[4] In the late 1960s, he formed a comical duet of hosts on radio Europe 1 with French actor Jean Yanne.

Martin created and hosted such popular satirical TV shows such as Le Petit Rapporteur ("The Little Snitch, 1975–1976, TF1) and La Lorgnette ("The Opera Glasses", 1976–1977, Antenne 2).

He was also good at creating new concepts for television shows, the most famous being Le Petit Rapporteur and L'École des Fans.

On a side note, L'École des Fans was the first television appearance of French singer Vanessa Paradis, in 1980; she was 7 years old.

[6] Martin died, aged 74, from cancer, on 14 September 2007 in the Hôtel du Palais, Biarritz, where he had settled.