Get a Life
Get a Life
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Get a Life

7.4 / 10
1990
2 seasons
35 episodes
Sci-Fi & FantasyComedy

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.

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Seasons

  • Terror on the Hell Loop 2000

    1.Terror on the Hell Loop 2000

    23-09-199023m

    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 a...

  • The Prettiest Week of My Life

    2.The Prettiest Week of My Life

    30-09-199023m

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

  • Dadicus

    3.Dadicus

    07-10-199023m

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

  • A Family Affair

    4.A Family Affair

    14-10-199023m

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

  • Pile of Death

    5.Pile of Death

    21-10-199023m

    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.

  • Paperboy 2000

    6.Paperboy 2000

    04-11-199023m

    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.

  • Drivers License

    7.Drivers License

    11-11-199023m

    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.

  • The Sitting

    8.The Sitting

    18-11-199023m

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

  • Bored Straight

    9.Bored Straight

    02-12-199023m

    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.

  • Zoo Animals on Wheels

    10.Zoo Animals on Wheels

    16-12-199023m

    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.

  • Roots

    11.Roots

    06-01-199123m

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

  • The Counterfeit Watch Story

    12.The Counterfeit Watch Story

    03-02-199123m

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

  • Chris vs. Donald

    13.Chris vs. Donald

    10-02-199123m

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

  • Chris Wins a Celebrity

    14.Chris Wins a Celebrity

    24-02-199123m

    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.

  • Houseboy 2000

    15.Houseboy 2000

    10-03-199123m

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

  • Married

    16.Married

    24-03-199123m

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

  • Camping 2000

    17.Camping 2000

    31-03-199123m

    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.

  • The Construction Worker Show

    18.The Construction Worker Show

    07-04-199123m

    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 Big City

    19.The Big City

    21-04-199123m

    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.

  • Neptune 2000

    20.Neptune 2000

    28-04-199123m

    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...

  • The One Where Chris and Larry Switch Lives

    21.The One Where Chris and Larry Switch Lives

    12-05-199123m

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

  • Psychic 2000

    22.Psychic 2000

    19-05-199130m

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

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