Shawn Leflar
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Shawn Leflar is a guest host of the coin shoppe show on ShopNBC
network. He is most notable for a clip in which he attempts to demonstrate the strength of one of the katanas he is selling by banging it against a wooden table-top. The katana snaps in half and a piece hits him in his midsection. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kybIaNkIQLI This clip was recently featured on VH1
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as well as Ellen and the Jimmy Kimmel show.
Leflar is a former high school, college, and professional soccer player and sometimes updates the latest happenings on the sport during his on-air segments. Before joining Shop at Home, Shawn was a show host with 'Via TV' from 1994-1995. He also was the sideline and locker room interviewer for the 2000 MLS Allstar game.
Shawn grew up in Germantown, Tennessee
outside Memphis
. He majored in theatre in college and is an accomplished athlete, earning nine varsity letters in track, cross-country, soccer and wrestling. In 1998, he fulfilled his lifelong dream of attending the World Cup in France. Next on Shawn's life agenda is to "go surfing in Hawaii," he says, "or else be the grand marshal in a Disney Parade."
Shawn Leflar has a wife, Crystal, a son, Ryan, and a very smart and playful miniature black schnauzer
named 'Graham Cracker Crunch.' His hobbies include golf, motorcycles and soccer.
ShopNBC
ShopNBC is an American broadcast and cable home shopping network, owned and operated by ValueVision Media, which is in turn 30% owned by GE Equity and NBC Universal...
network. He is most notable for a clip in which he attempts to demonstrate the strength of one of the katanas he is selling by banging it against a wooden table-top. The katana snaps in half and a piece hits him in his midsection. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kybIaNkIQLI This clip was recently featured on VH1
VH1
VH1 or Vh1 is an American cable television network based in New York City. Launched on January 1, 1985 in the old space of Turner Broadcasting's short-lived Cable Music Channel, the original purpose of the channel was to build on the success of MTV by playing music videos, but targeting a slightly...
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Web Junk 20 is an American television program in which Vh1 and iFilm collaborate to highlight the twenty funniest and most interesting clips collected from the Internet that week. The show is now hosted by comedian Aries Spears. Patrice O'Neal hosted the first two seasons, while Jim Breuer hosted...
as well as Ellen and the Jimmy Kimmel show.
Leflar is a former high school, college, and professional soccer player and sometimes updates the latest happenings on the sport during his on-air segments. Before joining Shop at Home, Shawn was a show host with 'Via TV' from 1994-1995. He also was the sideline and locker room interviewer for the 2000 MLS Allstar game.
Shawn grew up in Germantown, Tennessee
Germantown, Tennessee
Germantown is a city in Shelby County, Tennessee. The population was 38,844 at the 2010 census.Germantown is a suburb of Memphis, bordering it to the east. Germantown's economy is dominated by the retail and commercial service sectors; there is no heavy industry in Germantown...
outside Memphis
Memphis, Tennessee
Memphis is a city in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee, and the county seat of Shelby County. The city is located on the 4th Chickasaw Bluff, south of the confluence of the Wolf and Mississippi rivers....
. He majored in theatre in college and is an accomplished athlete, earning nine varsity letters in track, cross-country, soccer and wrestling. In 1998, he fulfilled his lifelong dream of attending the World Cup in France. Next on Shawn's life agenda is to "go surfing in Hawaii," he says, "or else be the grand marshal in a Disney Parade."
Shawn Leflar has a wife, Crystal, a son, Ryan, and a very smart and playful miniature black schnauzer
Schnauzer
A Schnauzer is a German dog type that originated in Germany in the 15th and 16th centuries. The term comes from Schnauze , the German word for "snout", because of the dog's distinctively bearded snout. The word Schnauzer also means moustache in German; some authorities, such as Encyclopædia...
named 'Graham Cracker Crunch.' His hobbies include golf, motorcycles and soccer.