Jeff Greenstein
Writer/director
Jeff Greenstein is the Emmy-winning writer of Friends, Will & Grace, Parenthood and Desperate Housewives, and more recently directed episodes of Mom and The Neighborhood. Jeff grew up in Atlanta and attended Tufts University in Boston, where he started out as a computer science major, careened through the art history department, and ended up with a degree in film and dance. This is now the recommended path if one wishes to pursue a rewarding career in comedy.
April 13, 2024
S7E344 - Laurie Anderson 'Big Science' with Jeff Greenstein
Writer/director Jeff Greenstein (Will and Grace, Desperate Housewives, Friends) joins us again this week to unpack an album - and artist - that continues to get him spectacularly high: 'Big Science' by avant-garde titan Laurie Anderson. This weirdly...
March 25, 2023
S6E281 - Electric Light Orchestra 'ELO's Greatest Hits' with Jeff Greenstein
Returning guest, television writer, producer and director Jeff Greenstein (Will & Grace, Friends, Desperate Housewives), makes the case that Electric Light Orchestra were - at their core - a fantastic 'singles' band. The 1979 compilation 'ELO's...
March 26, 2022
S5E216 - Tom Lehrer 'More of Tom Lehrer' with Jeff Greenstein
Emmy-winning writer Jeff Greenstein (Friends, Will & Grace, Parenthood, Desperate Housewives) knows a thing or two about comedy. So it's no surprise that a record that got HIM high as a young impressionable adolescent ALSO made him laugh. A lot. The...