Jeff Martin (writer)

Jeff Martin
Jeff Martin in 1994.
Residence	Los Angeles, California
Occupation	Television producer and writer
Years active	1990–present
Spouse(s)	Suzanne Martin (1986–present) (2 children)

Jeff Martin is an American television producer and writer. He was a writer for The Simpsons during the first five seasons and returned over 20 years later to write again for seasons 27 and 28. He attended Harvard University, where he wrote for The Harvard Lampoon, as have many other Simpsons writers. He left along with most of the original staff in 1993, and has since written for several TV shows, including Listen Up!, Baby Blues and Homeboys in Outer Space. He also wrote for Late Night with David Letterman during the 1980s, and occasionally appeared on the show as Flunkie the late-night viewer mail clown, a depressed clown who smoked cigarettes and sometimes talked about his infected tattoos. Martin won four Emmys during his time at Late Night.

He currently lives in Los Angeles with his wife, fellow television producer and writer Suzanne Martin and his youngest daughter. His eldest daughter graduated from NYU in 2010.

He is credited with writing the following episodes: