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Two Almost Live! stars are almost back

July 12, 2012 @ 3:23 am (Updated: 10:15 am - 7/12/12 )

Ballard and Kent, beware. Two of the stars from Almost Live appear to be coming back with another comedy show.

KeisterAlmost Live! began as a weekly half-hour talk and comedy sketch show on KING TV with many spoofs about local communities.

John Keister, as host, had an opening monologue taking jabs at local politicians, celebrities and stereotypes about the region.

Besides Keister, regular cast members included Mike Neun, Pat Cashman, Tracey Conway, Nancy Guppy, Joel McHale, Bob Nelson, Bill Nye, Bill Stainton, and Steve Wilson.

KING canceled Almost Live! in 1999, but lived on in reruns and in the minds of many locals.

Now clips have surfaced on YouTube that appear to promote a sketch comedy show called The (206), referring to Seattle's area code. Will it be an online or broadcast show? These clips featured John Keister and Pat Cashman and hinted strongly that the show would be a successor to Almost Live!

By LINDA THOMAS

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  • dori monson fan wrote...
    young dori behind old school radio equipment...
    July 12, 2012 7:42 pm
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48hD-S51JJ0
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  • Snout wrote...
    Johnjohnjohnjohnjohnjohnjohn
    July 12, 2012 9:36 pm
    keeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeister. Awesome. Bring back this gem please!
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  • abcs wrote...
    I hope so!
    July 15, 2012 11:46 am
    After watching one of the You-Tubes, I realized that Almost Live has been off the air almost as long as there is a bevy of technology/ways of life that have changed since then. It's not quite like resurrecting "Hawaii 5-O," when there wasn't even a mobile phone and PCs weren't, but we have Facebook, Twitter, blogs, widespread cell phones, etc. If anybody can "convert" to this new world, it's John Keister, Pat Cashman, and company, and I hope they can get as many of the others back again. And, as always, the news provides so much material for them to work with. I hope that they retain some of my favorites from Almost Live, those being the opening monologue, The Lame List, and the Ballard Driving Academy (I used to work in Ballard, and the slow, meandering Ford Fairlane car with its seat belt dragging on the pavement was accurate!). I had procrastinated about visiting "Almost Live," maybe I'll make it into the studio audience of this one.
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