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<v Speaker 1>Joining me now is a guy that you have probably

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<v Speaker 1>seen somewhere, because Billy Gardell has been doing his job

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<v Speaker 1>as a stand up comedian and then comedic actor on

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<v Speaker 1>so many different TV shows and movies and everything else.

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<v Speaker 2>And now he's back on the road.

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<v Speaker 1>Because well, he didn't have anything better to do, so

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<v Speaker 1>he thought, why not, I'll just go back to Denver

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<v Speaker 1>to Comedy Works the Landmark in a week or so

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<v Speaker 1>and see the great people of Denver. But now he's

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<v Speaker 1>going to talk to you first. Billy Gardell, Welcome to

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<v Speaker 1>the show.

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<v Speaker 3>Thanks, Mandy Hollow is good to sit again.

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<v Speaker 2>It's good to see you. You look fantastic.

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<v Speaker 1>Can we just start right there, because you are a

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<v Speaker 1>great example as a guy who said, Okay, this whole

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<v Speaker 1>big guy thing is not physically healthy for me anymore,

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<v Speaker 1>and I'm going to do something about it. Tell me

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<v Speaker 1>a little bit about that journey for a second.

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<v Speaker 4>Well, I always say I went from a young Jackie

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<v Speaker 4>Gleason and now an old Paul Move. That's kind of

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<v Speaker 4>what that was my transition. I had to you know,

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<v Speaker 4>after Mike and Ball, which was just a life changer

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<v Speaker 4>for me career wise. You know, my health was getting

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<v Speaker 4>bad because of being you know, you can be big

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<v Speaker 4>for a long time, but you can't outrun those numbers

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<v Speaker 4>when they start clicking up.

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<v Speaker 3>And then I started losing weight.

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<v Speaker 4>On Bob Hart's Abashola and but I was in that

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<v Speaker 4>then a lot of heavy people suffer. I was gaining

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<v Speaker 4>and losing the same thirty pounds for about five years.

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<v Speaker 4>And then you know, when when COVID first came out,

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<v Speaker 4>like my doctor was like, listen, you need to really

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<v Speaker 4>be careful because at that time I had, like you

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<v Speaker 4>know when it said all the most dangerous things like

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<v Speaker 4>sleep out in the asthma, type two diabetes smoker, like

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<v Speaker 4>I was like, bingo got a full card. So I

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<v Speaker 4>had to I had to really look hard at changing

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<v Speaker 4>my health. And so I decided to just stop everything

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<v Speaker 4>else and get healthy and uh and now, yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>It's weird, man, I made myself unrecognizable.

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<v Speaker 4>The only time people catch catch wind to me is

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<v Speaker 4>like when I talked is you know my dad said

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<v Speaker 4>my voice was like a car horn.

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<v Speaker 3>It should be on an ambulance on the way and

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<v Speaker 3>there's been an accident.

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<v Speaker 4>But otherwise, man, it's it's it's been a weird transition,

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<v Speaker 4>and that has kind of made me want to write

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<v Speaker 4>about that.

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<v Speaker 3>And then my kid went.

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<v Speaker 4>Off to college, so we're empty nesters now and it

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<v Speaker 4>made me want to write about that. And then my

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<v Speaker 4>wife and I just celebrated twenty three years, so these

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<v Speaker 4>things start started percolating, and that little itch came and

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<v Speaker 4>I was like, I'm going to get back up.

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<v Speaker 3>And I had some buddies that were really really encouraging

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<v Speaker 3>to get back up.

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<v Speaker 4>Ian Bag and Steve Byrne and Jay Leno and Christopher Titus.

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<v Speaker 4>These were all guys that were they weren't letting me

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<v Speaker 4>completely go away. And then finally I just went over

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<v Speaker 4>to an open mic night and jumped back up, and

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<v Speaker 4>boy wanted to hit you.

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<v Speaker 3>It hits you.

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<v Speaker 4>And now I just it feels like the early days. Man,

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<v Speaker 4>I feel like I'm starting my band over. So it's

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<v Speaker 4>really it's kind of really cool.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, and I've always wanted to play. Yeah, I

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<v Speaker 3>want to ask.

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<v Speaker 4>You listeners please come out and watch the show, because

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<v Speaker 4>I've always wanted to play the comedy books.

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<v Speaker 3>Even when I was a younger.

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<v Speaker 4>Comic, I never heard anything but phenomenal things about these clubs.

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<v Speaker 3>So I'm very excited to complay the comedy works South

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<v Speaker 3>in the Landmark. I believe.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, you're at the Landmark. Yeah, you're at the Landmark.

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<v Speaker 2>They are.

