About this season
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.
Episodes (26)
1. Grateful Dead Convention
Aired 23 September 1995 • 30 min
Talk With Pat; Sequel Pictures Summer Movies; Grateful Dead Convention; Absentee Voters; Late Report; Puyallup Fair Vendors.
2. Staff Meeting With Murderers
Aired 30 September 1995 • 30 min
O.J. Simpson Trial Terminology; How to Hold a Garage Sale; Courtney Love PSA; The Late Report; Mariners Merchandise.
3. Is It Pike or Pine? Game Show
Aired 7 October 1995 • 30 min
Messages Between Boeing and Machinists Union; Roscoe’s Oriental Rug Emporium; Late Report; Gotchic Laundry Detergent.
4. High-Fiven’ White Guys Catch Mariner Fever!
Aired 14 October 1995 • 30 min
Boeing Managers in the Factory; High-Fiven’ White Guys Catch Mariner Fever; Miracle Meat; Late Report; The Lame List.
5. Seattle Halloween Costumes
Aired 28 October 1995 • 30 min
Seattle Halloween Costumes; Bill & Tom’s Embalming Palace and Cremation Hut; I’ll Call You; Book Beat; The Late Report.
6. Post Halloween Recipes
Aired 4 November 1995 • 30 min
Wrestling with Richard Simmons; Post Halloween Recipes; Ballot Initiatives; Sold Out; The Late Report; Assassins Movie Redub.
7. Seventh Vasectomy
Aired 11 November 1995 • 30 min
Keister NOT Running For President; Copycat Movie Trailer; Hghphraa! Beer; The Late Report; Black Jeopardy.
8. Jim Carrey as James Bond 007
Aired 18 November 1995 • 30 min
Jim Carrey as James Bond; Nordstrom Returns; Today Tonight: Beatles Expert; The Late Report. Joel McHale, Bill Nye guest.
9. Fluorocarbon Council Q&A
Aired 2 December 1995 • 30 min
Alien Abductee Movie; The Lame List; Fluorocarbon Council Q&A; The Late Report. Hydroplane racer Chip Hanauer guest stars.
10. Uncle Fran’s Greatest Hits
Aired 16 December 1995 • 30 min
Smokey the Bear Killer; The Grateful Gourmet Holiday Show; The Late Report; Joel’s Christmas Gift Ideas; Tree Hugger.
11. Psychic Bob’s 1996 Predictions
Aired 6 January 1996 • 30 min
Psychic Bob’s 1996 Predictions; Lenny & Ernie; Today Tonight: Think Positive and Win; The Cake Dancer; The Late Report.
12. Here Comes the Groom
Aired 13 January 1996 • 30 min
THX Sound; State of the State Address; Motorola Megaphone; Here Comes the Groom; The Late Report; In a Nutshell.
13. It's In The Mail!
Aired 20 January 1996 • 30 min
Winter Storm ’96; It’s In The Mail; US Bell Long Distance Talk; The Late Report; Big Billy’s Big Bucket.
14. State of the Household Address
Aired 27 January 1996 • 30 min
Joy of Painting; Football Injury Commentary; Uncle Fran’s Fun Facts; State of the Household Address; The Late Report.
15. Reverse Psychologist
Aired 3 February 1996 • 30 min
Ken Behring Puppet; Dog Lawyers; Reverse Psychologist; The Late Report; Bigfoot in Studio; The Lesson: Mariners & Seahawks.
16. Danger Date
Aired 10 February 1996 • 30 min
Intern Weather Recap; Danger Date; Man on the Street; Meeting With the King; Valentine’s Day Gifts.
17. Me! with Dave Grohl
Aired 17 February 1996 • 30 min
I Love You, Man; The Oak Palace; Awkward Blind Date; Me! with Dave Grohl; The Late Report; Joy of Painting.
18. Dumping on the Intern
Aired 24 February 1996 • 30 min
Dumping on the Intern, Brooks; Dangerous Door Warning; Awkward Job Interview; The Late Report; Phony Foods.
19. Kingdome Kookin' with Big Jim
Aired 23 March 1996 • 30 min
RV B-GON; Checking Out the Waitress; Kingdome Kookin' with Big Jim Liebhart; The Late Report; The Lame List.
20. Company Softball Team
Aired 30 March 1996 • 30 min
Company Softball Team; Dysfunctional Office Workshop; The Late Report; Honking.
21. HMO Express
Aired 6 April 1996 • 30 min
Joy of Painting; HMO Express; Focus on Education; The Late Report; Poetry Night.
22. Lenny & Ernie
Aired 20 April 1996 • 30 min
Have Sex with Brooks; Lenny & Ernie Home Invasion; King County Council Logo Ideas; The Late Report; Corporate Jargon.
23. Keister Learns How to Read
Aired 27 April 1996 • 30 min
Keister Learns How to Read; Garth Clint is Movin’ On; Arguing Sports Fans; The Late Report; Puppet Ransom; The Bra Club.
24. Bill Nye’s Rubber Band of Science
Aired 4 May 1996 • 30 min
Earthquake ‘96; Vegetarian Conversion; Bill Nye the Science Guy Returns; The Late Report; Today Tonight: Psychedelic Toad.
25. Last Horizons Retirement Home
Aired 11 May 1996 • 30 min
Twister Movie Trailer; TV Pitch People; Bad Baseball Commentator; The Late Report; Quit Smoking Guaranteed.
26. Mind Your Manners with Billy Quan
Aired 18 May 1996 • 30 min
Sonics Overdub; Mind Your Manners with Billy Quan; Hot Talk Radio Show; The Late Report; William Wallace; Special K Body.