Get a Life is an American television sitcom that aired on the Fox from September 23, 1990, to March 8, 1992. The show stars Chris Elliott as a 30-year-old paperboy named Chris Peterson. Peterson is a charmless, oblivious and irresponsible manchild who lives in an apartment above his parents' garage (Elliott's parents are played by Elinor Donahue and his real-life father, comedian Bob Elliott) and often wreaks havoc on their lives and the lives of people around them. The opening credits depict Chris Peterson delivering newspapers on his bike to the show's theme song, "Stand" by R.E.M.
The show was created by Elliott, Adam Resnick (like Elliott, a writer for Late Night with David Letterman), and writer/director David Mirkin (former executive producer/showrunner for Newhart and later for The Simpsons). Mirkin was executive producer/showrunner of the series and also directed most of the episodes. Notable writers of the series included Charlie Kaufman, screenwriter of Being John Malkovich; and Bob Odenkirk, co-creator of Mr. Show with Bob and David and Tenacious D.
The show was unconventional for a prime time sitcom, and many of its storylines were surreal, with Elliott's character dying in multiple episodes. For this reason, it was a struggle for Elliott and Mirkin to get the show on the air. Fox executives hated the show, thought it was too disturbing, and found Elliott's character to be too unlikeable and insane.
After only two VHS/DVD volumes were released, Shout! Factory released the complete series on September 18, 2012—the first time all of the show's episodes were made commercially available.
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