Jackie Martling

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Jackie Martling (born John Coger Martling, Jr. on February 14, 1948) is an American comedian, comedy writer, musician, composer and actor. He is best known as "Jackie The Joke Man," a cast member and later head writer for the The Howard Stern Show, a syndicated morning radio show which has now moved from terrestrial radio to Sirius satellite radio. <p>Jackie Martling was born in Mineola, New York on Long Island. He went to Oyster Bay High School, in Oyster Bay, New York, and earned an engineering degree from Michigan State University in 1971.<p>Jackie began his show business career as a musician on Long Island, New York, playing with an original music &amp; comedy trio, "The Off Hour Rockers," until the late '70s, when he began to telling jokes on stage solo. He eventually segued into performing full time as a stand-up comedian. <p>In the late 70's and early 80's, he recorded several joke lp's that he mailed to Howard Stern at WNBC-AM when Howard first arrived in New York City in 1982. The...