The show served as “a total mirror” of the Seattle that gets a little further away every time a building is razed for something new and shiny.
“So many people said ‘Almost Live!’ was Seattle,” Johnston said. “It was like, ‘Nobody can make fun of my little brother but me.’ ”
But he doubts there will ever be another show like it.
“I don’t think so, sadly,” he said. “All the neighborhoods in the community were so unique. Everything is starting to taste a little like chicken. And it’s harder to make fun of stuff.”
Read more– Nicole Brodeur/Seattle Times
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