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Lewis Schaffer

"As New York as pastrami on rye or steam rising from manhole covers." Chortle.

Then what's he doing living in Nunhead, Peckham?

Lewis Schaffer isn't in Britain as a tourist.  He isn't here as an asylum seeker or on business.  He's a hostage...

Lewis Schaffer, is one of the top comics in the home of stand up comedy, New York City, having extended runs as house MC at the Comedy Cellar, Caroline's and the Boston Comedy Club in Greenwich Village not to mention the major comedy clubs in Los Angeles too.

However a short visit to London in 2000 went very, very wrong. Love and marriage and children and then heartache and divorce took him away from his beloved New York, the greatest city in the world (according to him), and dumped him in a multi-occupancy council flat in Southeast London. Fighting to be a good dad, Lewis Schaffer is trapped in the UK.

Schaffer regularly comperes and gigs at comedy clubs across the UK, including the Comedy Café, London, Up the Creek, and The Glee Club.

Television and Radio
In the States, Lewis Schaffer appeared on The Vibe (UPN) Up All Nite (USA Network) and other shows. He had his own Radio Four program on the BBC in 2002, and has been a frequent guest on the Fred McCauley Show (Radio Scotland) and on Radio Four's Off the Page with Matthew Parris. In the UK he has appeared on Brain Candy, a BBC 3 show produced by Steve Coogan's production company Baby Cow.

"A comedian who isn't just joining the dots." The List, Edinburgh 2008 ****

"[delivering] a supersized portion of harsh, angry and downright offensive one-liners, that just happen to be hilarious... egotistical and vulnerable, almost at the same time."  Chortle, Edinburgh 2008

"Quirky, likeable and rather dry. Lewis Schaffer tells the audience they are going to like his show, whether they like it or not. And the audience loves his show"  The Independent

"Delightfully self-absorbed. Schaffer, who is smooth and witty, is an inspired choice as compere" The Melbourne Age, Australia

"Wickedly smarmy."  The Hollywood Reporter, USA

"Lewis Schaffer has a unique style - he can insult you and love you in the same sentence." Time Out New York, USA

"Lewis Schaffer can get more laughs out of the simplest, oft-repeated phrase. Well worth catching!" The New York Post, USA