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.
Get a Life (Staffel 1)

Terror on the Hell Loop 2000 (Folge 1)
Autor: David Mirkin
Sendedatum: 1990-09-23
Laufzeit: 23 min
Übersicht: 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.

The Prettiest Week of My Life (Folge 2)
Autor: Adam Resnick
Sendedatum: 1990-09-30
Laufzeit: 23 min
Übersicht: Chris decides to enter the exciting world of male modeling when he joins the Handsome Boy School of Modeling.

Dadicus (Folge 3)
Autor: Marjorie Gross
Sendedatum: 1990-10-07
Laufzeit: 23 min
Übersicht: Chris convinces his father to accompany him to the father-son competition at the annual newspaper boy picnic.

A Family Affair (Folge 4)
Sendedatum: 1990-10-14
Laufzeit: 23 min
Übersicht: Sharon's sister, Charleen, comes to visit and she is taken with Chris' charm, much to Sharon's chagrin.

Pile of Death (Folge 5)
Autor: Adam Resnick
Sendedatum: 1990-10-21
Laufzeit: 23 min
Übersicht: 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 (Folge 6)
Autor: Bill Freiberger
Sendedatum: 1990-11-04
Laufzeit: 23 min
Übersicht: 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 (Folge 7)
Autor: David Mirkin
Sendedatum: 1990-11-11
Laufzeit: 23 min
Übersicht: 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 (Folge 8)
Autor: Adam Resnick
Sendedatum: 1990-11-18
Laufzeit: 23 min
Übersicht: Chris becomes a house sitter in an old Victorian house that appears to be haunted.

Bored Straight (Folge 9)
Autor: Marjorie Gross
Sendedatum: 1990-12-02
Laufzeit: 23 min
Übersicht: 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 (Folge 10)
Autor: Adam Resnick
Sendedatum: 1990-12-16
Laufzeit: 23 min
Übersicht: 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 (Folge 11)
Autor: Bill Freiberger
Sendedatum: 1991-01-06
Laufzeit: 23 min
Übersicht: 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 (Folge 12)
Autor: Adam Resnick
Sendedatum: 1991-02-03
Laufzeit: 23 min
Übersicht: Chris goes to work for the police in a sting operation after he buys a counterfeit watch, the Chrono-Sync 2000.

Chris vs. Donald (Folge 13)
Autor: Adam Resnick
Sendedatum: 1991-02-10
Laufzeit: 23 min
Übersicht: At the family reunion Chris is still struggling to get out from under the shadow of his cousin.

Chris Wins a Celebrity (Folge 14)
Autor: Adam Resnick
Sendedatum: 1991-02-24
Laufzeit: 23 min
Übersicht: 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 (Folge 15)
Autor: Marjorie Gross
Sendedatum: 1991-03-10
Laufzeit: 23 min
Übersicht: After destroying her kitchen, Chris becomes Sharon's slave to work off the $2000 in damage and she also breaks his will.

Married (Folge 16)
Autor: David Mirkin
Sendedatum: 1991-03-24
Laufzeit: 23 min
Übersicht: During one day, Chris meets his soulmate, marries her and goes through an entire relationship with her.

Camping 2000 (Folge 17)
Autor: Steve Pepoon
Sendedatum: 1991-03-31
Laufzeit: 23 min
Übersicht: 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 (Folge 18)
Autor: Adam Resnick
Sendedatum: 1991-04-07
Laufzeit: 23 min
Übersicht: 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 (Folge 19)
Autor: Marjorie Gross
Sendedatum: 1991-04-21
Laufzeit: 23 min
Übersicht: 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 (Folge 20)
Autor: Steve Pepoon
Sendedatum: 1991-04-28
Laufzeit: 23 min
Übersicht: 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.

The One Where Chris and Larry Switch Lives (Folge 21)
Autor: Edd Hall
Sendedatum: 1991-05-12
Laufzeit: 23 min
Übersicht: Chris and Larry ignore an Indian curse and wind up switching places.

Psychic 2000 (Folge 22)
Autor: David Mirkin
Sendedatum: 1991-05-19
Laufzeit: 30 min
Übersicht: Chris has a near death experience and is endowed with prescience and he sees a vision of Sharon being murdered.

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