Gallagher
Gallagher
American comedian who became famous in the 80's for his unique brand of prop comedy. He is best know for smashing watermelons as part of his act.
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth24 July 1946
CityFort Bragg, NC
CountryUnited States of America
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I know that I am an excellent live performer. I know that I have spent my life paying attention to my art form, developing my art form, worrying about my show and what it is I'm bringing to people, making sure that I give them a fine trade. They get a two-hour show, sometimes a three-hour show, for a decent price.
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I have spent my life paying attention to my art form, developing my art form, worrying about my show and what I'm bringing to people, making sure that I give them a fine trade.
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The challenge to the developing world is now to make sure they have the infrastructure, rules, legal processes and the market systems to attract the investment of the technologies that we see on display at the summit,
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I was the first one to allow a projectile to come off of the stage and into the audience. And I kind of take responsibility for the mosh pit.
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I know what people laugh at. I know their vocabulary.
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I don't say that I'm going to be like every other comic that's blue, or gratuitous use of language. I do try to have my own standards: I don't do everything the audience wants, and I do try to surprise them.
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I don't want to overthrow the government. I wanna fire 'em.
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Detroit is drunken idiots. It was no surprise to me. I performed with Kenny Rogers for one year as his opening act, and I got to visit every major American city and notice the audience, and Detroit was one of the worst.
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I need wrong to get laughs. I need a normal world so that I can be abnormal, and that's my problem. Comedians need prejudice.
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Parents are trying to be friends with their kids rather than draw the line and tell them what proper public behavior would be.
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People don't know how to behave in public anymore.
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I thought the reason for core earnings was to present a picture of what earnings from ongoing operations really look like. But because of this one factor, and because it's going to introduce so much volatility, nobody is going to use it.
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I think we're all aware of what's at stake. But we can't get ahead of ourselves. Taking one game at a time is what's put us in this spot.
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I think we spent between a third and a half of it and we sent the rest back, ... The money sat in an account, so it was very easy for us to do that.