Jackie 'The Joke Man' Martling Comes to Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts Tonight

The Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts (PTPA) is pleased to announce longtime fixture of radio's Howard Stern Show, and Long Island Native, comedian JACKIE "THE JOKE MAN" MARTLING tonight, November 15 at 8:00 PM. Jackie "The Joke Man" Martling tonight, November 15 at 8:00 PM Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts, 71 E. Main St., Patchogue, NY 11772 Tickets: $18-$38; available the box office, at www.patchoguetheatre.com, or by phone, 631-207-1313.

Comedian Jackie "The Joke Man" Martling was born and raised on Long Island, NY. He earned a degree in mechanical engineering from Michigan State University in 1971, and initially pursued a career in rock & roll with his college band "The Pillowcayse."

Martling was always famed among his friends, and everyone he ever encountered, for his seemingly inexhaustible supply of dirty jokes, and upon returning to Long Island in 1973, he and a pal he'd met in kindergarten formed a duo, "The Off Hour Rockers," that played original music, told jokes, and did comic routines. For a hoot, Jackie tested his jokes on open-mike night at New York City's Catch a Rising Star. After the duo disbanded in 1978, Jackie began telling even more jokes in his solo musical act. After meeting a few local comedians, he soon started producing comedy shows in small clubs all over Long Island and in New Jersey. Jackie was thus one of the initiators of the comedy boom in the early 80's. In 1979, he released his self-produced debut LP, What Did You Expect? on Off Hour Rockers Records.

While touring as a national headliner, Martling released two more albums, 1980's Goin' Ape! and 1981's Normal People Are People You Don't Know That Well. Three years after sending the LP's to Howard Stern and Howard's arrival at WNBC-AM in New York City in 1982, Jackie became a full time cast member and head writer of Stern's show.

Jackie left the show in 2001 after fifteen-year run as head writer of the show, four television series, and three Pay-Per-Views. He's released five dirty joke CD's, two videos, and is currently being seen in the red-hot comedy documentary "The Aristocrats." He has done over a dozen other independent films and had written the joke page for the Penthouse magazine for seventeen years. Jackie has a line of electronic joke gadgets he created with Excalibur Electronics in stores internationally.

Martling still headlines around the country, performing his solo act of rapid-fire filthy jokes and the classic finale, "Stump the Joke Man." For more information visit jokeland.com.