After graduating from the University of South Florida with an
engineering degree, Gallagher got his first taste of life on tour in
1976 as Jim Stafford's road manager. Stafford and Gallagher went out
to California in 1979 and Gallagher decided to take the stage himself.
He began honing his own comedy act while hanging out at both the
Comedy Store and the Ice House. As his audience grew, Gallagher became
most noted for wielding his trademark Sledge-O-Matic. He showered his
audience with the pulverized remains of apples, oranges, lettuce,
cottage cheese, poundcakes, Big Macs and of course, no show can end
without the Watermelon finale. Show goers turn up already
Gallagherized, wearing plastic raincoats, goggles, sunglasses,
umbrellas, and windshield wipers and refer to the front of the theatre
as DeathRow. Being one of the most thoroughly calculating performers
in the world of entertainment, he writes all of his own material, runs
his own operation, and does over 100 concerts a year, selling out the
majority of them. All of Gallagher's affairs are handled exclusively
by his company's, Sold Out Shows and Fun Fun Fun. Gallagher is a
self-contained touring business with an agent, promoter and road
manager all inhouse. For the last eighteen years, Ruth Ann Hoffman has
booked and promoted all of Gallagher's dates across the country.
Gallagher calls Hoffman his "Personal Promoter", which he says every
performer needs. Due to the fact that Gallagher wanted to be in
control of his own business, he took off one hat as a comedian and put
on another as a promoter. A Gallagher concert is an unforgettable
experience. He is a keen and original observer of human nature and the
American "scene". "My humor makes people think," Gallagher says. "I
want people to look more closely at this country and their lives to
see the humor and absurdity in it all ...I don't have to make it up,
the truth is funny enough." Sponsored by Jackson National Life
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