Hollywood, CA
Cary, NC
Cary, NC
Cary, NC
Cary, NC
Overall Rating
4.7
By T.
Funniest show ever!
Emerald Queen Casino - Tacoma
Must see! Billy touches so many funny areas about life, marriage and kids. I laughed harder than ever before!
By Tommy H
AWESOME
Emerald Queen Casino - Tacoma
Absolutely PHENOMENAL show. Billy Gardell is hilarious, down-to-earth, and you can tell that he genuinely cares about people!! Just an amazing performance and great human being!
By hiphop
Didn't disapoint
Emerald Queen Casino - Tacoma
The show was terrific. Billy Gardell had an incredible comedic delivery. He did repeat some of the material we have heard him do the last two times, but the friends we took (who had never seen him) loved the show. The venue has some draw backs. The seats are way to close together. The walk thru the very smokey casino wasn't pleasant. The worst thing was parking. Their virtually was none. I guess they had the new garage open, but we did not know that and had to park incredibly far away. We were almost late to the show.
By L. E.
Fun times
Emerald Queen Casino - Tacoma
Was awesome but the Emerald Queen hotel smelled of cigarettes so much that we will not ever go again
By J. S.
Hilarious
Emerald Queen Casino - Tacoma
What a great show! I laughed from the beginning to the end!
By JR
Great comedy!
Emerald Queen Casino - Tacoma
Funny and uplifting! Have seen Billy before, this was all new material. Laugh so much!
By Franny
So much fun
Emerald Queen Casino - Tacoma
We really enjoyed the show. We related to do much of what Billy was saying about long time couples so we really got some good laughs.
By H. H.
comedy show
Emerald Queen Casino - Tacoma
Billy Gardell was Fantastic!!!! The parking was a nightmare and the seats were to close together. This is why only 3 stars.
By LorenR
Bad venue
Emerald Queen Casino - Tacoma
We could go to the show because there was no parking at the Emerald Queen. I will not ever buy tickets to an event at the Emerald Queen again! No place to park!
By T. H.
First time comedy goer
Emerald Queen Casino - Tacoma
Buy G was hilarious. Would definitely see him again.
Billy Gardell works hard. He has no choice. He's from Pittsburgh. Hard work is the honor code in Pittsburgh, and Gardell lives by it.
And now all this hard work is paying off for Billy, he is the star of the new CBS hit comedy MIKE & MOLLY (Mondays at 9:30PM) where he plays Officer Mike Biggs. And on February 5, 2011, he stars in his own one hour stand-up Comedy Central special - BILLY GARDELL: HALFTIME. A DVD of the special will be released on February 8th.
Billy isn't your average Hollywood success story. No GQ genetics, no family in the business, no coattails to ride. He took the long road to get here, stopping at every small town honky-tonk, military base, and comedy club along the way. Anywhere he could find a live audience.
Billy started early in stand up and got good fast; headlining some clubs before he was legal at the door. But that didn't stop him from being as big a hit at the bar as he was on stage. After all, the kid was living his dream and following in the footsteps of his idol, Jackie Gleason.
As every comic quickly learns when they arrive in L.A., all those years of toiling in the clubs to become a great comic don't mean a thing in Hollywood. You start working your way up all over again. But before long, Billy have built quite impressive acting resume for himself with regular guest appearances on My Name is Earl, The Practice, Yes Dear, Monk, Judging Amy, Desperate Housewives as well as a co-starring role in the critically acclaimed FX series Lucky. On the big screen, Billy made his film debut alongside Anthony Quinn and Sylvester Stallone in Avenging Angelo and afterwards scored a rather memorable scene with Billy Bob Thornton in the Cohen Brother's Bad Santa.
Billy's dedication to acting, along with continuing to tour as a stand up, have allowed him to grow consistently stronger in both arenas. His stand up show is a powerhouse. His grounded, down-to-earth point of view hits a strong chord with American audiences. Stories about his rough childhood, wild adolescence, and new family life are executed with the skill of a master craftsman.
In his spare time, Billy enjoys spending time with his son and following the Pittsburgh Steelers.