Bill Nye (b. 1955) grew up in Washington D.C. and studied mechanical engineering at Cornell University. He moved to Seattle to work for Boeing and later Sundstrand Data Control. While working as an engineer, he also became interested in standup and the local comedy scene. Nye became a writer and performer on the King5 TV comedy show Almost Live! and it was there he started doing comedic science demonstrations as “Bill Nye the Science Guy.” This Seattle Comedy Underground sweatshirt lists local and national comedians who performed in Seattle 1981-1986, including Nye and his compatriots from Almost Live! Ross Shafer and John Keister. The shirt also lists Dana Carvey, Rich Hall, Dom Irrera, Bill Maher, Paula Poundstone, Paul Reiser, Jerry Seinfeld, and Steven Wright.