

Gardell also appeared on Chelsea Lately as a roundtable participant. Gardell continues to make weekly appearances on hometown local radio station, WDVE, appearing on The DVE Morning Show. financial news network CNBC (conducting man-on-the-street interviews) Notably, he created and staged an SNL-style charity performance of a piece called Winter Park Live, the proceeding from which were donated to Comic Relief.

Subsequently, he appeared on Miller's television program Dennis Miller, telecast on the U.S.
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Gardell appeared as himself on the Comedy Central series Make Me Laugh. television series including NBC's Heist, The Practice, Yes, Dear, Desperate Housewives, Lucky, My Name is Earl, Monk and The King of Queens. He has performed in several feature films including Bad Santa (with Billy Bob Thornton), You, Me and Dupree (with Owen Wilson) and Avenging Angelo (with Sylvester Stallone and Anthony Quinn) as well as appearing numerous times in recurring roles in several U.S. Before Mike & Molly, Gardell revealed that he was actually considering a career in radio after being on the road for his comedy act was affecting his family time. Although Bonkerz helped launched his comedy career, he has credited the support of his grandmother saying, "She told me when I was 8 years old that I could be a comic". He has also listed Richard Pryor, George Carlin, John Candy and John Belushi as his influences. Gardell is known for his comedic roles and is influenced by Jackie Gleason. Gardell was a member of International Thespian Society Troupe 850 (which also included Amanda Bearse, also a graduate of Winter Park High School and Ben Rock of The Blair Witch Project). He eventually started opening for Dennis Miller and George Carlin. I was running my mouth that I would do it. "If I didn't do an open mic night, I couldn't cover the bet. On December 28, he started performing at the comedy club's open-mic night after he made a dare with some co-workers. In 1987, he started cleaning bathrooms, seating people and started answering phones at a local comedy club, Bonkerz. At the age of 15, he started working at a department store warehouse in the receiving area where he would unload trucks and stack pallets. He has said living in Florida was a positive experience. As a child, he moved to Florida with his mother and his younger brother and sister after his parents divorced and only visited Pennsylvania in the summers. Gardell attended Winter Park High School in Orange County, Florida during the mid-1980s. Born in Swissvale, Pennsylvania near Pittsburgh.
