Trivia / Almost Live!

• Edited for Syndication
• Fatal Method Acting: Narrowly averted. Cast-member Tracey Conway almost died of a heart attack on-stage. After filming an E.R. spoof (as a chain-smoking doctor), no less.
• Keep Circulating the Tapes: Despite the fact you could probably get half of Seattle to give up coffee for a month^note and considering that this is Seattle we are talking about, that is saying a lot to get a box set, KING5 has no plans to release it, leaving fans with late-night reruns and YouTube (including official [KING5] uploads).
  • George Buford has been uploading sketches for the last several years, and has amassed an impressive library.
• Money, Dear Boy: When Michael Jordan was at the height of his one-man advertising blitz, he passed through Seattle and filmed a promo for the show, saying something like "I'll promote anything. Now they want me to do a plug for Almost Live!" (Thinks about this for a moment, shakes his head) "No." (Gets up and leaves.)
• Technology Marches On: The Billy Quan skit "Five Disks of Death". Besides the title itself (at one point, John Keister's character tries to use several 5 1/4" floppies as weapons), Billy beats up the oaf because he unknowingly unplugged Billy's computer before he got to save his work. Today, it's unthinkable to not save while while you work.

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