Parker Lewis Can't Lose (1990–1993): Season 1, Episode 10 - Deja Dudes - full transcript

With the upcoming class of 1970 High School reunion coming up some surprising characters show up. Not only did Grace Musso graduate then, but Larry's dad, Parker's dad and his 2 best buds. The fore-runner of Parker, Mr. Lewis was the resident prankster along with his buddies to whom perpetrated the ultimate prank back in their day. Now the only evidence of their identities in the prank are about to be revealed as the time capsule from 1970 is going to be opened in front of the entire graduating class. Can Parker cover up the crime, or is his dad's legendary episode from years back going to cause Parker's downfall from Musso?

- Parker, it's me, Shelly.
- Open the door.

Parker, come on,
it's after 11:00.

11:14, Shell,
way after curfew.

- Oh, very funny, Park.
- Now let me in!

Mom and Dad wake up,
I'm grounded.

- Oh, you're right, Shelly.
- Let's not wake them up.

Park, come on!

Parker Lewis Can't Lose
will continue in a moment.

Parker Lewis. Broken.

Caged.

Busted.



Who had the garlic bagel?

Your transcript shows
an incomplete in botany.

Oh, I love it, love it, love it.

You see, Lewis,
without this credit,

you can't be promoted.

Business as usual.

Musso plays
the overbearing principal

and busts me
for something trivial.

I play the student victim
and finesse my way out.

Not a problem.

So, unless you want
to stay back a year,

you're going to summer school.

The unearthing of
the 1970 time capsule.

Great. But I have
bigger things on my mind.



Look, get a grip, Park.

Summer school isn't for months.

We'll beat this.

Good news, sirs.

The summer school menu
now includes grape Kool-Aid.

Jerry, don't help.

Hide the chicks,
it's the old man!

Just what I need
in the middle of a crisis,

Dad trying to act cool.

I thought
you guys might get a laugh

out of seeing this.

Is that a hair piece,

or did a cat die
on my dad's head?

Dad, Dad. Where did you
dig up that thing?

The, uh, the cedar closet.

It's a picture of Musso,
from when we went
to school together.

Oh.

Whoa.

The eyes sort of follow you.

Exactly when did you graduate
our fine school,

Mr. Mr. Lewis?

1970.

I'll never forget that year.

The parties, the music.

The Camaro Z28.

But wasn't 1970 all about 'Nam?

Kent State? Racial tension?

Yeah, I believe that may
have been a part of it. Yes.

Well, I'll, I'll catch
you guys later, huh?

Park, dinner in 10 minutes.

Over here!

Found your time capsule,
Mr. Lemmer.

- Summer school.
- Musso just wants to show me she's boss.

To prove she's queen bee,
and I'm a drone.

Then she can reduce me
to groveling.

Well, guess what? She can.

Lewis, I have never seen
anyone brownie up

with the energy, enthusiasm,
and raw abandon

you have
so shamelessly exhibited.

Then you'll sign the release
for my botany final?

Not a chance.

A coupon like this
you don't call in over
carnauba wax.

Groveler's rule number one.

Never try to talk to a woman
while she's picking out shoes
for her high school reunion.

No, Lewis.

I figure hanging something
like this over your head

is worth a good semester,
maybe two,

of no headaches from you.

- But, Ms. Musso...
- I'm too busy
to argue.

Three hundred of my idiot
classmates are coming here
in a few days,

and I want to look perfect
for them.

What the...

Had the guys over
last night. Had some popcorn.
Had two choices.

Either throw it away, or...

Don't you ever embarrass
a woman like that!

Never, never, never!

Ms. Musso, we were
just playing a joke.
A little prank. It was...

Prank? Oh, for God's sake.

This isn't Totally Hidden Video.

Maybe no.

Maybe yes.

You listen to me.

Some pranks should
never be perpetrated
by one human being

against another.

I hate it when I do that.

Twenty years ago, there was
a girl at this school.

A sweet, obedient girl,

who one night was the victim
of a cruelly humiliating
public prank.

A prank so unspeakable
that it has scarred that girl
to this day.

There isn't a night
I lay my head on my pillow

that I don't dream of taking

savage revenge against whoever

it was who did that to me.

- Mental note.
- Rethink Operation Whoopee Cushion.

Twenty years, and she's
still out for blood.

I wouldn't wanna be the one
who pulled that prank.

Especially when I found out
who it is.

Coolness, Park.

