

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.
Cast

Chris Elliott
Chris Peterson

Brian Doyle-Murray
Gus Borden

Elinor Donahue
Gradys Peterson
Taylor Fry
Amy Potter

Sam Robards
Larry Potter

Robin Riker
Sharon Potter

Bob Elliott
Fred Peterson

Brady Bluhm
Bobby Potter

Wesley Jonathan
Eddie
Seasons

E1Terror on the Hell Loop 2000
Sep 23, 1990
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.

E2The Prettiest Week of My Life
Sep 30, 1990
Chris decides to enter the exciting world of male modeling when he joins the Handsome Boy School of Modeling.

E3Dadicus
Oct 7, 1990
Chris convinces his father to accompany him to the father-son competition at the annual newspaper boy picnic.

E4A Family Affair
Oct 14, 1990
Sharon's sister, Charleen, comes to visit and she is taken with Chris' charm, much to Sharon's chagrin.

E5Pile of Death
Oct 21, 1990
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.

E6Paperboy 2000
Nov 4, 1990
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.

E7Drivers License
Nov 11, 1990
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.

E8The Sitting
Nov 18, 1990
Chris becomes a house sitter in an old Victorian house that appears to be haunted.

E9Bored Straight
Dec 2, 1990
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.

E10Zoo Animals on Wheels
Dec 16, 1990
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.

E11Roots
Jan 6, 1991
Chris finds proof that makes him think he is adopted, so he sets off to find his natural parents, an Amish couple.

E12The Counterfeit Watch Story
Feb 3, 1991
Chris goes to work for the police in a sting operation after he buys a counterfeit watch, the Chrono-Sync 2000.

E13Chris vs. Donald
Feb 10, 1991
At the family reunion Chris is still struggling to get out from under the shadow of his cousin.

E14Chris Wins a Celebrity
Feb 24, 1991
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.

E15Houseboy 2000
Mar 10, 1991
After destroying her kitchen, Chris becomes Sharon's slave to work off the $2000 in damage and she also breaks his will.

E16Married
Mar 24, 1991
During one day, Chris meets his soulmate, marries her and goes through an entire relationship with her.

E17Camping 2000
Mar 31, 1991
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.

E18The Construction Worker Show
Apr 7, 1991
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.

E19The Big City
Apr 21, 1991
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.

E20Neptune 2000
Apr 28, 1991
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.

E21The One Where Chris and Larry Switch Lives
May 12, 1991
Chris and Larry ignore an Indian curse and wind up switching places.

E22Psychic 2000
May 19, 1991
Chris has a near death experience and is endowed with prescience and he sees a vision of Sharon being murdered.

E1Chris Moves Out
Nov 9, 1991
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.

E2Larry on the Loose
Nov 16, 1991
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.

E3Meat Locker 2000
Nov 23, 1991
Chris and Sharon show their true feelings when they become trapped in a meat locker together.

E4Health Inspector 2000
Nov 30, 1991
After finding a dead rat in his carton of milk, Chris decides to become a food inspector.

E5Chris Gets His Tonsils Out
Dec 7, 1991
Chris must deal with the fact he is ready to undergo ""major"" surgery and he begins by trying to make peace with Sharon.

E6Prisoner of Love
Dec 14, 1991
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.

E7Chris Becomes a Male Escort
Dec 21, 1991
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.

E8Girlfriend 2000
Jan 12, 1992
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.

E9Chris' Brain Starts Working
Jan 19, 1992
Exposure to toxic waste, found under Gus' house, turns Chris into a genius and with Gus he proceeds to enter and win spelling bees.

E10Bad Fish
Feb 2, 1992
After eating bad shellfish, Sharon and Gus get amnesia, and Chris seizes the opportunity to convince them that they are his best friends.

E11SPEWEY and Me
Feb 9, 1992
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.

E121977 2000
Mar 1, 1992
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.

E13Clip Show
Mar 8, 1992
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.
Storyline
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.











