Wow, what an awesome movie!

Very nicely put together and well paced. A must watch for fans of the early Howard Stern show. Some very cool blast-from-the-past-moments. Actually made me miss how freaking funny the Stern show used to be with Jackie.

Really hammers home the fact that Jackie was responsible for so much of the humor when he was a part of it and how the quality of the show greatly declined once he left.

I personally think Jackie made the right choice to leave, especially considering what a absolute "joke" Howard Stern has become.

Hearing the once champion of free speech and FCC crusader come out against Joe Rogan for "daring" to have certain guests on his podcast was absolutely absurd and destroyed any credibility Stern may have still had. F_ _ K Howard.

Although I was very interested in watching this, I had very low expectations going into it. I expected it to be cheesy, trashy, and low-grade. Actually, it wasn't any of these things. We are so used to the narrative of what we think Jackie Martling is like based on the Stern Show. It kind of makes sense that it's not necessarily the case. There were lots of interesting things I learned about his career from watching this, and if anyone is expecting to see the "bitter" Jackie, that wasn't even remotely the case. I also liked seeing credible comics like Penn Jillette (of Penn and Teller fame) having respectful and nice things to say about Jackie. While they were able to get ex-Stern show staff like Artie Lange (with a horrible nose), Billy West and Stuttering John to appear in this documentary, it is noticeable and sad that no current Stern Show people are in this. I'm sure Stern forbade it, as I can't imagine Fred Norris or Gary not doing something like this for Martling.

Finally, I've noticed that blindly-loyal Stern fans have already commented on this movie and trashing it. Don't believe it for one minute. If you listened to the show during the Jackie years, this is worth watching, and gives you a different side of Jackie Martling.

"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.