Ross Shafer

Ross Shafer

Infobox actor


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birthdate = birth date and age|1954|12|10
location = McMinnville, Oregon, U.S.
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occupation = Comedian, Television Host
spouse = Leah Shafer (?-Present)
children = Sons: Adam, Ryan (from previous marriage)
Daughter: Lauren (adopted with current wife Leah)

Ross Shafer (born December 10 1954 in McMinnville, Oregon, USA) is a comedian and television host turned motivational and customer service speaker/trainer, based in Carlsbad, California.

Biography

Shafer graduated from Federal Way High School in Federal Way, Washington in 1971. As a high school All Conference football player, he received a scholarship to play linebacker for the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Washington, where he earned a Business Marketing degree in 1975.

Shafer began his career as a small town pet store manager-turned-stand-up comic in Seattle, Washington, after winning the Showtime cable network's 1983 Showtime Comedy Laugh-Off. The following year he became the host and a writer-performer of the late-night comedy series he created called "Almost Live!" on TV station KING / Channel 5. After four 1/2 years and nearly 40 Emmy Awards later, Shafer left to host the Fox Network's The Late Show. Shafer's first national TV show was the USA Network's "Love Me, Love Me Not", taped in Vancouver, British Columbia. The show ran for 130 episodes and aired in Italy under the name "Mama No Mama"

In 1985, Shafer spearheaded an effort to have "Louie, Louie" replace "Washington, My Home" by Helen Davis as Washington's official state song. ["Seattle Weekly" (October 27, 1999) Music: [http://www.seattleweekly.com/music/9943/two-reighley.php "The State I'm In"] , by Kurt B. Reighley] Picking up on this initially prankish effort, Whatcom County Councilman Craig Cole introduced Resolution No. 85-12 in the state legislature, citing the need for a "contemporary theme song that can be used to engender a sense of pride and community, and in the enhancement of tourism and economic development". His resolution also called for the creation of a new "Louie Louie County". While the House did not pass it, the Senate's Resolution 1985-37 declared April 12, 1985, "Louie Louie Day". A crowd of 4,000, estimated by press reports, convened on the state capitol that day for speeches, singalongs, and performances by the Wailers, the Kingsmen, and Paul Revere and the Raiders. Three days later, a Seattle event commemorated the occasion with the premiere performance of a new, Washington-centric version of the song written by composer Berry. ["The Bellingham Herald" (Feb. 20, 2006): [http://www.bellinghamherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060220/COLUMNISTS01/602200320/1001/NEWS&theme=DEAN%20KAHN "What Would You Pick as State Vegetable?"] , by Dean Kahn] [ [http://www.xs4all.nl/~tdg/dg/Comps/rhino2.html Liner notes, "The Best Of Louie Louie Volume 2"] (Rhino R1 70515), by Doc Pelzell]

In 1988, Shafer succeeded Joan Rivers as host of the Fox Network talk show "The Late Show". The stint lasted one year, after which Shafer co-hosted the ABC network magazine show "Days End" with rotating hosts Spencer Christian, Matt Lauer, and Hannah Storm. From 1990 to 1991, Shafer hosted a revival of "Match Game" on ABC.

Between 1994 and 2006, Ross wrote and produced a series of 14 human resource training films, distributed worldwide in nine languages. He also wrote and produced the comedy album "Inside the First Family", about the trevails and rumors surrounding the Clinton Administration.

As a seminar leader and motivator, he coined the phrase "customer empathy", created the Customer Empathy Institute at Calif. State University Monterey Bay and speaks at 100+ corporate events each year, and has written books including "Nobody Moved Your Cheese: How to Ignore the Experts and Trust Your Gut", "The Customer Shouts Back!", and "Customer Empathy". Separately, he wrote the comedy cookbook-for-men, "Cook Like A Stud".

Personal

Shafer is married to country singer Leah Shafer, with whom he has a daughter, Lauren Rae. He has two sons, Adam and Ryan, with his first wife.

Footnotes

References

* [http://www.fwps.org/info/notable/shafer.html Federal Way Public Schools Graduates of Note: Ross Shafer]
* [http://www2.ups.edu/arches/2003Fall/alumniSchafer.html University of Pugent Sound alumni magazine "Arches Unbound": "Laughter is Golden"] (profile)
* [http://www.leahshafermusic.com Leah Shafer's Web site]


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