Parker Lewis Can't Lose (1990–1993): Season 2, Episode 7 - Fat Boy and Little Man - full transcript

Santo Domingo's football team is a physical force with such players as Larry Kubiac. Even with the Kube and other excellent players Santo Domingo's football team lacks brain power. An ...

Coming up,

angry young men and
the women who love them.

You'll meet Mikey Randall.

Smashing an atom
in your own basement.

We'll talk to Jerry Steiner.

Tracking wild game and
what to do with the leftovers.

We'll go one-on-one
with Larry Kubiac.

He's hip, he's hot,
and he just can't lose.

He's Parker Lewis.

Football season.

A time of tradition,
a time of fun.



A time of good-natured
interscholastic rivalry.

- Kill El Carado!
- Kill El Carado!

When football fever
hits Santo Domingo,

Santo Domingo turns to one man.

Team captain Lawrence
"Terminator 2" Kubiac.

Not just a football player,
a building with cleats.

There's only one small thing
holding him back.

Kube's brain capacity.

Every year, exactly six days
before the big game
against El Carado,

Kube's brain reaches capacity
and shuts down.

During his 10-year reign
as captain, we've never scored
against El Carado.

Not one touchdown,
not one field goal,
not one point.

Lineman! Hit! Tuck in!

You got that, son?



Kube, you still with us?

Brain's full, Coach.

Put him in the box, boys.

For Kube,
one factoid too many
and the season's over.

Enter the fully automated,
fully soundproofed
Kube iso booth.

Our only hope of keeping
excess knowledge from sending
Kube into full brain freeze.

- Hey, Kube!
- Fishsticks for lunch!

Ruderman! Ruderman! No!

Get out
of here! He's gonna blow!

So, when's baseball
season start?

One touchdown against El Carado.

Is that so much to ask?

Hello! Grace Musso,
the world is watching!

Who the hell are you?

Cathy Lee Austin.

Host of everybody's favorite
morning show, Wake Up,
Santo Domingo.

Grace, you've been selected to
be featured on our
personality profile series,

Sassy, Successful,
and Still Single.

So get set.

You're going to be on
local tevelision!

I don't know what to say.

Oh, I feel completely flustered.

I wish I had something prepared.

As principal of this
great school,

I take pride in presenting
this symbol of our spirit,

avatar of our ambition,

Santo Domingo's own cherished
football mascot,

the Great Golden Flamingo.

Not since Big Bird
has an animal done so much
for so many.

That's why we're going to
steal it and frame El Carado.

What better way to boost
school morale?

First, we need a plan.

Then Mr. Lewis
will grab the bird,
hand it off to Mr. Randall,

who in turn laterals it to me,
and we all do an end run
back here.

Jerry, you're a genius.

I know, sir.

Parker, you're busted.

Attempted grand theft flamingo.

You'll all be cleaning hair
out of shower drains

for the next six months.

But first, Coach Tripp has
taken a keen interest in this
particular case.

I'm sure he has something
especially painful to add
to your punishment.

Coach Tripp?

About your little plan.

It's...

magnificent!

Huh?

I haven't seen a strategy
this brilliant

since Vince Lombardi's
classic power sweep.

Except this time you used a...

Delayed screen off the trap!

Grace, I got 21 square feet
of meat named Kubiac
without a brain.

This kid's got one.

I want him on the team.

Come again?

The boy can think!

And with Kubiac back online,
we might just score
against El Carado.

This is a shocking
turn of events.

Yet a unique PR opportunity...

The choice is yours!

Either Steiner plays,

or 100 clogged drains await
your nubby little fingers.

Jerry's never held a football
in his life!

Break out the Spiffits!

Let's get started.

No, sirs!

Jerry Steiner always takes
the easy way out.

But not this time.

Call it a boy becoming a man,

call it a man facing his fears,

call 911.

I'll do it!

Strap a helmet on that brain.

You're on
the football team, son.

Question. What makes a
high school football player?

For most guys,
it's skill, determination,
and a 42-inch neck.

For Jerry Steiner,
it's a Britannica brain,
a passion for strategy,

and a 305-pound team captain
with a memory capacity
of cheese.

Care package deluxe, Jer.

Gummy bears, Flintstones
Vitamins, tiny tin medicated
heat rub.

Need anything else?

Shoulders would be nice.

All right!
Walk it and talk it!
Let's go, ladies, come on!

- Don't worry, Jer.
- You're gonna nail this.

We're with you all the way.

Not quite all the way, sirs.

On the field I'll be all alone.

Kube make new friend.

Life Savers, little buddy?

The closest Jerry's
ever come to athletics

was being assistant paddle boy
at canoe camp.

By the look of things...-

all he needed was the
right guy to show him the way.

Enter Larry Kubiac.

You know, I am such a big fan
of your show, Cathy Lee.

I watch Good Night
Santo Domingo...

