Life Goes On - Season 1 - Eps 17: It Ain't All It's Cracked up to Be
Becca enters a Miss Teen contest and finds out that she is sharing a room with none other than Rona Lieberman. Scholarship money is at stake in this pageant. Becca gets know Rona a little better after Rona's mother shows up at the pageant drunk and makes a fool of Rona during her piano performance. Drew has problems with the new neighbors because their son has a band and plays loud music. Corky tries out for chorus but doesn't make it because he can't sing. Later the neighbor boy gives Corky his old set of drums and Corky seems to be quite talented at playing them. Drew and the neighbors make peace.
About Life Goes On

Title: Life Goes On
First Air Date: 1989-09-12
Last Air Date: 1993-05-23
Status: Ended
Rating: 6.4/10 (from 25 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 4
Total Episodes: 83
Network: ABC
Genres: Drama, Family
Production Companies: Unknown
Synopsis
Life Goes On is a television series that aired on ABC from September 12, 1989, to May 23, 1993. The show centers on the Thatcher family living in suburban Chicago: Drew, his wife Elizabeth, and their children Paige, Rebecca, and Charles, who is known as Corky. Life Goes On was the first television series to have a major character with Down syndrome.
Cast

Bill Smitrovich
Andrew "Drew" Thatcher

Patti LuPone
Elizabeth 'Libby' Thacher

Chris Burke
Charles "Corky" Thatcher

Kellie Martin
Rebecca 'Becca' Thacher

Chad Lowe
Jesse McKenna

Tracey Needham
Paige Thatcher

Monique Lanier
Paige Thatcher

Elizabeth Berkley
Selena

Josh Lucas
Dylan

Andrea F. Friedman
Amanda Swanson