3802 – Letting it ride with Billy Gardell
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In studio notes by Garon Cockrell
Editing and additional notes by Darryl Asher
@BillyGardell
BillyGardell.com
00 Hello! 3802! So far so good on the chair! Not much squeak OR squawk.
EPiC! Elvis Presley In Concert! They’re calling it a doc but Jimmy is leaning towards Concert film.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EPiC:_Elvis_Presley_in_Concert
He rushed to the theater after the show and it was sold out!
Jimmy talks Elvis! He’s probably put an Elvis record on 3 times in his life.
Jimmy loves him as a performer. Crazier stage patter than Paul Stanley?!
Elvis did not live to see Airplane.
10 – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airplane!
Mel Brooks talk!
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/3mwk1b/til_elvis_presleys_favorite_movie_was_monty/
Elvis Presley Favorite Movie?! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Python_and_the_Holy_Grail
10. Groundhog Day (1993)
9. Young Frankenstein (1974)
8. Fargo (1996)
7. Duck Soup (1933)
6. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
5. Waiting for Guffman (1996)
4. The Great Dictator (1940)
3. Annie Hall (1977)
2. Some Like It Hot (1959)
1. The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)
Nirvana The Band the Movie!
New website! Enjoy!
We’ll be right back!
46m32s – We’re back! Billy Gardell is here!
Jimmy has known Billy for decades!
Jimmy tries to guess who Billy toured with on that Jamison Whiskey sponsored tour.
Talking Steve Burn.
Billy just looks for Kindness and Compassion and that is advice Billy gives to young comics.
Bert Kreischer was one of the late additions to the show.
50 – Gutfeld is getting added to Jimmy’s fight list!
Billy talks about his weight and weight loss!
Billy talks about working on Bob Hearts Abishola and getting Bariatric Surgery to lose weight and get healthy.
55 – Billy talks Chuck Lorre and how he changed his life, even with being 25 minutes late for his first audition for Mike & Molly.
Billy says his dad is the funniest guy he ever knew.
Talking about aging and Jimmy wanting to live long enough to hold his grandkid.
Billy talks about his son and also being there for his friends for advice etc.
60 – Big Condom!
Billy talks about how he addresses the world and the young people in it dealing with the stuff their dealing with on stage.
The Gardell Plan! Elect some folks with spines and a moral compass.
Lock up all of the folks involved with Epstein and take their money to solve the world’s ails.
Jimmy talks about hearing from folks he knew who worked on Mike & Molly who complimented Billy and Melissa and how they were on set.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_%26_Molly
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Hearts_Abishola
1h5m – Jimmy and Billy talks more about Billy’s career.
Billy goes into working on Mike & Molly and how much he learned from not only Chuck Lorre but from his castmates like Melissa McCarthy.
1h10m – Billy talks Sitcom schedules being the best.
Barnie Rubble was a problem on set?!
https://flintstones.fandom.com/wiki/Loyal_Order_of_Water_Buffaloes
Memories going! Jimmy went outside to move a car and did not even move the car.
1h15m – Placebo talk!
Billy talks his favorite comedies including Let It Ride and Quick Change.
“Wait for the question.” Billy’s parenting advice.
Billy talks about the open mic in florida when he started. He came up with Carrot Top, Daryl Hammond, Larry The Cable Guy, and more!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrot_Top
1h20m – Mike & Molly ended because of behind the scenes corporate stuff between WB and CBS. They would have gone on for more if they could have.
Billy talks about loving to perform and not carrying about the fame that comes with it. He just wants to perform.
1h25m – Billy talks coming back to stand up and having to readjust after his weight loss and time away.
Billy talks about Social Media and how it feels like a job to do it.
Trivia!
We’ll be right back!
1h33m25s – We’re back!
Worth a Deuce! Kiss!
I Was Made For Loving You – Kiss!
LA Songs!
1h35m – Round the horn!
Six!
1h40m – Eliot fixed a toaster and did something with a bank. Oh he banked the toaster story. He took the toaster apart completely and put it back together.
1h45m – Let’s get answers!
1h54m – We’re done!
Jimmy compliments Billy!
Billy wants to be Jimmy’s corner man!
See ya’ll next time!
Trivia Results:
Category: US Cities
Question: Once the 5th Largest City in the US as of the 1950 census, what is the only city to fall below one million people after reaching that milestone. Some estimates have San Jose falling below one million in 2025, but this is not yet official.
Garon: Detroit (5 pts) Preguess: Buffalo, NY
Eliot: Detroit (13 pts) Preguess: Honolulu, HI
Matt: Detroit (9 pts) Preguess: Toledo, OH
Billy Gardell: Pittsburgh, PA (15 pts) Preguess: Pittsburgh, PA
Jimmy: Buffalo, NY (10 pts) Preguess: Youngstown, OH
Answer: Detroit, MI!
Eliot wins.
My pleasure,
Garon/The Beast/Mush Mouth Shy Guy/The Notekeeper/Lazy Queen/Sloth/Little Asshole
