Billy Gardell

Born in Swissvale, Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh, Gardell attended Winter Park High School in Orange County, Florida during 1985. As a child, he moved to Florida with his mother and younger brother and sister after his parents divorced. After that, he only visited Pennsylvania in the summers. He has said living in Florida was a positive experience. 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. In 1987, he started cleaning bathrooms, seating people, and answering phones at a local comedy club, Bonkerz. On December 28, he started performing at the comedy club\'s open-mic nights after he made a dare with some co-workers. "If I didn\'t do an open mic night, I couldn\'t cover the bet. I was running my mouth that I would do it. They bet me I wouldn\'t," he explained. He eventually started opening for D…