009 11:46 AM

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Posted by: admin at February 19, 2009 11:54 AM

Firstly, excellent news. I've missed this show since childhood and it's about time someone did something to put it on DVD. With this streak of luck, Max Headroom might be next!

Secondly, in case there's still some people out there who do not know, Kubiac is awesome on Robot Chicken. He's even gotten to play Vader in their SW spoofs. (Not sure if it's been him every time, but it seems like it.)

Lastly, Thank you DammitJanet for bringing up that reference to The Stand. You've reminded me of a time where Gary Sinise wasn't turning tricks on some watered down CSI wannabe; plus if I'm not mistaken that's also Gargoyles territory so bonus points for reminding me of Tom Cullen (aka Broadway).

We've got the future in our hands, kiddos!

Posted by: Mike R. at February 19, 2009 11:55 AM

This was one of my favorite tv shows back in the day. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to have aged very well, or maybe it's me that hasn't aged well.

Posted by: eastvillagenyc73 at February 19, 2009 11:56 AM

M - O - O - N that spells you're welcome!

mini-diversion.....best adaptation of a Stephen King work?

Posted by: dammitjanet at February 19, 2009 12:03 PM

Every time I see Corin Nemec, I think of "I Know My First Name is Steven". Every. Time. (Well, actually, first I confuse him with Corky from "Life Goes On", BUT then, I think of it.) What a sad fucked up story that was. And then the guy's brother became a serial killer? Wow. Those parents did not have an easy life.

dammitjanet, Stand By Me or Shawshank Redemption would be my picks for best. I don't think his horror really translates all that well to the screen. Carrie was pretty damn creepy though.

Posted by: Lainey at February 19, 2009 12:11 PM

Dammit: Shawshank, Stand By Me, and The Mist are my favorites. The Green Mile was pretty good too, but I have an unnatural fondness for David Morse.

Posted by: Julie at February 19, 2009 12:15 PM

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Posted by: pete at February 19, 2009 12:16 PM

I agree with Lainey and Julie because they're awesome.

Further mini-div.....the worst adaptation:

Needful Things or The Tommyknockers.

Posted by: admin at February 19, 2009 12:17 PM

I had the BIGGEST crush on Nemec back in the day, it is hard to admit. But I am right there with you on the Harold Lauder thing, now I can't look at him any other way.

Hmm, best SK adaptation, gotta go with the classic Carrie.

Posted by: Alli at February 19, 2009 12:19 PM

Between 1990 and 1993 the number 1 TV show I was watching was... Sesame Street.

dammitjanet, I'd go with The Shawshank Redemption because it's a movie that can get people who aren't interested in King's "typical" writings interested in his work overall. But I've always thought the best things he did were his short stories and novellas.

Posted by: Genny (also Rusty) at February 19, 2009 12:19 PM

Uh, The Langoliers!

(For worst, not best)

Posted by: Carrie at February 19, 2009 12:20 PM

Best has got to be Shawshank for me. Just brilliant.

Posted by: Carrie at February 19, 2009 12:21 PM

KOOOOOB!

outstanding. About time.

Posted by: ponch at February 19, 2009 12:41 PM

Worst King Adaptation? For me, Pet Semetary.

+ 1 for casting Herman Munster
- 5 for casting Dale Midkiff, who will always be that rapist dude from that Lifetime movie where he wears gloves. I don't know.
+ 2 for that scary assed Zelda scene
+ 1 for when Gage gets all stabby on Mr. Munster's Achilles tendon
- 7 for Gage's stupid face
- 7 bajillion for not capturing the heart and soul of the novel, the depths of a parent's grief

I know there are worse adaptations out there, but I LOVE this book and the movie sucks an undead kitten cock.

Posted by: Julie at February 19, 2009 12:42 PM

but I LOVE this book and the movie sucks an undead kitten cock.

+666 Trillion for the use of zombie kitty beastiality.

Posted by: admin at February 19, 2009 12:48 PM

Julie...now I wanna play with yoooouuuu

And I can't help it, I loved Needful Things. JT Walsh was pretty much the ultimate douchebag villain character actor of the 90s and early aughts.

Posted by: MG at February 19, 2009 12:58 PM

I say "Shawshank" and "The Stand," although I do love "Stand by Me" mostly for it's sexy evil Keifer-ness.

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Posted by: owenleng at February 19, 2009 1:22 PM

Best SK adaptation: Either Shawshank Redemption or Stand By Me (although I also thought The Green Mile was quite good.

Worst SK adaptation: The Langoliers FTW. Bad acting, terrible special effects, Bronson Pinchot? Not even David Morse can save that mess. Runner-up would probably be anything involving the word "Corn" or Sometimes They Come Back.

