scott sowers played mr parker on facts of life.
scott sowers played mr parker on facts of life.
who played mr parker on facts of life?
scott sowers
the producers felt that there were too many characters given the limitations of the half-hour sitcom format and that the plot lines should be more focused to give the remaining girls more room for character development. four of the original actresses—julie anne haddock (cindy), julie piekarski (sue ann), felice schachter (nancy) and molly ringwald (molly)—were written out of the show, although the four did make periodic guest appearances in the second and third seasons and all but molly ringwald appeared in one "reunion" episode in the eighth season. mr. bradley's character was also dropped and replaced by mr. charles parker, played by actor roger perry. perry would make appearances through the beginning of season 5. in addition to being housemother to the remaining girls, mrs. garrett became the school dietitian as the second season began. jo polniaczek (nancy mckeon), a new student originally from the bronx, arrived at eastland on scholarship. a run-in with the law forced the four to be separated from the other girls and work in the cafeteria, living together in a spare room next to mrs. garrett's bedroom. the season two premiere of the retooled series saw an immediate ratings increase. by its third season (1981–82), "facts of life" had become nbc's no. 1 comedy and no. 2 overall nbc program, beating its predecessor, "diff'rent strokes", for the first time. in 1983, jo and blair graduated eastland academy in the highly anticipated season four finale "graduation". to keep the four girls under one roof, the hour-long season five premiere "brave new world" saw mrs. garrett go into business for herself and open a gourmet food venture named edna's edibles (it placed no. 9 in the weekly ratings). the four girls would come to live and work with mrs. garrett in this new refreshed space. in september 1985, nbc moved the seventh season of the series to its burgeoning saturday night lineup at 8:30, as a lead-in for the new series "the golden girls" at 9 p.m. in an attempt to refresh the "ratings work horse" and increase ratings, george clooney was added to the regular cast and mrs. garrett's store was gutted by fire in the season seven premiere "out of the fire". the follow-up episodes "into the frying pan" and "grand opening" had the girls join together to rebuild the store with a pop culture-influenced gift shop, called over our heads. the changes proved successful as all three episodes placed in the top ten ratings each week. by the end of the season, "tv guide" reported, ""facts" success has been so unexpected that scions of hollywood are still taken aback by it ..."facts" has in fact been among nbc's top-ranked comedies for the past five years. it finished twenty-third overall for the 1985–1986 season, handily winning its time slot against its most frequent competitors, "airwolf" and "benson". lisa whelchel stated, 'we're easily overlooked because we've never been a huge hit; we just sort of snuck in there.'" charlotte rae initially reduced her role in seasons six and seven and later decided to leave the series altogether, believing she had done all she could do with her character and desired to move on to other projects. in season eight's heavily promoted one-hour premiere, "out of peekskill" mrs. garrett married the man of her dreams and joined him in africa while he worked for the peace corps. mrs. garrett convinces her sister, beverly ann stickle (cloris leachman), to take over the shop and look after the girls. beverly ann later legally adopted over our heads worker andy moffett (mackenzie astin) in the episode "a boy about the house". describing the new changes to "the facts of life" brandon tartikoff, nbc entertainment president, said he "was surprised that "the facts of life" performed well this season, as, with a major cast change and all, i thought it might not perform as it had in the past. "facts" has been renewed for next season."
the facts of life (tv series)
to attempt to find the true owner; requesting that the item be returned to him should the original owner not be found. when british airways board sold the unclaimed bracelet for £850, mr parker challenged their claim to the bracelet. the court upheld mr parker's claim, as the bracelet had been found in an area frequented by the public that british airways board did not exercise sufficient control over. british airways board were thus unable to assert superior title over the bracelet.









































the case itself begins the facts in a rather poetic manner: 









































section::::judgment.
parker v british airways board