"Get A Life"....best sitcom ever???

[johnnylovescandy]

Chris Elliot was the 30+ year-old paper boy living with his parents (eventually moving into Brian Doyle Murray's garage) and jealous of the neighborhood dogs & cats who cast him "condescending looks" thinking they were better than him as he delivered newspapers on his bicycle.

Favorite episode was Chris deciding to become a food inspector after the disgust of pouring a dead rat from his morning cereal box. Brian Doyle Murray got him the job, and Chris was rewarded kickbacks to just "ignore" any infractions (of which there were many). He didn't mind accepting kickbacks at first, but that changed when he found a dirty sweat sock buried in the cheese from his pizza delivery boy. Outraged, Chris reported the corrupt food inspector ring to an FBI agent in a dark room (how do you know I'm Mr. Elliot and not Mrs. Elliot?) because agent's pupils were dilated. Chris faced death threats (burning effigy in yard) and Brian Doyle Murray fled for cover. At the Senate trial, Chris put on a hand puppet show and read aloud from "high school notes" about the solar system. Committee Chair pronounced Chris an idiot and "borderline frightening," seeing fit to investigate anyone who would even hire such a lunatic.

This was 10x funnier than any episode of Married w/Children, and I recall laughing my ass off many a time...

[metsandfinsfan]

meh

it was funny, but not funnier than Married with Children by any stretch

[miajag]

A dumpster full of dead puppies is funnier than Married with Children.

[Los Feliz Slim]

"Oh my gosh! A talking dog!"
"That's not a dog, Chris, that's a man."
"You ARE a genius!"

[Anacardo]

I loved this show when I was, like, eight.

[JuntMonkey]

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I loved this show when I was, like, eight.

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Yea. A few weeks ago I popped in my roommate's DVD and watched an episode and the show is unbelievably bad. The laugh track is unbearable, so much so that there's an option to turn it off.

[metsandfinsfan]

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A dumpster full of dead puppies is funnier than Married with Children.

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ive never seen a dumpster full of dead puppies, but if they are funnier than married with children i may have to

[Blarg]

Great great fun. Generally I liked the parts without Brian Doyle Murray, but there was a funny scene in one of the shows where Chris is taken hostage, and Brian Doyle Murray, ex-cop, walks outside the house where Chris is being held in his usual bathrobe, and asks one of the swat snipers if he can try to shoot the kidnapper, just for old times' sake. He gets the guy's rifle, and when the kidnapper comes out with a pistol to Chris's head, tries to take down the kidnapper but shoots Chris square in the chest. Doesn't seem too bothered about it, so tries several more times, each time shooting Chris. Finally gives a bemused look at the rifle and chuckles at the cops, and says something like, "Wow, I guess you really have to keep up on your practice with these things."

I loved this show. The interactions with his parents were great; dad so openly contemptuous of his son, mom, putting a maniacally chipper exterior up to conceal her own contempt. It was the perfect child and the perfect childhood story.

Lots of very, very funny moments. Chris has very sharp timing, no shame, and a vicious and sometimes cruel sense of humor.

[Anacardo]

I'd like to put in a good word for the rockin' R.E.M. theme song, to which I shamelessly got down.

[metsandfinsfan]

yeah stand was the them song right?