Posted by: Siege at February 19, 2009 1:46 PM

Best adaptations: Stand by Me, Shawshank, Misery, The Dead Zone

Best Cheesy Adaptation: The Running Man

Worst: Maximum Overdrive

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Posted by: dammitjanet at February 19, 2009 2:10 PM

My picks for best King adaptations: The Dead Zone, Misery, and The Shawshank Redemption. I especially like The Dead Zone for giving Christopher Walken a chance to play something besides a flake or a heavy. Or a heavy flake.

Posted by: Craig at February 19, 2009 2:20 PM

Obviously many of you are not schooled in Stephen King movies. If you were you would know that the Worst, by far, is Graveyard Shift. Close second is the awful Dreamcatcher. Best is The Shining, Christine, Storm of the Century (although this probably doesn't count because it was written as mini-series), Misery, all the Darabont adaptations, and Needful Things if only for the always great JT Walsh, Ed Harris, and Max Von Sydow. It comes no where near the absolute destruction of the book but not a bad little movie.

The Stand and IT were HUGE disappointments and always will be. I will say that Tim Curry owns the role of Pennywise the Dancing Clown, though.

Posted by: TylerDFC at February 19, 2009 2:31 PM

Wait.

Was that Milla in that episode?

I'm a The Shining girl, myself.

Posted by: Alabamapink at February 19, 2009 2:32 PM

Robin Fecknowicz is none other than Milla Jovovich, the fifth element herself.

Posted by: TryScience at February 19, 2009 3:43 PM

Hey! I've got The Fifth Element

IN MY PANTS!

Earth, Air, Water, Fire and Fuck.

It's science.

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Posted by: nancy at February 19, 2009 6:08 PM

Kube!

Posted by: Ryan at February 19, 2009 6:58 PM

Coolness.

You can watch a few later episodes on YouTube, and they're better than the Pilot. Man, I could sure give Shelley a smack, though.

I remember thinking 'Parker' was such a strange name back then. No one was named 'Audio Science' back then, though.

They don't need to release the third season though. They got rid of the 'Can't Lose', the jacket, the hair, Lemmler, he got a girlfriend, Miss Musso was less evil, the show was less cartoonish, and the results were awful. 'Parker Lewis Can't Make Me Give A Shit Anymore'.

True story.

Posted by: Jo 'Mama' Besser at February 19, 2009 8:31 PM

Look at his eyes,his chaming smile. I think I fall in love with him. It is said he is interested in dat**ing pretty models at a celebrity site Richromances...com. I will become a member soon!

Posted by: lawrence at February 19, 2009 10:43 PM

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Posted by: lawrence at February 19, 2009 10:48 PM

No no, the worst King adaptation is The Lawnmower Man because the movie went SO far astray from the book's plot. From a short story about a naked fawn guy who eats grass (and random rodents in the way) to a computer generated whatthefuck. Insane.
Why do the horror adaptations of King suck so badly anyway? I've never understood that. I had that stage (as I'm sure so many did) at 12 where I became obsessed with King and horror in general. Christopher Pike was trite by the time I was 8, and V.C. Andrews had already schooled me in the ways of incest so it was on to some of King's weird shit.
But my two favorite stories were from the Bachman Books, "Rage" and "The Long Walk." Best. stories. ever. Still massive favorites and now I wish I could find my tattered copy.

Posted by: Sharon at February 19, 2009 11:23 PM

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Posted by: admin

WOW!!! Someone else remembers that?? I so want that game!!

And two words for this DVD: MUST. BUY!

Posted by: Jeva at February 20, 2009 12:47 AM

Lawnmower Man wasn't an actual adaptation. They just bought the name.

Dreamcatcher was so disappointing because the book was great. It's like Michael Chricton's Timeline. Sure, it's Michael Crichton, but that book was enjoyable as hell and deserved soooooo much better.

Posted by: JakesAlterEgo at February 20, 2009 2:44 AM

I know I'm in the minority here (and everywhere else), but words cannot describe the bredth and depth of my hatred of the movie adaptation of The Shining. It was my favorite SK book and it was RUINED...I just hated it so very, very much...

Posted by: Aslana at February 20, 2009 1:01 PM

BarbadoSlim, glad to see someone else appreciate the awesomeness that was Adventures of Pete and Pete.

WTF happened to Nickelodeon?!

Posted by: piedlourde at February 20, 2009 3:05 PM

I thought it was:

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Regardless, a simpatico treat for my lunch hour.

Posted by: Beckylooo at February 20, 2009 4:11 PM

I just wanted to say...Yeah! What the hell is up with King adaptations? Why doesn't anyone have the balls to simply do the thing that worked (what he wrote)? It's like Disney secretly owns all rights and keeps strong-arming a piss-poor PG rating on all of it. F*ckin' WEAK, I say, because that guy is super cool and I'm not afraid to love him.

And yes - Rage and even more so, The Long Walk are the best of them. I'm also desperate for some indie group to do Running Man right.

Smart folks blow Dokes.

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Posted by: lawrence at February 21, 2009 9:51 AM

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