By February 1990, Chris Elliott's name no longer appeared in Late Night's closing credits as a writer. He had begun work on his pilot script for "Get a Life," whose "third draft revised" was finished on March 20. (His writing partner, Adam Resnick, would remain at Late Night until mid-June. "Get a Life" would debut on Fox the following September.)
Chris appeared three more times on Late Night after leaving the show and before production began for "Get a Life." The first two were his ways of saying goodbye to the staff; the last was his way of saying goodbye to Dave.
February 16: Dave's water fountain
With Pami Shamir, Jon Hotchkiss, Collette Coleman, Kathy Michalcik-Mavrakakis, Beth O'Day, Jay Johnson, Leslie Namm, Joe Furey, and, in his last live, on-camera appearance, Jeff Martin.
February 28: Dave's dressing room
With Kathy Michalcik-Mavrakakis, Jay Johnson, Joe Furey, Beth O'Day, Leslie Namm, Jodi Ross, Collette Coleman, Vija Everons, Pami Shamir, Tom Ruprecht in his first on-camera appearance, and Chris Albers as the security page outside the dressing room. And a Barbara Gaines cameo.
April 12: Chris as a Guardian Angel with a self-defense demonstration.
Chris's first skit on Late Night from March 15-16, 1982 uploaded here: • Chris Elliott's First ...