The other night Robb and I watched about a million mini clips from Seattle’s classic “Almost Live!” from the 1990s (similar to Saturday Night Live, but better if you are a Seattleite).

For your viewing pleasure… some of our favourite clips:

Seattle’s own Speedwalker! staring Bill Nye:

The Ballard Files (why Ballard is the coolest neighborhood):

Studs from Microsoft and as your host, Pat Cashman:

Mind Your Manners with Billy Quan: Library of Death:

The Lame List or What’s Weak This Week brought to you by America’s Heavy Metal Community (or Seattle Grunge):

I hope you enjoyed this little sample of Seattle at its finest. Apparently NBC doesn’t want to release Almost Live! on DVDs (what a shame). So you can check it out on YouTube. There are many, many more excellent clips. Enjoy!

The Original:

The Parody:

From Mark Bittman of the NY Times

The boy is awesome! Here is the original. Reminds me a lot of Alton Brown.

(Like this episode episode!)