1999

Seattle performer and writer Michael Daisey looked around at his friends and saw something special: an emerging community of sketch comedians eight or ten groups strong, more than fifty people deep. What would happen, he thought, if they combined forces? SketchFest ‘99 presented nine Seattle comedy troupes performing 8-minute samplers to sold-out audiences at Theater Off Jackson. Seattle celebrity John Keister hosted the event and ended up using certain groups on future episodes of his television show, “The John Report with Bob.”

Participating groups included:

Bald Faced Lie
Disgruntled Bit-Players
The Habit
Kazoo!
LO BLO
Some Kind of Cult
Several Canadian Husbands
Pork Filled Players
Up in Your Grill