Sir, are you saying
you would stoop
to bounty hunting

- some poor former classmate of Ms.
- Musso's, and deliver his head to her,

in exchange for
your selfish need
to avoid summer school?

Yes.

Tres foxy, sir.

Got it, Mr. Lewis.

May 12th, 1970.

Hmm. Senior Grace Musso
was the butt of

an elaborate prank Friday,

when an unknown assailant
showered her with

60 gallons of lime JELL-O.

Musso, student aid

to Principal Howard Fein,

was policing hemlines
with a ruler

when the sliming took place.

Whoa. Sixty gallons of JELL-O.

- Greetings, Flamingos.
- This is Grace Musso.

Let me extend a hearty welcome
to all my classmates
returning to campus today

for the 1970 class reunion.

This is a rare opportunity
for yesterday's Flamingos

to meet the Flamingos of today.

Clear. Make way.

Clear. Clear!

Hey, Lemmer.
Rushing the new brain over
to Dr. Frankenstein?

Actually, Randall,

I'm charged with delivering
the recently unearthed
1970 time capsule

to Ms. Musso
for tonight's banquet.

Sealed inside are the hopes
and dreams of a generation

- twenty years past.
- It is something to be revered, cherished, and worshipped.

Lunch!

Hey!

My worst fear is realized.

Dad wants to hang.

Hey, boys. Say hi to
my best buddies, Vic and Gary.

Dad's talked for years
about his pals.

You see pictures,
but nothing prepares you
for the real thing.

Nice coat, Mr. Gary.

Yours, too. Scotch-guarded?

Twice monthly, sir.

So you guys were
dangerous dudes, huh?

Were? Are.

We were born to be wild.

- We were inseparable.
- We were rowdies.

We were...

The mod squad!

Later, dudes.

Must be hell to get old.

- Hi! How are you?
- It's great to see you.

Hi!

- To the Fighting Flamingos!
- To the Fighting Flamingos.

- Banquet night.
- I'd like to think I had better things to do

than listen
to a relentless barrage
of Tony Orlando oldies.

I'd like to think I do,
but I don't.

Tonight, I'm on a mission.

Some very spicy
conversation, sirs.

Yeah, if you like hearing
about miracle diets
and real estate.

It's worse than cable access.

- Stay tough, guys.
- Sooner or later we'll find out who slimed Musso.

- Attention, please, everybody!
- Attention!

Moose. Moose.

Oh, quit acting like
a bunch of high school kids!

Now, I would like to call your
attention to a mistake in
the program for this evening.

The gala opening of
the time capsule
will occur after dinner,

not, I repeat, not
during the moment of silence
for the Franklin twins.

Thank you.

Hey, buds, what shakes?

I cannot wait
to see Musso's face
when she pulls out

Eric Duffy's appendix.

- You really did that?
- You put Duffy's appendix in the time capsule?

- Oh, yeah.
- When he snuck in the tape.

Tape?

- Yeah.
- Yeah, the tape, Marty.

The cassette we made
of Musso after we
lime JELL-O-ed her.

That tape's in there?

You mean tonight Musso's
going to find out
we're the ones who did it?

Whoa. Your own dad
slimed Musso.

He's road pizza.

Excuse me
for pointing this out, sir,

but wouldn't that make you
road pizza, too?

Sir?

Sir?

For 20 years,
the class of 1970 time capsule
has been buried

under the Santo Domingo
Flamingo end-zone.

Safe, quiet,
not bothering anybody.

Now, after five presidents,
three popes, and the advent
of the Home Shopping Network,

its ghastly secret is going
to be revealed, and ruin me.

Or am I blowing this
out of proportion?

But, Grace, it wasn't me.

Oh, you can play the innocent
all you like, Bronc Adelson.

But I know it was you!

I don't have proof yet,
but when I do,

- I'm going to ruin you, Bronc.
- Do you hear me?

Ruin, ruin, ruin!

Okay,
so I'm not blowing this
out of proportion.

Sir, I've got an uncle
at the Justice Department
who can change your identity,

and relocate your entire family.

Don't get mad at me, Marty,

we all thought
that confession tape

was pretty funny
when we made it.

"Let's goose the Moose"
was your exact quote
at the time, sir.

Gary, don't help.

- Oh, my God!
- Oh, my God!

- Wendy?
- No.

- Gloria?
- No.

Looks like Mom
is having about as good a time
as I am.

Good work, Kubiac.

- Hey, what's the deal, Lemmer?
- We just wanna look

at the time capsule.

