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COLLECTION · Series · 1990

Get a Life

Surreal, twisted and hilariously funny, Get a Life is the ultimate anti-sitcom. Chris Peterson is a 30-year-old paperboy who still lives with his parents and who seems to have an ever decreasing grip on reality.

Source: TMDB
* 7.4 (22)ComedyFantasyScience Fiction
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Creators
Chris Elliott · David Mirkin · Adam Resnick
Studios
FOX
Runtime
30 min/ep
Release
23/09/1990
Score
7.4 / 10 (22)
Where to watch
Streaming
Shout! Factory Amazon ChannelShout! Factory Amazon Channel
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Seasons and episodes
Specials
1 episodes
Episode 1. Unaired Pilot
30 min

Chris talks Larry into taking the day off for the world premiere of the Hell Loop 2000, a 360 degree looped rollercoaster, where they get stuck at the top of the loop.

Season 1
Season 1
22 episodes · 1990
Terror on the Hell Loop 2000
Episode 1. Terror on the Hell Loop 2000
1990-09-23 · 23 min

Chris talks Larry into taking the day off for the world premiere of the Hell Loop 2000, a 360 degree looped rollercoaster, where they get stuck at the top of the loop. Same story as the TV pilot episode but with a different actress…

The Prettiest Week of My Life
Episode 2. The Prettiest Week of My Life
1990-09-30 · 23 min

Chris decides to enter the exciting world of male modeling when he joins the Handsome Boy School of Modeling.

Dadicus
Episode 3. Dadicus
1990-10-07 · 23 min

Chris convinces his father to accompany him to the father-son competition at the annual newspaper boy picnic.

A Family Affair
Episode 4. A Family Affair
1990-10-14 · 23 min

Sharon's sister, Charleen, comes to visit and she is taken with Chris' charm, much to Sharon's chagrin.

Pile of Death
Episode 5. Pile of Death
1990-10-21 · 23 min

Chris tries to raise money to help save a playground, so he tries to set a world record by having the most things piled on top of him.

Paperboy 2000
Episode 6. Paperboy 2000
1990-11-04 · 23 min

The newspaper fires all the paper boys and replaces them with the Paperboy 2000, a paper delivering robotic vehicle, so Chris challenges it in a paper delivering contest.

Drivers License
Episode 7. Drivers License
1990-11-11 · 23 min

There's a new waitress at the local diner, and Chris wants to take her out, but he needs to drive a car for the date. His problem is he never got a license.

The Sitting
Episode 8. The Sitting
1990-11-18 · 23 min

Chris becomes a house sitter in an old Victorian house that appears to be haunted.

Bored Straight
Episode 9. Bored Straight
1990-12-02 · 23 min

While delivering papers in the bad side of town, Chris meets a group of young hoodlums and he decides to ""take back the streets"" by helping the kids.

Zoo Animals on Wheels
Episode 10. Zoo Animals on Wheels
1990-12-16 · 23 min

Much to Sharon's dismay, Chris auditions for and gets the lead part in a local community theatre production of Andrew Todd Keller's musical Zoo Animals on Wheels.

Roots
Episode 11. Roots
1991-01-06 · 23 min

Chris finds proof that makes him think he is adopted, so he sets off to find his natural parents, an Amish couple.

The Counterfeit Watch Story
Episode 12. The Counterfeit Watch Story
1991-02-03 · 23 min

Chris goes to work for the police in a sting operation after he buys a counterfeit watch, the Chrono-Sync 2000.

Chris vs. Donald
Episode 13. Chris vs. Donald
1991-02-10 · 23 min

At the family reunion Chris is still struggling to get out from under the shadow of his cousin.

Chris Wins a Celebrity
Episode 14. Chris Wins a Celebrity
1991-02-24 · 23 min

Chris wins a weekend with his favorite talk show host, a contest the host first regrets he agreed to, but later Chris regrets he entered, when the host decides to stay.

Houseboy 2000
Episode 15. Houseboy 2000
1991-03-10 · 23 min

After destroying her kitchen, Chris becomes Sharon's slave to work off the $2000 in damage and she also breaks his will.

Married
Episode 16. Married
1991-03-24 · 23 min

During one day, Chris meets his soulmate, marries her and goes through an entire relationship with her.

Camping 2000
Episode 17. Camping 2000
1991-03-31 · 23 min

Chris and Larry join Mr. Peterson on a camping trip, when Mr. Peterson manages to lose them, the hungry boys eat some berries that cause them to hallucinate.

