Get a Life (1990)
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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Episode 0 - Unaired Pilot
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Episode 1 - Terror on the Hell Loop 2000
Release Date: 1990-09-23Chris 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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Episode 2 - The Prettiest Week of My Life
Release Date: 1990-09-30Chris decides to enter the exciting world of male modeling when he joins the Handsome Boy School of Modeling.
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Episode 3 - Dadicus
Release Date: 1990-10-07Chris convinces his father to accompany him to the father-son competition at the annual newspaper boy picnic.
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Episode 4 - A Family Affair
Release Date: 1990-10-14Sharon's sister, Charleen, comes to visit and she is taken with Chris' charm, much to Sharon's chagrin.
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Episode 5 - Pile of Death
Release Date: 1990-10-21Chris 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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Episode 6 - Paperboy 2000
Release Date: 1990-11-04The 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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Episode 7 - Drivers License
Release Date: 1990-11-11There'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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Episode 8 - The Sitting
Release Date: 1990-11-18Chris becomes a house sitter in an old Victorian house that appears to be haunted.
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Episode 9 - Bored Straight
Release Date: 1990-12-02While 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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Episode 10 - Zoo Animals on Wheels
Release Date: 1990-12-16Much 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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Episode 11 - Roots
Release Date: 1991-01-06Chris 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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Episode 12 - The Counterfeit Watch Story
Release Date: 1991-02-03Chris goes to work for the police in a sting operation after he buys a counterfeit watch, the Chrono-Sync 2000.
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Episode 13 - Chris vs. Donald
Release Date: 1991-02-10At the family reunion Chris is still struggling to get out from under the shadow of his cousin.
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Episode 14 - Chris Wins a Celebrity
Release Date: 1991-02-24Chris 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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Episode 15 - Houseboy 2000
Release Date: 1991-03-10After 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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Episode 16 - Married
Release Date: 1991-03-24During one day, Chris meets his soulmate, marries her and goes through an entire relationship with her.
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Episode 17 - Camping 2000
Release Date: 1991-03-31Chris 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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Episode 18 - The Construction Worker Show
Release Date: 1991-04-07Chris 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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Episode 19 - The Big City
Release Date: 1991-04-21Chris 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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Episode 20 - Neptune 2000
Release Date: 1991-04-28When 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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Episode 21 - The One Where Chris and Larry Switch Lives
Release Date: 1991-05-12Chris and Larry ignore an Indian curse and wind up switching places.
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Episode 22 - Psychic 2000
Release Date: 1991-05-19Chris has a near death experience and is endowed with prescience and he sees a vision of Sharon being murdered.