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Almost Live!
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Almost Live!

1984
Almost Live!
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Almost Live!

8.8 | en | Comedy

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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EP25  Safeco Field of Dreams
May. 22,1999
Safeco Field of Dreams

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EP24  Steve Wilson Reports From Neah Bay
May. 15,1999
Steve Wilson Reports From Neah Bay

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EP23  Here Come The Supersonics
May. 08,1999
Here Come The Supersonics

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EP22  Ratings Ploy Contest
May. 01,1999
Ratings Ploy Contest

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EP21  Here Come The Brides
Apr. 10,1999
Here Come The Brides

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EP20  Daylight Savings: Cashman Jumps Off Roof
Apr. 03,1999
Daylight Savings: Cashman Jumps Off Roof

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EP19  Pointless Oscar Dance Number
Mar. 27,1999
Pointless Oscar Dance Number

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EP18  The Bluest Skies Record Smashed
Feb. 27,1999
The Bluest Skies Record Smashed

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EP17  ADD Jeopardy
Feb. 20,1999
ADD Jeopardy

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EP16  Oregon Bureau of Tourism
Feb. 13,1999
Oregon Bureau of Tourism

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EP15  The Stick Pin Murderer
Feb. 06,1999
The Stick Pin Murderer

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EP14  Jeff Renner's Magic Weather Button
Jan. 30,1999
Jeff Renner's Magic Weather Button

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EP13  Clinton Introducing Janet Reno
Jan. 23,1999
Clinton Introducing Janet Reno

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EP12  Michael Jordan for Almost Live!
Jan. 16,1999
Michael Jordan for Almost Live!

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EP11  Impeachment Hearings
Jan. 09,1999
Impeachment Hearings

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EP10  The Butt Cracker
Dec. 12,1998
The Butt Cracker

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EP9  Psycho Barbie
Dec. 05,1998
Psycho Barbie

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EP8  Special Report on Power Outage
Nov. 21,1998
Special Report on Power Outage

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EP7  Boeing Aircraft Company
Nov. 14,1998
Boeing Aircraft Company

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EP6  A Message from Sen. Patty Murray
Nov. 07,1998
A Message from Sen. Patty Murray

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EP5  Musical: RENTon
Oct. 24,1998
Musical: RENTon

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EP4  World Series 2026
Oct. 17,1998
World Series 2026

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EP3  The 18-Inch Rule
Oct. 10,1998
The 18-Inch Rule

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EP2  Fool Guesser at Fair
Oct. 03,1998
Fool Guesser at Fair

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EP1  Almost Live! Fan Club Reunion
Sep. 26,1998
Almost Live! Fan Club Reunion

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8.8 | en | Comedy | More Info
Released: 1984-09-23 | Released Producted By: , Country: United States of America Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website:
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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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Wizard-8 I also would like to take to task the user comment that claimed that the humor of the show "Almost Live!" was too Seattle-based to appeal to people that lived outside of the area. I live in British Columbia, Canada, and I found the humor of the show hysterical. You did not have to live in Seattle to understand the jokes. For example, there was one sketch called "The Streetwalking Lawyers Of Aurora Avenue", which depicted out-of-work lawyers making a living by offering their services on the side of the road. From that sketch, I could conclude with confidence that the real Aurora Avenue in Seattle was plagued with prostitutes. Further proof that the humor on the show could appeal to outsiders was the little-known fact that the scripts for the show were sold to a German TV show and recreated there for German audiences.It was a sad day when this show was cancelled. Though part of me would love the show to be revived, the cast is now probably too old. Though maybe they could mentor a new cast and writers.
tobisteiner62 NOTE: Though I checked the "Contains Spoiler" box, I have no intention of posting said spoilers, nor indeed any clear idea what would constitute a spoiler on a program of this sort. Call it a precaution...or insurance. ;-)To the posters who claim that AL was too Seattle-centric to appeal to non-Washingtonians, I (Tobi) wish to state that my sister and I are both native-born Californians who have never set foot in Washington State, let alone in Seattle, and we LOOOOVE this show! I saw some episodes on Comedy Central, back when that network still showed really funny stuff much of the time, but when my sister sent me some VHS tapes of AL she had painstakingly made from her local cable channel, I played those suckers to *death*. Since I had two little boys back then (mid-'90's), my husband and I were pretty selective as to what we watched in their presence (I would fast-forward past "Worst Girlfriend in the World" for example), but you can bet we all got a huge charge out of such hilarious fare as "High-Fivin' White Guys", "D.J. Waiter", "Speedwalker", "Mind Your Manners With Billy Kwan/Quan" and "The Lame List"--imagine if you will a six-year-old solemnly quoting "Mired in a sweaty mass of lameness", while his two-year old brother was hair-tossing and chanting "Yame! Yame! Yame!" (Pardon the digression, but I feel I should point out that their father and I reared our boys on the Masters of Comedy: e.g., Stan Freberg, Spike Jones, early Bill Cosby and George Carlin, Jay Ward & Company... the finest of the classics.) It's a crying shame that while SNL continues its run unabated, and automatically gets archived on DVD, we fans of AL have to make do with deteriorating VHS tapes and YouTube clips--grateful as I am to have both of those. Here's hoping that NetFlix and/or KING-5 will release DVDs of AL *soon*, so that my younger son can brush up on his "Lame List" impressions before he heads off to college. *Sigh*
thekaj As a native Washingtonian who grew up to Almost Live! the thing that worked best for me was that the show was basically one big inside joke for those of us who knew the area. Sadly, this is why the show really wasn't all that funny in syndication. When I met out of state residents at college, I would insist that they watch the show in order to understand the area. That way, they could learn that Scandinavians live in Ballard, yuppies live on the East Side, and rednecks live in the South End. These are vital things to know!!! It's no small coincidence that Almost Live ended up coming out with a guide to the northwest video.It was always great to watch this show before SNL, and take pride in the fact that a bunch of local talent consistantly creamed the pathetic attempts at comedy produced by the national "talent" in New York. I just wish KING TV wouldn't have decided to pull the plug on the show (it was making money, but they wanted to make MORE money), and that stars like John Keister and Pat Cashman would have been able to springboard into the national scene to share their talent with the rest of the country.
RiotStar-2 I have grown up in the Seattle area, and my daddy weaned me on "Almost Live." Consistently funny, great timing, and some truly inspired skits make for great Saturday evening viewing. I have been known to leave parties to come home and watch it, then go back. The local NBC affiliate that shows it, KING 5, airs "AL!" at 11:35pm, then "Saturday Night Live" at 12:05am. In my almost 15 years of watching "Almost Live", I have never seen it resort to the 'dick and fart jokes' that I saw on SNL time and time again. There are so many things in the Seattle area to make fun of (Kent, Lynnwood, Ballard, the entire east side of Lake Washington), there's no reason to fall into toilet humor as the more recent years of SNL did. I guarantee that any way you can get ahold of an episode of "Almost Live", it will be worth it, a million times worth it.

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