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1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 Classic Sep 26, 2009
Some folks say Parker Lewis is basically a Ferris Bueller knockoff. It's hard to deny the show seems to have taken at least some inspiration from that film but, it should be noted, that "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" took place almost entirely outside of school whereas "Parker Lewis Can't Lose" takes place almost entirely at school. That's a pretty major difference.
I watched this show with some regularity when it originally aired and enjoyed it quite a lot. Of course, it's hard to know how one will react to a show he last viewed at age 11. As it turns out, PLCL holds up remarkably well. The clothing, hair and myriad catchphrases feel a little dated and gratuitous at times, but none of that detracts from what is, overall, a remarkably well-written and very funny show.
It's hard to know how one who has never seen the show will react to it without the benefit of nostalgia, but I'd warrant they'd enjoy it quite a bit. The pop culture references are often unexpected and hilarious and anyone who doesn't develop a deep affection for the characters by the end of the first disc is one cold-hearted SOB.
I highly recommend this show and I'm ready for the second season.
Memories of youth Sep 13, 2009
It's just as funny now as it was then. Sync those swatches - and have Jerry pull out the fax machine so you can fax your friends. Now for the rest of the series...
 Finally, but what is up with NO auto-notification! Aug 19, 2009
This is the 4th DVD I put on an automatic notification by email from Amazon, and the 4th that I didn't recieve notification for. I have been checking Amazon for 5 years for the release of PLCL and I finally stopped and was just waiting for the auto notify. Now it turns out I could have bought the set 8 months ago. Anyway, I am glad I can finally get a decent copy of the show. Yeah!
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
 still funny(ish) but terrible looking Aug 19, 2009
I haven't watched a dvd that looked this bad for a long time - not sure if it is cheap work from whoever released it or if this was the best quality available to them.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
can make you feel old and young at the same time. Aug 17, 2009
While I am watching this, I am struck by how the show reflected the hope of the early 1990s, that in that decade the page would be turned to a better era, but it all ended up with Monica Lewinsky, the Spice Girls, apathy, and lethargy. I can hear Corin Nemec doing a voice-over saying this in my mind. Then I think about how the show lost its edge a couple years later, and I would think "whatever" about the ones after Parker changed his hairstyle and the fun stuff was taken out of the show. And then I think of when this show first came on, and it was such a zinger that really was fun and expressive, which is never easy to come by. It's so thrilling that this has finally arrived. Now I'm hoping for Paint Pot Alley to resurface sometime in the next decade....
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