Product Details

• Actors: Chris Elliott, Bob Elliott, Bo Sharon, Robin Riker, Earl Boen
• Directors: David Mirkin, David Steinberg, Dwayne Hickman, Peter Baldwin, Tony Dow
• Writers: Andrew Gordon, Eileen Conn, Miguel Furman
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Language: English
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Rhino / Wea
• VHS Release Date: January 26, 1999
• Run Time: 50 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (36 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00000G3A6
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #5,811 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Whenever a new network gets a start, some weird things make it onto the air. That's the only possible explanation for Get a Life, Chris Elliott's short-lived series in which he starred as a thirtysomething paperboy, Chris Peterson, who still lived at home with his folks. (His dad, strangely enough, was played by Chris's real-life father, Bob Elliott, a respected comedian in his own right.)

The two episodes on Volume 1 exemplify what Get a Life was all about: a straight-faced spoof of sitcom conventions that managed to avoid all of the conventions that spoofs usually observe. That it wasn't laugh-out-loud funny is beside the point; Elliott's fans know that his brand of humor is often diametrically opposed to conventional humor.

Though the plots are fairly conventional--in "The Prettiest Week of My Life," Peterson enrolls in the Handsome Boy Modeling School, where he competes with another student, Sapphire; "Bored Straight" finds Peterson trying to rehabilitate a gang of teens--the shows themselves are anything but. --Randy Silver

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My all-time favorite show!!, May 22, 1999

By A Customer

I was thrilled to see that "Get A Life" was available on video. It was without a doubt the funniest television series I've ever seen. The 2 episodes on Volume 1 are classics. I feel they are a good representation of what the show had to offer. The scene when Chris poses "shirtless" in "The Prettiest Week of My Life" and the scene when Chris tries to counsel the teens in "Bored Straight" are hilarious! People who watch this series and come away saying it's stupid amuse me. You either get it, or you don't. I look forward to more volumes being released. My favorite episode was "Zoo Animals on Wheels."

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Funniest comedy in years, July 13, 1999

By A Customer

Having been a Chris Elliot fan ever since seeing these classic episodes in the early '90s, there's nothing that matches this show for unusual humor. I'm guessing that not all the episodes are released, which is a real shame since there are some of the later seasons that practically made me pee my pants with laughter... Chris' dad and fellow cast members are hilarious.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Thank Heaven! Get A Life is finally available, February 2, 1999

By	Dan Donohue ([e-mail]) (Emmaus, Pennsylvania, USA, Earth) - See all my reviews

Originally, Get A Life was aired on Sunday nights, and so it was the natural nightcap when "The Guys" got together to watch football each week. And we positively howled at it, week after week! I remember almost all the episodes like they were yesterday. We were able to obtain the new videos, Vol 1 & 2, just in time to watch after the Superbowl this year, and let me tell you, time has not diminished the comedic brilliance of this series! It was just like the old days - we laughed just as hard, if not harder, the second time around. I can hardly wait for future volumes! Get A Life - see it again for the first time!