Since the beginning of time, zoo animals have sat patiently in their cages while we humans stared, pointed and threw candy at them. But oh what a magical day it would be if these confined beasts could leap from their cages free to see, free to frolic, free to ROLLER SKATE!Speaking of Chris Elliott. I was only 5 when his sitcom Get A Life first aired on Fox, but I remember it fondly. The show lasted only 3 years, perhaps because it was a little too ahead of it's time or surreal for audiences. Chris played a 30 year old bumbling idiot who still lived with his parents and had a bicycle paper route. I've always thought of him as one of the best "idiots" in show business, including his work on David Letterman, etc.
I say the show was probably a little too surreal because Elliot's character dies in some of the episodes from such causes as opening the wrong door on an airplane and falling out, old age, getting stabbed, and getting shot. In today's clip Chris finally realizes his dream of producing and performing in a play about zoo animals on roller skates. CLICK THE PICTURE UP TOP TO VIEW. The episode was voted in 1999 as #17 in TV Guide's 50 Funniest Moments. Pay particular attention to the acting of his embarrassed parents in the audience, portrayed by Elinor Donahue and Chris' real life father Bob Elliot.
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"Get a Life" had a pretty healthy run (35 eps) by FOX standards. If it were on today it would probably go the "Better Off Ted" route of six and out.
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