rizzo had a pbs special which he created by himself, and he was also the executive producer. in an article published on december 08, 2006 by oprah radio (via oprah.com), mehmet oz wrote that "steve rizzo is the author of "becoming a humor being", and the creator and executive producer of his own nationally syndicated pbs special. after doing stand-up comedy for many years, steve transitioned to being a professional humorist speaker." a publication by mcgraw-hill (introducing rizzo's book, "get your shift together: how to think, laugh, and enjoy your way to success in business and in life") says, "[rizzo reaches] well over 50,000 people a year through his talks and weekly rizzo-gram e-mails."