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Jackie “The Joke Man” Martling performs at Suffolk Theater on March 4. COURTESY SUFFOLK THEATER
Jackie “The Joke Man” Martling performs at Suffolk Theater on March 4. COURTESY SUFFOLK THEATER
For 18 years (1983-2001) Jackie “The Joke Man” Martling was head writer and a cast member on radio and television’s Howard Stern Show. On Saturday, March 4, comedian, radio personality, actor, author, singer-songwriter and writer Jackie the Joke Man comes to Suffolk Theater for an 8 p.m. performance.
In 1982, after founding Governor’s Comedy Shop in Levittown on Long Island and touring as a national headliner, on a suggestion from a Washington D.C. comedy club owner, he blindly sent his three LPs to Howard Stern upon the shock jock’s arrival at WNBC-AM in New York City. Stern called him to make a guest appearance on his radio show, and in 1986, Jackie became a full-time cast member and the head writer of Stern’s show.
Martling left the Stern show in 2001 after a 15-year run as head writer of the radio show, four television series, and three pay-per-views. He’s released six dirty joke CDs as well as three videos, five joke books, and countless joke gadgets of all kinds for children as well as adults.
His autobiography, “The Joke Man: Bow to Stern” was released October 2017 and his podcast “Stand-Up Memories” with fellow comic Peter Bales is in its third season.
Tickets for the show are $29 to $39 at suffolktheater.com. Suffolk Theater is at 118 East Main Street, Riverhead.
Staff Writer on Feb 19, 2023