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. December 10 is the 344th day (345th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... McMinnville is the county seat and largest city of Yamhill County, Oregon, United States. ... A comedian, or comic, is an entertainer who amuses an audience by making them laugh. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Location Location of Carlsbad within San Diego County, 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. Federal Way is a city located in King County, Washington, United States. ... Look up Football in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The University of Puget Sound (often called UPS or just Puget Sound) is a private liberal arts college located in the North End of Tacoma, Washington, in the United States. ... Old Town neighborhood in Tacoma, with Mount Rainier (Tahoma) in background Nickname: The City of Destiny Location of Tacoma in Pierce County and Washington State County Pierce Mayor Bill Baarsma (NP) Area    - City 162. ...

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 Richard Pryor hits the money line A stand-up comedian or stand-up comic is someone that performs in comedy clubs, usually reciting a fast paced succession of amusing stories, short jokes and one-liners, typically called a monologue. ... Nickname: The Emerald City Location of Seattle in King County and Washington Coordinates: Country United States State Washington County King County Incorporated December 2, 1869 Mayor Greg Nickels Area    - City 369. ... Showtime is a subscription television brand used by a number of channels and platforms around the world, but primarily refers to a group of channels in the United States. ... A television network is a distribution network for television content whereby a central operation provides programming for many television stations. ... Comedy has a classical meaning (comical theatre) and a popular one (the use of humour with an intent to provoke laughter in general). ... Cast of Almost Live! Almost Live! was a local sketch comedy television show in Seattle, Washington, USA, produced and broadcast by NBC affiliate KING-TV from 1984 to 1999. ... KING-TV (KING 5) is a television station in Seattle, Washington, USA. It is affiliated with the NBC network, and broadcasts on analog VHF channel 5 and digital UHF channel 48. ... A television program is the content of television broadcasting. ... The USA Network is a popular American cable TV network with about 89 million household subscribers as of 2005. ... Starring Jacelyn Tay, Xie Shaoguang, Li Lin and Chen Hanwei; ... This article refers to the city in British Columbia, Canada. ...

In 1985, Shafer spearheaded an effort to have "Louie, Louie" replace "Washington, My Home" by Helen Davis as Washington's official state song. ^[1] 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.^{[2] [3]} Louie, Louie is an American rock n roll song written by Richard Berry in 1955. ... Washington, My Home [1] Written by Helen Davis and arranged by Stuart Churchill. ... Official language(s) None Capital Olympia Largest city Seattle Area  Ranked 18th  - Total 71,342 sq mi (184,824 km²)  - Width 240 miles (385 km)  - Length 360 miles (580 km)  - % water 6. ... Whatcom County is a county located in the state of Washington. ...

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. In 1990, Shafer hosted a version of the game show The Match Game. Joan Rivers on the video cover Joan Rivers (born June 8, 1933) is an American comedian, talk show host, and celebrity. ... The Fox Broadcasting Company is a television network in the United States. ... A talk show (U.S.) or chat show (Brit. ... The Best Bits of The Late Show: Champagne Edition (DVD) The Late Show was a popular Australian comedy show, which ran for two seasons on the ABC from 18 July 1992 to 30 October 1993. ... The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) operates television and radio networks in the United States and is also shown on basic cable in Canada. ... Spencer Christian (born on July 23, 1947 in Charles City, Virginia, he was an N.Y. Weatherman on Eyewitness News from 1977-1986 and was another Weatherman on Good Morning America from 1984-1998 and was a host on the PBS series Tracks Ahead starting in 2000. ... Lauer on The Today Show in 2006. ... Hannah Storm Hannah Storm (born Hannah Storen on June 13, 1962) is co-host of CBS The Early Show and the daughter of sports executive Mike Storen. ... Match Game was an American television game show where contestants tried to match a panel of six celebrities in answering fill-in-the-blank questions. ...

In 1994, Ross began writing and producing a series of, through mid-2006, 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. The term human resources is variously defined in political economy and economics, where it was traditionally called labor, one of three factors of production. ... Film may refer to: photographic film a motion picture in academics, the study of motion pictures as an art form a thin skin or membrane, or any covering or coating, whether transparent or opaque a thin layer of liquid, either on a solid or liquid surface or free-standing Film... Order: 42nd President Term of Office: January 20, 1993–January 20, 2001 Preceded by: George H. W. Bush Succeeded by: George W. Bush Date of birth: August 19, 1946 Place of birth: Hope, Arkansas Date of death: Place of death: First Lady: Hillary Rodham Clinton Political party: Democratic Vice...

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 Studand the comedy album: Inside the First Family. A cookbook contains information on cooking, and a list of recipes. ...

Personal

Shafer is married to country singer Leah Shafer, with whom he was a daughter, Lauren Rae. He has two sons, Adam and Ryan, with his first wife. country music, see Country music (disambiguation) Country music, also known as country and western music or country-western, is a blend of popular musical forms originally found in the Southern United States. ...

Footnotes

References

• Federal Way Public Schools Graduates of Note: Ross Shafer
• University of Pugent Sound alumni magazine Arches Unbound: "Laughter is Golden" (profile)