This was the best Sledge-O-Melon finale out of all of them.. I don't care what anyone else says; Gallagher ranks among the best ever.. Rest in Peace, Gallagher.
He has sadly passed away, at the age of 76 ... RIP Gallagher ... We could use you and your laughter here on earth these days ... but I guess Heaven needs a good laugh too ...
Watermelons around the world rejoice, no longer having to fear the wrath of the Sledge-O-Matic. Thanks for all the years of laughs and fruit salad. Rest in peace, Funny Man.
Loved this guy as a kid. Hate that people hate him. He was an entertainer and should not be forgotten for being an entertainer in an entertainment business
How can someone hate him? He brought all ages together in front of the TV and didn't have to be disrespectful to entertain. Just genuine fun and u can't not smile watching him. Rip
I'm gen x also and loved him as a kid, he got me in trouble because I would smash thing with a sledge hammer lol I got to see him in person when I was about 7 or so
I don't remember hearing about him until the 80s when the Charleston Naval Base recreation counter was giving out tickets to a Gallagher concert. I'd never heard of him & neither did the young lady standing behind me in line so I asked her to go with me. They were front row seats & we both wondered why everyone else had plastic sheeting in their lap. Boy,did we find out.
@@allanshpeley4284 I loved and laughed with his comedy, back when you didn’t see any comedy specials like on HBO years later. Btw, I didn’t get high to laugh with him. R.I.P.
I really have no words. This feels like a fever dream. They’re having so much fun watching that man smash things with a big hammer. I envy them. I wish anything made me as happy as being sprayed with watermelon leavings makes them.
I saw him in the mid 90's...He Was Awesome!!! I was on the second row...and I'm glad I bought a clear poncho! The people who didn't, were covered in watermelon, mayo, ketchup & cantaloupe, etc, when they left!😂 I remember thinking..."Bet you wish now, you'd spent that $1, don't ya?🤣 Would definitely love to see him again!
Gallagher really thought a whole 90 minutes had passed in less than 10. I think nobody noticed either. They’re about to get to dinner with the sun still up thinking it’s daylight savings
Rest in peace comedian #Gallagher I met him in 2008 it was for my birthday. I got to get up on stage and squash a birthday cake. Syrup/cake all over me 😆
My wife and i had the pleasure many years back to see him in person at the Ventura theater. He was fabulous. It is a true shame he is no longer with us. 😢 he did so much for comedy. Thank you, Gallagher, you will be missed..
It looks like a lot of people are forgetting that Gallagher does more than just smash things. This is how he ends his shows. His standup is amazing. He points out the stupidity of the world around him. Just like the majority of the good comics. He also does props. He also does performance art pieces. Like that giant couch behind him and the smashing bit. He is so great because he does so many things.
@@crimsonbluejay Exactly. Very simple philosophy but so true. Gallagher was ‘Meh’. Whatever. He was fine. Nothing revolutionary about him at all, but he’s sort of entertaining I suppose. People are fucking weird how they’ll idealise just about anyone when they see other people idolising them.
I remember seeing this on HBO when I was a kid, Thought it was awesome. I watch it now and think, " This guy made a really good living smashing stuff with a hammer, genious!!!"
I remember going to his show in Baltimore and he was sitting at an entrance table selling his tee shirts. There was a line of people waiting to buy, but I couldn't afford any, so I just stood away from them and looked. He seriously shouted at me -- "What do you think you are doing?" I told him I was just looking. He jumped up and ran around the table to me. I was new to him and his comedy and so I thought he was going to hit me or throw me out of the theater. But instead, with a magic marker, he signed the shirt I was wearing. It was a great show and he was a fantastic comedian. I am so sorry he's gone.
I'm only twenty, but I have seen and LOVED the 90+ minutes of "The Maddest" that came before this... because my parents showed me this when I was little.
On my husband's account-@ 2:50 "Not bad"says the guy in the front row.P.S Grew up watching him & had the pleasure of seeing him once in person,loved it.This'll never get old
What? He never said that haha, actually he was encouraging that. All he said about the amendment was that the Blue Group never spoke about the 4th amendment and then went blue. He was saying he should continue doing the political commentating between smashing, but change his name and appearance
@@dadoodfrumcheers. Yeah, he contradicted himself a fair few times in that clip. I believe it was earlier on that he mentioned he should continue with the same routine, but put more emphasis on the commentary talk in between, he even said that’s why you should keep the name Gallagher with Leon, so people recognise his formula but also expect something different
Even if he is just smashing stuff, he's got a certain presence about it. The way he does it is just so delightfully crazy that you can't help but laugh.
