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Who Is Ari Shaffir?
Ari David Shaffir (born February 12, 1974) is a comic, actor, podcaster, and writer. He produces & hosts the Skeptic Tank podcast He is also a co-host on Punch Drunk Sports, on the Joe Rogan Experience, and has a new podcast called This Is Not Happening.
Ari was born in New York City to a Jewish family of Romanian Jewish descent. The family was raised conservative Jewish until Ari was nine years old and the family moved to Maryland, on the east coast of the United States. They adopted a stricter form of Judaism and now follow many kosher dietary restrictions.
He attended high school in Rockville, Maryland, studied sacred texts in a yeshiva in Israel for two years, and attended Yeshiva University in New York City. He served as the Director of Public Affairs for the Legislative Office Building when he was 16. Shaffir started playing golf while still in high school and achieved moderate success. During his time at the University of Maryland he participated on the NCAA golf team and graduated with a degree in English literature.
Ari Shaffir
Shaffir’s first and only comedy performance on stage before he moved to the Grand Los Angeles arena took place in his early twenties at an open mic night at a “sports comedy place in Northern Virginia.”
After graduating from college, Shaffir moved to LA to improve his odds of success as a stand-up comedian. He took up work answering the phones at The Comedy Store, which led to positions in the cover booth and “the door”, until owner Mitzi Shore made him head of security for The Laugh Factory.
His earliest comedic influences include watching stand-up comedy showcases on television as a child and comedians from the HBO show The Late Show with David Letterman. Bill Burr is his favorite living comedian he’s ever seen so far and is his biggest inspiration to work hard in the field9 He became bicoastal, living in both Los Angeles and New York City in 2012, hoping to advance his stand-up career further by increasing the number of sets he performed in a week at New York’s many comedy clubs. He became a New York resident in 2013.
Shaffir first became known to a wider audience with the viral video series The Amazing Racist. (#2) He became an opening act for Joe Rogan in the late 2000s and began touring with Rogan and fellow comics Joey Diaz, Duncan Trussell, Tom Segura, Brian Re.He has had many appearances in music, TV and film.
In 2009 he made an appearance at the Montreal Comedy Festival as part of The Nasty Show. He then created, produced and hosted the monthly live show This Is Not Happening with Eric Abrams. It featured numerous comedians telling their own personal experience in a stand-up comedy style.
Making their debut as a Comedy Central web series in 2013, the show gained popularity and made its way to festivals as well as allowing for a TV premiere in January 2015. He left the show as producer and host in 2017 after selling his third special, Double Negative, to Netflix rather than Comedy Central. Roy Wood Jr. will have his first show since then on October 24th on NBC.
Ali Shaffir in Joe Rogan Experience Podcast
Ali Shaffir is a stand-up comedian and actor who has been in the industry for over 10 years. He started his career as a comedian and then transitioned into acting.
Ali Shaffir was recently on the Joe Rogan Experience Podcast where he talked about his experience in comedy, what it’s like to work with Joe Rogan, and his new Netflix show.
Ali Shaffir is one of the few comedians that have been able to break out of the comedy scene and become successful in Hollywood. Ali has appeared in movies such as: “The Interview,” “This Is The End,” “Zoolander 2,” “Ride Along 2” etc.