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