Biography

Call 1.800.966.1380 to contact Ross Shafer booking agent, publicist, manager, pr firm, representative and management company for booking Ross Shafer speaker appearances, autograph signing, endorsement deals or hiring Ross Shafer as a keynote speaker for your next event. Find Ross Shafer official website information, speaker fees, booking fees, costs and schedule. Ross Shafer is a remarkable comedian and the author of two books full of advice for businesses large and small. He's also the author of a cookbook. In his comic role, he's been a regular guest, and occasional host, on comedy/talk shows for major networks and cable channels since the early 1980s.

As an author and business advisor, Ross Shafer has produced a series of witty videos focusing on human resource managers and their efforts to motivate employees. Another of his books, "Nobody Moved Your Cheese", takes on the delicate issue of accountability and self-motivation. In a seemingly unrelated vein, his "Cook Like a Stud" offers 38 recipes that men can prepare in the garage, using their own tools.

The element linking together this whacky and diverse set of offerings is Ross Shafer's insistence that a bit of humor is essential to the success of any enterprise. And humor is what Shafer brings to your event.

Ross Shafer won the 1983 Showtime Comedy Laugh Off and began opening 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 his amazing luck. In the four years that 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.

He 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.”

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.” Under the illusion that game shows were somehow culturally important, Ross was offered two 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.” It competed against Johnny Carson and David Letterman and came complete with scenery, a band, and comfortable talk show seating for six. After a bevy of rotating hosts, Ross Shafer was hired as the permanent guy.

Ross continued to perfect his stand-up act and told jokes on “Evening At The Improv”, “Comic Strip Live”, “The A List” and a cavalcade of others. Next came “Days End", a nightly ABC entertainment magazine co-hosted by Ross and Matt Lauer. The show lasted six months and Ross has always wondered whatever became of Matt?

There was also the successful run as the host of ABC-TV's “Match Game.” The show still airs on the Game Show Network. All along, Ross has continued to perform for corporate audiences worldwide.

Ross has taken a special interest in the decay of customer service in this country.
So, rather than complain about it, he has written and produced over a dozen humorous HR Training Films on customer service, sales and motivation, which are now distributed all over the world.

Jay Leno says this about Ross. "Finally a motivational speaker without the speech. Ross Shafer is one of the funniest guys I know."

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