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    TV Series

    Get a Life

    IMDb8.1/10Fresh60%
    1990 - 1992
    30m/ep
    Ended
    Seasons: 2
    Episodes: 35

    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.

    Created by: Chris Elliott
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    Seasons & Episodes

    Terror on the Hell Loop 2000

    1. 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.

    9/23/199023 min
    The Prettiest Week of My Life

    2. 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.

    9/30/199023 min
    Dadicus

    3. Dadicus

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

    10/7/199023 min
    A Family Affair

    4. A Family Affair

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

    10/14/199023 min
    Pile of Death

    5. 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.

    10/21/199023 min
    Paperboy 2000

    6. 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.

    11/4/199023 min
    Drivers License

    7. 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.

    11/11/199023 min
    The Sitting

    8. The Sitting

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

    11/18/199023 min
    Bored Straight

    9. 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.

    12/2/199023 min
    Zoo Animals on Wheels

    10. 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.

    12/16/199023 min
    Roots

    11. Roots

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

    1/6/199123 min
    The Counterfeit Watch Story

    12. 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.

    2/3/199123 min
    Chris vs. Donald

    13. Chris vs. Donald

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

    2/10/199123 min
    Chris Wins a Celebrity

    14. 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.

    2/24/199123 min
    Houseboy 2000

    15. Houseboy 2000

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

    3/10/199123 min
    Married

    16. Married

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

    3/24/199123 min
    Camping 2000

    17. 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.

    3/31/199123 min
    The Construction Worker Show

    18. 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.

    4/7/199123 min
    The Big City

    19. 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.

    4/21/199123 min
    Neptune 2000

    20. 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.

    4/28/199123 min
    The One Where Chris and Larry Switch Lives

    21. The One Where Chris and Larry Switch Lives

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

    5/12/199123 min
    Psychic 2000

    22. Psychic 2000

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

    5/19/199130 min

    Cast

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