Specials

1. Almost Live Roasts The Seahawks

30m

2. Post Seattle Earthquake Episode 1995

30m

3. Bill Clinton Special

30m

4. Blizzard 1996

30m

5. Almost Live! Reunion Special

30m

Joel McHale comes back to King TV, travels back to 1988 and changes the future by cancelling Almost Live; A few highlight sketches from the show history; Sprintel Cellular Talk; Bill Nye the Science Guy; A message from Ed Wyatt; Almost Live recurring Sketches; The Late Report; Cast Favorite sketches; What's Your Seattle IQ?

6. Almost Live! vs the Media

30m

Almost Live takes a look at television, the movies, and radio. There is nothing wrong with your television set: A quiz on your media IQ; Seattle School of Media; Monday on A Woman's Place; nerdysomething; COPS in Kent; French Vanilla Cafe; PBS Pledge Drive; Tuesday on A Woman's Place; Date With an Engineer; Movie Mates; Good Buzz Malt Liquor; Frenetic Pace; A fired pack of TV news reporters; Wednesday on A Woman's Place; DJ Dentist; Looking at very specific magazines

7. Almost Live! vs. the Northwest

30m

Almost Live takes a look back at skits about the Northwest. The Northwest Nature; Ballard Driving Academy; The Last Northwesterner; Bill Nye the Science Guy; COPS on Mercer Island; A look inside Broadmore; The Almost Live spring fashion look of 1991; Seattle's Most Wanted; Vanishing Seattle

8. Almost Live! Presents The Battle of the Sexes

30m

A look at various sketches about the men vs women relationship. Bill Nye the Science Guy explains the battle of the sexes with chemistry; Differences Between Men and Women; So You're Single...; Subtitle Theater Presents the Relationship Part 1 The First Date; What Women Look For; The Male Clinic; Subtitle Theater Presents the Relationship Part 2 The First Sex; What Men Look For; The Female Clinic; Subtitle Theater Presents the Relationship Part 3 The First Fight; Date of he Month Club; Classic Conversations No. 236 "Can I See Jill"; Subtitle Theater Presents the Relationship Part 4 The Fist Week of Marriage; Boyfriend+Girlfriend Basics; Subtitle Theater Presents the Relationship Part 5 The First Week of Marriage Counseling; The Worst Girlfriend in the World - Three more guys get messed up and go into therapy...; Subtitle Theater Presents the Relationship Part 6 The First Meeting After the Divorce; Jerk-A-Derm;

9. Almost Live! The Viewers' Choice Special

30m

A selection of the best skits from 1992 as chosen by the viewers. Involuntary Bungee Jumping; Mind Your Manners With Billy Quan - Rackets of Fury; The High-Five'n White Guys in Canada; 1-800-HOOKERS; The Ineffectual Middle Management Suck-Ups; The Columbia Institute of Carnival Ride Operators; Fallen Stars of the '80s; Seattle Summer; Great Butts; The Tom Foley Workout; Modern Love; Bill Gates' Computer Cuts; Oliver Stone's World Book; Trendsetters; The Streetwalking Layers of Aurora Avenue; Naps Inc., Jet Guy "The Transporter Ray"; Speed Walker vs the latte thief; Reabok shoes; COPS in Ballard

10. Almost Live! Looks at Life in America

30m

A 4th of July special taking an Almost Live look at the USA. The Renton Indoor Fireworks Show; Products in America: Mind Your Manners with Billy Quan - Bottle Rockets of Fury; American Factoid 1; If the US broke up; Up with Human Beings; The Survivalist; American Factoid 3; Quiz on US History; Farnsworth, Appleford and Klop; American Factoid 4; The Big Bill; Coalition of Women for a Gentler America; American Factoid 5; COPS on the 4th of July; Bartlatt's Not So Familiar American Quotes; The Lame List or What's Weak This Week

11. Almost Live! vs. the Workplace

30m

Skits on how to handle a crisis situation, new ways to get exactly what you want out of your job, and tips on office etiquette Corporate Big Wigs; Problem employees; Danger Office; Subtitle Theater - The Workplace Part 1 The Interview; The Streetwalking Lawyers of Aurora Avenue; The Ineffectual Middle Management Suck-Ups; Subtitle Theater - The Workplace Part 2 The New Employee; Almost Live Training Film Presents Going to Lunch at the Office; Easy jobs vs hard jobs; Trendsetters; Subtitle Theater - The Workplace Part 3 The Office Romance; 1-MISERABLE-S.O.B.; Studs from Microsoft; Subtitle Theater - The Workplace Part 4 Meeting the Big Boss; The new boss; Subtitle Theater - The Workplace Part 5 The Office Party; The office salt lick; Board room hijinks; Subtitle Theater - The Workplace Part 6 the Firing; Mind Your Manners with Billy Quan - Office of Death; John's Dad's Advice