I first saw him in Charleston SC in 1986.Neither my date & I had ever heard of him & we had front row tickets.(" This.Will.End.Badly.") We learned quickly to bring a plastic sheet to his shows.
Wow! I don't get all the hate and confusion for Gallagher. I will say I find him smashing a watermelon a lot funnier than a whole double live album of Dane Cook.
jacob kudrowich No need to provoke tragedy out of comedy is there, guess you’ve never known poverty or hunger. So here’s one for you, what’s the difference between a Jew and an apple pie?
Holy fuck...I remember hearing Bill Hicks talk about this dude and didn't believe it... if the audience were 5yr olds I'd get it... but... Holy fuck how is this a thing???
I think it broke expectations for theater in a way. If you think about what theater was usually like back then...you had to get dressed up, be all quiet and well behaved within polite society, and this kind of flipped that on its head. Everyone’s looking for something entertaining, and this was innovative and pretty funny.
When I saw Dave Chappelles impersonation of this I thought it was all made up. This is the rarest sh#t I have ever seen haha. A packed crowed, all white, are laughing there brains out and cheering at this guy smashing food. WTF is going on haha
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This was the best Sledge-O-Melon finale out of all of them.. I don't care what anyone else says; Gallagher ranks among the best ever.. Rest in Peace, Gallagher.
@Andrew Youngblood I did. Maybe Atari should have hired him to use his Sledge-O-Matic on the consoles and video games they planned to dump in Nevada.
I like how they got reeeeeaaaaal quiet when the light bulb appeared.
He has sadly passed away, at the age of 76 ...
RIP Gallagher ... We could use you and your laughter here on earth these days ... but I guess Heaven needs a good laugh too ...
Watermelons around the world rejoice, no longer having to fear the wrath of the Sledge-O-Matic. Thanks for all the years of laughs and fruit salad. Rest in peace, Funny Man.
Well, even the watermelons knew they had to make sacrifices for the greater good.
Well said 😅 Gallagher had style 🙂⛸️ rest in peace you are loved and missed
Agreed ☢
Hmm he died?
@@MigorRortis Yes, 11/22/2022
The secret to Gallgher's success: every crowd member pounded 3 lines before his set.
They throw in a sample bag of coke with your ticket
Haha pounded. I see what you did there
The show actually starts at 7:59 but the rest was censored by the government
What do you think the crack monster is doing behind that couch? He got the crowd ready before the show.
HE SMASHED THE WATERMELON! I thought he wasn't going to do it but he did! High fiives all around!
Oh, so ahead
Um, yeah ... spoiler alert 😉
Yes!
You must be new to him lol
@@syn420951 I was just going to say, he must be a young one. Lol
Loved this guy as a kid. Hate that people hate him. He was an entertainer and should not be forgotten for being an entertainer in an entertainment business
A bitter, angry, and bigoted shtick doesn't really work when the guy isn't funny.
R.I.P
How can someone hate him? He brought all ages together in front of the TV and didn't have to be disrespectful to entertain. Just genuine fun and u can't not smile watching him. Rip
@@MMuraseofSandvich sounds like a biased opinion if I ever heard one. How sad it is that you come to a video to talk shit about him after he died.
@@MMuraseofSandvich He had over 3,500 live shows, and 12 television specials. What about you?
"You want that cheeseburger to go?" SMACK! "It's gone!"
@BMW F25 X3 R Spec April Fools!
He was a comedic genius and us GenX kids loved him and laughed our asses off.
Right on.
I'm gen x also and loved him as a kid, he got me in trouble because I would smash thing with a sledge hammer lol I got to see him in person when I was about 7 or so
I don't remember hearing about him until the 80s when the Charleston Naval Base recreation counter was giving out tickets to a Gallagher concert.
I'd never heard of him & neither did the young lady standing behind me in line so I asked her to go with me.
They were front row seats & we both wondered why everyone else had plastic sheeting in their lap.
Boy,did we find out.
LOL
Beautiful
And you married that woman. On your anniverseries you fling watermelon at each other. Or that's how I'm imagining this all in my head. lol
I remember watching this as a kid with my dad good times back then man I miss my dad rip and rip Gallagher
When HBO first debuted they played this like 3 times a week. great memories of this as a kid.
My Mom got me watching this funny guy for the first time when I was 10 years old! Good times! Good times...
