
Get a Life
S1 · E1IMDB:
7.4
Released
9/23/1990
Duration
0h 30m
Genre
Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Comedy
Country
United States
Cast
Chris Elliott, Brian Doyle-Murray, Elinor Donahue
Overview
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.

Get a Life
Season 1 · Episode 1IMDB:
7.4Released
9/23/1990
Genre
Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Comedy
Cast
Chris Elliott, Brian Doyle-Murray, Elinor Donahue
Duration
0h 30m
Country
United States
Overview
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.
Episodes
EP 1AvailableTerror on the Hell Loop 2000
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 playing Chris' mother.

Terror on the Hell Loop 2000
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 playing Chris' mother.
EP 2AvailableThe Prettiest Week of My Life
Chris decides to enter the exciting world of male modeling when he joins the Handsome Boy School of Modeling.

The Prettiest Week of My Life
Chris decides to enter the exciting world of male modeling when he joins the Handsome Boy School of Modeling.
EP 3AvailableDadicus
Chris convinces his father to accompany him to the father-son competition at the annual newspaper boy picnic.

Dadicus
Chris convinces his father to accompany him to the father-son competition at the annual newspaper boy picnic.
EP 4AvailableA Family Affair
Sharon's sister, Charleen, comes to visit and she is taken with Chris' charm, much to Sharon's chagrin.

A Family Affair
Sharon's sister, Charleen, comes to visit and she is taken with Chris' charm, much to Sharon's chagrin.
EP 5AvailablePile of Death
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.

Pile of Death
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.
EP 6AvailablePaperboy 2000
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.

Paperboy 2000
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.
EP 7AvailableDrivers License
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.

Drivers License
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.
EP 8AvailableThe Sitting
Chris becomes a house sitter in an old Victorian house that appears to be haunted.

The Sitting
Chris becomes a house sitter in an old Victorian house that appears to be haunted.
EP 9AvailableBored Straight
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.

Bored Straight
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.
EP 10AvailableZoo Animals on Wheels
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.

Zoo Animals on Wheels
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.
EP 11AvailableRoots
Chris finds proof that makes him think he is adopted, so he sets off to find his natural parents, an Amish couple.

Roots
Chris finds proof that makes him think he is adopted, so he sets off to find his natural parents, an Amish couple.
EP 12AvailableThe Counterfeit Watch Story
Chris goes to work for the police in a sting operation after he buys a counterfeit watch, the Chrono-Sync 2000.

The Counterfeit Watch Story
Chris goes to work for the police in a sting operation after he buys a counterfeit watch, the Chrono-Sync 2000.
EP 13AvailableChris vs. Donald
At the family reunion Chris is still struggling to get out from under the shadow of his cousin.

Chris vs. Donald
At the family reunion Chris is still struggling to get out from under the shadow of his cousin.
EP 14AvailableChris Wins a Celebrity
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.

Chris Wins a Celebrity
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.
EP 15AvailableHouseboy 2000
After destroying her kitchen, Chris becomes Sharon's slave to work off the $2000 in damage and she also breaks his will.

Houseboy 2000
After destroying her kitchen, Chris becomes Sharon's slave to work off the $2000 in damage and she also breaks his will.
EP 16AvailableMarried
During one day, Chris meets his soulmate, marries her and goes through an entire relationship with her.

Married
During one day, Chris meets his soulmate, marries her and goes through an entire relationship with her.
EP 17AvailableCamping 2000
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.

Camping 2000
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.
EP 18AvailableThe Construction Worker Show
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 Construction Worker Show
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.
EP 19AvailableThe Big City
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.

The Big City
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.
EP 20AvailableNeptune 2000
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.

Neptune 2000
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.
EP 21AvailableThe One Where Chris and Larry Switch Lives
Chris and Larry ignore an Indian curse and wind up switching places.

The One Where Chris and Larry Switch Lives
Chris and Larry ignore an Indian curse and wind up switching places.
EP 22AvailablePsychic 2000
Chris has a near death experience and is endowed with prescience and he sees a vision of Sharon being murdered.

Psychic 2000
Chris has a near death experience and is endowed with prescience and he sees a vision of Sharon being murdered.
Cast

Chris Peterson
Chris Elliott

Gus Borden
Brian Doyle-Murray

Gradys Peterson
Elinor Donahue

Amy Potter
Taylor Fry

Larry Potter
Sam Robards

Sharon Potter
Robin Riker

Fred Peterson
Bob Elliott

Bobby Potter
Brady Bluhm

Eddie









