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| SEASON 3 EPISODES |
| Cast List |
| Actor | Abbrev. | Character |
| Corin Nemec | CN | Parker Lloyd Lewis |
| William (Billy) Jayne | WJ/BJ | Michael Patrick "Mikey" Randall |
| Troy W. Slaten | TS | Jerry Steiner |
| Melanie Chartoff | MC | Grace Musso |
| Abraham Benrubi | ABe | Francis Lawrence "Lar(r)y" Kubiac III |
| Maia Brewton | MB | Shelly Ann Lewis |
| Timothy Stack | TSt | Martin Lloyd "Marty" Lewis |
| Jennifer Guthrie | JG | Annie Faith Sloan |
| John Pinette | JP | Coach Hank Kohler |
| Harold Pruett | HP | Brad Penny |
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[3.01] "Flamingo Graffiti" {Parker tries out new hairstyles} |
Synopsis: Parker' summer agenda is disrupted when Jerry mentions said agenda to Annie, who's atop the list.
Air Dates: July 16, 1992, June 20, 1993
Written by: Clyde Phillips and Lon Diamond
Director: Larry Shaw
Starring: CN, BJ, TS, MB, ABe, JG, JP, MC
Guest star: Harold Pruett
Co-starring: Roxanne Beckford (Christa), David Winston (Carl), Harmony Smith (mystery babe)
Special appearance by: Marvin Young (film teacher)
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[3.02] "Cape Flamingo" {Mikey's new apartment/Musso & Shelly} |
Synopsis: On Parker's birthday, he suspects something sinister behind the goodwill of Brad, though they're "even" for their first encounter. Meanwhile, Kohler tries to find a sports niche for Jerry.
Air Dates: July 23, 1992, July 4, 1993
Written by: Clyde Phillips and Lon Diamond
Director: Rob Bowman
Starring: CN, BJ, TS, MB, ABe, JG, JP, MC
Guest Star: Harold Pruett (Brad Penny)
Featuring: Patrick McCollough (Nirvana head), Darnell Davis (basketball player)
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[3.03] "The Kiss" {Shelly watching movie kisses} |
Synopsis: Summertime romance is in the air as Coach Kohler becomes the Mambo King to seduce the lovely Ms. Musso. Meanwhile, Shelly falls for Parker's worst enemy, Brad.
Air Dates: July 30, 1992, July 11, 1993
Written by: Renee Palyo
Director: Larry Shaw
Starring: CN, BJ, TS, MB, ABe, TSt, MET, JG, JP, MC
Guest Star: Harold Pruett
Guest Starring: Brittany Murphy (Angie)
Featuring: Tony Xauet (Xavier), Loretta Jean (Helen), Lego Louis (bouncer)
Special Appearance by: Dr. Joyce Brothers
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[3.04] "Summer of '92" {Annie leaves for camp/Park & Annie on swings} |
Synopsis: During Summer Swap Meet days, Parker gets tempted to trade Annie in for an older woman; and Coach Kohler and Shelly figure out a way to sell Parker's first-season silk shirts.
Air Dates: Aug 6, 1992 (Fri 8:30 PM), Jul 18, 1993 (Sun 7:00 PM)
Teleplay by: Alan Cross & Tom Spezialy
Story by: Alan Cross
Director: Rob Bowman
Starring: CN, BJ, TS, MB, ABe, JG, JP, MC
Guest Star: Harold Pruett
Guest Starring: Liz Vassey (Mary), Martha Byrne (Erin)
Special Appearance by: Michael Dorn
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[3.05] "Love is Hell" {Kohler asks Musso for date/Harold & mom} |
Synopsis: Jerry hopes to fight Shelly's fire with an explosive display of affection; Coach Kohler's love life heats up; and Parker takes the heat for Annie's love advice.
Air Date: Aug 13, 1992 (Fri 8:30 PM)
Written by: David Cohen & Roger S. H. Schulman
Director: Larry Shaw
Starring: CN, BJ, TS, MB, ABe, JG, JP, MC
Guest Starring: Paul Hipp (Harry), Maggie Blye (Harry's Mom)
Co-Starring: Justin Garms (Timmy), Carol Ficatier (Fantasy Babe)
Special Appearance by: Wendie Jo Sperber (Carol)
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[3.06] "Jerry's Journey" {At the pool/Steiner forecast} |
Synopsis: As the summer winds to a close, Parker and Mikey decide to treat their dates to a fancy meal; Jerry bites off more than he can chew when he hangs out with Brad Penny's [!!] gang. (The series is going on hiatus.)
