F Jackie
Encyclopedia
F Jackie is an album by American comedian
, comedy writer
and radio personality
Jackie Martling
. The album was released on August 22, 2000 on the Oglio Records
label. By Martling’s own account, it is the raunchiest of his many comedy albums.
He released two more albums, 1980's Goin' Ape!
and 1981's Normal People Are People You Don't Know That Well. Martling sent all three records to fledgling New York
disk jockey Howard Stern
. By 1986, he was a full-time member of Stern's show, later becoming the program's head writer. Martling maintained a steady schedule of live dates while working with Stern, recording Sgt. Pecker
, Hot Dogs + Donuts
, and The Very Best of Jackie Martling's Talking Joke Book Cassettes, Vol. 1
. F Jackie is the fifth CD from Martling’s Stern era.
on May 12 and 13, 2000. Jackie Martling and Nancy Sirianni
were the album's producers
.
While most of the album’s material is dedicated to telling jokes in his trademark manic, high-pitched style, Martling begins the album by insulting audience members and ripping hecklers without mercy. He relates one such instance in an interview:
Martling’s comedic delivery is sharp and rapid-fire, relying on a stream of consciousness technique which is tailored to individual audiences.
While Martling’s humor is famously off-color and his reputation as a comedian is firmly established in the entertainment industry, there is a caveat
for those fans that are unacquainted with his comedic performances:
Comedian
A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience, primarily by making them laugh. This might be through jokes or amusing situations, or acting a fool, as in slapstick, or employing prop comedy...
, comedy writer
Writer
A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
and radio personality
Radio personality
A radio personality is a person with an on-air position in radio broadcasting. A radio personality can be someone who introduces and discusses various genres of music, hosts a talk radio show that may take calls from listeners, or someone whose primary responsibility is to give news, weather,...
Jackie Martling
Jackie Martling
John Coger "Jackie" Martling, Jr. is an American comedian, comedy writer and radio personality. He is best known for being a writer on The Howard Stern Show from 1983 to 2001.-Early life and career:...
. The album was released on August 22, 2000 on the Oglio Records
Oglio Records
Oglio Records is an American record company started in 1993 by Carl Caprioglio. They are well-known for issuing compilations of rare 1980's modern rock and New Wave songs, many of which were previously unreleased on CD...
label. By Martling’s own account, it is the raunchiest of his many comedy albums.
Track listing
- Shouters & Specials
- Fixers & Fighters
- Invaders & Interjectors
- Knobs & Gnashers
- Lizards & Loungers
- Imbibers & Idiots
- Dooties & Deception
- Scavengers & Servers
- Coffins & Calculus
- Pesterers & Pushers
- Curers & Carnivals
- Smoochers & Smellers
- Tasters & Toters
- Partners & Posers
- Travelers & Tube Steaks
- Boozers & Bungholes
- Chokers & Chewers
- Sharers & Soloists
- Halitosis & the Handicapped
- Cornholers & Confederates
- Taverns & Transplants
- Dunkers & Delicacies
- Donors & Disgust
Background
In 1979, Martling issued his debut LP, What Did You Expect?What Did You Expect?
What Did You Expect? is an album by American comedian, comedy writer and radio personality Jackie Martling. The album was released on Martling's Off Hour Rockers label on September 12, 1979.-Track listing:#Lipstick on My Dipstick#The Saran Wrap Stomp...
He released two more albums, 1980's Goin' Ape!
Goin' Ape!
Goin' Ape! is an album by American comedian, comedy writer and radio personality Jackie Martling. The album was released in 1980 on the Off Hour Rockers label.-Track listing:#Side I: I Dreamt I Was Awake, And When I Woke, I Was Asleep...
and 1981's Normal People Are People You Don't Know That Well. Martling sent all three records to fledgling New York
New York City
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disk jockey Howard Stern
Howard Stern
Howard Allan Stern is an American radio personality, television host, author, and actor best known for his radio show, which was nationally syndicated from 1986 to 2005. He gained wide recognition in the 1990s where he was labeled a "shock jock" for his outspoken and sometimes controversial style...