- "Wake Up."
- Wake Up Santo Domingo
every, uh, day... Um, morning.

Well thank you, Grace.

You find time to watch
my show, run a school,
and still look so chic.

- Well...
- -You know Neiman's is having a terrific sale.

You'd look great in a new
Anne Klein too.

I do need a bolero-like jacket
desperately.

- Ooh!
- Well let's get this interview nonsense out of the way first.

Musso failure.

Two words spoken as one.

For as long as she's been
administrator,

the Flamingos have failed to
score a single point

against their pigskin rivals,
El Carado.

How do you defend yourself?

Uh...

I'm sorry,
could you repeat the question?

We're gonna party tonight,
Jer, in your honor.

First, a little Dr. Mario
action at the mall.

Then, a Christian Slater
retrospective at the Cineplex.

Then...

It's for you.

Wow.

An invitation to
the varsity corner.

You're going to
the varsity corner?

You know, Jer, I've always
respected you as a person.

Well, I do now.

Shelly, if you're trolling
for jocks, forget it.

Maybe I should hang with them
for a few minutes, sirs.

It could be quality
bonding time.

Not a prob. We'll be here.

Wow.

Jerry Steiner at
the varsity corner.

It's one of my lifelong
fantasies, sirs.

No fantasy, little buddy.

Great teams have
always thrived on diversity.

Siskel and Ebert,
Hart and Tesh, and now
Kubiac and Steiner.

Jerry could be the best
110 pounds Kube's ever gained.

Steiner, do you know what
this "K" stands for?

Friendship.

I've worn it for
the 10 years that
I've been football captain,

and after tomorrow's elections
I'll wear it another year.

You know why I'd never
part with it?

Velcro lock?

Velcro lock?

No, Jer.

Friendship.

That's what football's
all about.

Sure, there are
other gratifications.

Crunching bones...-

body fungus.

And the post-game buffet.

But it's the guys you play
with that make it great.

Steiner, I'm glad
you're on my team.

Thanks, Mr. Kubiac.

Uh, Jer. One more thing.

Jocks don't hug. They hit.

What does it take
to satisfy the new look

of the Santo Domingo High
football team?

A half-ton of ground chuck,
and one tuna fish sandwich
with the crusts cut off.

♪ They always call him
Mr. Touchdown

♪ They always call him Mr. T

♪ He can run and kick
and throw

♪ Give him the ball,
and just look at him go

♪ Hip hip hooray for
Mr. Touchdown

♪ He's gonna beat 'em today

♪ So give a great big cheer
for the hero of the year

- Steiner!
- Steiner! Steiner!

Jerry Steiner, you've turned
the Fighting Flamingos around
in less than a week.

Do you think you can score
against El Carado this year?

Does
sodium dichloramine
have two free electrons?

Ooh! There's team captain,
Larry Kubiac!

Larry, could we have
a word with you?

Kube, what's superstar
Jerry Steiner really like?

All right, people!

I have here the results
of the election
for team captain.

Strictly a formality,
of course, huh?

Once again, this year's
team captain is...

Jerry Steiner.

Whoa!

- Steiner!
- Steiner! Steiner!

My parents and I are going
to Disneyland.

Kube came, Kube saw,

Kube quit.

Jerry Steiner's quick
weight-loss diet.

Guaranteed to drop 305 pounds.

Eat right, exercise, and
forget about the one guy
who made you what you are.

- Jerry Steiner.
- In a word, famous.

In eight words, I have no clue
who he is anymore.

Hey, Jer, heard you made
team captain. Way to go.

Too bad about Kube quitting.

- Yeah.
- It could make a touchdown tomorrow against El Carado more difficult.

You can quote me on that.

Jer, it's not a question
of a touchdown.

It's a question of
living long enough
to hear your voice change.

Good one, Mikey.

Ciao, guys.

You know, I personally
made the decision
to put him on the team.

- Jer!
- Wait, Cathy Lee!

I have more to say!

Without Kube, Jerry's gonna be
mystery meat.

Relax, Mikey.

It's not as if the universe
is turning upside down.

Parker, could you give me
a lock of Jerry's hair?

He's so dreamy.

Time to talk.

There's nothing to talk about.

I'm rather grateful that
Steiner stripped me of
my prestige and honor.

It's forced me to reconsider
my future.

I'm learning to enjoy life
without football.

I'm having fun. I'm happy.

But, Kube...

- Happy!
- Whoa!

- Yeah, right.
- Yeah, right. Of course.

- Whatever you say.
- Happy.

Now, if you don't mind...

I must practice.

Marv, what are your thoughts
on today's game?

What are your thoughts
on today's game?

Larry's ego hasn't
been this bruised

since he crippled that pony
at the county fair.

- There's only one cure.
- Jerry's got to...

Quit the team?
What will that leave me with?

- A pulse.
- A head.

Everyone's looking at me
for leadership.

I can't quit now.

