Jackie “The Joke Man” Martling is a comedian, writer, actor, musician and podcaster. He is best known as the former writer and in-studio comedian for The Howard Stern Show from 1983-2001.  He has a new documentary about his life coming out on July 18th called “Joke Man.”  We discuss the new movie, his autobiography, why he left the Stern Show, and so much more!!

0:00:00 - Intro
0:00:50 - Long Island Comedy Scene
0:06:28 - Self-Producing & Selling Albums
0:13:05 - Getting the Call From Howard
0:13:45 - Early 80s Comedians
0:15:26 - Jackie's Tenacity & Work Ethic
0:19:40 - Jackie's Book - From Bow to Stern
0:21:10 - Leaving The Stern Show
0:28:42 - Artie Lange
0:30:01 - Stern Interviews & Writing Jokes 
0:35:35 - Les Paul
0:35:48 - Private Parts Movie
0:42:13 - Busting Balls Going Too Far?
0:43:45 - Howard's Brilliance
0:45:46 - Why Howard Didn't Keep Jackie
0:47:20 - The Jackie Chair & Benjy Bronk
0:50:00 - The Ebb And Flow of Life
0:55:10 - Making People Laugh
0:57:15 - Politically Incorrect Comedy
1:00:10 - Doing a Q & A for New Movie
1:04:15 - Jokes on TikTok
1:07:30 - Movie & Aftermath
1:09:08 - Baymen's Heritage
1:10:25 - Outro

Joke Man Movie site:
https://www.jokemanmovie.com/

Jackie Martling website:
https://www.jokeland.com/

Baymen's Heritage website:
https://baymensheritage.org/

Chuck Shute website:
https://www.chuckshute.com/

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