1. Ari David Shaffir was born on February 12,1974 and is an American comedian, actor, podcaster, writer, and producer.
20 Facts About Ari Shaffir
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Ari Shaffir produced and hosted the Skeptic Tank podcast from 2010 to 2023.
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Ari Shaffir co-hosts the podcast Punch Drunk Sports with Jayson Thibault and Sam Tripoli, and is a regular guest on The Joe Rogan Experience podcast on the "Protect Our Parks" episodes with Shane Gillis and Mark Normand.
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Ari Shaffir created and previously hosted and produced the This is Not Happening television series, an adaptation of his monthly stand-up show.
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Ari David Shaffir was born in New York City to a Jewish family of Romanian Jewish descent.
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The family followed Conservative Jewish practices until Ari was nine years old, when they moved to Maryland.
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Ari Shaffir went on to study for two years at Yeshiva in Jerusalem before transferring to University of Maryland, where he graduated in 1999 with a degree in English literature.
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Ari Shaffir played on the University's NCAA golf team in 1995 and claims he was the lowest-ranked NCAA athlete.
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Ari Shaffir 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 a paid regular four and a half years later.
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Ari Shaffir cites Bill Burr as his favorite living comedian.
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Ari Shaffir became bicoastal, living in both Los Angeles and New York City in 2012, and became a full-time New York resident in 2015.
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Ari Shaffir first became known to a wider audience with the viral video series The Amazing Racist.
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Ari Shaffir 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 Redban, and Eddie Bravo.
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Ari Shaffir left the show as producer and host in 2017 after selling his third special, Double Negative, to Netflix rather than Comedy Central.
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In 2010 Ari Shaffir appeared on the 3rd episode of the Joe Rogan Experience, his first of 59 appearances on the show.
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In 2013, Ari Shaffir began to cohost the sports podcast Punch Drunk Sports with fellow comedians Sam Tripoli and Jayson Thibault.
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Ari Shaffir's appearances became less frequent after moving to the East Coast full-time.
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Ari Shaffir released his first stand-up album Revenge for the Holocaust in 2012 which became the number one comedy album on both Itunes and Amazon in its 1st week.
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Ari Shaffir premiered Double Negative and Ari Shaffir: Jew at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
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Ari Shaffir appeared in the comedy feature film Keeping Up with the Joneses.