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, as Mr. Calhoon, as Richard, as Alicia, Amanda Baker as Betsy, as Rosivel, and as Yale.