12. Almost Live! Guide to Living in Seattle

30m

An Almost Live guide on looking at living in Seattle. The Denny Party; Disclaimer; A Typical Morning and Off to Work; Roscoe's Oriental Rug Emporium; Coffee; Coffee Commandos; A Diamond is Expressive...; Is This Eden? Living Around Seattle; East Side Story; The Baron Singles Pizza; What We Eat; Wonderbrief; Mandatory Recreation; The Northwest Olympics; Stu's Sonic Shuttle; The Cinema Experience; The Fugitive in Seattle; Smiley Face Insurance; The Northwest Experience; Vanishing Seattle

13. Almost Live! Unplugged The 10th Anniversary Special

30m

A special look behind the scenes at 10 years of Almost Live! Featuring interviews with the original host Ross Shaffer, the change of focus once John took over, and various favorite skits and short.

14. Almost Live Viewers Choice 1994

30m

A selection of fan favorite skits from 1994. Mind Your Manners With Billy Quan - Enter the Pyramid; Eternal Questions; Rosco's Oriental Rug Emporium; Yawni; New Boyfriend; A Diamond is Expensive; College Party Terminator; Stop Doing That; Awkward interview; Roger's Thesaurus; You found her diary underneath a tree; Capable Woman; What would you say if I told you it was Spam?; Do you think she's pretty?; Wally Hoagland Crappy Cult Leader; Warning about Buns of Steel; Nature Walk with Chuck

15. Almost Live vs the Northwest Part 2: The Rematch

30m

Almost Live takes on the Northwwest once again in a collection of classic skits. The Fugitive in Seattle; Seattle Summer; Washington In-State Higher Education Council part 1; The Mercer Island Missions Fund; East Side Story; Folk Songs of South King County; Studs of South King County; State of Bellingham Address; Lynnwood Beauty Academy; The Northwest Olympics; COPS in Redmond; Washington In-State Higher Education Council part 2; Ballard Driving Academy; Speed Walker vs the latte thief;

16. Almost Live's Criminal Record

30m

A selection of crime related sketches Harvey Kane - Cross Eyed Cop; Jet Guy in the Invisible Shield; All action Tuesday on NBC; Cops in Kent; Speed Walker vs. the King Dome bomber; The Hero Who Kinda Wished He Let 'em All Die; Mind Your Manners with Billy Quan - Rackets of Fury; Incredibly Petty Court; Seattle's Most Wanted; Eye on O.J.; Librarians; The Dysfunctionals

17. Nancy & Tracy Take on the World

30m

A look at a collection of he best skits from Nancy & Tracy. Tina and Joan (1); Bob's Babes; Meeting Alan; Because I'm Having Sex With Your Husband; Face Caulk; Eternal Questions - Is Bitter Better?; Tina and Joan (2); Just for blonds; The Patty Dyke Show; Lag Elongator; Where Were You? April 2nd 1985; Special Report - Thong Bikinis; Capable Woman - Blender; Tina and Joan (3); Bob's Plastic Surgery Barn; Tina and Joan (4); Subtitle Theatre Presents - The Lunch (1); Radical Feminist Reading Hour; Subtitle Theatre Presents - The Lunch (2); I don;t have to drink to have a good time; Subtitle Theatre Presents - The Lunch (3); Makeup; Classic Conversations - No. 89 "Oh, My God"; Don't Tell My Thighs; Tina and Joan (5); Kiss Me I'm an Ashtray Cigarettes; Tina and Joan (6); Sandi Todd, Every Guy's Nightmare; Taking about Legends of the Fall; Kate Moss Frozen Dinners; The Worst Girlfriend in the World - Three more guys get messed up and have to go into therapy...

18. Almost Live Viewers Choice 1995

30m

A collection of popular skits from the 1994-95 season. ERR; Angry guy at bus stop; Billy Quan Yard Sale of Fury; Hornets nest in board room; Things you can do for ducks; The Lame List; Nature Walk with Chuck; Business sports analogies; WonderBrief; Jet Guy; Joy of Painting; Rock Star Fantasy Camp; Shy guy at party; Cascade Antifreeze commercial; New woman at work; Drunken Protestant Man; AT&TGAY; Stu's Sonic Shuttle.