Air Date: Aug 20, 1992 (Fri 8:30 PM)
Written by: Peter Ocko & Adam Barr
Director: Rob Bowman
Starring: CN, BJ, TS, MB, ABe, JG, JP, MC
Guest Star: Harold Pruett
Guest Starring: Ritch Brinkley (Wiley)
Co-Starring: Tim Griffin (Dirk), Ryan Stiles (Weather Guy), Adam Gregor (Maitre D'), Roger Til (Head Waiter)
Featuring: Jacqueline Obradors (Tanya), Jean Louis Aylon (Sommelier), Paul Sarnoff (Waiter)
Notes: Well, that settles that - to the degree that TV Guide can be considered to be a spelling arbiter , we now know the spelling of Brad's last name.
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[3.07] "Beauty and the Kube" {entertaining kids in day care} |
Synopsis: It might be a song as old as rhyme, but when the beastly Kube falls for the beautiful Annie, will it be Parker who's singing the blues? (New day and time.)
Air Dates: Sep 6, 1992 (Sun 7:30 PM), Jul 25, 1993 (Sun 7:30 PM)
Written by: Peter Ocko & Adam Barr
Director: Mike Finney
Starring: CN, BJ, TS, MB, ABe, JG, JP, MC
Co-starring: B.J. Barie (Badge), Michael John Nunes (Stanley)
Featuring: Rickey D'shon Collins (Kevin), Drew Rowe (Kube Jr.), Joey Amic-Angelo (Jerry-like kid), Sam Gifaldi (Kid)
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[3.08] "Hungry Heart" {making a date/civil servants go bad} |
Synopsis: It could be love at last for Coach Kohler when Parker, Annie, and Grace force him to go on a date with a meter maid (Wendie Jo Sperber). Meanwhile, the diner comes under new management. Fred: James Pickens, Jr.
Air Dates: Sep 13, 1992 (Sun 7:30 PM), Aug 1, 1993 (Sun 7:00 PM)
Written by: Renee Palyo
Director: Bryan Spicer
Starring: CN, BJ, TS, MB, ABe, JG, JP, MC
Guest Starring: James Pickens, Jr. (Fred), Michael John Nunes (Timmy)
Featuring: Mijanou (Babe), Steven J. McCarthy (Waiter)
Special Appearance by: Wendie Jo Sperber
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[3.09] "Lewis & Son" {guessing movie quotes} |
Synopsis: When a Powderkeg Video store blasts into town, the Mondo Video store owned by Parker's dad could turn into a dud. (The series is going on hiatus.) [Again! ]
Air Date: Sep 20, 1992 (Sun 7:30 PM)
Written by: Tom Spezialy & Alan Cross
Director: Mike Finney
Starring: CN, BJ, TS, MB, ABe, TSt, MET, JG, MC
Special Appearance by: Phil Hartman (Phil)
Featuring: Heather Holland (Charlene)
Notes: Troy Slaten's real mom has a cameo playing his TV mom.
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[3.10] "Kohler Buys the Diner" {Mikey takes/serves orders} |
Synopsis: Kohler (John Pinette) uses inheritance money from his mother to buy the diner, but when he tries to run it like she would, everyone deserts him and the diner totters on the brink.
Air Date: Sep 27, 1992 (Sun 7:00 PM)
Written by: David Cohen & Roger S. H. Schulman
Director: Larry Shaw
Starring: CN, BJ, TS, MB, ABe, TSt, MET, JG, JP, MC
Guest Starring: William Schallert (Harrison Kohler)
Co-Starring: Charles C. Stevenson, Jr. (Customer), O'Neal Compton (Fez Man), Pamela Rowan (Waitress)
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[3.11] "Parker's Got a Brand New Car" {checking under the hood/cuddling} |
Synopsis: The father (Tim Stack) of the hip high-schooler (Corin Nemec) has a date with disaster after he crashes Parker's car; and Ms. Musso (Melanie Chartoff) has a blind date.
Air Dates: Mar 21, 1993 (Sun 7:00 PM) [new time], Aug 15, 1993 (Sun 7:00 PM)
Written by: Clyde Phillips & Lon Diamond
Director: Larry Shaw
Starring: CN, BJ, TS, MB, ABe, TSt, MET, JG, HP, MC
TV Guide "Sunday Guidelines": "Parker Lewis" returns with an episode that puts a new spin on the age-old father-son car dilemma.
