Get a Life
Series

Get a Life

1990 · 2 seasons · 35 episodes   ·  Comedy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

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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.

Seasons

2 seasons · 35 episodes
  1. 1

    Terror on the Hell Loop 2000

    23 Sept 1990 23m

    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.

  2. 2

    The Prettiest Week of My Life

    30 Sept 1990 23m

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

  3. 3

    Dadicus

    7 Oct 1990 23m

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

  4. 4

    A Family Affair

    14 Oct 1990 23m

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

  5. 5

    Pile of Death

    21 Oct 1990 23m

    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.

  6. 6

    Paperboy 2000

    4 Nov 1990 23m

    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.

  7. 7

    Drivers License

    11 Nov 1990 23m

    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.

  8. 8

    The Sitting

    18 Nov 1990 23m

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

  9. 9

    Bored Straight

    2 Dec 1990 23m

    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.

  10. 10

    Zoo Animals on Wheels

    16 Dec 1990 23m

    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.

  11. 11

    Roots

    6 Jan 1991 23m

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

  12. 12

    The Counterfeit Watch Story

    3 Feb 1991 23m

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

  13. 13

    Chris vs. Donald

    10 Feb 1991 23m

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

  14. 14

    Chris Wins a Celebrity

    24 Feb 1991 23m

    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.

  15. 15

    Houseboy 2000

    10 Mar 1991 23m

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

  16. 16

    Married

    24 Mar 1991 23m

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

  17. 17

    Camping 2000

    31 Mar 1991 23m

    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.

  18. 18

    The Construction Worker Show

    7 Apr 1991 23m

    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.

  19. 19

    The Big City

    21 Apr 1991 23m

    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.

  20. 20

    Neptune 2000

    28 Apr 1991 23m

    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.

  21. 21

    The One Where Chris and Larry Switch Lives

    12 May 1991 23m

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

  22. 22

    Psychic 2000

    19 May 1991 30m

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

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