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CheerupSilver Very Cool!!!

Dynamixor The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

Gurlyndrobb While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

treykrumel A runner up of saturday night live the comedy use to be good but now its staring to die down. its a shame because i actually still like this show and i want it to improve. in future i will expect more from this show.

buckylarue I first saw this in the late '80s when one of the San Francisco stations began running it. I then moved to Portland OR in 1990 and watched it there for 2 years. This show, along with SCTV, were the high-water marks of late night comedy shows, after SNL became oh so predictable. (To be fair, SNL has made a couple of comebacks over the many decades it has aired, and is once again quite fully. Still, what I wouldn't give to have this or SCTV back....)So anyway, this show was very relate-able to dazzling urbanites from San Francisco, and residents of a much smaller city like Portland. Anyone with a slightly warped sense of humor will enjoy this show, if you can just find it anywhere! Whoever holds the rights to this, see if Rhino or Shout Factory or Netflix or Amazon would like to add it to their lineups, please!!

hellraiser7 I always have a knack for sketch comedy because there is unlimited freedom to what kind of comedy stories to create. However for me what really make a good sketch comedy show is in both good casting and that it's heart is in the right place. This show is one of my favorite because it has both.Yeah I'm a resident of Seattle, Washington so it's easy to see why this show has a place in my heart. This show was one a show from my hometown shows I've seen and I still find it real funny. Yes it's true this show didn't have a high budget like "SNL" but to me that was part of the charm of the show. It's also true that they never had any celebrity guests but that's a good thing personally I felt they were really just a gimmick/promotion device by nature, this show didn't need stars to keep it going. It's like with a lot of those amateur films you'd see from the film company "Dead Gentlmen", they operated on a low budget but you can tell they put a great deal of effort and energy into what they done which is part of why those films are entertaining, it's likewise for this show. They used their budget and they used it wises knowing what they were doing and what they wanted. All of Washington state was practically their studio, I really love how they used the locations for most of their skits in a way this show could also be a travel program for anyone that wants to vacation in Washington State. They had scripting and content that was above average but most importantly funny. But they also had a very good cast whom weren't all popular (or at least for two had good starts)and they didn't look like pretty boys and girls but actually like everyday people and that gave the show a sense of relatability. Most importantly all of them were capable and experienced comedians, there are three that are my favorites.Pat Cashman you may remember him as the spokesman for "Taco Time" commercials but for me I've known him in this show, he was the glue of this show to me. He almost reminded me of my favorite comedian "Phil Hartman" like him he had a great comical voice and is able to play roles in disguise well, I'll explain a few of them latter.Joel McHale before he played my favorite character in one of my favorite TV show's "Community" this was where I first knew him. He always had a certain smooth smart alec sensibility or even just the sweet regular guy charm. But with both those characteristic have proved him to have almost unlimited charisma.Bill Nye I actually saw his show "Bill Nye the Science Guy" if it wasn't for that show I wouldn't of saw this one. But he's great he just has a lot of energy, colorful, and just made science actually fun, I actually learn a lot of science from him than in a regular school if you can believe that.There are lots of skits that are great, most the comedians I named were in but there's not much room so I'll just pronounce a few personal favs of mine.Uncle Fran's Musical Forest: These I found blackly hilarious because it's a dark parody on simple live kids shows turned upside down. Uncle Fran is sort of a manic depressive that always sings inappropriate songs and beats up the raccoon puppet with his guitar.Nature Walk with Chuck: This is another colorful character. He's crude, rude, but worst of all doesn't know jack squat about or even give a crap about nature. And he's assisted by the unlucky boy scout Jimmy that either gets injured or dies.COPS: This predates the TV show "Reno 911" it's just funny and bizarre, as we see the cops in different location in Washington State, it's colorful as each of these locations just seem to have different laws and crimes.Mind your Manners with Billy Quan: It's a parody on a lot of bad kung fu movies. From it's dubbing of both Billy Quan(voiced by Pat Cashman) and the idiot bad guy (voiced by John Keister). The plot is always the same where the idiot bad guy is always ruining Billy Quan's life in some way and they resort to combat. And the combat sequences are just fraking hilarious because it slapstick at it's best, each of these characters has a ridiculous amount of bizarre power moves almost as much as a shonan anime character. The most famous is the heat seeking flying kick.Unsuccessful Playwright: This is one with Pat Cashman which is a mock biography on a playwright that had not just had no success but no one showed to see one play. This to me is an example of verbal humor at his best, has it ever occurred to the playwright that it could be because of titles.Carpet Commercial: This one is my favorite from Pat Cashman because this one to me another example of verbal humor at it's best. I just love his delivery and his build up to intensity as he is saying all the different way of shut down.It's a shame the show didn't have the same life span as "SNL", I wouldn't mind if somehow this came back on again with a new generation like "Seattle Improv" or even the amateur independent film company "Dead Gentlemen" have some or all of them as cast members. The old cast members show up on occasion or specials. But this would probably never happen, it's just a thought.Almost Live is live and alive.Rating: 4 stars

goleafs84 Almost Live! actually had 2 different formats, but had one theme; Comedy. The first, was hosted by Ross Shafer (1984-88), which had a "Tonight Show" type of format; Sketch comedy, local and some national celebrity appearances and stand-up comedians were showcased, whether it be local comedians like Chris Alpine or up and comers at the time like Jerry Seinfeld or Drake Sather.After Ross left the show in 1988, to become Joan River's replacement on Fox's late night talk show, "The Late Show", John Keister took over as host.He tried to use the same talk show format, but in the summer of 1989, they changed it to all sketch comedy and the show really took off from there.What made this show great was, it was humor we in the Northwest United States could relate, enjoy and call our own. It's very rare when you see humor based on this region; Usually, shows like this are based on New York, the east coast and California (mostly Los Angeles) humor.In my humble opinion, here's my top 10 list of the best skits "Almost Live" had:10. "Grape Nuts" commercial parody. The old Grape Nuts commercial theme from the late 80's was used, but it celebrated the party animal in us.9. Ross Shafer's video "Too Many Ties" with the "Almost Live Band". Dedicated to all those who get nothing but ties for gifts.8. "Mind Your Manners With Billy Quan". Wonderful parody of all those bad Kung Fu movies of the 70's and 80's.7. "The High Five'in White Guys". Pointless, dumb, but hilarious.6. "Cops in (name of city here)". Parody of Fox's "Cops". Made fun of virtually every community in the greater Seattle area.5. "The Lame List". Dumb, but hilarious. Featured "Soundgarden".4. "Ballard Driving School". If you've been in Ballard, you'd get this.3. John Keister's April Fool's Joke Of 1989. Did a fake news bulletin, that the Space Needle fell like a chopped tree. Funny, but Keister got into a lot of trouble when people took it seriously. 2. "Ballard Vice". One of their most popular sketches. Parody of "Miami Vice". Filmed in the Ballard neighborhood. The Beginning was hilarious, when the camera chased after Canadian Geese, than the pink flamingos you see in the actual show.1. "Ballard Vice: The Movie". This 15 minute short movie featured, 2 ex-Seattle Seahawks, Hydroplane driver Chip Hanauer among the cast. Hanauer plays an "H" smuggler (halibut), ex-Seahawks Jim Zorn and Michael Jackson play the well dressed Ballard Vice officers, while John Keister and Ross Shafer play the 2 slob Ballard Vice officers.Honorable Mention: "This Here Place". Pat Cashman parodied PBS' "This Old House" and my sides would be aching from laughter every time.