Jay Martel is an American writer/producer, and occasional actor, that wrote one of the segments on The Henry and June Show, and episodes for Season 4 of KaBlam!.
Martel has wrote for other Nickelodeon programs, including Welcome Freshmen (as an actor, portraying Mr. Royd), The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss and 100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd. He wrote the political satire play Death in a Landslide and was a consulting producer on the film Fahrenheit 9/11.
Recently, Martel was a writer/executive producer on the award-winning television series Key & Peele, airing on Comedy Central from 2012 to 2015, and a screenplay/story writer for the 2015 film Get Hard. He would then be an executive producer (and actor, portraying Mr. Spinnoli) on the TV Land sitcom Teachers from 2016 to 2019.
Lately, Martel is an executive producer and writer for the Comedy Central variety show Alternatino with Arturo Castro. The show aired one season on Comedy Central before it was picked up by streaming service Quibi for its second season. However, with the latter shutting down in December 2020, the status of the show is unknown.
Episodes written
- "A Show of Their Own" (The Henry and June Show)
- Takes a Knockin' and Keeps Tick-Tockin' (co-writer)
- In It To Win It! (co-writer)
- The Best of Both Worlds (co-writer)
- A Nut in Every Bite! (co-writer)
- Now With More Flava'! (co-writer)
- Timeless! (co-writer)
- Going the Extra Mile!
- Under New Management
External links
- Jay Martel at the Internet Movie Database
- Jay Martel on Twitter
- Jay Martel's official site
