Shark Bytes

How come no one is mentioning my two favorite episodes?? Chris and Dad at the newspaper carriers picnic competing against all those kids? Hysterical! And Chris believing he was adopted by his parents from an Amish family who he sets out to meet!!
Even my wife laughed at that one!!!

Sorely missed!!!!!!!!!!!

Possibly the funniest show that will ever be. This was so cutting edge when it came out, Fox was a new network and willing to take chances. David Mirkin acknowledged in a DVD commentary that this show was meant to be the "anti-sitcom". Chris Elliot plays the best psychotic/moronic man-boy ever.

Chris - "Jeez, how many records did this Tchaikovsky guy make ? Greedy Bastard ! "

There was an episode where he has to spell "pants" and is no longer smart enough to. I think it had something to do with a exposure to nuclear chemicals. Anyway, I remember laughing through the entire episode.

Funniest moment I remember from this show: Chris is on a picnic with some people, and they're sharing an enourmous corn on the cob. The camera pulls back to reveal a nuclear reactor just behind them. Biggest laugh I ever got from a t.v. show!

This show never jumped. Chris Elliot's dad (from the very funny Bob & Ray team) and Elinor Donahue were perfect as Chris' parents and just as funny as he was.

The best show ever made.

Funniest TV show ever - period!
Never jumped because it was always funny! Many shows change the main character's situation from season to season.

This is my favorite comedy series, but at the time, years before the phrase "jump the shark" was coined, I knew it did exactly that at the start of the second season. In the first season the stories more than less followed the laws of physics, but in a desperate act to save to boost the ratings, in the second season it became an all out live-action cartoon. That said I'd still buy both seasons of "Get A Life" in a heartbeat if released on DVD.

Four words - Zoo Animals on Wheels. Possibly the funniest television show ever.

ONE OF THE GREATEST SHOWS OF ALL TIME! Hilarious episodes, week after week. It's hokiness was the intent of the show. From Spewey, to Gus, to Erma, to Sharon, to elderly Petersons, and of course...Chris Peterson...the show was replete with unforgettably funny characters! NEVER JUMPED!

I agree that it needs to be put out in a collected DVD format!

Chris Elliot even made that irritating REM song palatable. No mean feat!

Hands down one of the funniest shows on TV at the time. Never jumped! I just wish they would put out the complete seasons on DVD.

I remember I really liked this show, but in my memory this show is a typical example of jumping the shark when Chris grew a mouth in his side...
That was so weird and wasn't really funny.

"The Winner" seems to be a less funny version of "Get A Life". When is "Get A Life" going to get the true DVD treatment???