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Get a Life: The Complete Series

Get a Life: The Complete Series

Shout! Factory (1990)
DVD
NR
826663132366
TV Series | Comedy | Fantasy | Television
United States | English | Color | 14:00

This collection contains:
- Get a Life: Season 1 (1990)
- Get a Life: Season 2 (1991)


Episodes View details

1 S1E1: Terror on the Hell Loop 2000 30 min | Sep 23, 1990

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.

Guest stars: Julie Brown, Graham Jarvis, Zachary Benjamin, Lee Garlington, Tracey Walter, Michael G. Hagerty, Tim Eyster
2 S1E2: The Prettiest Week of My Life 30 min | Sep 30, 1990

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

Guest stars: Brian Doyle-Murray, Tuc Watkins, Duke Moosekian, Willie Leong
3 S1E3: Dadicus 30 min | Oct 07, 1990

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

Guest stars: Earl Boen, James Hampton, David Tom, Clint Carmichael, Paul Coufos
4 S1E4: A Family Affair 30 min | Oct 14, 1990

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

Guest stars: Blair Tefkin, Tommy Hinkley, Larry Cedar, Deborah Benson, Timothy Davis-Reed
5 S1E5: Pile of Death 30 min | Oct 21, 1990

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.

Guest stars: Jack Jones, Clive Revill, Earl Boen, Cathy Cahn, Hal Landon Jr., Benjamin Diskin
6 S1E6: Paperboy 2000 30 min | Nov 04, 1990

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.

Guest stars: Earl Boen, Graham Jarvis, Hal Landon Jr., Mink Stole
7 S1E7: Drivers License 30 min | Nov 11, 1990

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.

Guest stars: Anastasia Barzee, Don Sparks, Michael Leopard
8 S1E8: The Sitting 30 min | Nov 18, 1990

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

Guest stars: Dorothy Patterson, Katherine Kamhi, Keith Anthony, David Permenter
9 S1E9: Bored Straight 30 min | Dec 02, 1990

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.

Guest stars: Kirk Geiger, David Kriegel, Melissa Baum
10 S1E10: Zoo Animals on Wheels 30 min | Dec 16, 1990

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.

Guest stars: Craig Richard Nelson, Martin Grey, David Martel Bryant, Lloyd Tee Williams, Debi Derryberry, Robert Yacko, Ken J. Letner
11 S1E11: Roots 30 min | Jan 06, 1991

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

Guest stars: Steven Gilborn, Elsa Raven
12 S1E12: The Counterfeit Watch Story 30 min | Feb 03, 1991

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

Guest stars: Kevin Scannell, Richard Fornjy, Duke Moosekian, Bradley Mott, Charles Walker
13 S1E13: Chris vs. Donald 30 min | Feb 10, 1991

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

Guest stars: Jackie Earle Haley, Bill Cort, James Keane, David Wiley, Pat Crawford Brown, Bibi Osterwald, Marte Boyle Slout
14 S1E14: Chris Wins a Celebrity 30 min | Feb 24, 1991

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.

Guest stars: Martin Mull
15 S1E15: Houseboy 2000 30 min | Mar 10, 1991

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

Guest stars: Chuck Sloan, Deborah Benson, Jill Womack
16 S1E16: Married 30 min | Mar 24, 1991

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

Guest stars: Deborah Shelton, Lee Garlington, Lewis Arquette, Julie Payne
17 S1E17: Camping 2000 30 min | Mar 31, 1991

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.

Guest stars: Theresa Ring
18 S1E18: The Construction Worker Show 30 min | Apr 07, 1991

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.

Guest stars: Ritch Brinkley, Mickey Jones, Peter Spellos, David Doty
19 S1E19: The Big City 30 min | Apr 21, 1991

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.

Guest stars: Anastasia Barzee, Gerry Gibson, John T. Olson, Robert Michael Cahill, D. Franki Horner, Art Kassul, Eric Kohner, Adam Stone
20 S1E20: Neptune 2000 30 min | Apr 28, 1991

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.

Guest stars: Brandon Crane
21 S1E21: The One Where Chris and Larry Switch Lives 30 min | May 12, 1991

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

Guest stars: Beth Broderick
22 S1E22: Psychic 2000 30 min | May 19, 1991

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

Guest stars: Larry Cedar, Deborah Benson, Robert V. Barron, Gary Bolen
23 S2E1: Chris Moves Out 30 min | Nov 09, 1991

Chris turns 31 and decides it's time to move out, so he goes in search of a new place to live and he moves into Gus' garage.

