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But clearly theres a place in comedy for someone so buttoned-up.
He first garnered attention for co-creating theModern Seinfeld Twitter accountin 2012.
That nabbed Gondelman a Shorty Award for social media excellence in the Best Fake Account category.
Showtime recently plucked him away from HBOto write and produce forDesus & Mero, which debuted in February.
Congrats on the new album!
Its very funny, and you do nothing to dispel the rumor that youre the nicest guy in comedy.
I think its very exciting to have earned any kind of reputation in comedy.
To be known for anything, especially something thats positive, is just warming.
Ill stomp around for a day.
Its not that that never happens.
Living in the world, and being attuned to whats happening in it, is discouraging.
And Im a person who, recently at least, hasnt dealt with a lot of big-picture personal tragedy.
I dont want to say, Oh, yeah, I can get through anything.
Its easy to say that when not that much bad is happening directly to me.
At the beginning of the first episode they roast Barack Obama of all people.
So that was roughly a year, maybe a little less, that I was doing that.
With the stand-up album, its about three years between my last album and this one.
So I think I move slower.
But I cant let myself get down about it because its just not possible for me to do that.
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I cant get mad at that, and I dont get mad.
Id probably be a lot better if I wasnt so busy; thats what the problem is.
On top of all of this, youve also been married for close to two years now.
Im trying to be an increasingly available, attentive, collaborative partner.
And you also find time to launch football-game-prompted charities.
It kind of dragged me back in.
I got out of the NFL for CTE reasons and political reasons.
It didnt feel like fun escapism; it felt like a keen awareness of big, global problems.
But my grandma got back in, which got me back in.
It was a thing I could talk to her about, so I stayed current with the Patriots.
So when the Patriots were in the Super Bowl in 2017, it was right after Trumps inauguration.
And then you donate for any reason you like: a Patriots touchdown, a Patriots field goal.
We use the hashtag #AGoodGame just to track it.
The Patriots have been in three straight Super Bowls and weve done it three years in a row.
And youllhop on Twitter and do these pep talksfor followers that might be struggling, emotionally or otherwise.
How did that get started?I was in a weird, bad place with my own career.
This was late 2013, maybe.
I was pretty bummed out.
I thought,I would like to feel better.
I felt very needy, sincerely.
Thats very heartening and gratifying.
It helps me feel connected to people, which, really, thats what I wanted.
Its a nice little connection and a very warming feeling.
From afar it seems as though life for you is really clicking into place creatively, professionally, personally.
I mean, youve even got the dog.
I think about that a lot.
A lot of it is very circumstantial.
This interview has been edited and condensed.