Yeah. We're not going
to steal it or anything.

I'm establishing a perimeter.

- No one gets near this time capsule.
- Isn't that right, Lawrence?

Nobody. Eat now?

Emergency strategy meeting...

in three minutes.

- Regrouping, sir?
-The war room.
Three minutes from...

Now.

- Situation?
- -We can't snag the time capsule

if Mr. Kubiac is guarding it.

Prognosis?

We have 15 minutes
until Musso puts you in
permanent summer school.

Recommendation?

They're doing marvelous things
with plastic surgery, sir.

I know. "Jerry, don't help."

Park, look. Maybe you should
just get with your dad.

I mean, if he was cool enough
to slime Musso

in the first place,

maybe he has an idea
on how to get the capsule.

Did Mikey
actually say "cool" and
"my dad" in the same breath?

Well, maybe he was cool,
once. But...

No go, Mikey. Times change.
Dad and his pals got lucky,
but that was 20 years ago.

Now it's up to us.

Gentlemen, synchronize Swatches.

It's Operation Time Bomb.

What does he mean by "lucky"?
We pulled off plenty of gags.

I'm thinking Halloween '69.

We snuck into Fein's office,
put that beef tongue
in his drawer.

Gary, if I recall,
you got us locked in,

Mr. Fein called our parents,

and we spent the semester
scraping gum from under desks

with a putty knife.

Ah. Those were the days.

- I don't know.
- Maybe Parker is right.

Of course I can never
tell him this, 'cause it would
go straight to his head.

You know teenagers.

But that kid is so smart,
so aware of the world.

He's way ahead of me
when I was his age.

He's way ahead of you now.

But I wouldn't leave it to him
to get the capsule.

Gentlemen, synchronize Bulovas.

It's Operation Time Warp.

Maureen.

- It's Judy.
- Uh, are you sure?

Guys, we pull the plug
in exactly 30 seconds.

Where the heck is he?

Here.

- Perfect timing, Gary.
- You should work for NASA.

I do!

Ah!

Eleven, ten, nine...

What the...

Mikey, let's go!

What happened, Jerry?
Get an itchy trigger finger?

- Come on, Park.
- Let's get out of here.

I don't wanna get caught
with this thing.

- I don't have it.
- I don't have it.

I don't have it.

It's gone.

The time capsule's history.

Attention, everybody!

It's time for the opening
of the time capsule!

Gather around for the opening
of the time capsule!

Nine, eight...

seven, six, five, four,

three, two, one...

Yay!-

I've achieved dead-meatness.

Hey, Park, look. It's cool.
There's no way she's going
to get that lid off.

We can be in Mexico by morning.

It's empty.

I said thank you, Lord!

I missed my nap.

Just kidding!

Moose. Moose.

Very well.

Oh!

Aw!

Oh.

Ew!

- Well, well, well.
- We seem to have just one item remaining.

Oh...

Hey! I've been looking
for this for a long time!

Yeah!

- That's it, everybody.
- Aw...

Well, Park, I appreciate
your trying to help anyway.

- Not a problem.
- We're just lucky that tape wasn't in there.

Son, luck is the residue
of design.

- Dad, how did you...
- Pizza?

Right over here.

Thanks.

Mmm.

Marty Lewis can't lose.

Well, well, well, Marty.

I didn't see much of you
at the party tonight.

Oh, I was with my buds.

Killing time.

My loss, I'm sure.

Ciao.

Ms. Musso, look out!

Are you all right, Ms. Musso?

- Yes, yes, yes.
- I'm fine, leave me alone.

Oh, and, Lewis?

Parker.

Thank you.

And see me in my office
on Monday morning.

I believe I have a paper
of yours to sign.

Not a problem.

Kube, didn't you just eat
60 pizzas?

There's always room for JELL-O.

I wonder who did that to her.

You mean,
"Musso Summer School Rescue,
Plan A"?

Ask me again in 20 years.

- Ask you again in 20 years...
- Oh, come on, Dad.

You know,
it's hard to visualize how
my dad was at my age,

but seeing him in action
here tonight. Well...

I can not only visualize it,
I can feel it.

He was smart, fun,
a little scared,

and, in the end, kind of cool.

- What can I say?
- It's in the blood.

Coolness.

Take that, Parker!

You okay, Grandma?
I think that was meant for me.

Mr. Lewis? Mr. Randall?

Mr. Phillips? Hello!