Notes:
The show returns after a six month hiatus. Harold Pruett returns as Brad Penny and makes it into the opening credits. A new Clyde Phillips logo appears at the end of the program.
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[3.12] "An Unmarried Musso" {Musso and therapist} |
Synopsis:
Parker (Corin Nemec) is relatively upset when Ms. Musso (Melanie Chartoff) starts dating his uncle (Barry Cullinson).
Air Date: Mar 28, 1993 (Sun 7:00 PM)
Written by: Renee Palyo
Director: Rob Bowman
Starring: CN, BJ, TS, MB, ABe, TSt, MET, JG, MC
Guest Star: Barry Cullison (Bill)
Co-Starring: Allen Williams (Dr. Cabe), Jack Yates (Joe), Glen Chin (Workman)
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[3.13] "Educating Brad" {writing English paper/Kohler paying Jerry} |
Synopsis: Parker's enemy Brad (Harold Pruett) decides to return to high school after falling for a student (Khrystyne Haje) in Parker's English class. Meanwhile, Jerry gets a job at the diner.
Air Date: Apr 04, 1993 (Sun 7:00 PM)
Written by: Renee Palyo
Director: Mike Finney
Starring: CN, BJ, TS, MB, ABe, TSt, MET, JG, JP, HP, MC
Guest Star: Khrystyne Haje (Nicole)
Co-Star: Lynn Tufeld (Ms. Bell)
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[3.14] "The Love Bug" {Parker & Annie meeting in hallway} |
Synopsis: When Annie (Jennifer Guthrie) becomes aloof, Parker (Corin Nemec) fears that the attraction between them may be waning. Dr. Fingerman: Virginia Watson.
Air Date: Apr 11, 1993 (Sun 7:00 PM)
Written by: Peter Ocko & Adam Barr
Director: Mike Finney
Starring: CN, BJ, TS, MB, ABe, TSt, MET, JG, MC
Co-Starring: Virginia Watson (Dr. Grummons)
Notes: According to TV Guide, the name of Virginia Watson's character was Dr. Fingerman; however, the on-air credits said she played Dr. Grummons.
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[3.15] "Write or Die" {reading short stories} |
Synopsis: The Evening has trouble written all over it when the gang tries to help an uninterested Mikey (William Jayne) write a short story for their creative-writing class.
Air Date: Apr 18, 1993 (Sun 7:00 PM)
Teleplay by: David Silverman & Stephen Sustarsic
Story by: David Cohen & Roger S. H. Schulman
Director: Larry Shaw
Starring: CN, BJ, TS, MB, ABe, JG, MC
Co-Starring: Bob Larkin (Mr. Margoles), Duke Anderson (Head Terrorist)
Notes (may contain spoilers):
Shelley's short story: "He Lays Bricks" by Shelly Lewis.
Kube's short story: LAR^RY'S STORY: THE HUNGER
1st draft: Mikey Randall Can't (Can) Lose
2nd draft: Santo Domingo 60609
3rd draft: Jerry Rigged
4th draft: The Case of the Purloined Recipe
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[3.16] "The Bitch is Back" {dreams} |
Synopsis: While Jerry (Troy Slaten) tries to make a TV commercial for the diner, Parker tunes in to the fact that Mikey is dating Parker's old summer-camp sweethart, who left him without saying goodbye.
Air Date: Apr 25, 1993 (Sun 7:00 PM)
Teleplay by: David Silverman & Stephen Sustarsic
Story by: David Cohen & Roger S. H. Schulman
Director: Larry Shaw
Starring: CN, BJ, TS, MB, ABe, JG, JP, MC
Guest Star: Michelle Burke (Stacy)
Featuring: Rick Cicetti (Official Man), Robert Austen (Heavy Metaleer)
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[3.17] "Musso: A Wedding" {viewfinder of Jerry's camera} |
Synopsis: It's a dream come true for Ms. Musso when the man of her dreams asks her to marry him.
Air Dates: May 02, 1993 (Sun 7:00 PM), Aug 08, 1993 (Sun 7:00 PM)
Written by: Clyde Phillips & Lon Diamond
Director: Larry Shaw
Starring: CN, BJ, TS, MB, ABe, TSt, MET, JG, JP, MC
Co-Starring: Denis de Boisblanc (Kevin), Sam Whipple (Reverend Gandin), Carmen Filpi (Wino)
Notes:
TV Guide "Grapevine": Letter Perfect
True to her role as tyrannical high school principal Grace Musso on Fox's *Parker Lewis*, Melanie Chartoff answers her fan mail by correcting each letter, grading it, and sending it back. "I get a lot of loving and affectionate letters," she says, "but I really do care about grammar and spelling." Chartoff insists that most of her fans get the joke. "I may have an obnoxious alter ego, but I really am a nice person." Still, there's at least one scribe who may not have been amused. "I get letters from teachers, too, and I've even had to correct some of those. I remember one that was so full of mistakes I wrote, 'Tsk, tsk, please resubmit' on it." [Photo: Chartoff in full Musso pose. Caption: Chartoff: return to sender.]