19. Almost Live! Presents Viewer's Choice '96

30m

A selection of viewer's choice skits from 1996. To All the Girls I Allegedly Loved Before; The High-Fiv'n White Guys Catch Mariner Fever!; The Joy of Painting; Roscoe's Oriental Rug Emporium Huge Re-Opening; Fall Movies; Miracle Meat!; Firearm trouble; "I Love You man!", Pitchman Wingman; Hey Lenny; Big Billy's; Almost Live Training Film No. 73 How to Start a Company Softball Team; HMO Express; RV B-Gone; Nordstrom's Return policy; Garth Clint; Last Horizons; Mind Your Manners with Billy Quan Blades of Fury

20. Almost Live! $ells Out

30m

Richard Sanders, a.k.a Les Nessman from WKRP in Cincinnati hosts the best commercial spoofs from Almost Live! HMO Express; I Love You Man!; John's Anti-Drug Spot; Wonderbrief; Spam; The Oak Palace; Fat Ass Jeans; NYPD Brew; Totally Realistic Barbi; Reabok; Bob Nelson's Magic 8 Ball Psychic Answer Line; Calvin Klein; Bob Peterson Master of the Maracas; Underpants Crafters; Blow With Calcium; RV B-Gone; Fronken Chicken; Silly Diaphram; Natural Dog; STP vs Syrup; AT&Gay; Hit Man Hot Dogs; The Barron Personal Pizza; The Yellow Pages; Dockers Ankle Huggers; Joel McHale's Audition Tape; Cascade Antifreeze; Hoop Head; Phony Foods

21. Sex, Slugs and Rock n Roll

30m

A assortment of skits involving a sexy time, gastropods, or music. Birthday strip-tease; Bob's Book of Love 1; Surprise bachelor party; Talking about a dream part 1; Rent-A Dyke 1; Talking about a dream part 2; Bob's Book of Love 2; Talking about a dream part 3; Rock Star Fantasy Camp; Eating out while not getting along; Rent-A-Dyke 2; "Wasn't that great?"; The Incredible, Really, Really, Really Long Journey of Sluggy; Bob's Book of Love 3; Here Comes the Groom and Boy is He Stupid; Shaving on a first date; Is bigger better?; Malibu Barbie?; Hypnotherapy

22. Almost Live! Viewers' Choice '97

30m

The Viewer's selected best skits from 1997. Confusion about stadium issues 1; Green Riverdance; Unsolved Mysteries of Seattle; Re-Elect Susan Mondello; Superhero Hotline; The Post-Vasectomy Work-Out Clinic; Chihuly and Jones; Protest Songs of the 90's; Confusion about stadium issue 2; The Guy Who Sits Near You at the Game; Do you like hotdogs?; Bobby Tango Sings the Movie Classics; Lost Footage Cinema presents Melvin in the Grapes of Wrath; The Ballard Files; The Ultimate Summer Movie; Christmas Kingdome Carols; Confusion about stadium issues 3; Aliens attack Seattle: The Speaking Dynamics Institute

23. Almost Live! There Goes the Neighborhood

30m

Almost Live looks at how Seattle and the surrounding neighborhoods have changed over the years. The town is a changing; COPS in Wallingford; State of Kent address; Folk Songs of South King County; Studs of South King County 1993 Calendar; Assignment: Danger - Broadmoor; Pike or Pine; State of Bellingham Address; Ballard Driving Academy; Lynnwood Beauty Academy; Green Riverdance; High-Five'n White Guys on the Waterfront!; The Mercer Island Missions Fund; East Side Story

24. Almost Live Viewers Choice 1998

30m

A selection of the best skits from 1998 as voted on by viewers. Alonzo's East Asian Floor Covering Showcase; Nature Walk with Chuck; I Can; Today Tonight; The Gain freshness challenge in Seattle; Unsolved Mysteries of Seattle; Used Mattress Warehaus; Green Riverdance; WSU campus protest; Bag o' Urine; "That woman at the bar"; 80's Rock Star Temp Agency; Golden Spear; KCTS 9 Current Series "The Whittler"; Treadmill race; For the town is is a changing

25. Almost Live Gets All Fired Up

30m

In this special, after 15 years, the Almost Live! cast is fired. What the Almost Live! cast is doing after being fired; Expanding the family; Nancy in a Sack; Weight Gone; Almost Live Training Film No. 27 - How to Get a Job; Natural Hair Care by Maja; Record Breakers; Portable Luxury Suite; Soft grapes; Getting Naked Institute for Ladies; King 5 is looking for you; Predicting a stranger's tragic story; 1-900-Voice Mail Lady; Trivial Grief Counselors; Rob & Carrie Tucker new album More Love Songs to Make Love To; The Phobic Gardener with Bernard Tooey; Getting fired from the human race team by God

