30 minSeason 2 • Episode 13
LatestWhile 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.
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.
Writing
David Mirkin's scripts weaponize sitcom formulas against themselves.
Acting
Chris Elliott commits to pathetic with terrifying conviction.
Direction
Every episode finds new ways to break the fourth wall permanently.
Creators
Chris Elliott, David Mirkin, Adam Resnick
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Created by future Simpsons showrunner David Mirkin, this was his sandbox for destroying sitcom conventions before taking over Springfield.
Chris Elliott's real father Bob Elliott appears as his dad in one episode, making the Oedipal failure somehow more literal.
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