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Summary: Not for everybody
Review: This show is not for everybody. I find it hilairous in an unfunny way. Some of the stuff he does your just like what the fu.. is he thinking. There a lot of inside jokes in the show that I don't think that they even catch. I just wish that they would release all of the episodes.
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Summary: RHINO: WE WANT MORE VOLUMES!
Review: This show is purely one-of-a-kind...nothing before and nothing since has echoed the same sort of originality. If you have seen and enjoyed any of Chris Elliott's other appearances (Cabin Boy, There's Something About Mary, Groundhog Day), you cannot possibly be Chrisappointed.And a note to you Rhino folks checking in to see what consumers think: RELEASE MORE EPISODES! Get Mr. Elliott on the phone and let's see these DVDs on the shelves by next year!
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Summary: Get A Life Rules
Review: This was the greatest sitcom that I did production sound on and was the funniest show I ever worked on to this day. I was my own laugh track. I couldn't wait each week to come to work to see what David Mirkin and the writers had in store for Chris Elliott and the rest of the cast. The Spewey episode is by far one of my favorites,we the crew loved getting spewed on by the Spewster. Chris Elliott is a great guy to work with and one hell of a funny guy to watch work. Bring back Get a Life.
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Summary: one of the most underappreciated shows ever
Review: when i saw that this show was finally available again thanks to this dvd set i was thrilled. watching this show again years after it originally aired it was as good if not better than i imagined. my only wish was that the show was on longer.
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Summary: "different" -- not for every taste...
Review: When it first aired, 'Get a Life' was a major break from what was considered an 'acceptable' format for TV comedy. The principal character -- Chris Peterson, a 30-year-old newsboy who lives with his parents -- was weirdly asocial, perhaps even psychotic -- with no redeeming qualities. He looked 'good' only in comparison with his antagonists, who were usually even more obnoxious than he. How do you write comedy when the protagonist is so cut-off from the conventions of normal thought and behavior that the other characters' reactions are little more than exasperated confusion? The answer is, 'with great difficulty.' It's like trying to assemble a wooden structure without nails. It's hard to get laughs through character interaction when the main character doesn't interact in any 'normal' way with the other characters. About all you can do is mine Chris Elliot's innate weirdness. So not only is 'Get a Life' weird -- it's weird merely for the sake of being weird. The writers aren't worried whether the stories make sense, either practically or psychologically, because Chris Peterson neither worries nor makes sense. What other sitcom has ever shown a dummy of the main character being repeatedly run over by cars? Clearly, 'Get a Life' is a show about style, not content. In trying to be different from other sitcoms, the producers painted themselves into a corner that's hard to maneuver in. The reaction of some reviewers -- that 'Get a Life' isn't as funny as they remembered ' isn't surprising. The shock and novelty of a pointless show about someone incapable of mundane social interactions has worn off. Nevertheless, 'Get a Life' is generally funny, and has a few really good episodes. 'Neptune 2000' remains my favorite, if only because it gives Bob Eliot the most on-screen time and the largest number of put-downs. It's a model of how this sort of humor should be done, and is arguably a classic of TV comedy. For me, the show's greatest pleasure is Bob Eliot's deadpan-sarcastic putdowns. I grew up listening to Bob & Ray, two of the great comic geniuses of the last century, who virtually invented 'pointless' humor. Amazon wants reviewers to focus on the content, but I can't resist taking a pot shot at Rhino. Is there any other record company that delivers so little for the consumer's hard-earned buck? There are only four episodes on each disk, where 'Red Green' delivers eight. And 'Get a Life' has a sufficiently large cult following that a multi-disk set with all the episodes would have made sense.
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Summary: "different" -- not for every taste...
Review: When it first aired, �Get a Life� was a major break from what was considered an �acceptable� format for TV comedy. The principal character -- Chris Peterson, a 30-year-old newsboy who lives with his parents -- was weirdly asocial, perhaps even psychotic -- with no redeeming qualities. He looked �good� only in comparison with his antagonists, who were usually even more obnoxious than he. How do you write comedy when the protagonist is so cut-off from the conventions of normal thought and behavior that the other characters� reactions are little more than exasperated confusion? The answer is, �with great difficulty.� It�s like trying to assemble a wooden structure without nails. It�s hard to get laughs through character interaction when the main character doesn�t interact in any �normal� way with the other characters. About all you can do is mine Chris Elliot�s innate weirdness. So not only is �Get a Life� weird -- it's weird merely for the sake of being weird. The writers aren�t worried whether the stories make sense, either practically or psychologically, because Chris Peterson neither worries nor makes sense. What other sitcom has ever shown a dummy of the main character being repeatedly run over by cars? Clearly, �Get a Life� is a show about style, not content. In trying to be different from other sitcoms, the producers painted themselves into a corner that�s hard to maneuver in. The reaction of some reviewers -- that �Get a Life� isn�t as funny as they remembered � isn�t surprising. The shock and novelty of a pointless show about someone incapable of mundane social interactions has worn off. Nevertheless, �Get a Life� is generally funny, and has a few really good episodes. �Neptune 2000� remains my favorite, if only because it gives Bob Eliot the most on-screen time and the largest number of put-downs. It�s a model of how this sort of humor should be done, and is arguably a classic of TV comedy. For me, the show�s greatest pleasure is Bob Eliot�s deadpan-sarcastic putdowns. I grew up listening to Bob & Ray, two of the great comic geniuses of the last century, who virtually invented �pointless� humor. Amazon wants reviewers to focus on the content, but I can�t resist taking a pot shot at Rhino. Is there any other record company that delivers so little for the consumer�s hard-earned buck? There are only four episodes on each disk, where �Red Green� delivers eight. And �Get a Life� has a sufficiently large cult following that a multi-disk set with all the episodes would have made sense.
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Summary: You will pee your pants!
Review: You can get some really good insulting comebacks by just watching "Get a life". ie, "If I didn't know you were lashing out at your father, that would almost bring a tear to my eye." (Bored Straight). I almost peed my pants while watching "Prettiest week of my life", especially at the end when he actually thought the security guards were quickly exiting him from the runway to safety! Man, I hope more episodes are offered on DVD!
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Summary: Certain sauces give me a rash.
Review: _Get a Life_ might just be my favorite show ever, but I'm not going to shell out for these discs with a mere 4 episodes. Issue a complete set, and I'll advance order it the second I hear about it. And while you're at it, include a commentary track for each episode by Chris Peterson and Gus Borden. Thanks.
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Summary: Certain sauces give me a rash.
Review: _Get a Life_ might just be my favorite show ever, but I'm not going to shell out for these discs with a mere 4 episodes. Issue a complete set, and I'll advance order it the second I hear about it. And while you're at it, include a commentary track for each episode by Chris Peterson and Gus Borden. Thanks.
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