Review of Get a Life

And I mean that in the best possible sense. There is no realism to this show. There is no logic. Just stupid, juvenile, hilarious goodness. The acting is terrible, the sets are cheap, but the comedy is gold. The main character, Chris Peterson, is as dumb as Philip J. Fry without the sweetness, as much a loser as George Costanza without the self-awareness to realize it and as undeservedly egotistical as Russell Dunbar without the money. This is a sitcom that shouldn't work, but it does. The cheapness, the poor acting, the unrelatable situations that take place all work toward the ultimate quirkiness of the show. Of-course, quirkiness alone isn't reason enough to watch a series so luckily the writing is a perfect mix of smart, dumb, sophomoric and witty, even for the ancillary characters. But what really kept me watching (and laughing) was Chris Elliot, who, without a shred of dignity, stalwartly pulls off the loser with an attitude to a tee.