Almost Live! (1984)
Almost Live! was a local sketch comedy television show in Seattle, Washington, USA, produced and broadcast by NBC affiliate KING-TV from 1984 to 1999. A re-packaged version of the show also aired on Comedy Central from 1992 to 1993, and episodes aired on WGRZ-TV in the late 1990s. The show was broadcast on Saturday nights at 11:30, pushing Saturday Night Live back to midnight. The show is now aired in reruns by the Seattle NBC affiliate following Saturday Night Live.
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Episode 1 - Pat Cashman Demands An Open Air Studio
Release Date: 1995-09-23Pat Cashman demands an open air studio; Sequel Pictures presents Fall Movies; 1st Annual post Jerry Garcia Grateful Dead Convention; The Late Report; Puyallup Fair vendors
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Episode 2 - John's Jean Ad
Release Date: 1995-09-30John's Jean Ad; OJ trial; Almost Live Training Film No. 7 - How to Host a Garage Sale; Sales are down, any ideas?; Courtney Love PSA (1); The Late Report; Courtney Love PSA (2)
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Episode 3 - Messages from the Boeing Machinists and Management
Release Date: 1995-10-07Messages from the Boeing Machinists and Management; Mariners back playing in Seattle; Roscoe's Oriental Rug Emporium Big Huge Grand Re-Opening; Pike St. or Pine St.; The Late Report; Gothic
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Episode 4 - Message From Boeing Management
Release Date: 1995-10-14Message From Boeing Management; Mariners - old fans and new fans; High Five'n White Guys Catch Mariner Fever!; Miracle Meat!; Remembering at a funeral; The John Report; The Lame List or What's Weak This Week
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Episode 5 - Look Deep Into My Eyes
Release Date: 1995-10-28Look Deep Into My Eyes; Last minute costume ideas; Bill and Tom's Embalming Place and Cremation Hut; Public Service Announcement; Book Beat; The Late Report; Joy of Painting
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Episode 6 - Wrestling With Richard Simmons
Release Date: 1995-11-04Wrestling With Richard Simmons; Putting Halloween behind you; Ads for initiatives to vote on; A Conversation with Harper Putnam America's Least Successful Playwright; The Late Report; "Assassins" Seattle trailer
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Episode 7 - John Drops His Candidacy
Release Date: 1995-11-11John drops his candidacy for the 1996 presidential election; Early warning signs of a flood; Copycat; Hghphra! beer; Chatting in the vasectomy waiting room; The Late Report; Commentary
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Episode 8 - Dole and Gingrich Government Shutdown
Release Date: 1995-11-18Dole and Gingrich government shutdown; If Boeing and McDonalds Merged; Goldenbutt; Man on the Street (1); Nordstrom return policy; Today Tonight - via satellite; Man on the Street (2); The Late Report; Man on the Street (3)
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Episode 9 - Sultanvision
Release Date: 1995-12-02Almost Live! brought to you in "Sultanvision"; Chip Hanauer gives tips fro driving on the water; Give me Back My Wee Wippy Yooo The Beth Hanes Story; The Lame List or What's Weak this Week; Fluorocarbon spokesman; The Late Report
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Episode 10 - It's A Wonderful But Unlikely Possibility
Release Date: 1995-12-16It's A Wonderful But Unlikely Possibility; Uncle Fran's Greatest Hits; Hunting accident; The Grateful Dead Holiday Show; The Late Report; Truck stop
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Episode 11 - Funding Falls Through
Release Date: 1996-01-06Funding falls through; Psychic Bob 1996 Predictions; "Hey Lenny, have you ever...?"; Today Tonight; The Cake Dancer; The Late Report; BeBo Brand Super Thick Deluxe
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Episode 12 - THX
Release Date: 1996-01-13THX; Telling apart liberals and conservatives; Motorola Megaphone; Here Comes the Groom...and Boy is He Stupid!; dts; The Late Report; In a Nutshell
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Episode 13 - Winter Storm '96 Weather Update
Release Date: 1996-01-20Winter Storm '96 Weather Update; It's in the Mail: A paid advertisement for US Bell Long Distance; The Late Report; Big Billy's
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Episode 14 - The Joy of Painting the Seattle Skyline
Release Date: 1996-01-27The joy of Painting the Seattle Skyline; State of the Union highlights; Sports commentators speculating; Uncle Fran's Superbowl Fun Fact (1); State of the Household Address; Uncle Fran's Superbowl Fun Fact (2); The Late Report; Uncle Fran's Superbowl Fun Fact (3)
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Episode 15 - A Message from Seattle Seahawks Owner Ken Behring
Release Date: 1996-02-03A Message from Seattle Seahawks Owner Ken Behring; Canine Legal Clinic; Depressed psychiatrist; The Late Report; The Lesson; Another statement from Ken Behring
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Episode 16 - Steve Wilson's Apology to Behring
Release Date: 1996-02-10Steve Wilson's Apology to Behring; Confusing weather for the past week; Danger Date; Man on the Street (1); The king meets the palace staff; Valentine's Day gift ideas; Man on the Street (2); The Late Report; Man on the Street (3)
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Episode 17 - I Love You Man
Release Date: 1996-02-17I Love You Man; John is 40; Oak Palace Furniture; "You have something stuck there", Me!; The Late Report; The Joy of Painting
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Episode 18 - Dumping on Brooks
Release Date: 1996-02-24Dumping on Brooks; Meeting of the company safety committee; "What do you think about my ears?"; The Late Report; Phony Foods
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Episode 19 - Ken Behring's Return to Seattle
Release Date: 1996-03-23Ken Behring's Return to Seattle; RV B-Gon; "You checked her out!'; Kingdom Kookin'; The Late Report; The Lame List or What's Weak this Week
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Episode 20 - Gilbey's British Beef Hotdogs
Release Date: 1996-03-30Gilbey's British Beef Hotdogs; Ways to Discourage Sea Lions; Almost Live Training Film No. 73 - How to Start a Company Softball Team; Office interrelations workshop; The Late Report; "There's nothing better then a good honk"
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Episode 21 - Joy of Painting - Unibomber
Release Date: 1996-04-06Joy of Painting - Unibomber; HMO Express; Focus on Education; The Late Report; Bill Dugan's Flame Restaurant Poetry Night
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Episode 22 - Brooks' Offer to Women of Washington
Release Date: 1996-04-20Brooks' Offer to Women of Washington; "Hey Lenny, what ya doing Lenny?"; King County Counsel Meeting April 15th, 1996; The Late Report; A very confused meeting
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Episode 23 - John Can't Read
Release Date: 1996-04-27John Can't Read; Good Teacher/Bad Teacher; Music from Garth Clinton; "What do you mean by that?"; The Late Report; The Bra Club
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Episode 24 - Earthquake '96 Update
Release Date: 1996-05-04Earthquake '96 Update; "I'm kinda not eating meat right now"; Bill Nye the Science Guy; The Late Report; Today Tonight
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Episode 25 - Twister
Release Date: 1996-05-11Twister; For/Opposed to the Commons; Last Horizons; Pitchman wingman; Replacement sports commentator; The Late Report; Help to stop smoking;
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Episode 26 - Information Services on The Sonics
Release Date: 1996-05-18Information Services on The Sonics; Other Seattle Magazine Features; Mind our Manors with Billy Quan in Blades of Fury; Hot Talk radio; The Late Report; Special K moment