Weird, I always thought it was John Keister who gave him that name, not Schafer. But Schafer makes sense as he came before Keister on Almost Live.

Still, to this day, my favorite show I used to watch growing up in Seattle.

Yes, of course. Saw it [almost] live.

Too short, but masterfully *skillful.

Remember, Bill Nye got his TV start on a sketch comedy show in Seattle called "Almost Live" (one of my all time favs growing up).

HAHAHAHA! No shit! I love him. He did some very funny sketch comedy bits years ago on a local late night show called Almost Live [I called it Almost Funny most times]. Here's an example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twRuRYvJkCQ

Loved Almost live back when Ross Shafer was the host.

Ditto that! I love Pat too. Wasn't a big fan of Mr. Keister though ... always felt like he was trying too hard. Some friends and I went to a taping of Almost Live once. They got ya "primed" with beer and wine before the show [woohoo!]

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In most cases, the racism is incidental. Race has nothing to do with your argument that the "job creators" are being taxed to death and their wealth is being given to people who don't deserve it, and yet you still insist on throwing it in there. I don't judge people for being racist, everyone has issues, some more frustrating then others. But when you focus on things like the "skin in the game" phrase, whatever you're implying (even if it's legitimate) most people are only going to ignore you. (except racists that is)

I suppose I can't expect everyone to know everything His Earness says, I sure don't.

RE: "Skin in the game" But it would be nice if SOMEONE knew OBAMA SAID IT.


Unfortunately, when you include things like that, it distracts people from your main point, which is the bullshit mentioned above about how the job creators are being ruined by the government.

The deliberate Uncertainty created by this corrupt regime is fking everything up. There's two trillion dollars in the hands of the people that is parked (you read that right, two TRILLION) waiting for two events: the Supreme Court's decision on obamacare and the election. If the Supreme Doofs rule this piece of crap commiecare NO ONE wanted "Constitutional" (P.S., it isn't) expect another economic nosedive.

Time and again the myth has been proven wrong. And on top of that, there are huge companies here in America that pay absolutely no taxes at all.


It's certainly true that certain companies legally pay no taxes, and they grease the palms of BOTH parties. But why do these companies (as well as everyone else) NEED lobbyists? Because the government is too big and too powerful.

If it's a "myth", as the left proclaims, then who ARE the job creators? Certainly not government, as a government job is a tax drain. Small businesses, while making up the highest percentage of businesses, can only hire so many employees, and if obamacare passes, you can expect they'll be hiring even fewer.


Corporations that would be providing in some cases billions of dollars are given a free ticket because they own a few lobbyists. Meanwhile, anyone who has ever worked for any corporation can clearly see that the main principal behind corporate success is the elimination of jobs wherever possible. Sure every once in a while a new position is created. Usually it's for the sole purpose of eliminating others. These days it's practically the first rule of business.

If liberals, who make up just over half the population, really feel this way about corporations, then why don't they do something on their own?

I don't know if Jim Sinegal, the CEO of Costco, is a liberal, but Costco pays an almost-living wage to start and he's stated his employees come first over both rapid growth and the whims of stockholders. When Ben and Jerry ran their company, they "used to have a policy that no employee's rate of pay shall exceed seven times that of entry-level employees". I got no problem with that, and obviously it was profitable.

Don't wait for government to make everything "fair". You'll be too poor to notice when it happens.

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>> ^Art:
Holy Crap, is that Bill Nye?!

Almost Live is where his science nerd character debuted.

Up vote from me. Love Pat Cashmans work. He is a local favorite here in Seattle where the clip from this show came from. Here is more info on "Almost Live" if you are interested.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almost_Live!

Almost Live was the name of the sketch comedy show. A local show up here in seattle.

YES!!!! Almost Live!! Thank you!!!

Now I can sleep.

Almost Live, then Back To The Future Series where Doc gave him the name Bill Nye The Science Guy - then he had his own show :-)