PAST SEASONS

On the premiere episode of Stand-Up Memories we meet the hosts, seasoned comedians Jackie “The Joke Man” Martling and Peter Bales “Professor P” and learn a little about their history in the comedy scene throughout the years as well how they were influenced into comedy by family and by watching old comedy shows on TV. Jackie learned to play the guitar and got into music “to meet girls” and started doing comedy in between songs during gigs while Peter knew since the 11th grade that comedy was his calling. Learn about the origins of Jackie’s catchphrase, “COME ON!” and how his friendship and correspondence with Gershon Legman, author of Rationale of the Dirty Joke, resulted in a visit by Penn Jillette and Paul Provenza to include Jackie in their documentary, The Aristocrats, about the famous off-color joke. Don’t miss out on a lot of funny moments among these two as well as interesting insights and anecdotes of comedy throughout the years. If you have any love for comedy and its history, you can’t miss out on watching this podcast!

MEET YOUR HOSTS

Jackie "The Joke Man" Martling

Jackie is a comedian, radio personality, actor, author and singer/songwriter. He’s actually done some of those in recent decades. For eighteen years (1983-2001) he was Head Writer and a cast member on radio & television's now-legendary Howard Stern Show.


Born and raised in East Norwich, Long Island, he graduated in 1966 from Oyster Bay High School and for no apparent reason earned a degree in Mechanical Engineering from Michigan State University in 1971.

 

Jackie was very instrumental in escalating the very fledgling Long Island comedy club scene in the late 70’s, aided by the creation of his still-active (forty-three years and counting) joke line, “Use Your Finger! (516) 922-WINE.”


He still performs all over the country, spouting rapid-fire jokes (some say better than anyone ever) and of course laughing has ass off.


“Joke Man” .. an IKA Collective documentary about Jackie’s interesting journey from there to here .. was completed in Fall 2021 and is coming soon to screens wherever the producers can sneak it on.


Jackie’s autobiography, “The Joke Man: Bow To Stern,” was released October 2017, he frequently guests on top national radio shows & podcasts, & for a daily joke at 4:20pm you can follow him on Twitter, @jackiemartling.


Please feel free to drop Jackie a line, jokeland@aol.com - he answers all e-mails.


 "The Professor" Peter Bales


Peter Bales has appeared as a stand-up comedian at countless comedy clubs, corporate functions and colleges across the country and has appeared on a variety of television networks including FOX, A&E, Comedy Central, Lifetime, MTV, VH-1 and most recently, "The New Rascals Comedy Hour" podcast for XM Satellite Radio.


He also teaches H​istory and American Government at Queensborough Community College of the City University of New York.



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