

30 minSeason 15 • Episode 25
LatestPhone Book Ads; The Whittler; Bill Nye the Science Guy; Late Report; Kingdome Song (1994). Cameo by Gary Locke.
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.
Writing
Sharpest local satire that somehow aged weirdly well.
Acting
John Keister's manic everyman energy carries entire sketches.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Joel McHale got his start here as a cast member in the late 90s before The Soup and Community made him famous.
The show invented 'The Seattle Way' — mocking your own city's passive-aggressiveness before it was a national stereotype.