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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.

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Get a Life
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About 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.
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Release Year
1990
TMDB Rating
7.4
Available Sources
20
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/tv/get-a-life-5030
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Season 1
22 episodes | 1990-09-23
E1Terror on the Hell Loop 2000
Episode 1Chris 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
Episode 2Chris decides to enter the exciting world of male modeling when he joins the Handsome Boy School of Modeling.
E3Dadicus
Episode 3Chris convinces his father to accompany him to the father-son competition at the annual newspaper boy picnic.
E4A Family Affair
Episode 4Sharon's sister, Charleen, comes to visit and she is taken with Chris' charm, much to Sharon's chagrin.
E5Pile of Death
Episode 5Chris 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
Episode 6The 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
Episode 7There'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
Episode 8Chris becomes a house sitter in an old Victorian house that appears to be haunted.
E9Bored Straight
Episode 9While 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
Episode 10Much 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
Episode 11Chris 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
Episode 12Chris goes to work for the police in a sting operation after he buys a counterfeit watch, the Chrono-Sync 2000.
E13Chris vs. Donald
Episode 13At the family reunion Chris is still struggling to get out from under the shadow of his cousin.
E14Chris Wins a Celebrity
Episode 14Chris 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
Episode 15After destroying her kitchen, Chris becomes Sharon's slave to work off the $2000 in damage and she also breaks his will.
E16Married
Episode 16During one day, Chris meets his soulmate, marries her and goes through an entire relationship with her.
E17Camping 2000
Episode 17Chris 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
Episode 18Chris 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
Episode 19Chris 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
Episode 20When 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
Episode 21Chris and Larry ignore an Indian curse and wind up switching places.
E22Psychic 2000
Episode 22Chris has a near death experience and is endowed with prescience and he sees a vision of Sharon being murdered.
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