I mean, I'm the one.

I'm the guy everyone's
talking about.

I'm the guy calling the shots.

The closest I ever get to
being a leader is when I'm the
first one out of an elevator.

Now I've got it,
and I'm gonna enjoy it.

Captain Kubiac is old news,

and I'm USA Today!

And so another day
for Principal Grace Musso.

For this tired, rapidly-aging
educator and her
disenchanted students,

the only glimmer of hope
for a touchdown lies in the
scrawny arms of one man...

Teen. Boy.

Jerry Steiner.

Can he do it?

We will soon find out.

- That's a wrap.
- I got to get to the mall.

Why, Nick, put bacon and eggs
on separate plate?

- Whoa, you're right, Kube.
- What was I thinking?

Bacon and eggs go together
like burger and fries.

Macaroni and cheese.

Peanut butter and salami?

You've got it.

Nick trying to teach
Kube a lesson?

No, I'm just saying
certain things belong
next to each other.

Just doesn't seem right
if they're not.

Kube lose appetite.

Time for the big game,

and there are two questions.

Will Santo Domingo finally
score against El Carado,

and will Jerry finish the game
in fewer than 27 pieces?

Okay, gentlemen,
here's the play.

Tampkin, on my signal,
drop back.

Arlington will hand
you the ball,
and he'll cut left of center.

Bilsky and Dubree will
block right.

On three. Ready?

Break!

Uh, how about this?

Cooper will go... Uh, long.

Uh, Ruderman. Get ready
for a lateral from Beatty.

On two. Two.

Uh, ready?

Break!

Um...

I welcome any suggestions
at this point.

So, Marv, what do you make
of the game so far?

Well, Steiner's walking
a slippery slope.

It looks as if the Flamingos
are going to be shut out
yet again.

Right you are, Marv.

Larry, why'd you toss in
the old towel?

I'd rather not
go into that, O.J.

Ready?

♪ They always call him
Mr. Touchdown

♪ They always call him Mr. T

♪ He can run and kick
and throw

♪ Give him the ball
and just look at him go

♪ Hip hip hooray for
Mr. Touchdown

♪ He's gonna beat 'em today

♪ So give a great big cheer
for the hero of the year

Okay, guys, this is it.

Thirty seconds
and it's all over.

I think we can get
a touchdown...

No! If we just...

Set! 42!

Hut, hut, hut, hike!

Kube!

This isn't going to be pretty.

- Nope.
- They're gonna turn that boy into peanut butter and salami.

Kube!

- Look!
- It's a bird!

It's a truck!

It's Kubiac!

Hooray, Rocketeer, sir.

Cinematic references later.

Run. Now.

He's at the 50!

I mean, they've got
plenty of daylight. The 40!

Look at him go!

Kube's knocking them down
like bowling pins!

They're at the 30 now.

Kube's clearing
a passage through.

I don't think anybody
can catch him!

They're at the 20!

- They're down to the 10!
- The five!

Hey, they're stopping
at the one-yard line!

What's going on here?

Jerry, you may be smart,
but you stink at football.

You're not so good
at friendship, either.

Yeah, well, you're the
one who gave up.

Not on my friend.

You know, Mr. Kubiac, I really
don't care about football.

But I'd hate to lose
our friendship.

I'm sorry.

Everyone gets a swelled head.

You may forget who you are,
but your friends don't.

Are you still my friend?

Kube's still your friend.

Ball still in play.

Kube speak in metaphor.

Kubiac takes the
ball over the goal line, and
scores for Santo Domingo!

But El Carado is the winner.

How fitting that
the Fighting Flamingos

make it onto the scoreboard
just in time to lose
the big game.

And who's to blame for
this football fiasco?

I think the answer's obvious.

Musso, Musso, Musso.

For Wake Up Santo Domingo,
I'm Cathy Lee Austin.

So, let's hit Neiman's.

Shelly, do you still respect
me as a person?

Jerry,

you dared to try something new.

You gave it your best.

You took defeat with honor.

No, actually I
don't respect you.

- Great game, Jerry.
- You've done good.

Thanks for not helping, sirs.

- Not a problem.
- -Hey, any chance of trading in a slightly-used uniform

for my old coat?

Hey come on, Steiner!

- Get in here, Steiner!
- Have a seat!

Go for it, Jer.

Your coat will always be here.

So will we.

They say you can pick
your friends, but I'm not sure
it's such a good idea.

If we had to choose, I never
would have found Mikey.

We wouldn't have found Jerry.

And Jerry would never have
known the friendship
of one Larry Kubiac.

Yep. High school sure makes
strange bedfellows.

Welcome to Wake Up
Santo Domingo.

Today, we take an in-depth
look at Grace Musso,

principal of Santo...

Domingo.-

We interrupt this program

to bring you the President's
address on education.

What?

Mr. Lewis? Mr. Randall?

Mr. Phillips? Hello?