Get a Life

The show starred Chris Elliott as a 30 year old paperboy named Chris Peterson. Peterson lived in an apartment above his parent's garage (Elliot's parents were played by Elinore Donahue[?] and, real life father, comedian Bob Elliott).

The show was a creation of Elliott, friend Adam Resnick, who, like Elliott, was a former writer for David Letterman's "Late Night with David Letterman" TV show, and David Mirkin, former writer and producer for "Newhart" and occasional writer and producer for The Simpsons.

The show was unusual and surreal, to say the least. For example, Elliot's character actually dies in eleven episodes. The causes of death included being crushed by a giant boulder, dying of old age, tonsillitis[?], stab wounds, gunshot wounds, and simply exploding. For this reason, it was a struggle for Elliott and Mirkin to get the show on the air. Many of the executives at the Fox Network hated the show and thought it was too disturbing and that Elliott's character was too insane.