# Get A Life **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 18, 2000, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-a-life/33654 "2000-09-18T21:04:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2000, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-a-life/33654/1 "2000-09-18T21:04:48Z")
It looks like the USA Network has decided to start reruns of “Get A Life,” the old Chris Elliott sitcom. Great little show. Died before its time. I am surprised, however, that the network decided to pluck such an old, unheralded, short-lived show off the scrapheap. Or maybe I’m not – it seems like any show that lasted more than 10 episodes will get its day. Hell, the Sci-Fi Channel ran “The Burning Zone,” and that lasted for one season. And I have seen the odd episode of “The Misfits Of Science.” Anybody have any favorite old shows which aren’t being rerun but deserve the honor? ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2000, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-a-life/33654/2 "2000-09-18T21:10:15Z")
Bottom, although the BBC is rerunning them again now I think. And of course: the Wonder Years. ---
**Author:** ![StompyGodzilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@StompyGodzilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StompyGodzilla)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2000, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-a-life/33654/3 "2000-09-18T21:45:34Z")
“Get a Life!” I loved that show! One of the funniest things I ever saw on TV was the episode where he was in a musical with a local theatre group…Zoo Animals on Skates. I got really tired of “The Wonder Years” after a while. Bart Simpson said it all: “Man, that kid thinks too much.” I loved “My So-Called Life”. Everything I love on TV has a depressingly short life-span. Stompy ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2000, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-a-life/33654/4 "2000-09-18T22:40:37Z")
I kinda miss _Nowhere Man_. All the government conspiracy of _The X-Files_, with none of the pseudoscience. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2000, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-a-life/33654/5 "2000-09-18T22:45:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Coldfire \* > And of course: the Wonder Years. If by that you mean Kevin and Winnie and “I know you like her but do you _like her_ like her,” it’s being run regularly on [Nick at Nite](http://www.nick-at-nite.com/tvretro/shows_nan/wonderyrs/), though that may not be available in your vicinity. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2000, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-a-life/33654/6 "2000-09-18T23:16:17Z")
_Dark Justice_- “Justice may be blind, but it can see in the dark!” _Stingray_ _Nightmare Cafe_ _No Soap,Radio_ _Michael Nesmith’s Television Parts_ ---
**Author:** ![Crown\_Prince\_of\_Irony](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ed655f/32.png) [@Crown\_Prince\_of\_Irony](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crown_Prince_of_Irony)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2000, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-a-life/33654/7 "2000-09-18T23:24:59Z")
Mike Moore’s _TV Nation_. Sure you can catch _The Awful Truth_ on Bravo, but that’s only if your ::hijack:: gestapo-conglomerate-shit-eating-cable-telecom-long-distance-service (guess who) carries Bravo. Mine doesn’t, unless you have Digital Cable (slogan: Even more service interruptions, and twice as many worthless channels to pay for just to get the two decent ones you want. But hey, at least you’re not using Digital Sattelite. That takes a whole half hour to set up! And you can’t get local channels {because we lined the pockets of the FCC and your friendly U.S. Congress}! And Digital Sattelite, uh…causes cancer! Yeah, that’s it!) ::in a tiny, embarrassed voice:: Umm…sorry you had to see that… ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2000, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-a-life/33654/8 "2000-09-19T03:31:07Z")
Bob Newhart’s underpromoted _Bob_. Great little show. They raped it in the second season and it died. A bloody shame. I darn near killed myself when I accidentally taped over the “25th Anniversary” show. ---
**Author:** ![TracyMarie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@TracyMarie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TracyMarie)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2000, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-a-life/33654/9 "2000-09-19T03:52:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by tracer \* > \*\*I kinda miss _Nowhere Man_. > > All the government conspiracy of _The X-Files_, with none of the pseudoscience. \*\* tracer, you are the only person in the WORLD I know (without actually knowing) who also watched this show. It came on UHS here in Shreveport and everytime I mentioned it to my friends I’d just get blank looks. I thought that NO one else was watching but me! I watched that show from the very beginning and I was hooked. I loved it. Well acted. Well written. As good as the X-Files ever was. Gosh! I’m all excited that another human being actually watched this show! Peace, Tracy, proof that little things mean a lot. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Mofo\_Rising](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Mofo\_Rising](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mofo_Rising)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2000, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-a-life/33654/10 "2000-09-19T03:57:06Z")
You can get all the “Get a Life” episodes on videotape or DVD. I only knew one other person who was actually aware of that show when it was actually playing. “Spewey” was my favorite. I’d really like to see reruns of “The State”. Half-hour comedy show that played on MTV for two seasons and then died a painful death on the networks. “I’m really enjoying the dinner, but what’s this blue meat.” “Oh? Why that’s muppet.” ---
**Author:** ![Eo\_Echo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ebca7d/32.png) [@Eo\_Echo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eo_Echo)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2000, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-a-life/33654/11 "2000-09-19T06:57:41Z")
The State! Yes! I loved that show. The sketch about Levon and Barry and $240 worth of puddin still kills me. The first one, that is. I also loved Liquid Television. The piece called Grinning Evil Death, featuring Captain Sarcastic, was one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen. Get a Life was hilarious, and I also dug the theme song. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2000, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-a-life/33654/12 "2000-09-19T07:53:17Z")
