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Almost Live!

Season 12 1995 - 1996
TV-14

  • 1995-09-23T04:00:00Z on KING-TV
  • 25m
  • 13h (26 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • Comedy
Almost Live! was a local talk, and later sketch comedy, television show in Seattle, Washington, USA, produced and broadcast by NBC affiliate KING-TV from 1984 to 1999. It was originally a talk show (with some sketch comedy) hosted by Ross Shaffer. In it's sixth season, John Keister become the host and the show was revamped as a sketch comedy series and kept that format until it's cancellation in 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 still airs in reruns on both KING-TV and KONG-TV (KING-TV's sister station) following Saturday Night Live. Follow up series are "The John Report with Bob" (2001) (KIRO-TV) and "The 206" (2013) (KING-TV).

26 episodes

Season Premiere

1995-09-23T04:00:00Z

12x01 Pat Cashman demands an open air studio

Season Premiere

12x01 Pat Cashman demands an open air studio

  • 1995-09-23T04:00:00Z30m

Pat Cashman demands an open air studio; Sequel Pictures presents Fall Movies; 1st Annual post Jerry Garcia Grateful Dead Convention; The Late Report; Puyallup Fair vendors

1995-09-30T04:00:00Z

12x02 John's Jean Ad

12x02 John's Jean Ad

  • 1995-09-30T04:00:00Z30m

John's Jean Ad; OJ trial; Almost Live Training Film No. 7 - How to Host a Garage Sale; Sales are down, any ideas?; Courtney Love PSA (1); The Late Report; Courtney Love PSA (2)

Messages from the Boeing Machinists and Management; Mariners back playing in Seattle; Roscoe's Oriental Rug Emporium Big Huge Grand Re-Opening; Pike St. or Pine St.; The Late Report; Gothic

12x04 Message From Boeing Management

  • 1995-10-14T04:00:00Z30m

Message From Boeing Management; Mariners - old fans and new fans; High Five'n White Guys Catch Mariner Fever!; Miracle Meat!; Remembering at a funeral; The John Report; The Lame List or What's Weak This Week

1995-10-28T04:00:00Z

12x05 Look Deep Into My Eyes

12x05 Look Deep Into My Eyes

  • 1995-10-28T04:00:00Z30m

Look Deep Into My Eyes; Last minute costume ideas; Bill and Tom's Embalming Place and Cremation Hut; Public Service Announcement; Book Beat; The Late Report; Joy of Painting

12x06 Wrestling With Richard Simmons

  • 1995-11-04T05:00:00Z30m

Wrestling With Richard Simmons; Putting Halloween behind you; Ads for initiatives to vote on; A Conversation with Harper Putnam America's Least Successful Playwright; The Late Report; "Assassins" Seattle trailer

1995-11-11T05:00:00Z

12x07 John Drops His Candidacy

12x07 John Drops His Candidacy

  • 1995-11-11T05:00:00Z30m

John drops his candidacy for the 1996 presidential election; Early warning signs of a flood; Copycat; Hghphra! beer; Chatting in the vasectomy waiting room; The Late Report; Commentary

Dole and Gingrich government shutdown; If Boeing and McDonalds Merged; Goldenbutt; Man on the Street (1); Nordstrom return policy; Today Tonight - via satellite; Man on the Street (2); The Late Report; Man on the Street (3)

1995-12-02T05:00:00Z

12x09 Sultanvision

12x09 Sultanvision

  • 1995-12-02T05:00:00Z30m

Almost Live! brought to you in "Sultanvision"; Chip Hanauer gives tips fro driving on the water; Give me Back My Wee Wippy Yooo The Beth Hanes Story; The Lame List or What's Weak this Week; Fluorocarbon spokesman; The Late Report

It's A Wonderful But Unlikely Possibility; Uncle Fran's Greatest Hits; Hunting accident; The Grateful Dead Holiday Show; The Late Report; Truck stop

