Get a Life (Season 1)

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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    Terror on the Hell Loop 2000 (Episode 1)

    Writer: David Mirkin

    Air date: 1990-09-23

    Runtime: 23 min

    Overview: 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.

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    The Prettiest Week of My Life (Episode 2)

    Writer: Adam Resnick

    Air date: 1990-09-30

    Runtime: 23 min

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

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    Dadicus (Episode 3)

    Writer: Marjorie Gross

    Air date: 1990-10-07

    Runtime: 23 min

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

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    A Family Affair (Episode 4)

    Air date: 1990-10-14

    Runtime: 23 min

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

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    Pile of Death (Episode 5)

    Writer: Adam Resnick

    Air date: 1990-10-21

    Runtime: 23 min

    Overview: 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.

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    Paperboy 2000 (Episode 6)

    Writer: Bill Freiberger

    Air date: 1990-11-04

    Runtime: 23 min

    Overview: 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.

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    Drivers License (Episode 7)

    Writer: David Mirkin

    Air date: 1990-11-11

    Runtime: 23 min

    Overview: 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.

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    The Sitting (Episode 8)

    Writer: Adam Resnick

    Air date: 1990-11-18

    Runtime: 23 min

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

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    Bored Straight (Episode 9)

    Writer: Marjorie Gross

    Air date: 1990-12-02

    Runtime: 23 min

    Overview: 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.

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    Zoo Animals on Wheels (Episode 10)

    Writer: Adam Resnick

    Air date: 1990-12-16

    Runtime: 23 min

    Overview: 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.

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    Roots (Episode 11)

    Writer: Bill Freiberger

    Air date: 1991-01-06

    Runtime: 23 min

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

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    The Counterfeit Watch Story (Episode 12)

    Writer: Adam Resnick

    Air date: 1991-02-03

    Runtime: 23 min

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

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    Chris vs. Donald (Episode 13)

    Writer: Adam Resnick

    Air date: 1991-02-10

    Runtime: 23 min

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

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    Chris Wins a Celebrity (Episode 14)

    Writer: Adam Resnick

    Air date: 1991-02-24

    Runtime: 23 min

    Overview: 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.

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    Houseboy 2000 (Episode 15)

    Writer: Marjorie Gross

    Air date: 1991-03-10

    Runtime: 23 min

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

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    Married (Episode 16)

    Writer: David Mirkin

    Air date: 1991-03-24

    Runtime: 23 min

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

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    Camping 2000 (Episode 17)

    Writer: Steve Pepoon

    Air date: 1991-03-31

    Runtime: 23 min

    Overview: 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.

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    The Construction Worker Show (Episode 18)

    Writer: Adam Resnick

    Air date: 1991-04-07

    Runtime: 23 min

    Overview: 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.

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    The Big City (Episode 19)

    Writer: Marjorie Gross

    Air date: 1991-04-21

    Runtime: 23 min

    Overview: 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.

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    Neptune 2000 (Episode 20)

    Writer: Steve Pepoon

    Air date: 1991-04-28

    Runtime: 23 min

    Overview: 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.

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    The One Where Chris and Larry Switch Lives (Episode 21)

    Writer: Edd Hall

    Air date: 1991-05-12

    Runtime: 23 min

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

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    Psychic 2000 (Episode 22)

    Writer: David Mirkin

    Air date: 1991-05-19

    Runtime: 30 min

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

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