Get a Life

TV Series
1990–1992
30m

IMDb RATING

8.1/10

3.1K

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A 30-something guy still lives with his parents and works as a paperboy and tries to avoid growing up and being responsible at all costs.A 30-something guy still lives with his parents and works as a paperboy and tries to avoid growing up and being responsible at all costs.A 30-something guy still lives with his parents and works as a paperboy and tries to avoid growing up and being responsible at all costs.

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IMDb RATING

8.1/10

3.1K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

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Trivia
The series was briefly rerun on USA Network in 2000. All of the songs, including the theme song, were replaced with generic music due to licensing issues. When David Mirkin saw the episodes, he demanded that they be removed. Music licensing issues prevented the complete series from being released on DVD until 2012.

Quotes
Chris Peterson: [to a rival in his male modeling class] What's that? You had a *butt* lift?

Alternate versions
In the Rhino DVD releases (two of them were produced), there are mastered episodes which do not contain the laugh track. However, sometimes crew members can be heard laughing in the mastered episodes.

Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Office Space/October Sky/The 24 Hour Woman/Jawbreaker/Tango (1999)

Soundtracks
Stand
Performed by R.E.M.
Written by Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Michael Stipe

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The show was original

What can I say "Get a Life was so Strange that it was funny. Half the episodes didn't make any kind of point, but it was funny just the same. The show was basically about a middle aged boy named Chris Peterson who had a paper route and lived with his parents, at least in the 1st season and above all else, HAD NO LIFE! The show only lasted two seasons. During the 2nd season Chris moves out of his parents house and into the basement of retired police officer, Gus who was his landlord-friend. Why FOX didn't keep the series on longer I don't understand because the show had many amusing episodes, corny but funny. I do miss this show I look back and remembered laughing my self silly watching this show every week. But, as usual FOX always cancels the good TV Shows.