So it's finally cooling down in the city. Everything starts to smell a little less bad and people who should have been doing it all along are finally clothing themselves appropriately. The fall is also a time for nostalgic reflection for me and yesterday I stumbled on an old favorite: "Parker Lewis Can't Lose."
Was this not one of the greatest kid's television shows of all time? Yes, it was a clear rip-off of Ferris Bueller's Day Off, but it was a good one. There were innovative characters, improbable plot lines, a guy with a coat that stored everything from a live gerbil to a tazer gun and a charismatic main character. Although not visible in this picture, this is also the show that had the unforgettable Francis Larry Kubiak (aka the Kub) who was the consummate school bully/emotionally troubled pre-teen with a premature growth spurt. Now they have shows about Billy Ray Cyrus' daughter pretending to be a famous singer and the silly mishaps of twin boys who look troublingly like the Olson twins. What happened in the last decade or so?
1 comment:
Amen! This show single handedly popularized swatches
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