About damn time
Back in highschool I was hopelessly addicted to a show called Almost Live! It was a sketch comedy show produced in Seattle. (One of the benefits of BC is Seattle television like KING 5 and KCTS 9.) Now, I’m not going to talk about how Bill Nye got his break as Speed Walker, the speed walking superhero, on Almost Live!, or how Pat Cashman (the ‘Phil Hartman’ of the Almost Live! cast) did the voice-overs for Bill Nye The Science Guy (nor how that show was produced at KCTS). I am not even going to expound on the comic brilliance of the John Report, insult the city of Kent, or reminice fondly about the Lame List.
Instead I will mention one little clip that was shown on one episode, just once. That clip was of William Shatner singing Rocket Man. It was really poor quality video, and it had been heavily processed back in the ’70s when it was produced… but the simple horror of three William Shatners on screen at once, all singing an Elton John song, has stuck with me to this day. And I still think it’s one of the most insane things I’ve ever seen.
Well, it turns out that that performance was part of the 1978 Science Fiction Movie Awards. And, yes, it is available on the Internet. Right here. Share and Enjoy.