I loved hearing R.E.M.'s “Stand” at the beginning of “Get A Life” – for me, it kind of validated my worship of a band that, at the time, was just starting to transcend its cult status. But the new USA reruns have wiped “Stand” away in favor of some generic music. I can’t wait for the episode featuring Hot Dog Boy. ---
**Author:** ![yosemite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3ab097/32.png) [@yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yosemite)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2000, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-a-life/33654/13 "2000-09-19T08:18:59Z")
I have Nesmith’s _Television Parts_ on tape somewhere. I love the skit about the filmmaker with the sponge fetish. _VR5_. I have most of the episodes on tape somewhere. I feel robbed that this show died too early. _Wizards and Warriors_. I great, campy show! I think I have one or two episodes on tape. I need to get the rest! I could go on… ---
**Author:** ![Profane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47774/32.png) [@Profane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Profane)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2000, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-a-life/33654/14 "2000-09-19T13:36:35Z")
Good vs. Evil, also known as G vs E. It started out on USA (I think) and then moved to the SciFi channel. Any show that has a cameo of Emmanuel Lewis as a demon, and then proceeds to blow him up, just plain rocks. Man oh man, I love that show. ---
**Author:** ![Falcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/49beb7/32.png) [@Falcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Falcon)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2000, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-a-life/33654/15 "2000-09-19T14:17:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TracyMarie \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by tracer \* > > \*\*I kinda miss _Nowhere Man_. > > > > All the government conspiracy of _The X-Files_, with none of the pseudoscience. \*\* > > tracer, you are the only person in the WORLD I know (without actually knowing) who also watched this show.\*\* Well, I know of two more…me and my friend Dan. We’d watch it before Voyager came on. I _loved_ it! It made no sense at times (hence our nickname “Nonsense Man”), but I still liked watching it. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![That\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e79b87/32.png) [@That\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Girl)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2000, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-a-life/33654/16 "2000-10-09T06:52:04Z")
I thought the Desmond Pfieffer show was hilarious, and I missed one. I’d love to tape it for people who missed it. It got dumped because the concept seemed non-PC, when really there were no racial gags at all, and the black parts (like Desmond, who was narrating) were more realistic people than anything on WB today. ---
**Author:** ![OrcaChow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e47c2d/32.png) [@OrcaChow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OrcaChow)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2000, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-a-life/33654/17 "2000-10-09T08:05:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mofo Rising \* > **You can get all the “Get a Life” episodes on videotape or DVD. I only knew one other person who was actually aware of that show when it was actually playing. “Spewey” was my favorite.** All? I’ve seen only four episodes available. Rhino carries all four on one DVD, and two of my favorites, “Zoo Animals on Rollerskates” and the one about building a two-man submarine in the shower, aren’t among them. Where can I find the other episodes? ---
**Author:** ![OrcaChow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e47c2d/32.png) [@OrcaChow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OrcaChow)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2000, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-a-life/33654/18 "2000-10-09T08:15:25Z")
Besides Get A Life… The Tracy Ullman Show. An oddball, unpredictable show. And the crude, scratchy little Simpson segues are classics. I’d also like to see reruns of “Freaks and Geeks,” but they didn’t make enough episodes for it to go into syndication. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2000, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-a-life/33654/19 "2000-10-09T08:44:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by OrcaChow \* > \*\*Besides Get A Life… > > The Tracy Ullman Show. An oddball, unpredictable show. And the crude, scratchy little Simpson segues are classics. > > I’d also like to see reruns of “Freaks and Geeks,” but they didn’t make enough episodes for it to go into syndication. > \*\* Hey, like I said in the OP, you don’t need to have been on for a full season to achieve some kind of rerun life. Given the critical raves heaped on “Freaks and Geeks,” I would expect it to rise from the dead at some point, if only for a short time. ---
**Author:** ![Purd\_Werfect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47c2d/32.png) [@Purd\_Werfect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Purd_Werfect)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2000, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-a-life/33654/20 "2000-10-09T10:09:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Snooooopy \* > \*\*I loved hearing R.E.M.'s “Stand” at the beginning of “Get A Life” – for me, it kind of validated my worship of a band that, at the time, was just starting to transcend its cult status. But the new USA reruns have wiped “Stand” away in favor of some generic music. > > I can’t wait for the episode featuring Hot Dog Boy. \*\* I think the first episode actually started out with “Cecilia Ann” by the Pixies, off their album, “Bossanova”. I remember being very surprised, as this preceded the days when a college radio song could go from zero-to-car commercial in under 60 seconds. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-a-life/33654.md?page=2)