I’ve recently found myself listening to the works of Jackie “The
\nJokeman” Martling a lot. Partially, this is because his wife,
\nmusician Nancy Sirianni of The Scoldees, sent me some of Martling’s
\nCDs to review back in November. But since I listened to
\nF. Jackie<\/i> and wrote that review, I’ve found that listening
\nto Martling’s work is kind of like eating a certain brand of potato
\nchips: you can’t stop at just one.<\/p>\n
\nCome Again?<\/i> collects a bunch of Martling’s jokes from a
\nseries of “Talking Joke Book” cassettes he put out some years ago
\n(and were recorded throughout most of 1989). This collection proves
\nthat jokes – especially poking fun at sex and people’s ethnic
\nbackgrounds – know no time boundaries, and this proves itself to be
\na very funny CD.<\/p>\n
Martling’s “joke book cassettes” ranged from “mild” (featuring
\njokes the kids could tell without getting their mouths washed out
\nwith soap) to “red hot” (in other words, Martling’s normal act).
\nSurprisingly, I didn’t find too many jokes I would call “mild” on
\nthis CD – not that I’m complaining, mind you. And it’s not that I
\nexpected “mild” jokes to be nothing more than banal “knock-knock”
\ngags that I thought were kneeslappers in 1978.<\/p>\n
But if anything about
\nCome Again?<\/i> pleasantly surprises me, it’s that this disc is
\nconsistently good and funny. You honestly wouldn’t expect that from
\na disc that pulls elements from six cassettes and numerous stand-up
\nappearances. Yet Martling is able to deliver the goods on a
\nconsistent basis – and you might be embarrassed to find yourself
\nlaughing at some of these, as you wipe tears of laughter from your
\nface.<\/p>\n
Is everything on
\nCome Again<\/i> funny? Not to me, at least – but as I’ve said
\nbefore, I think that Martling structures his act to include
\nsomething a person would laugh at, meaning everyone would find
\ntheir own centers of comedic perfection throughout the act. (Me? I
\nhappen to think it’s hysterical when Martling does word-play jokes,
\nthen screams the obvious double-entendre off-mic to the
\nmouth-breathers who didn’t get it.)<\/p>\n
\nCome Again?<\/i> includes one musical performance – “Fool’s
\nGold,” a song Martling wrote many years ago and re-recorded for a
\nfilm soundtrack. And while Martling isn’t Bruce Springsteen, both
\nthe song and his performance aren’t bad.<\/p>\n
\nCome Again?<\/i> isn’t a disc to leave out for Junior to pop into
\nhis Mickey Mouse stereo, but as a collection of jokes for the
\nadults (and, like me, immature grown-ups), this is one of
\nMartling’s best. A second collection has been promised; here’s
\nhoping it’ll be out soon.<\/p>\n
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\nHour Rockers \/ Oglio Records, and is used for informational
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