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Get a Life — Season 1

199022 episodes7.4/10 (22 votes)

About this season

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.

Episodes (22)

Terror on the Hell Loop 2000
E1

1. Terror on the Hell Loop 2000

Aired 23 September 1990 • 23 min

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
E2

2. The Prettiest Week of My Life

Aired 30 September 1990 • 23 min

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

Dadicus
E3

3. Dadicus

Aired 7 October 1990 • 23 min

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

A Family Affair
E4

4. A Family Affair

Aired 14 October 1990 • 23 min

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

Pile of Death
E5

5. Pile of Death

Aired 21 October 1990 • 23 min

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
E6

6. Paperboy 2000

Aired 4 November 1990 • 23 min

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
E7

7. Drivers License

Aired 11 November 1990 • 23 min

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
E8

8. The Sitting

Aired 18 November 1990 • 23 min

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

Bored Straight
E9

9. Bored Straight

Aired 2 December 1990 • 23 min

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
E10

10. Zoo Animals on Wheels

Aired 16 December 1990 • 23 min

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
E11

11. Roots

Aired 6 January 1991 • 23 min

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
E12

12. The Counterfeit Watch Story

Aired 3 February 1991 • 23 min

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

Chris vs. Donald
E13

13. Chris vs. Donald

Aired 10 February 1991 • 23 min

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

Chris Wins a Celebrity
E14

14. Chris Wins a Celebrity

Aired 24 February 1991 • 23 min

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
E15

15. Houseboy 2000

Aired 10 March 1991 • 23 min

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

Married
E16

16. Married

Aired 24 March 1991 • 23 min

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

Camping 2000
E17

17. Camping 2000

Aired 31 March 1991 • 23 min

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
E18

18. The Construction Worker Show

Aired 7 April 1991 • 23 min

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
E19

19. The Big City

Aired 21 April 1991 • 23 min

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
E20

20. Neptune 2000

Aired 28 April 1991 • 23 min

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
E21

21. The One Where Chris and Larry Switch Lives

Aired 12 May 1991 • 23 min

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

Psychic 2000
E22

22. Psychic 2000

Aired 19 May 1991 • 30 min

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

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