Jeff Greenspan is a Brooklyn-based comic known for his subversive media pranks.

He’s appeared on Netflix, written for filmmaker Michael Moore, and performed at the Limestone, Red Clay, and Portland Queer Comedy festivals.

For six years, he lived in Chattanooga, where he ran The Carpetbagger’s Comedy Night, a biweekly mix of NYC and Southeast comics held in the loading dock of a hotel he turned into a comedy club. Somehow, it sold out 55 shows in a row.

He also co-produced Chattanooga’s Don’t Tell Comedy shows and regularly played Atlanta’s Laughing Skull Lounge and Zanies Nashville.

His activist comedy stunts have been covered widely by the press and shared by millions online. Many of these are featured in his solo show, Deviant Acts, which recently sold out at NYC’s Caveat Theater.

He’s happy to be back home in NYC, despite the rent.

Some front page love for The Carpetbagger’s Comedy Night

A bi-weekly show I produced where NYC comics joined Southeast faves.

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During the pandemic’s lockdown, I left NYC to become a “Comedian in Residence” at Humanaut, a creative production company in Chattanooga. While there, I lived in The Bode Hotel.

One night, the hotel let me run a socially-distanced comedy show. We only had a karaoke machine for a sound system and a smattering of hotel guests for an audience, but it went well enough to try again.

We eventually got a legit sound system (and audience), so I moved full-time to Tennessee to host and produce what became The Carpetbagger’s Comedy Night, a bi-weekly showcase where my NYC comedy pals joined Southeast faves. The show grew to having over 50 sold-out shows in a row.

When the hotel was sold, the show moved to The Granfalloon, regularly drawing standing-room-only crowds until it closed on its 3rd anniversary.

During the show’s run, a producer from The Daily Show thought the idea of a “New York comedy refugee” might make for an interesting series. A crew came down and made this little “sizzle reel.”

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A collaboration with the animation team at Space Zambonie.

Thanks to the talented Das Frank, one of my punchlines now comes in small, medium, and large.

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In 2017, two comedian friends and I were invited to perform at NYC's French Comedy Festival. Little did we know, a french documentary crew would be on hand. They asked for our perspectives as new comics and we made it into the film! Here’s a clip featuring Bill Burr. You can watch the whole film on Netflix.

The B.C. Years (Before Covid)

March 11, 2020: COVID-19 had started to spread, and for whatever reason, this audience came out, Not a great atmosphere for laughs, but posting since it was one of the last NYC shows before the shutdown.

After this performance, I was offered a residency at NYC's Broadway Comedy Club and a slot on the Manhattan Comedy Festival.

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In 2009, while reviewing copywriter portfolios at R/GA, I was surprised to find myself in one of them. Almost a decade prior, I auditioned for a commercial and was asked to improvise as a computer salesman who knew zero about computers. These spec ads were made from those audition tapes. Nine years later, they’re in front of me in some writer’s portfolio. WTF? He said he included them, despite the poor production value, because he liked the performances. Hmmm.

Jeff Greenspan is a Brooklyn-based comic known for his subversive media pranks.

During the show’s run, a producer from The Daily Show thought the idea of a “New York comedy refugee” might make for an interesting series. A crew came down and made this little “sizzle reel.”

STAND-UP SHOWTIMES
(Shown in Eastern)

Thanks to the talented Das Frank, one of my punchlines now comes in small, medium, and large.

The B.C. Years (Before Covid)

March 11, 2020: COVID-19 had started to spread, and for whatever reason, this audience came out, Not a great atmosphere for laughs, but posting since it was one of the last NYC shows before the shutdown.

But wait, there's more!

A long time ago, I asked people on the street what they found when they Googled themselves. Here's an outtake with some folks from “out of town.”

Jeff Greenspan is a Brooklyn-based comic known for his subversive media pranks.

During the show’s run, a producer from The Daily Show thought the idea of a “New York comedy refugee” might make for an interesting series. A crew came down and made this little “sizzle reel.”

STAND-UP SHOWTIMES(Shown in Eastern)

Thanks to the talented Das Frank, one of my punchlines now comes in small, medium, and large.

The B.C. Years (Before Covid)

March 11, 2020: COVID-19 had started to spread, and for whatever reason, this audience came out, Not a great atmosphere for laughs, but posting since it was one of the last NYC shows before the shutdown.

But wait, there's more!

A long time ago, I asked people on the street what they found when they Googled themselves. Here's an outtake with some folks from “out of town.”

STAND-UP SHOWTIMES
(Shown in Eastern)