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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, Southeast London?

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 [pronounced “shayfer”] 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.

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.

Radio and Television

Lewis Schaffer is the star of his own radio show "The Voice of Americans with Lewis Schaffer of Nunhead" where he sounds the clarion call for that tragically marginalised ethnic group, American’s in Britain on Resonance Radio 104.4 in London.

He had his own Radio Four program on the BBC 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.

In the States, Lewis Schaffer appeared on The Vibe (UPN) Up All Nite (USA Network) and other shows.

Live Solo Shows

Lewis Schaffer is An Evening with Michael McIntyre - 2011
Lewis Schaffer is Free until Famous – 2010
Lewis Schaffer is Bigger and Blacker – 2009
America, the Greatest Country in the World – 2008

Reviews

Chortle  **** [Four Stars]
"Hilarious …a tour-de-force performance from a comic who’s been on the ropes but definitely come back bigger and bolder, connecting bang on the funnybone."
http://bit.ly/1naSEA
 
The Scotsman  **** [Four Stars]
"Blows a hurricane of freshness through many tried and tested subjects. Almost every laugh he gives us he then tops with another, bigger laugh. His jokes might have another comic arrested."
http://bit.ly/13djFE

The List **** [Four Stars]
"A comedian who isn't just joining the dots.”

Chortle 2008
“Egotistical and vulnerable, almost at the same time." 

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

The New York Post
“Well worth catching!"

The Stage
 “Possibly the most unpredictable comic at the fringe. In short, he is unique.”
http://ed.thestage.co.uk/reviews/639
 
The London Evening Standard
“Something interesting in clearly going on here... fascinating."
http://bit.ly/EveningStandard2009
 
The Independent
"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.”

Award
 
Malcolm Hardee Cunning Stunt Award Winner for the best publicity stunt at the Edinburgh Fringe, 2009.