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Chicago – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com audio film review for “Joke Man,” a documentary about Jackie Martling, the rapid-fire funny man who spent 18 years as a commentator and sidekick on the Howard Stern Show. Available on digital Video-On-Demand beginning July 18th.

Rating: 3.5/5.0

The Joke Man is Jackie Martling, probably most famous as a sidekick on The Howard Stern Show. It was Jackie who fed Howard and his radio gang a string of ball busting and sick laugh lines during the course of his run. The documentary chronicles his long strange trip, from hippie rocker to the golden age of late 1970s comedy clubs to inventing his own dial-a-joke service, culminating in the highest pinnacle of radio entertainment. And through it all, the jokes kept coming … Jackie Martling can and will out-joke anyone.

”Joke Man” is available through digital Video-On Demand beginning July 18th. Featuring interviews with Jackie Martling, Willie Nelson,...

"The untold story of one of America's last joke tellers." Hellobox Films has revealed an official trailer for a documentary film called Joke Man, arriving to watch on VOD starting in July this summer. Made by Ian Karr, it's a film about a beloved comedian. Jackie Martling just may be America's last great joke teller. His savant-like ability to remember every joke he's heard since he was 8 years old, combined with his lightning fast wit and infectious laugh helped established him as a comedy icon. Famous for being the head writer of the Howard Stern show for 15 years, and infamous for leaving that position, Jackie's story is fascinating, funny and surprising to discover. In an age of political correctness, Jackie "The Joke Man" Martling helps us belly-laugh at ourselves with a kindness and sincerity that defuses his unfiltered punch lines. This looks like a simple yet amusing doc packed with special guests.

Exclusive: TikTok star Jack Wright and Jesse Leigh (Rutherford Falls) are set to make their feature film acting debuts in the indie drama Ctrl Alt Del, marking the feature directorial debut of Eastsiders‘ Kit Williamson. The pair joins an ensemble that also includes Jason Priestley, Laurel Marsden, Elsie Fisher, Mena Suvari, Cheyenne Jackson, Angel Parker, Shiv Pai and Navia Robinson, as previously announced.

Ctrl Alt Del follows disaffected teen Ava (Marsden) and her estranged filmmaker father Greyson (Priestley) as they try to reconnect in the aftermath of a tragic incident prompted by his latest movie. Wright will play Jesse, the high school athlete and heartthrob who is Cameron’s (Pai) best friend. Jesse has a crush on Ava and the feeling is mutual. Leigh portrays Lin, a 16-year-old student who identifies as trans and bears the brunt of bullying at school.

Amir Ohebsion and Arash Homampour wrote the script, and...