Gallagher dead at 76.

[JP4CY]

Didn't his brother also use the "Gallagher" moniker? Or steal it from him at some point?

Saw Gallagher in Vegas as a teenager. Meh.

Are you sure you didn't see Carrot Top?

 

[mj4cy]

Definitely one of a kind...RIP

 

[Cymon]

Are you sure you didn't see Carrot Top?

Nah this was in the early 90's. Was Mr. Top around at that time?

 

[Cymon]

Gallagher II- Ron Gallagher. Original Gallagher's brother.

 

[3TrueFans]

Gallagher II- Ron Gallagher. Original Gallagher's brother.

There was a lawsuit at some point I think.

 

[BCClone]

Gallagher be up there smashing melons in the sky and showering us all with his juice.

RIP G

His juice………sounds a little bad.

 

[BCClone]

Nah this was in the early 90's. Was Mr. Top around at that time?

Yes he was. Except it was skinny carrot top, not roid rage carrot top

 

[Farnsworth]

And after his brother...

 

[20eyes]

You merely adopted the sledge-o-matic, I was born in it.

...molded by it...he did always say they could have his sledge-o-matic when they pulled it from his cold dead hands...

 

[davegilbertson]

Really interesting clip with him on O&A talking with Patrice. Gained a lot of respect for him from that.

 

[Pat]

Really interesting clip with him on O&A talking with Patrice. Gained a lot of respect for him from that.

Opposite: I heard him on Maron’s show and walked away thinking he was an unfunny miserable SOB whose story sounded great until subjected to only the slightest scrutiny.

 

[NorthCyd]

Opposite: I heard him on Maron’s show and walked away thinking he was an unfunny miserable SOB whose story sounded great until subjected to only the slightest scrutiny.

I've never seen his act except for some clips of him smashing things. For some reason I have the impression he is a miserable sob. Maybe it was this, or the thing with his brother. Who knows.

 

[3TrueFans]

Really interesting clip with him on O&A talking with Patrice. Gained a lot of respect for him from that.

Opposite: I heard him on Maron’s show and walked away thinking he was an unfunny miserable SOB whose story sounded great until subjected to only the slightest scrutiny.

Now fight, and the winner shall determine Gallagher's legacy.

 

[MuskieCy]

Opposite: I heard him on Maron’s show and walked away thinking he was an unfunny miserable SOB whose story sounded great until subjected to only the slightest scrutiny.

Life as a one gimmick comic has to be soul crushing.

The audience is waiting for it, all you think is "I have hated doing this stupid part for the last 25 years. He I go again,...".

Total self-loathing in front of an adoring audience.

 

[cytor]

Life as a one gimmick comic has to be soul crushing.

The audience is waiting for it, all you think is "I have hated doing this stupid part for the last 25 years. He I go again,...".

Total self-loathing in front of an adoring audience.

You can put up with a lot when the money is rolling in.

 

[davegilbertson]

Opposite: I heard him on Maron’s show and walked away thinking he was an unfunny miserable SOB whose story sounded great until subjected to only the slightest scrutiny.

The conversation/clip of the conversation was interesting. Re the bolded, are you sure you weren't just listening to Maron?

 

[davegilbertson]

Now fight, and the winner shall determine Gallagher's legacy.

It was a battle of various perspectives. Gallgher got his feelings hurt, Patrice went a little over the line. Made for good radio.

Gallgher had a much more "vaudeville" you do the act, it's about entertaining the audience, Patrice had a borderline "when keeping it real goes wrong" attitude throughout his career. Believe he's been vindicated post homously, but his attitude and bottled anger/pain kept him from a lot of opportunities.

Not saying one is right/better than the other, but the exchange had me see some things I hadn't considered.

 

[FilthyShadow]

never found him amusing

 

[CySmurf]

You can put up with a lot when the money is rolling in.

His net worth was only around $200,000.

 

[VeloClone]

Gallagher be up there smashing melons in the sky and showering us all with his juice.

RIP G