Bio -
Ross Shafer
Ross Shafer
is a 6 time Emmy Award winning comedian writer author and
TV producer. Ross is a very entertaining and engaging professional
speaker who will motivate and encourage your team to be successful.
Ross Shafer
is a seasoned entertainer and television personality. In 1983
Ross won the Showtime Comedy Laugh Off…and virtually
overnight (six grueling years) major nightclubs and corporations
were duped into hiring Ross to open shows for Dionne Warwick,
Eddie Rabbitt, Crystal Gayle, Neil Sedaka, and other famous
people with good voices. In the summer of 1984, a Seattle
television station (KING-TV) had the notion to produce a weekly
comedy/talk show called, "Almost Live with Ross Shafer"
and launched a search for a comedian with that name. Imagine
Ross' amazing luck.
In the
four years Ross was at the helm of Almost Live, the show collected
almost 40 Emmy Awards; six going to Ross for his work as Host,
Actor, and Writer - and the prestigious IRIS award for the
"Best Entertainment Series" in the United States;
which can only be explained as a typo.
These
were busy times for Ross; who also hosted a daily four-hour
afternoon drive radio program on KJR-AM. He never played accordion
music.
Ross also
became a regular contributor to Dick Clark's "TV's Bloopers
and Practical Jokes" and appeared with Dick as a guest
when Ross successfully changed the Official Washington State
Song to "Louie, Louie." Ross could finally get some
sleep.
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For a
while, critics claimed that with his massive head of hair,
Ross looked more like a game show host than a comedian. So,
in a semi-hostile takeover, the USA Network hired Ross to
host their game show, "Love Me, Love me Not." He
also taped game show pilots for NBC and ABC. A disturbing
and almost profitable pattern was developing.
Under
the illusion that Game Shows were somehow culturally important,
Ross was offered (2) Ross Shafer Comedy TV Specials, plus
a recurring role on Fox Television's "21 Jump Street."
About the same time, the Fox network lost Joan Rivers as the
host of their flagship late night program, "The Late
Show."
Next came,
"Days End, a nightly ABC entertainment magazine co-hosted
by Ross and Matt Lauer. The show lasted 6 months and Ross
has always wondered whatever became of Matt? Ross also became
a published author with the comedy cookbook, "Cook Like
A Stud"…38 recipes men can prepare in the garage
using their own tools. And he wrote and produced the highly
acclaimed comedy CD, "Inside the First Family,"
a send up of the Clinton Scandals. You're right if you think
Ross had too much time on his hands.
Oh yes,
and there was the successful run as the host of ABC-TV's "Match
Game." The show still plays every morning on the Game
Show Network.
All along,
Ross has continued to perform for corporate audiences worldwide.
Two new careers came from his corporate exposure. He found
that many top company executives are plagued with stage fright.
So, Ross is frequently asked to work one-on-one as an executive
Public Speaking Coach. Secondly, he has taken a special interest
in the decay of Customer Service in this country. With as
much traveling as he has done, he found that good customer
service was as rare as a five-legged chicken. So, rather than
complain about it, he has written and produced a dozen funny
HR Training Films on the subject; which are now distributed
all over the world.
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