Ditto. He had mad HBO specials. Saw them all as a kid. "Why dont they make midgets catchers so they dont have to squat? LMAO
@@DJWildstyle7997 showtime
Thats child abuse, having to watch this is the worst !
@@MrPopPopDMZ you have no styyyle.
RIP good sir, you & your comedy will definitely be missed
I used to be convulsing with laughter at this, just putting my baby hand up saying, “stop! It’s too funny, it’s too good!”
a time period ...
It’s surreal that an entire crowd of people sat watching this act, genuinely enjoying it, crazy.
Cocaine's a helluva drug.
@@allanshpeley4284 I loved and laughed with his comedy, back when you didn’t see any comedy specials like on HBO years later. Btw, I didn’t get high to laugh with him. R.I.P.
There was a lot more to his act than just smashing stuff. He was actually a pretty brilliant observational comic.
I miss this man. I watched him as a child. We need him now more than ever.
I really have no words. This feels like a fever dream. They’re having so much fun watching that man smash things with a big hammer.
I envy them. I wish anything made me as happy as being sprayed with watermelon leavings makes them.
Times were simpler back then. There was nothing like him before, he changed, what ever game her plays lol
@@DrMurdercock there was medieval torture devices..public hangings etc.
Are you kidding me there was nothing fun back then?!
@@armwrestlingfan6804 uuuuuhhhhh, you ok, buddy?
@@WouldntULikeToKnow. "times were simpler back then"
I saw him in the mid 90's...He Was Awesome!!! I was on the second row...and I'm glad I bought a clear poncho! The people who didn't, were covered in watermelon, mayo, ketchup & cantaloupe, etc, when they left!😂 I remember thinking..."Bet you wish now, you'd spent that $1, don't ya?🤣 Would definitely love to see him again!
So this is where howtobasic started.
Gallagher - I'm your father
These were simpler times
The best part is the sledgehammer where he sledges the things and people are like: Noo, don't sledge the things, haha, this is fun.
Tbh idk if you are funny or if you genuinely enjoyed this
@@neilmcnab8576 Well, he's definitely not funny.
Me: The 80’s was a cracked out time
Other people: not really
Me: *plays this video*
This is high art compared to today's crop of "comedians".
Gallagher really thought a whole 90 minutes had passed in less than 10. I think nobody noticed either. They’re about to get to dinner with the sun still up thinking it’s daylight savings
Are you ready to smash some fruit!
Dave Chappelle brought me here
Rest in peace comedian #Gallagher I met him in 2008 it was for my birthday. I got to get up on stage and squash a birthday cake. Syrup/cake all over me 😆
Epic
My wife and i had the pleasure many years back to see him in person at the Ventura theater. He was fabulous. It is a true shame he is no longer with us. 😢 he did so much for comedy. Thank you, Gallagher, you will be missed..
I think Gallagher could have done an entire show of just smashing things and the audience would have loved it :)
“I got warrants!”
so? boring not funny idiot gallagher the pits 0 mentality
Lol Chappell
LOL
"That leprechaun's on acid!"
Osama Bin Laden? Should be Osama been hidin
Rest in peace (Leo) Gallagher...you were funny as hell.
I REMEMBER SEEING THIS BACK IN THE 1980'S ON CABLE TV. IT'S FUN TO SEE IT AGAIN.
It looks like a lot of people are forgetting that Gallagher does more than just smash things. This is how he ends his shows. His standup is amazing. He points out the stupidity of the world around him. Just like the majority of the good comics. He also does props. He also does performance art pieces. Like that giant couch behind him and the smashing bit. He is so great because he does so many things.
If you have to explain it so people can understand maybe it’s not that great
@@crimsonbluejay Exactly. Very simple philosophy but so true. Gallagher was ‘Meh’. Whatever. He was fine. Nothing revolutionary about him at all, but he’s sort of entertaining I suppose. People are fucking weird how they’ll idealise just about anyone when they see other people idolising them.
Those were the days!! ;)Thanks for sharing this with us!!
I remember seeing this on HBO when I was a kid, Thought it was awesome. I watch it now and think, " This guy made a really good living smashing stuff with a hammer, genious!!!"
I thought the same thing
Yeah my main thought looking back is “Wow everyone sure was on a lot of cocaine in the 80s”
Same
There’s no “o” in “genius”. There’s a certain irony to misspelling that word.
@@JC-yy8iv wrong
RIP Legend.
Sledge-O-Matic works as no other tranquilizer can
Grew up on this dude.