26. Almost Live!'s Sexual Indiscretions

30m

Join the cast of Almost Live! in the best clips of them making fools of themselves in the name of love and romance. The Worst Girlfriend in the World - The Worst Girlfriend in the World Moves In..., Advertising wingmen; The new boyfriend; Here Comes the Groom; A diamond is expensive; First Date Postgame Show; Streetwalking Lawyers of Aurora Avenue; "Is that your wife?"; Almost Live Training Film No. 217 - How to Go on a Date; "See something you like Richard?", Yelling at whores, "Your dating in your sleep", Talking to the shy cousin; Wonderbrief; Yelling at old people

27. Almost Live Viewers Choice 1999

30m

A selection of the best skits from Almost Live's 15th season as selected by viewers. Unsolved Mysteries of Seattle; Busby's Real World Office Temps; Folk Songs of 1998; Missing Sock Psychic Network; Capable Woman; secret agent meet-up; K-Bo; Dummy Shot Theatre; What's My Job?; Superman Behind the Muscle; Mind Your Manners With Billy Quan - Enter the New Year; One click away from pornography; The Whittler - The Escaped Convict; Antonio Banderes in the J.P. Patches Story

28. Almost Live's Dinner and a Movie

30m

A collection of food and movie parody skits. THX; DJ/Waiter; Alien Gumbys; Burger Gun; Meeting your friend's new boyfriend; The Big Bill; Mind Your Manners with Billy Quan - Fumes of Fury; East Side Story; You have something stuck in your teeth; College party Terminator; Cafe Crape; Boyz on the Hood; Veggie Kill; Dating in your sleep; Generic Action Movie; Big Billy's; Almost Live Training Film No. 32 - How Guy's Barbecue; Copycat

29. Almost Live's Greatest Hits

30m

A collection of the best skits from Almost Live. Ballard Driving Academy; Alien Gumbys; The High-Five'n White Guys Day Off; Hoop Head; Sluggy; Speed Walker vs. The King Dome Bomber; Saying goodbye; The Worst Girlfriend in the World - Three more guys get messed up and have to go into therapy...; The Power Lens; The Lame List or What's Weak this Week; Assignment: Danger; Jet Guy in The Invisible Shield; Reilly & Nelson with Folk Songs of the Slightly Inebriated; The Urban Sportsman hunts the Street Mime; The Streetwalking Lawyers of Aurora Avenue; Uncle Fran's Musical Forest - Talking about dads; Mind Your Manners with Billy Quan - Wickets of Fury; The Male Clinic; Roscoe's Oriental Rug Emporium; Last Horizons - A Retirement Home for Old People

30. Almost Live Thanksgiving Special 1989

30m

Since it's Thanksgiving and most people are away, John's given the opportunity to direct the show himself (much to the annoyance of Steve). Featuring a collection of best of clips. Almost Live barbecue from Tacoma; Mind your Manners with Billy Quan Tricks of Fury; Harassment; 48 Seconds; This Here Place; Almost Life Training Film No. 14 - Ordering Pizza at Half Time; PSA Needle recycling; Speedwalker vs. the moneybag thief; Dumb Guns; The Finger Olympics

31. Almost Live! Back Atcha! 1

30m

This is the first episode of the Back Atcha specials that were put together around 2005/06. Aside from a handful of segments, this is essentially a "best of" for season 10 (1993-94). Sketch list (not including wraparound segments): 15th Anniversary Party (1501 - 09/26/98) Mind Your Manners - Enter The Pyramid (1018 - 02/19/94) Eternal Questions - Is Bigger Better? (1003 - 10/09/93) Weather with Brian Dickson (1404 - 10/18/97) Roscoe's Oriental Rug Emporium (1008 - 11/13/93) Yawni (1026 - 05/21/94) Improving Alan (1001- 09/25/93) DeBoors (1012 - 01/08/94) Terminator vs. Richard Davis (1009 - 11/20/93) Late Report: Gary Locke - Spotlight (1525 - 05/22/99) Stop Doing That (1005 - 10/23/93) Hooker (1007 - 11/06/93) Roger's Thesaurus (1018 - 02/19/94) What Bugs Stan - Lyrics to Bread Songs (1003 - 10/09/93) Capable Woman - Mike Lowry (1019 - 02/26/94) Do You Think She's Pretty? (1012- 01/08/94) Wally Hoagland: Crappy Cult Leader (1020 - 04/02/94) Buns of Steel...

32. From the archives: Celebrity appearances on Almost Live!

February 20, 2025 · 42m

Several big-name guests on Almost Live! included Jay Leno, Jerry Seinfeld and Ellen DeGeneres.