Hello Sister, Goodbye Life is a 2006 ABC Family original comedy-drama television film based on novelist Claire Scovell LaZebnik's book, Same as It Never Was. Starring Lacey Chabert as Olivia, Wendie Malick as Barbara, Adam Kaufman as Joe, Sammi Hanratty as Celia, David Ramsey as Dennis, Keith Flippen as Mr. Calhoon, Mitch Laurance as Richard, Erin Fisk as Alicia, Amanda Baker as Betsy, Yvette Sirker as Rosivel, and Hunter Whitlow as Yale.