Ross Shafer was the original host of ALMOST LIVE...a comedy talk show launched in 1984 on KING-TV in Seattle. In the early days, the show got very little promotion. In an attempt to capture more viewers, the cast members worked hard to be funny and controversial. Most of their stunts didn't attract much attention...until Ross Shafer, Jim Sharp, John Keister, Joe Guppy, Bill Nye, Dana Dwinnell and Jim McKenna spearheaded a local campaign to change the Washington State Song from "Washington My Home" to the rock ballad, "LOUIE, LOUIE." The idea went viral before viral was a word. ALMOST LIVE was in the national press for 267 straight days. To accommodate the explosion in new Advertising Sales, ALMOST LIVE was expanded from 30 minutes/episode to a Full Hour long weekly show. The weekly comedy show enjoyed a 15 year run...and another 10 years of reruns.

In this video, Ross Shafer appears as a guest on Dick Clark's very popular Bloopers & Practical Jokes show to explain how huge the idea became.

What qualifies a comedian and talk show host to talk about growing your business? ROSS SHAFER has the most peculiar background of any keynote speaker on SELF MOTIVATION, CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE, EMBRACING CHANGE & STAYING RELEVANT. He has authored (10) popular business books. He has won International stand-up comedy competitions. He’s earned (6) TV Emmys as a network talk and game show host (ALMOST LIVE on NBC, LOVE ME, LOVE ME NOT on USA, MATCH GAME on ABC, DAYS END on ABC, and THE LATE SHOW on FOX). ROSS SHAFER has always been stoked to study who succeeds and why in EVERY industry. This will all make sense when you hire Ross to tell his stories at your next meeting.

Ross's Talent Agent and Life Partner, ALLISON DALVIT started her career as a reporter/photographer at KCEN-TV in Waco, Texas where her first big story was covering the 51-Day Branch Davidian/FBI standoff. Allison also had a career as a television producer for ABC World News Tonight, Good Morning America, E! Entertainment, Inside Edition, CBS Game Changers, FOX, The Travel Channel, The Weather Channel, food network, HGTV, and as a behind the scenes producer for AMC's dramatic series "Into the Badlands." As a corporate producer she has worked for Adobe, United, FedEx, Centura Health, Cigna, Comcast, KPMG, Wells Fargo, DEX, and Charles Schwab.

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