“The Space Needle collapsed.”
Those were the words from the KING 5 newsroom, which aired live on April 1, 1989, that launched perhaps the most infamous April Fools’ Day prank in Seattle history and sent many in Washington state into a panic.
“A lot of people wanted us fired,” John Keister, host of KING 5’s sketch comedy show Almost Live!, told KING 5’s Evening back in 2009 for the 20th anniversary of the event…