John Keister

Biography

John Keister (born February 15, 1956, Seattle, Washington) is a Seattle-based comedian, writer, television host, and motivational speaker, best known as the primary host and head writer of the long-running local sketch comedy series Almost Live! on KING-TV from 1988 to 1999, for which he won twelve Northwest Emmy Awards. He graduated from Franklin High School in 1974 and the University of Washington, and began his career writing for The Rocket music magazine and as a music reviewer on KING-TV's …