Who is that guy! I know him from somewhere

September 19, 2005 7:00 PM

Moviefilter: Who is that guy in the circuit city commercial??

Me and my roomate just watched a commercial for Circuit City (extreme tv makeover, if that helps). The actor in that is from something we both remember, but we can't figure out from where! It's killing us!
I remember him from an 80's movie. The plot as I remember it is that their parents are out of town. The main character has some kind of love interest... The little brother is building a rocket out of household items.. and the middle brother (the one in question) is trying to lose his virginity. If we knew the name of this movie we could sherlock this out. And clues?

posted by Mark5four0 to Media & Arts (5 answers total)

Best answer: If it's the Circuit City commercial I'm thinking of, I believe you have your movies confused. The actor in the commercial is from the film Just One of the Guys, and his name is Billy Jayne. In that film, he's the younger brother trying to get laid, while his sister, an aspiring journalist, pretends to be a high school boy for an expose. The little brother building a rocket in his garage is from the John Cusack film Better Off Dead.
posted by nightengine at 7:12 PM on September 19, 2005

It's Buddy from Just One of the Guys.
posted by jodic at 7:13 PM on September 19, 2005

Response by poster: Oh the majesty of ask metafilter! Unfortunatley, my roomate was right and i was wrong..oh so wrong. As Charlie just exclaimed... "I told you he was that guy from 'Parker Lewis Can't Lose'!!!"
posted by Mark5four0 at 7:49 PM on September 19, 2005

Wow. I was just watching MNF and that same exact question was driving me crazy... Thanks.
posted by Heminator at 7:57 PM on September 19, 2005

I just shed a single tear at the mention of Parker Lewis. Where's my DVD set?
posted by phearlez at 10:22 AM on September 20, 2005