"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.

[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

[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.

[blackasthma]

"Mr. Peterson, not only would I not in a million years give you a license, but I am going to suspend your learner's permit!"

"I can't die yet! My only goal in life is to be buried in a piano crate! But I foolishly put off getting really fat thinking I would live forever!"

"One more cute play on my family name and I'll punt your family jewels up into your throat."

"Oh, there goes another one. Gus, are you losing your teeth, too?"

[shaniac]

they released Get a Life on DVD?

[NT!]

wasn't this the show where he tried to become a male model and they used clips on it for "Handsome Boy Modeling School" (the rap album)?