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Ahh the memories...

posted 20 years ago by Hsawaknow
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I haven't seen show since it aired, but damn I remember how good it was. Anyone who wants to reminisce with me, feel free....

How about the episode where Jerry is addicted to video games? Those little crappy (now) handheld lcd ones. And Kubiac (I think) picks him up and gives him a shake... dropping a literal mound of the games underneath him.

Or Parker and the guys sitting on the roof of the school in lounge chairs. Always wanted to do that!

Then there's the time they tried to drop a whole bunch of lime green jell-o on top of Ms. Musso. At the end of the episode, Kubiac sits down and starts to eat all the jell-o, parker says "Kubiac! You just ate 10 pizzas!! How are you still hungry" ... to which he replies "there's always room for jell-o!"

Ms. Musso's thumb. nuff said.

and "synchonize swatches!".

damn, i miss this show!

[–] JayeMarie 20 years ago

haha. the thumb and the "synchronize watches" are all i remember about this show. i was really young. but i do remember that i used to love it.

[–] chris-marinic 20 years ago

synchronize 'swatches'.. which is even funnier.. this show is up there with doogie hoiser

[–] JayeMarie 20 years ago

they said "swatches?"

hmm.

[–] AND77 19 years ago

Yep, they say "synchronize swatches." When Parker's dad meets up with his 2 old friends from high school, the three of them plan a new scheme, and Mr. Lewis says, "Synchronize Bulovas."

[–] Rauck_Stah 20 years ago

Myself, like alot of you, was very young when it came on. I was around 10 years old. So I don't remember a whole lot from it, but I do remember that it was the first show that I used to set my watch for, so that I wouldn't miss it. The fact that I set my watch for it was also a mnemonic device to help me remember WHY I set my watch. If that makes sense. lol.

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[–] JohnnyGoodtimes 20 years ago

I was four when the show started and so my memories of it are very few. I do remember watching it on I think Sunday nights, and I remember the bully (the guy who went on to ER, and I think there was an episode where they thought Parker's younger sister was going to have sex or something... Oh, and I remember what Parker looked like, haha. I've always known the show, but I wish I could see it again because I actually know so little about it. But it's a big memory of my very early childhood.

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[–] puschit-1 20 years ago

Best scene was where he lost a bet to his sister (or maybe he owed her something, can't rememeber) and his punishment was to comb her entire collection of "my little pony", muahaha, what an evil kind of punishment to do to your brother ... (I have a sister and she also had some my little ponies, so from that day on I could not do any bets with her, lol!)

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[–] Agropio 19 years ago

"Oh, the 90's."

Ahh, you've said it, Mr. Brisby.. The nineties...

I think I remember the episode with Kubiac's rival... I think I recall Kubiac reciting a poem and saying the author was "Anonymous... My favourite" =P

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- If his brain's ran down, how can he talk?
- It happens to people all the time.

[–] saylarry 19 years ago

I remember that poem and have tried to recall the words. Something about the warrior returning home to his mother and to 'always, watch the children play' - would be great if a reader could recall those lines for us.

[–] Agropio 19 years ago

Hah, what about that episode where Kubiac worked at Parker's parents' videoclub as a security guard?...

Or the one with the science fair where Musso and Pancow were continually betting about which school would win, and Musso sends Frank Lemmer to sabotages Jerry's trash-cube-synthetiser thing...

I distinctly remember the one about Jerry's first date... One of my favourites.

The gags, the completely impossible gags.. The sound effects ("Eek!")... The mental notes... Jerry's velcroed coat... The "Musso-lini excuse file".. The opening-closing sequences... God, I miss this show...

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- If his brain's ran down, how can he talk?
- It happens to people all the time.

[–] lordxur 19 years ago

Oh yeah...SUCH a wonderful show...

- The episode where Parker, Mikey, and Steiner were in a classroom and Lemmer literally FADES in in front of them! After being threatened by him, Parker tells Lemmer that he saw some kids distributing free speech leaflets out in the quad, causing Lemmer to race off, creating a windstorm (a la Looney Tunes).

- When Parker was in Pankow's office and Pankow was in his fencing gear. Whenever the fencing mask was on, he sounded like Darth Vader, including when he utters the epic line:

"ADVANTAGE...PANKOW!"

- When Lemmer (def. my fave character) goes to the music teacher's house to confront her, and meets her student (I can't remember her name, but Lemmer had a crush on her). He freaks and attempts to fade out, but the ability actually shorts out!

DVD! PLEASE!

[–] ronnay_barkay 18 years ago

HAHAH! Thats why its so frikkin funny! Lemmer fading in front of them n' stuff like that.

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[–] JC23 19 years ago

How about Larry's giant bag lunches with his name on it and the R backwards.

[–] carlaki2001 19 years ago

okay okay, does anyone remember the episode when kubriak and another big guy were going to fight and a tweacher deters them with some classic poem about the futility of war or something.

ive been trying to get thename of that verse for nearly a decade now.

someone has gotta help me, im ghouing mad

carlito

[–] bsanderfer 19 years ago

I keep hoping they'll release this show on DVD. My video tapes are getting very old (all recorded when the show was first on the air). I would convert them to DVD myself (I have the ability), but I'd much rather be able to *buy* them.

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