Joke Man

Jackie's ability is that he remembers jokes. And he tells them. But he's not very funny in general, he just thinks he is. And the cavalcade of has-beens in this documentary is just downright sad, especially stuttering john, the least funny person on planet Earth.

Jackie also made the worst decision in show Business history in leaving the Stern show, his career has been in a downward spiral ever since leaving Stern, because he never understood the fact that he was a side man, he was not a frontman, and his talents are minimal at best. All that being said this is a entertaining documentary even though Jackie is a bitter has-been.

If you want to inflate your own relevance, hire your best friend to make a movie about you, and if you run out of people to comment on you, allow that same friend to be a commentator in the film. This is just a vanity docu-project about the classic joke comedian who was once a writer for Howard Stern.

There is no new ground covered, basically the same stories Jackie has recycled for years on podcasts and in his biography. But that's Jackie, right? A fine purveyor of recycled jokes and material in yet another attempt at self-promotion. Isn't that what we love about him?

This film allows you to laugh AT him more than with him, you just wish Howard, Fred and the Jackie Puppet were doing a commentary track about it. The most exciting part is the appearance of Scott DePace, the ignorant director who fell off the face of the Earth and is probably again the team leader at ShowBiz Pizza. Watch it if you have a love for Jackie and the Stern show.

PS - Artie does make three 10 second appearances.

This is exactly the self-serving piece of crap the angry, bitter, then never funny Jackie The joke Man would produce. He was always Howard's pity case from day one, I never understood what Howard saw in him as far as him being anything even remotely funny. Jackie would not even been funny in the vaudeville days, which is where 99% of his jokes come from. He never understood his role on the show, he was always in the minor leagues and Howard was in the major leagues, although Jackie thought he was in The Beatles of comedy, but he wasn't even Pete Best. Kudos to the sweet Willie Nelson for lowering himself to be in this piece of crap. Mildly entertaining if you're a Stern fan, but expect self-serving crap until the end.

"Joke Man" does a nice job telling Jackie Martling's story. I'm not the biggest fan of Martling. I also live on Long Island and have had many opportunities to see his act over the years but never bothered. I know a lot of people who enjoy his act but it was never my thing. That said, "Joke Man" is definitely worth the watch. Martling tells some funny stories and doesn't use the movie to go on the attack. Martling takes the high road and that helps the movie out quite a bit. I listened to Martling on the Howard Stern show for many years but it wasn't until I watched this movie that I actually fell like I know who he is. Anyone who used to enjoy Martling on the radio should try to watch this movie.

Self-serving documentary about and with Jackie Martlin whose oly claim to fame is being on the Howard Stern radio show for 15 years.

I guess he made enough money from the show to not have to worry about money these days.

Everyone whose path Jackie has past comes on to tell us how great Jackie is -- except Howard and his rigial cronies - Fred, Robin, and Ba ba booey.

And there's good reason. Jackie is not nice to Howard and he uses all these other people to passive-aggressively tell us what a devil Howard Stern is.

And how unfair ir was there. It goes on forever. And Stern will never speak to him again and Jackie is sure to tell you he contacted all of them to be in his puff piece, claiming he's still friends with everyone else he's ever met but not them for some reason.

Twist the knife Jackie, twist the knfe.