--- title: "Marty Pollio: Stand-Up Comedian, TV Roles | D.O.C." description: "Marty Pollio is a comedian and entertainer from Louisville, Kentucky, who began performing professionally in 1977 as a roving entertainer at…" url: https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-marty-pollio.html updated: 2026-11-13 --- Stand-up comedian # Marty Pollio ## Who Marty Pollio is Marty Pollio is a comedian and entertainer from Louisville, Kentucky, who began performing professionally in 1977 as a roving entertainer at Opryland USA in Nashville. Pollio's early act was a bar mime in Louisville clubs, after studying mime and movement theatre with Avner Eisenberg and Yaakov Noy. Television credits include two appearances on The Tonight Show Starring [Johnny Carson](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-johnny-carson.html), a sketch with [Jay Leno](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-jay-leno.html), guest roles on Night Court, Empty Nest and Blossom, and a co-starring role in the CBS pilot Mars Base One. Pollio also performed the one-man show Prisoners of Cheese at the Montreal Fringe Festival. ## Follow their dates Put them in your D.O.C., your twelve, and the free D.O.C. letter brings their new dates, episodes and videos each week. Saw them live? [Make a card →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/share-my-doc.html#live) ## At a glance **From** Louisville, Kentucky **On screen** The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, Night Court, Empty Nest and 2 more ## Is Marty Pollio on tour? **No upcoming dates on record** No upcoming dates are on record right now. That doesn't mean they have stopped touring; follow them to hear when the next ones are booked. Last checked 13 November 2026. ### Are they coming to my town? No dates are on record right now (checked 13 November 2026), so no town is confirmed yet. Follow them and your town to hear when one is booked. ### Want them in your town? Name your town and how many of you would come: the towns fans ask for show here, with how many asked. Lineups belong to the rooms and the comedians, and can change; each listing has the last word. [Their nights on the Comedy Calendar →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedy-calendar.html) [Build a night out around their show →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/build-my-comedy-night.html) ## Specials, shows and podcasts ### On screen - **The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson** - **Night Court** - **Empty Nest** - **Blossom** - **Mars Base One** ## Comedians like Marty Pollio Each linked to them by something on the record — a stage they both came through, a bill, a show, a style or a home town. - [Marsha Warfield](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-marsha-warfield.html) also in Night Court - [Yakov Smirnoff](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-yakov-smirnoff.html) also in Night Court - [Brian Scolaro](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-brian-scolaro.html) also in Night Court - [Clinton Jackson](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-clinton-jackson.html) also in Night Court - [John Caponera](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-john-caponera.html) also in Blossom [Six Degrees of Komic Bacon: how they connect to anyone →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/six-degrees-of-komic-bacon.html) [Every stand-up comedian with a page, A to Z →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/stand-up-comedians.html) ## Questions and answers ### Where is Marty Pollio performing next? No date is on D.O.C.'s Comedy Calendar right now. ### What TV shows and films are they in? The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, Night Court, Empty Nest, Blossom and Mars Base One. ### Where are they from? From Louisville, Kentucky. ### Who are some comedians like them? [Marsha Warfield](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-marsha-warfield.html) (also in Night Court), [Yakov Smirnoff](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-yakov-smirnoff.html) (also in Night Court), [Brian Scolaro](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-brian-scolaro.html) (also in Night Court), [Clinton Jackson](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-clinton-jackson.html) (also in Night Court) and [John Caponera](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-john-caponera.html) (also in Blossom). ## Is this you? This page can be your website, free. Send your bio in your own words, your links, your clips, who books you, a line said about you and your weekly show, and they go on this page beside the dates D.O.C. already keeps. Fans follow you here and get your news in the D.O.C. letter. Your short address, for your bio: **disciplesofcomedy.com/marty-pollio** [Make this page yours →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-profile.html) [Your dates on your own site](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/tour-dates-widget.html) [Your show on a poster](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedy-show-flyer-maker.html) ## The full SUCDb record The full record — the career in order, the specials and credits, and the sources for each — is on SUCDb, with a button to add them to your D.O.C., your twelve. [Their SUCDb record →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-marty-pollio.html) ### Sources - [Wikipedia ↗](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marty_Pollio) Raised in Louisville, Kentucky; career began in 1977 at Opryland USA; bar mime in Louisville clubs; studied with Avner Eisenberg and Yaakov Noy; two Tonight… Updated 13 November 2026 · the record checked 12 November 2026