1996-01-06T05:00:00Z

12x11 Funding Falls Through

12x11 Funding Falls Through

  • 1996-01-06T05:00:00Z30m

Funding falls through; Psychic Bob 1996 Predictions; "Hey Lenny, have you ever...?"; Today Tonight; The Cake Dancer; The Late Report; BeBo Brand Super Thick Deluxe

1996-01-13T05:00:00Z

12x12 THX

12x12 THX

  • 1996-01-13T05:00:00Z30m

THX; Telling apart liberals and conservatives; Motorola Megaphone; Here Comes the Groom...and Boy is He Stupid!; dts; The Late Report; In a Nutshell

Winter Storm '96 Weather Update; It's in the Mail: A paid advertisement for US Bell Long Distance; The Late Report; Big Billy's

The joy of Painting the Seattle Skyline; State of the Union highlights; Sports commentators speculating; Uncle Fran's Superbowl Fun Fact (1); State of the Household Address; Uncle Fran's Superbowl Fun Fact (2); The Late Report; Uncle Fran's Superbowl Fun Fact (3)

A Message from Seattle Seahawks Owner Ken Behring; Canine Legal Clinic; Depressed psychiatrist; The Late Report; The Lesson; Another statement from Ken Behring

Steve Wilson's Apology to Behring; Confusing weather for the past week; Danger Date; Man on the Street (1); The king meets the palace staff; Valentine's Day gift ideas; Man on the Street (2); The Late Report; Man on the Street (3)

1996-02-17T05:00:00Z

12x17 I Love You Man

12x17 I Love You Man

  • 1996-02-17T05:00:00Z30m

I Love You Man; John is 40; Oak Palace Furniture; "You have something stuck there", Me!; The Late Report; The Joy of Painting

1996-02-24T05:00:00Z

12x18 Dumping on Brooks

12x18 Dumping on Brooks

  • 1996-02-24T05:00:00Z30m

Dumping on Brooks; Meeting of the company safety committee; "What do you think about my ears?"; The Late Report; Phony Foods

Ken Behring's Return to Seattle; RV B-Gon; "You checked her out!'; Kingdom Kookin'; The Late Report; The Lame Lsit or What's Weak thsi Week

12x20 Gilbey's British Beef Hotdogs

  • 1996-03-30T05:00:00Z30m

Gilbey's British Beef Hotdogs; Ways to Discourage Sea Lions; Almost Live Training Film No. 73 - How to Start a Company Softball Team; Office interrelations workshop; The Late Report; "There's nothing better then a good honk"

12x21 Joy of Painting - Unibomber

  • 1996-04-06T05:00:00Z30m

Joy of Painting - Unibomber; HMO Express; Focus on Education; The Late Report; Bill Dugan's Flame Restaurant Poetry Night

Brooks' Offer to Women of Washington; "Hey Lenny, what ya doing Lenny?"; King County Counsel Meeting April 15th, 1996; The Late Report; A very confused meeting

1996-04-27T04:00:00Z

12x23 John Can't Read

12x23 John Can't Read

  • 1996-04-27T04:00:00Z30m

John Can't Read; Good Teacher/Bad Teacher; Music from Garth Clinton; "What do you mean by that?"; The Late Report; The Bra Club

1996-05-04T04:00:00Z

12x24 Earthquake '96 Update

12x24 Earthquake '96 Update

  • 1996-05-04T04:00:00Z30m

Earthquake '96 Update; "I'm kinda not eating meat right now"; Bill Nye the Science Guy; The Late Report; Today Tonight

1996-05-11T04:00:00Z

12x25 Twister

12x25 Twister

  • 1996-05-11T04:00:00Z30m

Twister; For/Opposed to the Commons; Last Horizons; Pitchman wingman; Replacement sports commentator; The Late Report; Help to stop smoking;

Season Finale

1996-05-18T04:00:00Z

12x26 Information Services on The Sonics

Season Finale

12x26 Information Services on The Sonics

  • 1996-05-18T04:00:00Z30m

Information Services on The Sonics; Other Seattle Magazine Features; Mind our Manors with Billy Quan in Blades of Fury; Hot Talk radio; The Late Report; Special K moment

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