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The Complete Series is finally coming to DVD


http://www.avclub.com/articles/get-a-life-the-complete-series-is-finally-coming-t,71726/

Get A Life: The Complete Series is finally coming to DVD
By Sean O'Neal

Shout Factory long ago established itself as the Mr. Smith Goes To
Washington of DVD releasing, regularly sticking up for the lost causes
of canceled cult TV shows by freeing them from studio vaults and
putting them back in the hands of fans. And today we learned that it’s
finally picked up one of TV’s most loveable losers: Get A Life, Fox’s
short-lived Chris Elliott-starring sitcom, which will finally get a
complete series release this fall, after years and years of
bureaucratic red tape and hollow promises. The revelation was made by
Elliott himself, who dropped the following while talking to A.V. Club
contributor Will Harris for a soon-to-be-published interview—and
unlike past assurances, Elliott sounds pretty confident:

“Get A Life is going to be coming out as a complete series on Shout
Factory. I’m not entirely sure when—I think probably in the fall?—but,
yes, it will be actually coming out…finally! At the end of April,
we’re going to be doing the special features. Commentaries and that
sort of stuff.”

As often lamented by fans of the surreal show—which boasted scripts
from Bob Odenkirk and Charlie Kaufman, and had Elliott playing a
dimwitted, insane, man-child paperboy who traveled through time, cared
for vomiting aliens, and, with notable frequency, died—Get A Life has
only seen release in various, out-of-print “best of” collections, with
attempts to get the whole series out there repeatedly stymied by
“suits,” in Elliott’s words. The involvement from Shout is the best
indication yet that it’s finally coming out, reinforced by the fact
that Shout confirmed to us that, yes, the DVD is happening, and that
an official release date is imminent. These are, indeed, the prettiest
years of our lives.

Speaking of handsome boys and fancy lads, in case you were wondering,
Elliott did see the recent induction of Cabin Boy into the New Cult
Canon (and its enthusiastic reception in the comments), and he was
pleased. Quite pleased:

“Yeah, that was nice to see. You know, I’ve always said that I stand
by that movie. I think Adam (Resnick) did a great job directing it,
and every time I see it on TV, I’m amazed at how interesting it looks
and how bizarre it is. Of course, at the time it came out, it was just
vilified, but it seems to have grown on people.”

The same can, of course, be said for Get A Life.

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That's nice!

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I'm glad SHOUT is releasing it. They usually do a very good job with these old forgotten TV series. I have the SCTV set and its great. I look forward to seeing this one.

I hope they didn't change too many of the songs in the shows. This could be one area where the 'bootleg' Get a Life DVD's are still of use. I hope that won't be the case. We'll have to wait and find out.

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I had to double check the date to make sure It wasn't April 1st. This is awesome! And I JUST watched the Larry Sanders episode where Chris guest-starred.

-Five o'clock Shadowboxer-

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There's an actual release date now:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Life-The-Complete-Series/17067

Get a Life - 'The Complete Series' from Shout!: Date, Cost, Package Art

5-disc set will be in stores this September
Posted by David Lambert
6/08/2012

A couple of months ago we passed along word from Chris Elliott himself that Shout! Factory would be putting out Get a Life - The Complete Series on DVD. The following day Shout! confirmed this, while verifying that the REM theme song "Stand" would be intact.

Now Shout! has announced the title to retailers, scheduling Get a Life - The Complete Series 5-DVD set, will be available in stores on September 18th.

Taken from: http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Life-The-Complete-Series/17067#ixzz1xG662Avv

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Any resolution to music rights? This IS great news if so...

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That is such great news. Truly one of the best shows that have been on TV.

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Original music or not - "A MUST buy" for me!

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I'm not all that picky about original music, except that I can't imagine the "Handsome-Boy beauty school" episode without the song "Pretty Woman" by Roy Orbison. If they change that song, that will be a deal-breaker for me.

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Apparently Pretty Woman is in it, but Elliott isn't in any extras.

http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/56525/get-a-life-the-complete-series/

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Anyone know why Chris wasn't involved in the DVD box set? I could have sworn I read an interview where he said he had recorded commentary tracks.

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I could give a rat's xxxx about original music, except for maybe the theme song. But I have a question.

Did this finally come out, due to 20 year wait for Registered Trademark items. I notice this show finished in 1992, and it is 2012. Anybody know about that?

Thanks.

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