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Ross Shafer
Shafer in 2010
Born
Ross Alan Shafer

( 1954-12-10 ) December 10, 1954 (age 69)
McMinnville , Oregon , U.S.
Occupation(s) Television host, comedian, business speaker/consultant, author
Years active 1983?present

Ross Alan Shafer (born December 10, 1954) is an American comedian , network television host, and motivational and leadership speaker/consultant. He has authored nine business books, and earned six Emmys as a network talk and game show host. [1]

Biography [ edit ]

Born in McMinnville, Oregon , Shafer graduated from Federal Way High School in Federal Way, Washington . 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. [1]

Shafer said, "I had trouble finding anything that I was passionate about, or that made me happy." He then opened a "combination pet and stereo store". His first act came in the form of a community play; afterward, he tried out for a stand-up comedy competition. [1]

From 1984 to 1989, Shafer hosted the local Seattle-based talk and comedy show, Almost Live! , and also hosted Fox 's late night talk show, The Late Show . [2] [3] [4]

In the 1986?1987 season, Shafer hosted the Canadian game show Love Me Love Me Not . It also aired in the United States on the USA Network and ended after one season of 130 episodes.

From 1990 to 1991, Shafer hosted a short-lived revival of Match Game on ABC.

Ross works as a keynote speaker and leadership coach in the areas of market share growth, customer friction, and workforce motivator. [5] [ non-primary source needed ]

Bibliography [ edit ]

  • Cook-Like-A-Stud (1991) ISBN   978-1880098172
  • Nobody Moved Your Cheese! (2003) ISBN   978-1553956587
  • The Customer Shouts Back! (2006) ASIN   B004TY0W0Q
  • Are You Relevant? (2009) ISBN   978-0-615-26523-0
  • Grab More Market Share (2011) ISBN   978-1-118-13004-9
  • Shy to Confident (2013) ISBN   978-0-615-86614-7
  • Absolutely Necessary (2015) ISBN   978-0-692-27999-1
  • Behave Like a Startup (2016) ISBN   978-0-9975336-1-3
  • Success: It's on You (2016) ISBN   978-0-9975336-0-6
  • No More Customer Friction (2017) ISBN   978-0692-86063-2
  • Rattled (2021) ISBN   978-0-578-97246-6

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References [ edit ]

  1. ^ a b c Jones, Tod. "Ross Shafer '75: Laughter is golden · University of Puget Sound" . University of Pugetsound . Archived from the original on February 28, 2019 . Retrieved May 31, 2023 .
  2. ^ "A history of 'Almost Live!' " . KING-TV . January 21, 2016 . Retrieved May 31, 2023 .
  3. ^ Brodeur, Nicole (July 7, 2016). "A peek inside 'Almost Live!' and Seattle's unofficial history" . The Seattle Times . Retrieved May 31, 2023 .
  4. ^ Weinstein, Steve (May 14, 1988). "Bakkers Grace 'The Late Show' " . Los Angeles Times . Retrieved May 31, 2023 . "We're happy with Ross Shafer as host," said Brad Turell, vice president, publicity, at Fox.
  5. ^ Ross' Client List
Preceded by Host of Match Game
1990–1991 		Succeeded by

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