12 Appendix VII - Notes (Get A Life Program Guide)
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This article is from the Get A Life Program Guide FAQ, by Dean Adams dadams@netcom.com with numerous contributions by others.
12 Appendix VII - Notes (Get A Life Program Guide)
Get A Life creators Chris Elliott and Adam Resnick were both former
writers for Late Night With David Letterman, before leaving to
start the new series. David Mirkin formerly wrote and produced
for Newhart. Steve Pepoon was on the ALF writing staff.
The show is set in the town of Greenville.
Gus Borden's house is at 1804 York Lane.
Larry and Sharon live at 1343 Meadowbrook Lane.
Bob Elliott (best known from "Bob and Ray") is Chris' real father.
GAL broadcast history:
Sunday 8:30pm 09/90 to 08/91
Saturday 9:30pm 11/91 to 12/91
Sunday 10:00pm 12/91 to 04/92
Chris' favorite song is "Alley Cat".
He dances to it in the following episodes:
Zoo Animals on Wheels (10)
Chris the Escort (29)
Bad Fish (32)
Running gag on the show: Chris Peterson gets killed.
He dies at the end of about 11 episodes:
Killed by Paperboy 2000 (6)
Crushed by giant boulder (16)
Turns into skeleton (19)
Dies as an old man (20)
Strangled by Sharon (22)
Dies from tonsillitis (27)
Shot multiple times (28)
Stabbed to death (30)
Head ripped off by Sharon and Gus (32)
Chris explodes (34)
Chris is blown up (35)
Notes on time travel, from "1977 2000".
The five known ways to travel back in time:
1. Running like a girl at the speed of light.
2. Nifty time machine, but a family of raccoons is living inside.
3. Use friend Steve's DeLorean, but the left blinker is out.
4. Time tunnel, don't have the bugs out yet (and they are *big* bugs!).
5. Time travel drink!
How to make Time Juice:
1. A few watches
2. A little sundial
3. Thyme
4. Cover of Time magazine
5. A couple of stones from Stone Henge
6. and a precious lock of Michael J. Fox's hair!
Chris Elliott -- Movie Star!
Here is a list of his many movie credits:
Manhunter (1986), FBI lab technician.
The Abyss (1989), "Bendix".
New York Stories (1989), robber.
Groundhog Day (1993), "Larry" the cameraman.
CB4 (1993), "A. White".
and, of course the great:
CABIN BOY (1994), "Nathanial Mayweather"
Chris Elliott did two half-hour cable specials for Cinemax.
Both of them are *very* funny, and are available on video.
Action Family (1986)
F.D.R. A One Man Show (1987)
ACTION FAMILY theme song:
When dad is at home, and we are together,
there's always a lot of love to spare.
But when he's at work, we hit stormy weather,
and danger and death are in the air.
Now mom does her best, and we can do better,
but kids will be kids - that's what we say.
'Cause when things get rough, love isn't the answer,
if crime is a cancer, lets blow it away!
Yes, call the Action... FAMILY!
You know what to do in a tight spot,
Action... FAMILY!
You laugh in the face of destruction.
Action Fam-i-ly!
Just before Get A Life, Chris was a co-star on the short-lived
NBC series "Nick & Hilary's" (1989). Chris' character was named
"Spin", a strange (but very hip) maitre'd. There were only three
episodes of this series aired.
After Get A Life, Robin Riker went on to star in another series
on Fox: "Shaky Ground" with Matt frewer, but unfortunately it
was canceled after only one season. Next she co-starred with
Ed Asner in the CBS comedy "Thunder Alley", about a woman and
her two children moving in with her father.
Brian Doyle-Murray also went on star in another Fox series,
"Bakersfield P.D.". After that he was part of the cast for
the short-lived CBS comedy "The George Wendt Show".
Fan letters for Chris Elliott can be sent to
the following address:
Chris Elliott
Elliottland Productions
10622 Kinnard Ave - A
Los Angeles, CA 90024-5963
GET A LIFE Internet resources:
Usenet newsgroup: alt.fan.chris-elliott
GAL Program Guide home page
http://nyx10.cs.du.edu:8001/~dnadams/index.html
ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/gu/guides/
FORMAT FOR EPISODE LISTINGS:
a. _ b _ " episode title " ( c ) { d/e }
writer(s) / director
a. episode number by airing order d. rating
b. original air date e. ratings share
c. production code
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