The Construction Worker Show
Episode 18. The Construction Worker Show
1991-04-07 · 23 min

Chris becomes a construction worker with the men who are renovating his parents kitchen. When they tell him one of their trade secrets, Chris has a problem with their dishonesty.

The Big City
Episode 19. The Big City
1991-04-21 · 23 min

Chris loses his wallet in the big city, and the big city give him the key to the city and other perks to make him feel better.

Neptune 2000
Episode 20. Neptune 2000
1991-04-28 · 23 min

When Chris was 12 he got a job as a paperboy so he could buy a submarine from the back of a comic book. Four to six hundred weeks later when the kit arrives, Chris and his father put it together; however when they embark on the sub's…

The One Where Chris and Larry Switch Lives
Episode 21. The One Where Chris and Larry Switch Lives
1991-05-12 · 23 min

Chris and Larry ignore an Indian curse and wind up switching places.

Psychic 2000
Episode 22. Psychic 2000
1991-05-19 · 30 min

Chris has a near death experience and is endowed with prescience and he sees a vision of Sharon being murdered.

Season 2
13 episodes · 1991
Chris Moves Out
Episode 1. Chris Moves Out
1991-11-09 · 23 min

Chris turns 31 and decides it's time to move out, so he goes in search of a new place to live and he moves into Gus' garage.

Larry on the Loose
Episode 2. Larry on the Loose
1991-11-16 · 23 min

Larry takes off after to listening to Chris reminding him of everything wrong with his life. So Chris goes in search of Larry and when he fails, he goes in search of a new best friend.

Meat Locker 2000
Episode 3. Meat Locker 2000
1991-11-23 · 23 min

Chris and Sharon show their true feelings when they become trapped in a meat locker together.

Health Inspector 2000
Episode 4. Health Inspector 2000
1991-11-30 · 23 min

After finding a dead rat in his carton of milk, Chris decides to become a food inspector.

Chris Gets His Tonsils Out
Episode 5. Chris Gets His Tonsils Out
1991-12-07 · 23 min

Chris must deal with the fact he is ready to undergo ""major"" surgery and he begins by trying to make peace with Sharon.

Prisoner of Love
Episode 6. Prisoner of Love
1991-12-14 · 23 min

When his pen-pal gets released from prison, she comes to stay with Chris. She takes him hostage when the police come after her when she starts criminal activities under Chris' nose.

Chris Becomes a Male Escort
Episode 7. Chris Becomes a Male Escort
1991-12-21 · 23 min

Chris decides on a whim to become a male escort, hoping for free plays and dates with young women. What he gets is a elderly woman who is hard up.

Girlfriend 2000
Episode 8. Girlfriend 2000
1992-01-12 · 23 min

After getting hit by her car, Chris falls for (and stalks) a doctor, later while stalking her, he starts getting stalked by the girl from the drugstore who has fallen for him.

Chris' Brain Starts Working
Episode 9. Chris' Brain Starts Working
1992-01-19 · 23 min

Exposure to toxic waste, found under Gus' house, turns Chris into a genius and with Gus he proceeds to enter and win spelling bees.

Bad Fish
Episode 10. Bad Fish
1992-02-02 · 23 min

After eating bad shellfish, Sharon and Gus get amnesia, and Chris seizes the opportunity to convince them that they are his best friends.

SPEWEY and Me
Episode 11. SPEWEY and Me
1992-02-09 · 23 min

When an alien crashes in Gus' front yard, Chris tries to keep it from the government, but this alien is nothing like E.T. or ALF.

1977 2000
Episode 12. 1977 2000
1992-03-01 · 23 min

Chris time travels to save Gus' career as a law enforcement officer. However he soon discovers the trouble with messing with the past which includes two-headed zombies named Sharon.

Clip Show
Episode 13. Clip Show
1992-03-08 · 30 min

While on his first jet airplane flight, Chris falls out, and is disappointed when his life flashes before his eyes and it only covers the past eighteen months.

Cast by season
Chris Elliott
Chris Elliott
Chris Peterson
Brian Doyle-Murray
Brian Doyle-Murray
Gus Borden
Elinor Donahue
Elinor Donahue
Gradys Peterson
?
Taylor Fry
Amy Potter
Sam Robards
Sam Robards
Larry Potter
Robin Riker
Robin Riker
Sharon Potter
Bob Elliott
Bob Elliott
Fred Peterson
Brady Bluhm
Brady Bluhm
Bobby Potter
Wesley Jonathan
Wesley Jonathan
Eddie
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