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 - Sitizens To Save Selig
Release Date: 1989-09-23Sitizens To Save Selig, Message from Mayoral Candidate Doug Jewett; Expresso Letter Express; Delay of monologue; Shame of Seattle; Voyager II Transmission; Bill Nye is William Shattner; College is starting; College speak visual aid; Needle recycling
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Episode 2 - Almost Live! Training Film Number 14
Release Date: 1989-09-30Almost Live! Training Film Number 14 - Ordering pizza at half-time; Almost Live! BBQ from Tacoma; Mind Your Manners with Billy Quan in Fumes of Fury; Too much; Bill Nye the Science Guy - egg drop; This Here Place; This is your brain in a frying pan
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Episode 3 - Robert Skagit Defends Boeing Scabs
Release Date: 1989-10-07 -
Episode 4 - Students Missing from Seattle Schools
Release Date: 1989-10-14 -
Episode 5 - Martin Selig Building Salesman
Release Date: 1989-10-21 -
Episode 6 - Look Deep Into My Eyes
Release Date: 1989-10-28 -
Episode 7 - Doug Jewett and Norm Rice
Release Date: 1989-11-04Doug Jewett and Norm Rice; The Almost Live! political job guide; Speed Walker vs. the King Dome Bomber; The Boeing negations continue...; Uncle Buzz; The lame List or What's Weak this Week
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Episode 8 - Norm Rice New Mayor
Release Date: 1989-11-11 -
Episode 9 - Bill Stainton on the Fall of the Berlin Wall
Release Date: 1989-11-18 -
Episode 10 - Seahawks Locker Room
Release Date: 1989-12-02 -
Episode 11 - Chuck Knox as Santa Claus
Release Date: 1989-12-09 -
Episode 12 - Keister and Dad on when he first hosted Almost Live!
Release Date: 1990-01-13 -
Episode 13 - KING 5 News covers for Almost Live!
Release Date: 1990-01-20 -
Episode 14 - Fun Bus to Idaho
Release Date: 1990-01-27The Fun Bus to Idaho for teens; Speed Walker saves the Space Needle from being stolen; The Pre-Pre-Pre-Game Show for Super Bowl XXIV; Special guest Andy J. "Frogman" Koffman shows of his giant jumping frogs; Almost Live's 70's Challenge
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Episode 15 - Episode 15
Release Date: 1990-02-03 -
Episode 16 - ASU Coach and Pullman Rebuttal
Release Date: 1990-02-10 -
Episode 17 - Bush Press Conference
Release Date: 1990-02-17 -
Episode 18 - Norman Nordstrom
Release Date: 1990-02-24Norman Nordstrom and unpaid employees; John's car is stolen; Almost Live's newest sponsor is Ed's Express!; The Zeppelin's Institute; America's favorite game show, "The Answer is Ball!"; The Nikareebadita; Don't put your brain in a frying pan; Real Life Phone Systems; The Almost Live Home Version; The new action adventure series Flyin' Low
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Episode 19 - Copyright Warning for Almost Live! Tapes
Release Date: 1990-03-03Almost Live copywriter disclaimer; World record attempt at imitating the In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida drum solo; Mind Your Manners with Billy Quan - Five Iron of Death; Bill Nye the Science Guy; The Ineffectual Middle Management Suck-Ups; Flyin' Low - Out of the Fryin' Pan
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Episode 20 - Depressed Setup Man
Release Date: 1990-04-14The Almost Live audience warm-up guy; Celebrate National Cadillac Week; Movie Mates; Performance by The Flying Karamazov Brothers; An Editorial Response; The John Report; Five Clerks
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Episode 21 - Keister on Earth Day
Release Date: 1990-04-21Almost Live on Earth Day, 1990 Census results; DJ/MD; The Earth Day Debate; Cancelled Reebok vs Nike campaign; The John Report; The Adventures of the Little Red Car
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Episode 22 - Robin Leach Holding a Plastic Alligator
Release Date: 1990-04-28And Now, Robin Leach Holding a Plastic Alligator; Student Suggestions; Speed Walker vs the Pike Place pilferer; Comedian Diane Ford; Spaceman Doug; The Jon Report; Psycho Sushi
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Episode 23 - Doomsday Speech
Release Date: 1990-05-05Doomsday announcement; Medical convention seminars; The High-Five'n White Guys Day Off; The Ineffectual Middle Management Suck-Ups; The John Report; The Car Counselors; Comedian Jan Barret; The Lame List or What's Weak this Week
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Episode 24 - John's Mom In Greenroom
Release Date: 1990-05-12John Kester's mom waits in the greenroom; Trading water to California; The Last Northwesterner; Checking on mom; Bill Nye the Science Guy; Folk Songs of the Seattle Mariners; The John Report; Flyin' Low in Flyin' High;
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Episode 25 - Kingdog Rebuttal
Release Date: 1990-05-19A rebuttal on Kingdogs; How to Appreciate Your Metro Driver; Mind Your Manners With Billy Quan in 8 Ball of Fury; The Hunter-Gatherer Report; This Here Place; The John Report; Twin Teepees
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Episode 26 - Random Personality PSA
Release Date: 1990-05-26Random Personality PSA; Money Can and Can't; Almost Live Training Film No. 32 - How Guys Barbeque; RoboSlug; The John Report; Comedian Peter Gaulke; Flyin' Low - Nothin' But Blue Sky