Billy Gardell

I just started going back to open mic night because I hadn't done it in three years.

And it's like a golf swing stand-up.

The longer you stay off stage, the worse it gets.

And I had this big hang-up in my head, like, you have to deliver.

You were on TV.

If people recognize you, you can't go away with a bad show.

And if you do that, you never give yourself room to improve.

So I had to remind myself, it's just Tuesday.

It's an open mic night.

There's 18 people here.

Go up there and do your jokes.

It didn't matter.

So in a way, it was kind of...

it was cathartic because I was able to let go of all of what I thought I should be and walk into what I want to be next, you know?

Yeah, we were between 11 and 13 million a week on Mike and Molly, and we were between 6 and 7 million a week on Bob Hart's because that's when the real transition to the internet was really starting.

And it's funny, too.

I've always been on Monday night on television, which is...

The toughest night of the week to survive.

Like if we were on Friday nights, I'd still be on, no one would know.

But Monday night was like, you were fighting dancing with the stars and Monday night football.