RIP🙏😇🙌
MY MOTHER AND FATHER SEEN HIM IN THE EARLY 1980'S AND GOT A COOL LITHOGRAPH AUTOGRAPHED BY HIM... I LOVE HIS COMEDY.
Rest In Peace my man! You made me laugh a lot through my youth and you taught me that it’s okay to be quirky. You’ll be missed.
🙏🏻
Best part of all his shows!
I remember going to his show in Baltimore and he was sitting at an entrance table selling his tee shirts. There was a line of people waiting to buy, but I couldn't afford any, so I just stood away from them and looked. He seriously shouted at me -- "What do you think you are doing?" I told him I was just looking. He jumped up and ran around the table to me. I was new to him and his comedy and so I thought he was going to hit me or throw me out of the theater. But instead, with a magic marker, he signed the shirt I was wearing. It was a great show and he was a fantastic comedian. I am so sorry he's gone.
Classic. It just doesn't get better than this
I'm here because of Justin McElroy. This is like a fever dream. Am I actually here.
Justin is like a spiritual leader guiding us to... Something?
@@thehalfa95 Mango.
Not bad for a guy with a degree in Chemical Engineering!
god dammit, they were right, i look like fucking gallagher. god dammit.
That sucks dawg
It's okay. Me too
@@rickydicky5889 lol 😆
I'm only twenty, but I have seen and LOVED the 90+ minutes of "The Maddest" that came before this... because my parents showed me this when I was little.
i love how the pound cake smashing didnt even make a noise
Underrated
Gallagher is awesome! Please pay homage! He is a classic!
On my husband's account-@ 2:50 "Not bad"says the guy in the front row.P.S Grew up watching him & had the pleasure of seeing him once in person,loved it.This'll never get old
I was at this show in 1983 in El Cajon, California. It was so funny!
Damn now I get why Patrice wanted to help him lmao "you can't smash stuff and talk about the 4th amendment" :D
What? He never said that haha, actually he was encouraging that.
All he said about the amendment was that the Blue Group never spoke about the 4th amendment and then went blue.
He was saying he should continue doing the political commentating between smashing, but change his name and appearance
@@Vaughnmateee “you talk about things , and then you smash shit. You gotta do one or the other! Talk about shit , or smash shit!”
@@dadoodfrumcheers. Yeah, he contradicted himself a fair few times in that clip. I believe it was earlier on that he mentioned he should continue with the same routine, but put more emphasis on the commentary talk in between, he even said that’s why you should keep the name Gallagher with Leon, so people recognise his formula but also expect something different
@@dadoodfrumcheers. And yeah the 4th amendment quote was literally about the Blue Group, not Leon. Listen back if ya need to
@@Vaughnmateee Patrice was contradicting himself 24/7 tho, no doubt. So you probably right
This man.....is insane...I love it! Brilliant!
Back in 89 I saw Gallagher and Kinison back to back. Better days gone by 😊
RIP Gallagher ❤️and miss you. Thanks for your Style ⛸️🍉
Ironically speaking, this is the most hilarious thing that has ever existed
Even if he is just smashing stuff, he's got a certain presence about it. The way he does it is just so delightfully crazy that you can't help but laugh.
he's the least funny comedian I've ever seen in 47 years on planet earth.
@@devingreco4166 So you’ve never seen an Adam Sandler film.
He was the original hydrologic press channel 😂😂
his act left what Hydraulic Press channels would try to fill
Top ten video game bosses
My mom and grandma loved this guy
I’m so glad I still have this on VHS
I first saw him in Charleston SC in 1986.Neither my date & I had ever heard of him & we had front row tickets.(" This.Will.End.Badly.")
We learned quickly to bring a plastic sheet to his shows.
Imagine the lawsuits if the ol' sledg-o-matic slip-o-matic'ed out of his hands.......eek.
Ahhhh the 80's it was a simpler time.
wcresponder 😦 didn’t thought of that one
Thats why he aint swingin it very hard
Half the audience would still sue for PTSD or some other crap is you tried this today
Still makes me laugh. My mom and grandma loved him
Thanks Gallagher for making my childhood better with laughter. I watched a few of his specials on cable.
Fri Nov. 11th, 2022 Rest In Peace Comedian Leo Gallagher. You gave us many laughs!
Saw him live once! What a crazy man and so darn funny! And we miss him....
Thank you, Gallagher! You've made me laugh all my life!
That shit just cracks me up that people actually showed up with tarps!
like its seaworld!! lmao
Or Rocky Horror.