24 S2E2: Larry on the Loose 30 min | Nov 16, 1991

Larry takes off after to listening to Chris reminding him of everything wrong with his life. So Chris goes in search of Larry and when he fails, he goes in search of a new best friend.

Guest stars: Anthony Mangano, Larry Randolph, David Mirkin
25 S2E3: Meat Locker 2000 30 min | Nov 23, 1991

Chris and Sharon show their true feelings when they become trapped in a meat locker together.

Guest stars: Louan Gideon, Drew Pillsbury, George McDaniel, Michael Halpin
26 S2E4: Health Inspector 2000 30 min | Nov 30, 1991

After finding a dead rat in his carton of milk, Chris decides to become a food inspector.

Guest stars: Thom Sharp, Warren Frost, Nick Toth, Jeffrey Anderson-Gunter, Charles Bazaldua
27 S2E5: Chris Gets His Tonsils Out 30 min | Dec 07, 1991

Chris must deal with the fact he is ready to undergo ""major"" surgery and he begins by trying to make peace with Sharon.

Guest stars: Earl Boen
28 S2E6: Prisoner of Love 30 min | Dec 14, 1991

When his pen-pal gets released from prison, she comes to stay with Chris. She takes him hostage when the police come after her when she starts criminal activities under Chris' nose.

Guest stars: Nora Dunn, Don Sparks, John Putch
29 S2E7: Chris Becomes a Male Escort 30 min | Dec 21, 1991

Chris decides on a whim to become a male escort, hoping for free plays and dates with young women. What he gets is a elderly woman who is hard up.

Guest stars: Dena Dietrich, Ralph Manza, Paul Feig, Twink Caplan, Heather Elizabeth Parkhurst, Laurel Lockhart
30 S2E8: Girlfriend 2000 30 min | Jan 12, 1992

After getting hit by her car, Chris falls for (and stalks) a doctor, later while stalking her, he starts getting stalked by the girl from the drugstore who has fallen for him.

Guest stars: Emma Samms, Amy Yasbeck, Sandy Helberg, Nicholas Shaffer
31 S2E9: Chris' Brain Starts Working 30 min | Jan 19, 1992

Exposure to toxic waste, found under Gus' house, turns Chris into a genius and with Gus he proceeds to enter and win spelling bees.

Guest stars: Matthew Faison, Mitch Pileggi, Tim Farrell, Art Kassul, George Roth
32 S2E10: Bad Fish 30 min | Feb 02, 1992

After eating bad shellfish, Sharon and Gus get amnesia, and Chris seizes the opportunity to convince them that they are his best friends.

Guest stars: Marc Drotman
33 S2E11: SPEWEY and Me 30 min | Feb 09, 1992

When an alien crashes in Gus' front yard, Chris tries to keep it from the government, but this alien is nothing like E.T. or ALF.

Guest stars: Arturo Gil, Frank Welker, Michael Francis Clarke, Rick Fitts, Dave Florek
34 S2E12: 1977 2000 30 min | Mar 01, 1992

Chris time travels to save Gus' career as a law enforcement officer. However he soon discovers the trouble with messing with the past which includes two-headed zombies named Sharon.

Guest stars: Ron K. Jones, Bo Sharon, Art Kassul
35 S2E13: Clip Show 30 min | Mar 08, 1992

While on his first jet airplane flight, Chris falls out, and is disappointed when his life flashes before his eyes and it only covers the past eighteen months.

Guest stars: Theresa Ring

Cast View all

Chris Elliott Chris Peterson
Robin Riker Sharon Potter
Bob Elliott Fred Peterson
Elinor Donahue Gladys Peterson
Sam Robards Larry Potter
Taylor Fry Amy Potter
Brian Doyle-Murray Gus Borden
Brady Bluhm Bobby Potter
Bo Sharon Billy
Earl Boen Dr. Kramer
Wesley Jonathan Eddie
Deborah Benson Betty
Lee Garlington Angelica
Graham Jarvis Mr. Simon
Art Kassul Captain Block
Don Sparks Officer Hickox
Zachary Benjamin Bobby Potter
Anastasia Barzee Jane
Larry Cedar Ted
Julie Brown Connie Bristol
Duke Moosekian Photographer
Hal Landon Jr. Ben Spangler
Tracey Walter The Ride Operator
Ritch Brinkley Dick
Beth Broderick Jackie

Edition details

Packaging Keep Case
Nr Discs 6
Screen Ratios Fullscreen (4:3)
Audio Tracks Stereo
Distributor Shout! Factory
Edition Release Date Sep 18, 2012
Regions Region 1