Get a Life

All Episodes 1990 - 1992

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  • 1990-09-23T04:00:00Z
  • 25m
  • 17h 30m (35 episodes)
  • Adam Resnick + 2 more, David Mirkin, Chris Elliott
  • United States
  • English
  • Comedy, Fantasy, Science Fiction
A 30-something guy still lives with his parents and works as a paperboy and tries to avoid growing up and being responsible at all costs.

42 episodes

Arriving just a bit too far ahead of the mid-nineties alternative comedy wave, this short-lived, brilliantly conceived and written (albeit low budget and 80s-corny) sit-com really showed comedy fans the true depth of Elliott's talent. And there was a lot of it to see. The show also featured breakthrough hit for indie darlings R.E.M., "Stand." "Get a Life" would unfortunately go the way of other cult classics such as "Fridays," "Mr. Show" "and "Arrested Development"; ignored and HATED by their Network, completely missed by the critics, and underrated by the viewing public.

Extended segment from the "Girlfriend 2000" episode which was cut for time.

Series Premiere

1990-09-23T04:00:00Z

1x01 Terror on the Hell Loop 2000

Series Premiere

1x01 Terror on the Hell Loop 2000

  • 1990-09-23T04:00:00Z30m

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.

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

1990-10-07T04:00:00Z

1x03 Dadicus

1x03 Dadicus

  • 1990-10-07T04:00:00Z30m

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

1990-10-14T04:00:00Z

1x04 A Family Affair

1x04 A Family Affair

  • 1990-10-14T04:00:00Z30m

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

1990-10-21T04:00:00Z

1x05 Pile of Death

1x05 Pile of Death

  • 1990-10-21T04:00:00Z30m

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.

1990-11-04T05:00:00Z

1x06 Paperboy 2000

1x06 Paperboy 2000

  • 1990-11-04T05:00:00Z30m

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.

1990-11-11T05:00:00Z

1x07 Drivers License

1x07 Drivers License

  • 1990-11-11T05:00:00Z30m

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.

1990-11-18T05:00:00Z

1x08 The Sitting

1x08 The Sitting

  • 1990-11-18T05:00:00Z30m

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

1990-12-02T05:00:00Z

1x09 Bored Straight

1x09 Bored Straight

  • 1990-12-02T05:00:00Z30m

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.

1990-12-16T05:00:00Z

1x10 Zoo Animals on Wheels

1x10 Zoo Animals on Wheels

  • 1990-12-16T05:00:00Z30m

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.

1991-01-06T05:00:00Z

1x11 Roots

1x11 Roots

  • 1991-01-06T05:00:00Z30m

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

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

1991-02-10T05:00:00Z

1x13 Chris vs. Donald

1x13 Chris vs. Donald

  • 1991-02-10T05:00:00Z30m

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

1991-02-24T05:00:00Z

1x14 Chris Wins a Celebrity

1x14 Chris Wins a Celebrity

  • 1991-02-24T05:00:00Z30m

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.

1991-03-10T05:00:00Z

1x15 Houseboy 2000

1x15 Houseboy 2000

  • 1991-03-10T05:00:00Z30m

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

1991-03-24T05:00:00Z

1x16 Married

1x16 Married

  • 1991-03-24T05:00:00Z30m

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

1991-03-31T05:00:00Z

1x17 Camping 2000

1x17 Camping 2000

  • 1991-03-31T05:00:00Z30m

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.

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.

1991-04-21T04:00:00Z

1x19 The Big City

1x19 The Big City

  • 1991-04-21T04:00:00Z30m

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.

1991-04-28T04:00:00Z

1x20 Neptune 2000

1x20 Neptune 2000

  • 1991-04-28T04:00:00Z30m

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 maiden voyage (in Chris's bathtub) they become trapped.

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

Season Finale

1991-05-19T04:00:00Z

1x22 Psychic 2000

Season Finale

1x22 Psychic 2000

  • 1991-05-19T04:00:00Z30m

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

Season Premiere

1991-11-09T05:00:00Z

2x01 Chris Moves Out

Season Premiere

2x01 Chris Moves Out

  • 1991-11-09T05:00:00Z30m

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.

1991-11-16T05:00:00Z

2x02 Larry on the Loose

2x02 Larry on the Loose

  • 1991-11-16T05:00:00Z30m

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.

1991-11-23T05:00:00Z

2x03 Meat Locker 2000

2x03 Meat Locker 2000

  • 1991-11-23T05:00:00Z30m

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

1991-11-30T05:00:00Z

2x04 Health Inspector 2000

2x04 Health Inspector 2000

  • 1991-11-30T05:00:00Z30m

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

2x05 Chris Gets His Tonsils Out

  • 1991-12-07T05:00:00Z30m

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

1991-12-14T05:00:00Z

2x06 Prisoner of Love

2x06 Prisoner of Love

  • 1991-12-14T05:00:00Z30m

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 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.

1992-01-12T05:00:00Z

2x08 Girlfriend 2000

2x08 Girlfriend 2000

  • 1992-01-12T05:00:00Z30m

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.

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

1992-02-02T05:00:00Z

2x10 Bad Fish

2x10 Bad Fish

  • 1992-02-02T05:00:00Z30m

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

1992-02-09T05:00:00Z

2x11 SPEWEY and Me

2x11 SPEWEY and Me

  • 1992-02-09T05:00:00Z30m

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.

1992-03-01T05:00:00Z

2x12 1977 2000

2x12 1977 2000

  • 1992-03-01T05:00:00Z30m

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.

Season Finale

1992-03-08T05:00:00Z

2x13 Clip Show

Season Finale

2x13 Clip Show

  • 1992-03-08T05:00:00Z30m

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.

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