It's kind of funny, but it needs some more regulars - especially women. I'm sure there are some female comedians in the Seattle who would jump at this opportunity - I was a bit surprised that no female cast members of "Almost Live" wanted to come back (or were asked back). The spoof of the Beverly Hillbillies was amusing. The recurring "Perv Appliance" skit is funny, as is the spoof of "Breaking Bad". "Renton Abbey" has potential, but maybe it should be moved into a split-entry instead of a trailer in a field. "The 411" segment is too short, but then I suppose John Keister has run out of jokes. I used to watch "Almost Live" after SNL, but lately I've been migrating toward reruns of Star Trek: TNG.
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The Bill Cosby Show
(1969–1971)
Bill Cosby Show
4 January 2011
They show two episodes of this on RTV at 6pm and 6:30pm on Saturdays. The gruff school secretary and the gym teacher are the best... Wasn't Joyce Bulifant a teacher in this as well? I've always found Bill Cosby's low-energy rambles kind of amusing. It's definitely not one of those "Hi! I'm your next-door neighbor and I'm walking into your house without knocking" kind of sitcoms. (Who'd DO that in real life?) Plus, "chet" seems to not have a "steady", but unlike a lot of sitcoms, he's not continually agonizing over it. (It seems all "RoseMarie" did on the Dick van Dyke Show" is complain that "she was unable to snare a man".) Silly me, not having "enough lines" of text. I'm not writing a thesis for my PhD - silly me for wanting to keep things short and sweet.
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