Todd Shapiro

Todd Michael Shapiro (born June 20, 1973) is a Canadian broadcaster, radio host, and media personality who currently hosts The Todd Shapiro Show on SiriusXM Canada's Canada Laughs Channel.

Shapiro was born to a civil servant father and teacher mother in Toronto, Ontario, stating his parents provided him with a wonderful upbringing, but taught him little about business which is why he ended up in the arts. He graduated with a sociology diploma from York University followed by working at an air conditioning and heating (HVAC) business. At age 26, Shapiro went back to school, enrolling in Seneca College's radio and television program.

Shapiro's first experience in the entertainment business came as a reality contestant on Blind Date (hosted by Roger Lodge) in 1999 when the American show had come up to Toronto to film 5 episodes, choosing their “daters” via CityTV's "Speaker's Corner" booths. Over 10,000 people auditioned for spots, but 27-year-old Shapiro, a student at Seneca College's radio/TV program, stood out enough for the show's producers to call him back shortly after he recorded his video.

When the Blind Date footage, that had been shot in July 1999, was to air on CityTV in November 1999, Shapiro was invited to discuss his Blind Date experience on Humble & Fred, a morning show on 102.1 The Edge radio station that had a commercial tie-in with CityTV via having the Toronto Blind Date couples as guests on the morning of their respective episodes' scheduled air dates. Shapiro came alone on the Humble & Fred show since his date had moved to Ottawa in the meantime. After his first ever in-studio, on air experience, Shapiro approached "Humble" Howard Glassman and asked to be his intern in order to help him get experience and fulfill the 100 hours he needed in order to graduate from his college program. Humble reportedly replied, "Come back tomorrow".

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