. By 1986, he was a full-time member of Stern's show, later becoming the program's head writer. Martling maintained a steady schedule of live dates while working with Stern, recording Sgt. Pecker
Sgt. Pecker
Sgt. Pecker is an album by American comedian, comedy writer and radio personality Jackie Martling. The album was released on November 5, 1996 on the Oglio Records label.-Track listing:#Meatballs & Monkeys#Canines & Canyons#Rags & Racers#Habits & Heroes...
, Hot Dogs + Donuts
Hot Dogs + Donuts
Hot Dogs + Donuts is an album by American comedian, comedy writer and radio personality Jackie Martling. The album was released on August 25, 1998 on the Oglio Records label.-Track listing:#Poops & Probes#Jammers & Geniuses#Smooches & Stammers...
, and The Very Best of Jackie Martling's Talking Joke Book Cassettes, Vol. 1
The Very Best of Jackie Martling's Talking Joke Book Cassettes, Vol. 1
The Very Best of Jackie Martling's Talking Joke Book Cassettes, Vol. 1 is an album by American comedian, comedy writer and radio personality Jackie Martling...
. F Jackie is the fifth CD from Martling’s Stern era.
Description
F Jackie was recorded live at The Comedy Place in Andover, MassachusettsAndover, Massachusetts
Andover is a town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. It was incorporated in 1646 and as of the 2010 census, the population was 33,201...
on May 12 and 13, 2000. Jackie Martling and Nancy Sirianni
Nancy Sirianni
- Career :With her band, The Scoldees, Sirianni has performed at major festivals: Woodstock '99, and Mountain Stage New Song Festival, and well-known venues such as The Bottom Line and The Whisky A-Go-Go...
were the album's producers
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
.
While most of the album’s material is dedicated to telling jokes in his trademark manic, high-pitched style, Martling begins the album by insulting audience members and ripping hecklers without mercy. He relates one such instance in an interview:
The funniest stuff on my CD F Jackie was after a guy yelled, ‘Nice shirt.’ Then I went off with: ‘Yeah, I know. Your mom got it for me because I made her come faster than Dennis RodmanDennis RodmanDennis Keith Rodman is a retired American Hall of Fame professional basketball player of the National Basketball Association's Detroit Pistons, San Antonio Spurs, Chicago Bulls, Los Angeles Lakers and Dallas Mavericks. Born in Trenton, New Jersey, he was nicknamed "Dennis the Menace" and "The...
. Is she working tonight, or is she resting her snatch? You ever see her? Her pussy lips are so swollen that the crotch of her panties looks like Jiffy PopJiffy PopJiffy Pop is a popcorn brand of ConAgra Foods. The product combines unpopped popcorn kernels and oil with an aluminum pan and folded aluminum foil lid. As the pan is heated, the popping corn causes the foil to unfold and puff up. Jiffy in the name references the short cooking...
. She’s got a clit the size of a PezPEZPez is the brand name of an Austrian confectionery and the mechanical pocket dispensers for the same...
, and it glows like a firefly. Go shit yourself a twin sister.’
Martling’s comedic delivery is sharp and rapid-fire, relying on a stream of consciousness technique which is tailored to individual audiences.
Critical reception
Fans and journalists alike testify unanimously to the album’s filthy content. A listener’s ambivalence to Martling’s dirty jokes must inevitably contend with, and make allowances for, a world that is not perfect, as one review explains:
Some of these moments are old Tasteless Jokes stand-bys (such as the Helen Keller material - I loved these jokes as a kid), some of them are modern-day (including a few jokes at the expense of President Clinton and his escapades a few years back), and some of them are good ol'-fashioned ethnic jokes that are incredibly non-P.C. today. Well, you know what? Fuck being politically correct. If you can't laugh at yourself (and Martling even includes some self-deprecating humor to prove this) and each other's foibles, then you may as well be dead.
While Martling’s humor is famously off-color and his reputation as a comedian is firmly established in the entertainment industry, there is a caveat
Caveat
Caveat , the third-person singular present subjunctive of the Latin cavere, means "warning" ; it can be shorthand for Latin phrases such as:...
for those fans that are unacquainted with his comedic performances:
Martling's near-shrieking delivery and relentlessly fast tempo may wear some listeners down over the course of 70-plus minutes.
Reviews
- Daily Vault: A- link
- Allmusic [ link] (US)
External links
- Official website
- Official Web Site at Jokeland.com