All the craziness of Get a Life started with this episode: "Terror on the Hell Loop 2000." Chris Peterson (Chris Elliott) is introduced to us as a 30-year-old man, lying in bed, in the room above his parents' garage, awakening from a nightmare about an unpleasant experience on The $20,000 Pyramid. After his morning regimen (one push-up and a quick kiss for his Daryl Hannah poster), he heads down to the house, where he greets Fred (Bob Elliott) and Gladys (Elinor Donahue), who are concerned that, although he's moved from the house to the room above the garage, Chris may be "in a rut." After dismissing their concerns, he's off to his paper route. The plot kicks into gear when he visits his friend, Larry Potter (Sam Robards), and tries to convince him to skip work and accompany him to the amusement park. During this scene, Larry's wife, Sharon (Robin Riker), Chris' nemesis, sums up Chris' life succinctly. "You're 30 years old. You still live with your parents," she reminds him, "You're losing your hair, and you're stupid." Chris pushes aside her jabs, though, and convinces Larry to ditch work to ride the Hell Loop 2000 roller coaster. Their fun-filled day reaches a terrifying climax when their car gets stuck at the top of the loop, and they are forced to hang upside down, their lives in peril, for hours. Chris tries to keep Larry's spirits up by singing a version of "We Didn't Start the Fire" featuring the lyrics, "Gorbachev comes to town/Chris and Larry upside down." It doesn't work. This episode features guest appearances by comedienne Julie Brown (Earth Girls Are Easy), and renowned character actor Tracy Walter. Graham Jarvis, who plays Chris' boss in the "Paperboy 2000" episode, plays Larry's boss in this one. ~ Josh Ralske, Rovi