Get a Life!

Here’s one of the more famous episodes of Get a Life, Chris Elliott’s incredible sitcom from the early ‘90s:

Get a Life lasted for two seasons. The first season was a more sincere attempt to do a “real” sitcom, with Chris (playing a character named Chris) bumbling through life as a too-old paperboy and lovable loser. It had its bizarre moments, but the first season wasn’t wildly out of the ordinary for its time.

During the second season, all bets were off. My best guess is that everyone knew there was zero chance for a third season, so they vowed to make the weirdest show possible with whatever time they had left. (In what’s honestly one of the tamer examples, Chris dies — literally dies — in most of the second season episodes.)

The episode featured here, SPEWEY and Me, was a spoof on E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. You’ll find it hard to believe that this really aired on FOX (in the early ‘90s, no less), but I swear, it did. And this wasn’t even close to the strangest episode!

Get a Life was just brilliant in its oddness. I don’t know if it’ll land for everyone, but I hope posting about it here turns a few of you into new fans.