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Series · 1990

Get a Life

Created by Chris ElliottChris ElliottBrian Doyle-MurrayElinor Donahue
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23 Sep 1990First aired
2Seasons
7.3TMDB score of 10
Sci-Fi & FantasyGenre

The series

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

Season 2 · 13 episodes · 1991

  1. Episode 19 Nov 199123m

    Chris Moves Out

    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.

  2. Episode 216 Nov 199123m

    Larry on the Loose

    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.

  3. Episode 323 Nov 199123m

    Meat Locker 2000

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

  4. Episode 430 Nov 199123m

    Health Inspector 2000

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

  5. Episode 57 Dec 199123m

    Chris Gets His Tonsils Out

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

  6. Episode 614 Dec 199123m

    Prisoner of Love

    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.

  7. Episode 721 Dec 199123m

    Chris Becomes a Male Escort

    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.

  8. Episode 812 Jan 199223m

    Girlfriend 2000

    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.

  9. Episode 919 Jan 199223m

    Chris' Brain Starts Working

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

  10. Episode 102 Feb 199223m

    Bad Fish

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

  11. Episode 119 Feb 199223m

    SPEWEY and Me

    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.

  12. Episode 121 Mar 199223m

    1977 2000

    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.

  13. Episode 138 Mar 199230m

    Clip Show

    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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