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<v Speaker 1>Whenever I talk to comedians, they all say this is

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<v Speaker 1>one of their favorite clubs to play. We are great

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<v Speaker 1>audiences because everyone is stoned all the time, so.

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<v Speaker 2>You're receptive to comedy. And you know, talking.

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<v Speaker 1>About you've been in comedy since you were in your

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<v Speaker 1>like lateeens, early twenties.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I started when I was seventeen.

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<v Speaker 4>My first open mic night was December twenty eighth, nineteen

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<v Speaker 4>eighty seven. Back when life was pretty fun. We had

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<v Speaker 4>a pretty fun time being from gen X.

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<v Speaker 3>Man. I mean, we had our troubles.

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<v Speaker 4>I was telling my kid this look, I go, and

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<v Speaker 4>I tell his buddies, take the phone and take a

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<v Speaker 4>one day a week break from it. I know you

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<v Speaker 4>can't get off of it, but take a day away.

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<v Speaker 3>I go.

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<v Speaker 4>That's how we got through it in gen X. I

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<v Speaker 4>go the follows program to tell you everything's horrible, horrible, horrible, horrible.

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<v Speaker 3>I go. But we had bad stuff too.

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<v Speaker 4>We had we had aids, we had cracked, we had homelessness.

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<v Speaker 3>I went a contra fair like. There was stuff going on.

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<v Speaker 4>But Friday night we were at the club, so instead

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<v Speaker 4>of it being horrible every day, it was like horrible, horrible, horrible,

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<v Speaker 4>I'll stop the world and now for you, and then

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<v Speaker 4>we would go back to it on Monday.

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<v Speaker 3>So I just talk.

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<v Speaker 4>I'm trying to come from a place where I can

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<v Speaker 4>give the youngsters some life action. Gen X, I wass

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<v Speaker 4>telling them think of me as the ghost of Christmas path.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm here to help you.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, I mean, I agree. I talk about stuff like

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<v Speaker 1>this all the time. And I have a fifteen year

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<v Speaker 1>old daughter who's definitely jen Alpha, and she's so dismissive

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<v Speaker 1>of when I talk about the olden days when we

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<v Speaker 1>only had three channels on television, and.

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<v Speaker 3>Then she's just.

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<v Speaker 2>Like, Mom, what is wrong with you?

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<v Speaker 1>I go, you guys, you think you have it better,

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<v Speaker 1>but in so many ways you have it worse. Like

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<v Speaker 1>my parents didn't know where I was from ninth till

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<v Speaker 1>twelfth grade, Like no clue where I was.

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<v Speaker 2>And it was fine. They were like, she's always over clothes.

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<v Speaker 2>It's fine.

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<v Speaker 4>If you were in gen X. Nobody was watching us.

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<v Speaker 4>They used to have a commercial at ten o'clock. It's

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<v Speaker 4>ten pm. Do you know where your children are? They

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<v Speaker 4>had to remind them they had kids, you know what

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<v Speaker 4>I mean. But like I said, I think there's a

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<v Speaker 4>I think the stuff we can teach them that might help,

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<v Speaker 4>you know what I mean. I think there's see you know,

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<v Speaker 4>I'm a big believer. You know, remember the song video

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<v Speaker 4>killed the radio. So of course I think that's what

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<v Speaker 4>social media has done the television and the movies.

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<v Speaker 3>And I think it was a mistake.

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<v Speaker 2>That I absolutely agree with that.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, you talk about a shift that is not

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, we weren't depressed. If we were depressed or

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<v Speaker 1>had anxiety when we were kids, our friends would have

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<v Speaker 1>just been like, suck it up, Buttercup, let's go.

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<v Speaker 2>And it would have been over. There's no time to

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<v Speaker 2>wallow when you're a gen xer.

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<v Speaker 4>I think gen X definitely has to suck it up.

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<v Speaker 4>But we were also pretty open with.

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<v Speaker 3>Each other, which I think these kids kind of have.

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<v Speaker 3>I watched them.

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<v Speaker 4>They're very kind with each other, but they're very traumatized.

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<v Speaker 4>And I don't think that's fair to lay all that

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<v Speaker 4>on them. Because we raised the generation of housecats, and

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<v Speaker 4>that's because we were just fair running through the streets,

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<v Speaker 4>and so we overworried for our kids. So some of

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<v Speaker 4>that's on us, you know, So I try to I

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<v Speaker 4>try to hit the middle of the road with that,

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<v Speaker 4>like I call balls and strikes, you know what I mean.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, Billy Gardella is my guest. He's going to be

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<v Speaker 1>at Landmark Comedy Works. Not this weekend, the following weekend.

