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.
While living in Chattanooga, he co-produced and hosted their Don’t Tell Comedy shows and created The Carpetbagger’s Comedy Night, a biweekly mix of New York and Southeast comics staged in the loading dock of a hotel he turned into a comedy club. Somehow, it sold out 55 shows in a row.
His activist comedy stunts have been widely covered in the press and shared by millions online. Many are featured in his show, Deviant Acts, which recently sold out NYC’s Caveat Theater.
He’s happy to be back home in Brooklyn, 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.
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.”
STAND-UP SHOWTIMES
(Shown in Eastern)
A collaboration with the animation team at Space Zambonie.
