Four hundred families a year do. Believe it or not, that’s our own Russell Shaw in his salad days as a radio comedian in Phoenix in the mid-seventies.
Derrick Bostrom, of the band The Meat Puppets, maintains a virtual shrine to a radio show called Love Workshop:
“Love Workshop” was a fifteen-minute comedy program that ran on KDKB-FM radio in Phoenix, Arizona for most of 1976. The show was always somewhat of a mystery to me. During its brief life, “Love Workshop’s” hosts, Vern & Craig (Todd Carroll and “Wonderful” Russ Shaw) were my heroes, They just seemed to appear out of nowhere all of a sudden, offering the kind of savage humor I idolized in the “National Lampoon,” only they were right in my own backyard. And then it disappeared just as quickly.
The site is a weblog, of course, and today Bostrom reprints an old interview with Russ. Bostrom has also managed to collect recordings of Love Workshop episodes, which you can use to spice up your Russell Shaw MP3 collection.
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J. Ferris says:
Am I the only one who sees the Brad Garrett resemblance?
September 11, 2007 — 9:24 am
Scott Cowan says:
Yes! It he does look like Brad Garrett! Wow great photo.
September 11, 2007 — 10:04 am
Robert Kerr says:
If your house or even real estate is your most precious investment, then, IMO, you’re greatly overexposed and not nearly divested enough.
400 sales per year? Wow. That’s amazing. How many people work for you, Russ?
September 11, 2007 — 11:19 am
Marlow says:
So Russell Shaw is “Craig?” Is he a Scientologist? Does he credit that with his real estate success? Why did he leave show business? Is he still funny? More questions than answers here!
September 11, 2007 — 11:21 am
Georgina says:
Pure silliness Russell… Not much has changed in your comedic delivery and I for one love your deadpan style. Thanks for the continued laughs, the “bar” was delightfully ridiculous much like recent conversations with certain sellers. Not mine of course, LOL
September 11, 2007 — 1:58 pm
Jonathan Dalton says:
Wait, seriously … that’s not Brad Garrett?
Russell, did you get to clubbing with Ladmo?
September 11, 2007 — 5:14 pm
Derrick Bostrom says:
Greg — Thanks for the plug. However, this is not an OLD interview, this is an exclusive interview your colleague granted with me just a few weeks ago. In the words of The Man himself: “this is BRAND NEW MATERIAL!:
September 11, 2007 — 8:48 pm
Greg Swann says:
> However, this is not an OLD interview, this is an exclusive interview your colleague granted with me just a few weeks ago.
My apologies. The whole labor-of-love is a hoot. My hat is off to you.
September 11, 2007 — 8:53 pm
Brian Brady says:
That was just “shaw-some”. I hope we hear more of these stories.
September 11, 2007 — 8:55 pm
Russell Shaw says:
Brad Garrett, huh? I used to ask when I went on stage, “if Raul Julia and Rodney Dangerfield had a relationship and had an illegitimate child, would he look like me?”
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My wife and I have 4 buyer agents, 3 listers and 9 admin people working with us.
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Yes, I am a Scientologist – since 1973. Yes, I credit my success to what I have learned from Scientology – especially the administrative technology. Those are the viewpoints and knowledge that enable me to “fix” the various organizational challenges that come up and also that is the knowledge makes it possible for me to effectively help others expand their businesses.
I hope I am still funny. 🙂
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As a note, I never thought I would see all of this linked to BHB. Totally cool. Thanks Derrick and Greg!
September 11, 2007 — 11:08 pm
Brian Brady says:
“I hope I am still funny”
there is no “debate” about that.
September 12, 2007 — 8:39 pm