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[3.18] "Night to Remember" {ordering things for prom date} |
Synopsis: Parker (Corin Nemec) prepares to go to the junior prom, but isn't prepared to play chaperone to Shelly (Maia Brewton), who wrangles herself a ticket.
Air Dates: May 09, 1993 (Sun 7:00 PM), Aug 22, 1993 (Sun 7:00 PM)
Written by: Sheryl J. Anderson
Director: Rob Bowman
Starring: CN, BJ, TS, MB, ABe, TSt, MET, JG, MC
Featuring: Tim Halpern (Dave), Lego Louis (Bouncer), Roger Callard (Andy), Eliott Harold (Jerry Clone)
Special Appearance by: Arte Johnson (Clerk)
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[3.19] "Boys Night In" {Jerry in school hallway} |
Synopsis: Parker and Mikey try to give Jerry an education in the ways of manhood, which includes a field trip to a strip joint.
Air Date: May 23, 1993 (Sun 7:00 PM)
Written by: David Silverman & Stephen Sustarsic
Director: Larry Shaw
Starring: CN, BJ, TS, MB, ABe, TSt, JG, JP, MC
Co-Starring: Bari K. Willerford (Cop #1), Gary Kasper (Cop #2), Marci Brickhouse (Girl)
Notes:
Walker #T-22077-93-013
The dates in Jerry's appointment calendar were in October, 1992
Jerry's fake ID:
Driver Licence
I7123066 Class C
Expires 11-20-95
JERRY STEINER
9140 MOREHART AVE (sp?)
SANTO DOMINGO
SEX: M HAIR: BLK EYES: BRN
HT: 5-09 WT: 130 DOB: 11-17-70
RESTR: MUST WEAR CORRECTIVE LENSES
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[3.20] "Senior Jerry" {Jerry through the years} |
Synopsis: When Jerry (Troy Slaten) skips a grade and becomes a senior, he finds the pressure too much to take - and drops out of school. Mr. Steiner: Mitch Kreindel. Mrs. Steiner: Linda Shayne. Calculus Teacher: Tanya Boyd.
Air Date: May 30, 1993 (Sun 7:00 PM)
Written by: David Cohen & Roger S. H. Schulman
Director: Mike Finney
Starring: CN, BJ, TS, MB, ABe, HP, MC
Guest-Starring: Mitch Kreindel (Mr. Steiner), Linda Shayne (Mrs. Steiner)
Co-Starring: Tanya Boyd (Calculus Teacher), Kenneth L. Richardson (Official-looking Guy)
Notes: Although Jerry's parents are called Dr. and Dr. Steiner during the show, they are listed as Mr. and Mrs. Steiner in the credits.
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[3.21] "The Rocky Kohler Picture Show" {Kube & Kohler discuss monsters} |
Synopsis: Kube (Abraham Benrubi) is invited to join an exclusive cult-movie club, but it's a monstrous situation when he brings Kohler (John Pinette) along.
Air Date: Jun 06, 1993 (Sun 7:00 PM)
Written by: Alan Cross & Tom Spezialy
Director: Larry Shaw
Starring: CN, BJ, TS, MB, ABe, JG, JP, MC
Guest-Star: Scott Richard Wolf (Brian Sommerville)
Notes:
TV Guide spelled the name "Summerville"; the credits listed the character name as "Sommerville".
Walker #T-2207-93-019; 11/12/92
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[3.22] "The Last Supper" {in the diner} [Series Finale] |
Synopsis: The good news: Atlas Diner is celebrating its 50th anniversary. The bad news: it's about to be torn down to make room for stores. [The ugly news: this is the last episode of the series.]
Air Date: Jun 13, 1993 (Sun 7:00 PM)
Written by: Tom Spezialy & Alan Cross
Director: Mike Finney
Starring: CN, BJ, TS, MB, ABe, JG, JP, MC
Co-Starring: Biff Yeager (Wrecking Ball Operator)
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