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<v Speaker 1>I look today, either tickets available. I am going to

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<v Speaker 1>come to one of your shows for sure. I just

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<v Speaker 1>I mean again, could you add that, Nae?

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<v Speaker 2>Because we're getting.

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<v Speaker 1>Older, Billy, could you add like a two thirty maybe

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<v Speaker 1>a four o'clock show for you know, the elderly among

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<v Speaker 1>us who have to be in bed by nine thirty.

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<v Speaker 4>West and Mandy, I'd be happy with with a three

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<v Speaker 4>o'clock dinner and a five o'clock show. I'm talking with that.

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<v Speaker 4>I'm just fine. We could all be home by eight o'clock.

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<v Speaker 4>That'd be wonderful. We would make it the g there's

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<v Speaker 4>some pretty early showtimes. One on Thursday, one on Friday, too, Saturday.

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<v Speaker 4>And it's nineteen twenty and twenty one.

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<v Speaker 1>I want to ask you one more question before we

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<v Speaker 1>run out of time, because I'm about to do this

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<v Speaker 1>on my program here tonight is the big presidential debate.

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<v Speaker 2>We're about to.

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<v Speaker 1>Like, I'm going to ask my listeners to either come

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<v Speaker 1>up with an over under that we can put together

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<v Speaker 1>for tonight's debate, or maybe a bingo card square.

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<v Speaker 2>Do you ever talk about politics?

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<v Speaker 1>Because I have to say, at this moment in time,

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<v Speaker 1>it is almost hard to make fun of politics because

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<v Speaker 1>we're in such an absurd time period.

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<v Speaker 2>It's almost too strange to make fun of it.

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<v Speaker 4>I actually don't talk about politics on stage for that reason.

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<v Speaker 4>I don't think at this point where we're at, we

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<v Speaker 4>we can change anybody else's mind. It's kind of you know,

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<v Speaker 4>I know they always say there's undecided people. I'm not

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<v Speaker 4>sure what they're undecided about. It's pretty clear what's going on.

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<v Speaker 4>You're one way or the other. But the one thing

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<v Speaker 4>I do try to to encourage is to give you

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<v Speaker 4>you know, I'm from Pittsburgh, so I'm a mister Rogers guy.

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<v Speaker 4>Give your neighbors some room, compassion. I always vote for compassion.

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<v Speaker 4>What do I think is the most compassionate. And then

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<v Speaker 4>when my dad taught me to vote, you know, he's

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<v Speaker 4>an old Navy guy, and he said, never listen to

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<v Speaker 4>the politicians and never listen to the news. Go to

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<v Speaker 4>us dot gov Org and look at their voting records.

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<v Speaker 3>That's it.

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<v Speaker 4>That's all you need to know, because they're going to

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<v Speaker 4>tell you whatever they need to tell you in your time.

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<v Speaker 4>But if you go look at their voting records, whatever

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<v Speaker 4>you're going to vote for, look up their voting records.

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<v Speaker 4>Do they vote in accordance to things that will help

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<v Speaker 4>your family and maybe help.

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<v Speaker 3>America as a whole without all.

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<v Speaker 4>The rhetoric, because I think we're in this cycle now

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<v Speaker 4>where we watch whatever news we want to watch, we

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<v Speaker 4>hear a talking head and then we scream that at

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<v Speaker 4>someone else, and I don't think that's the way forward.

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<v Speaker 4>I think the way forward is to hold them accountable

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<v Speaker 4>for their votes, what do they vote on, and let

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<v Speaker 4>people evolve in their issues, like if they see something.

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<v Speaker 4>This is one thing I wish politicians would do, all

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<v Speaker 4>of them think, no matter what, you have to be perfect.

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<v Speaker 4>I think that American people would like to hear someone go,

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<v Speaker 4>you know, I felt this way, but now I feel

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<v Speaker 4>this way because I'm changing to be.

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<v Speaker 3>Honest man and go forward and look what is best

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<v Speaker 3>for the whole. You know, our common welfare and must

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<v Speaker 3>come first.

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<v Speaker 1>That's Billy Gardelle. Everybody go see him. Not this weekend

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<v Speaker 1>coming up at the Comedy Works Landmark. We've got to

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<v Speaker 1>give him a warm Denver welcome. This is his first

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<v Speaker 1>trip to comedy Works, so you're popping your Comedy Works

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<v Speaker 1>cherry on this one and.

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<v Speaker 2>You're gonna have a great time. Billy. It's good to

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<v Speaker 2>see you, Billy. I appreciate you making time today.

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<v Speaker 4>Mary, you're the best. I appreciate you. Thank you very

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<v Speaker 4>much for your support and your continued support over the years.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, thanks, that's Billy Gardell and you can see

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<v Speaker 1>him at Comedy Works