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.
Almost Live! (Season 7)
Get a second chance with ‘Life Rewind’ (Episode 1)
Air date: 1990-09-29
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Get a second chance with ‘Life Rewind’; ‘The Boz: A Tribute’; Selling the station; The John Report; High-Five’N White Guys; Lynch’s Home Videos.
Working out with the Cooking Psychologist (Episode 2)
Air date: 1990-10-06
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Short passes cold open, Mind Your Manners, The 1 Minute Relationship, Working out with the Cooking Psychologist and more.
DJ/Waiter takes your order (Episode 3)
Air date: 1990-10-13
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: DJ/Waiter, Jake Johannsen standup, Middle management suck-ups, The John Report.
Bill Nye the Science Guy, Ballard Driving Academy (Episode 4)
Air date: 1990-10-20
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Norm Johnson cold open, Ballard Driving Academy, Bill Nye the Science Guy and more.
Save on healthcare at the Medical Wearhouse (Episode 5)
Air date: 1990-10-27
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Seattle’s best of cold open, speed walker, Medical Wearhouse, The John Report, Carrie Snow standup, Refrigerator magnet theater.
Boyfriend Basics and the Miracle of Sluggy (Episode 6)
Air date: 1990-11-03
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Election cold open, Mind Your Manners, Boyfriend Basics, Telephone Helper, The Miracle of Sluggy and more.
The 'Big Bill' (Episode 7)
Air date: 1990-11-10
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: High-Five'n White Guys on the Waterfront, The Bill Bill, The John Report, comedian Peter Gaulke, and Jet Guy.
COPS on Mercer Island, How to Ruin Your Thanksgiving (Episode 8)
Air date: 1990-11-17
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: The Kicker and The Screamer and The Slapper, COPS on Mercer Island, The John Report, How to Ruin Your Thanksgiving and more.
What will Dale Ellis do next? (Episode 9)
Air date: 1990-12-01
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: What stupid thing will Ellis do next?, Urban Wildlife, Critics at Large, The John Report, Elliot Max.
First 90s Christmas gift ideas (Episode 10)
Air date: 1990-12-08
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Smart Card, 90s Christmas gifts, The Worst Girlfriend in the World, The John Report and more.
Measured response or overreaction? (Episode 11)
Air date: 1990-12-15
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Measured response or overreaction, Bill Nye, A Woman’s Place, Holiday Hunk, The John Report, An OK Life.
Date with an Engineer (Episode 12)
Air date: 1991-01-12
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Frenetic Pace, Jeff Said it Would Happen, It’s a Phone, Believe it, Unbelievable Places and more.
A Day at the Office (Episode 13)
Air date: 1991-01-19
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Comprehensive comedy coverage, Beaver Cleaverhands, Urban Wildlife shorts, A Day at the Office, The John Report, WSU Trivial Pursuit, AL Special Report.
Vanishing Seattle (Episode 14)
Air date: 1991-01-26
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Jet Guy, Pout Paddle and Swellco, Vanishing Seattle, The John Report and more.
Welcome to Video Zone (Episode 15)
Air date: 1991-02-01
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Gulf War bold open, Speed Walker, NRN, Video Zone, The John Report.
Married with Badges, Video Valentine (Episode 16)
Air date: 1991-02-09
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Married with Badges, Video Valentine, Grateful Dead Travel Tours, The Ineffectual Middle Management Suck-ups and more.
The Man Behind the Desk (Episode 17)
Air date: 1991-02-16
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Mind your Manners, Things Bigger than they need to be, Naps Inc., Cheat to Win!, The Man Behind the Desk, The John Report, Curse of the Old Girlfriends.
Programming You Can't Get on Real Television (Episode 18)
Air date: 1991-03-02
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: KING is sold, High Five N White Guys, Programming You Can’t Get on Real Television and more.
Surprise appearance by A. Whitney Brown (Episode 19)
Air date: 1991-03-09
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: The Dysfunctionals, Urban Vultures, A. Whitney Brown joins the show, The John Report
Pack of Reporters (Episode 20)
Air date: 1991-03-16
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Pack of Reporters, Uncle Fran’s Musical Forest, The Institute of Talk Show Guests, Hanford Bar & Grill, The John Report.
The Thoroughly Modern Jerk (Episode 21)
Air date: 1991-03-23
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: The Thoroughly Modern Jerk, Oregon Dept. of Transportation PSA, Bill Nye Plays with Fire, The John Report.
The Family to be Feud (Episode 22)
Air date: 1991-04-06
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: The Baby Squad, Quantum Leak, Family to be Feud, Foreign Language for Males.
Welcome to Veggie Kill (Episode 23)
Air date: 1991-04-13
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Veggie Kill restaurant, A Woman’s Place, Bad Dry beer, Tax Weasels, Classic conversations, John Report.
COPS in Kent (Episode 24)
Air date: 1991-04-27
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Speed Walker, School of Advertising Copywriters, COPS in Kent, The John Report.
Guest appearance by Elliott Maxx (Episode 25)
Air date: 1991-05-04
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: High Five’n White Guys, FM 104 the Mountain, Round Table, and The John Report with guest Elliott Maxx.
Quitters of America (Episode 26)
Air date: 1991-05-11
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Mind Your Manners, Uncle Fran’s Musical Forest, Quitters of America, and more.
Bill Nye the Science Guy (Episode 27)
Air date: 1991-05-18
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Brian Bosworth in Stone Cold, Jet Guy, Urban Wildlife, Bill Nye the Science Guy. Ditzy Babe, The John Report and more.
