When ‘Almost Live!’ knocked down the Space Needle for April Fool’s Day

This is the story of the April Fool’s 1989 Space Needle collapse hoax, as told in “Almost Live!” host John Keister’s own words from an interview recorded March 31, 2022, condensed and edited by Feliks Banel. This “War of the Worlds”-like story goes best when accompanied by the local 1962 folk song, “Wasn’t That a Mighty Day When The Needle Hit the Ground?” by Mike & Maggie.

I had recently been made host of “Almost Live!” because the original host, Ross Shafer, left for Los Angeles and things weren’t going real well, and we were looking for something that we could maybe spike the ratings or get some conversation going

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