Almost Live! 

A mixture of skit comedy and stand-up from a Seattle-based group of performers. Skits tended to focus on social issues, such as "The Worst Girlfriend in the World". One regular feature was ... See full summary »

Stars:

Tracey Conway, Pat Cashman, Nancy Guppy

Cast

Series cast summary:
Tracey Conway	...	Various 2 episodes, 1996
Pat Cashman	...	Various 2 episodes, 1996
Nancy Guppy	...	Various 2 episodes, 1996
Steve Wilson	...	Various 2 episodes, 1996
Bill Stainton	...	Various 2 episodes, 1996
Bob Nelson	...	Various 2 episodes, 1996
John Keister	...	Various 2 episodes, 1996
Joel McHale	...	Various 2 episodes, 1996

Storyline

A mixture of skit comedy and stand-up from a Seattle-based group of performers. Skits tended to focus on social issues, such as "The Worst Girlfriend in the World". One regular feature was "Mind Your Manners, with Billy Quan", in which Quan would demonstrate proper behavior by beating the living daylights out of rude people.

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Plot Keywords:

local tv | seattle washington | sketch comedy | 

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

23 September 1984 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Seattle, Washington, USA

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Almost Live! (1984) originally began its 6:00 PM Sunday evening run as a show called "REV" ("Rock Entertainment Videos"), a local showcase for music videos and live performances in the early days of MTV. It eventually evolved a talk show format with host Ross Shafer, still focusing on music with a few comedy acts. As the show shifted more toward comedy, it officially became Almost Live! (1984).

User Reviews

The best American comedy show of recent years

I have grown up in the Seattle area, and my daddy weaned me on "Almost Live." Consistently funny, great timing, and some truly inspired skits make for great Saturday evening viewing. I have been known to leave parties to come home and watch it, then go back. The local NBC affiliate that shows it, KING 5, airs "AL!" at 11:35pm, then "Saturday Night Live" at 12:05am. In my almost 15 years of watching "Almost Live", I have never seen it resort to the 'dick and fart jokes' that I saw on SNL time and time again. There are so many things in the Seattle area to make fun of (Kent, Lynnwood, Ballard, the entire east side of Lake Washington), there's no reason to fall into toilet humor as the more recent years of SNL did. I guarantee that any way you can get ahold of an episode of "Almost Live", it will be worth it, a million times worth it.