I watched him all day today, tears the entire time, he was great
smart humor, and JUST FUN FUN FUN... thanx G.. we luved ya
The 80's were a simpler time where hitting things wasn't discouraged but a form of humour.
It's the equivalent of oddly satisfying watching him smash stuff it's weird to see them laughing so hard
Thanks for posting.
This is... weird. And holy crap the audience are loving it, why not I guess?
Thanks for bringing me here I guess, Pan.
NO!!! NOT THE THE VIDEO GAME!!!!!!!
He didn't break it.
Wow! I don't get all the hate and confusion for Gallagher. I will say I find him smashing a watermelon a lot funnier than a whole double live album of Dane Cook.
TheMrBmurray because you’re a dumb person
BadBehaviorGoodIntentions Podcast here from game grumps?
Say that to third world countries....
Damn... fair point...
I remember watching these old specials on Comedy Central in the 90s. These crowds popped so hard for this guy.
2:30 wait, did he make confetti come out of a fish?!?!😂😂🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️
I love this guy. He is funny to me.
He's funnier than passing kidney stones I guess
How dare he... An starving African child could have eaten that hammer
Yeah Miley Cyrus needs that hammer!!
Phil Wikina she likes them hammers (please check out my smash video)
jacob kudrowich No need to provoke tragedy out of comedy is there, guess you’ve never known poverty or hunger. So here’s one for you, what’s the difference between a Jew and an apple pie?
Apple pie doesn’t scream when you put it in the oven.
@@The_Original_forresttrump oh shit nice one!
I wanna see how many people are freaking out now a days. Since covid and all. They would string him up without question. I loved this guy
RIP ALWAYS MADE ME SMILE
My god, it's Luigi after the events of smash, his mind went out to lunch and never came back, poor unfortunate soul 😔
Well, when you're constantly overshadowed by your older, more famous brother, you gotta find SOME way to get the spotlight.
Felix Lewis *UNDERRATED FUCKING COMMENT!!!*
Love Gallagher , classic
Rest in peace, Gallagher and your SLEDGE-O-MADIC...it slices, it dices, it gets the last dab of toothpaste...
One of the people who will always make me smile.
Whoa, he's still alive! I've got to get him to perform at my wedding reception, for when it's time to clear the guests out. That would be HILARIOUS!
boring immature idiot low iq
@@55tumbler shut up boomer
@@55tumbler Imagine thinking that not laughing makes you smart. This guy is pathetic and miserable.
Gallagher was awesome!! George Carlin was the best!!
Holy fuck...I remember hearing Bill Hicks talk about this dude and didn't believe it... if the audience were 5yr olds I'd get it... but...
Holy fuck how is this a thing???
i mean ur watching it
I loved the intelligence of his comments and the satirical observations of the world, but you have to seen the world to get it.
gallagher is just plain funny. he does what all of us have wanted to do at one time or another smashing things
Dude I honestly do not see how this is funny at all
Thoughts of the janitor offstage: "I'm getting too old for this shit" *Flicks cigarette*
RIP Gallagher now smashing watermelloons in the sky
R.I.P brother ... thanks for all the laughs
one of the funniest comics ever--even without Sledge-O-Matic
How tragic that the masses don't "get" that. Oh well, cerebral deficiency is in vogue.
Why did this become so popular?
I have no idea. People are weird no matter the generation
Because it's hilarious!
Showmanship. Interactive entertainment. The man was Genius.😄👋🇺🇸
An 80's Icon.
I think it broke expectations for theater in a way. If you think about what theater was usually like back then...you had to get dressed up, be all quiet and well behaved within polite society, and this kind of flipped that on its head. Everyone’s looking for something entertaining, and this was innovative and pretty funny.
Cocaine
he needed to see this
:)
So this is what the 80's were like...
why does this exist
When I saw Dave Chappelles impersonation of this I thought it was all made up. This is the rarest sh#t I have ever seen haha. A packed crowed, all white, are laughing there brains out and cheering at this guy smashing food. WTF is going on haha
Not all white, why would it matter? Then again everytime i see a bunch if criminals surrounding a KFC of POPEYE’s chicken i laugh my ass off as well
Drugs! That's whats going on, drugs my friend!
This was 1983. The country _was_ pretty near all-white. Now go watch an entire show.
Not all of the shows were "white" only. There were others in the crowd, you just cant see them, or choose not to.
This guy is the most unfunny comedian I've ever seen.
RIP sir. you shown one can be funny without being vulgar.
Oh, this is brilliant!