I was in my 20’s when he hit the scene and I never laughed more at any comedian than him. His grasp of the English language and his looking at life’s things from a different angle set him apart . Too bad there aren’t comedians like him today.
Saw Gallagher at The Sands hotel in Vegas on May 31, 1991. My wife and I were getting married the next day, and he called us out from the audience about 3 times. He was very funny!
man got a great hit on that second melon, it exploded outward almost evenly. that was Single Coat, Full Coverage, the whole front row got a complementary fruit cup, sans the cup.
OMG I remember the big couch! The original big comfy couch! I so forgot about it! I was young but loved watching him and my mom would laugh so hard she would cry! Nobody can ever replace him and he will be forever missed. RIP thank you for the memories and laughs. 💜
Kids don't realize that 30 years ago no one had a personal giant trampoline. This was actually a novel idea at one time. They also don't realize that this particular part of his set was already a full hour after he did normal standup without any props. And when the couch came out the background people went nuts because they new something weird had to be coming eventually. It is Gallagher after all.
Pretty cool, I didn't know that about this particular show. He was truly unique. I'm glad I got to watch him on HBO growing up in n the 1980s. I wish could have seen a live show just once but never got the chance. 13 Nov.2022
I'm 35 I remember ppl had personal trampolines.this one is regular size it's just made to look like giant couch.i remember big trampolines in ppls yards not round but big rectangular trampolines
@@paulcollins7030 Ya know that the comment you are replying to, was sent like 11 years ago? So 40 years ago, there were no personal trampolines laying around ppl backyards as ther are now :D Show is from 1983
"we have a baby now at the house..... alll day long" lmao. This guy was one of the FIRST comedians I ever, EVER saw preform on Comedy Central. Awesome. Haha. My mom would love this guy. Good CLEAN fun for the 50-60+ crowd! :)
😂🎉❤THIS IS THE SET UP I REMEMBER AS A KID. BIG COUCH SET YESSSSSSSSS!!!! I would record on VHS and later cassette tape. Have his jokes memorize!! (Mini stereo had a built in stereo. Hi tech for a10 yr old in the 80's)😂
I wonder what he was like in school as a child. "What do you want to do when you grow up?" " I want to crush watermelons with a big hammer and get paid for it."
This was back in the 80's when what he was saying was logical for the times. Anyone who grew up during the time frame, watching him will understand him.
I remember watching this on cable at around 2 in the morning when I was 9 years old and found myself wondering what the hell I was doing with my life..
That guy at 1:45 who literally took like 2 seconds before he understood the "joke" and started laughing is the perfect example to describe Gallagher fans
I remember this man as a kid watching on comedy central before they were awful and all I remember before I knew Gallagher name was "comedian big couch Zen" and here we are....memories
My GOD!!! Its been nearly 18 years seince I seen this Guy he is one of the Best Comedians in the WORLD!. First time i seen this man I was only 7 years Old!. I would sit with my dad and watch him on HBO waaaaaayyy late at night before I went back to bed dad and I would try not to laugh too damn hard from his best standup commadies and wake up my mom and she would scold both of us LOL!.
I found out that this was made in 1983 (I thought it was made in 1978), so I was like 2, 3 years old when this was made, so yeah, this is of my time. I grew up watching this guy!
Ha! I'm 22 years old and a girl thank you. It's my parents, they were from the previous generation then yours I'm sure. It's just that age were you'll always be a kid and watching someone as pure as gallagher be a kid will always tickle the funny bone. You just have to learn to appreciate all styles of comedy and all styles of people. Woody Allen is classic too :3
Sigh I remember watchin this when I was a kid... Wow I am typing this when I first clicked it I had no idea this was the trampoline couch!!!! I loved watching this when I was younger HAHAHAH I always wanted that couch!!!
@geezusispan and your does you need to understand young man this was back in the 80's it was a different time. There was no PC culture and there weren't pussies who got offended over everything.
In 2004, Comedy Central rated Gallagher the 100th best stand-up comedian of all time.[10] Gallagher was displeased with being ranked so low, and he told The Oregonian, "I looked at the other people and I was trying to find anyone I ever heard of. How could I be behind people I never heard of? ... I made 13 one-hour shows for Showtime, which are available on videotape. I invented the one-man show on cable. What a prick.
The show that had this big couch was one of the best, but the beginning was better than the couch sequence. I bought 2 of his tapes and was disappointed. The ones I taped myself are the best shows. One tape worked ok and the other one had bad audio and couldn't hear him. I hear he's still performing - hope so. I'm still a fan and looking for DVD's of the good shows.
An AMERICAN ORIGINAL. He also had 14 Showtime comedy specials, 14 !! Today's comics brag when they get paid to do 3 or 4 over their entire career. Wild
One of the greatest stand up comics! What a talent. He will be missed!
I was in my 20’s when he hit the scene and I never laughed more at any comedian than him. His grasp of the English language and his looking at life’s things from a different angle set him apart . Too bad there aren’t comedians like him today.
Were you retarded back then?
Saw Gallagher at The Sands hotel in Vegas on May 31, 1991. My wife and I were getting married the next day, and he called us out from the audience about 3 times. He was very funny!
He was absolutely brilliant!!
man got a great hit on that second melon, it exploded outward almost evenly. that was Single Coat, Full Coverage, the whole front row got a complementary fruit cup, sans the cup.
Fuck, no wonder I went vegetarian...KIDDING!!
Love him!! When I was younger I didn't appreciate all of his comedy; but now I do!! Lmao
OMG I remember the big couch! The original big comfy couch! I so forgot about it! I was young but loved watching him and my mom would laugh so hard she would cry! Nobody can ever replace him and he will be forever missed. RIP thank you for the memories and laughs. 💜
Kids don't realize that 30 years ago no one had a personal giant trampoline. This was actually a novel idea at one time. They also don't realize that this particular part of his set was already a full hour after he did normal standup without any props. And when the couch came out the background people went nuts because they new something weird had to be coming eventually. It is Gallagher after all.
Who cares he was great!!
Actually I had one.
Pretty cool, I didn't know that about this particular show. He was truly unique. I'm glad I got to watch him on HBO growing up in n the 1980s.
I wish could have seen a live show just once but never got the chance.
13 Nov.2022
I'm 35 I remember ppl had personal trampolines.this one is regular size it's just made to look like giant couch.i remember big trampolines in ppls yards not round but big rectangular trampolines
@@paulcollins7030 Ya know that the comment you are replying to, was sent like 11 years ago? So 40 years ago, there were no personal trampolines laying around ppl backyards as ther are now :D Show is from 1983
Saw this video over 30 years ago. What a fantastic mind that still makes me laugh!!
"we have a baby now at the house..... alll day long" lmao. This guy was one of the FIRST comedians I ever, EVER saw preform on Comedy Central. Awesome. Haha. My mom would love this guy. Good CLEAN fun for the 50-60+ crowd! :)
Truly the greatest comedian of all times. You will be sadly missed. RIP Gallager
He's so right! Babies do have you!😂
😂🎉❤THIS IS THE SET UP I REMEMBER AS A KID. BIG COUCH SET YESSSSSSSSS!!!!
I would record on VHS and later cassette tape. Have his jokes memorize!! (Mini stereo had a built in stereo. Hi tech for a10 yr old in the 80's)😂
I remember watching him when I was kid and now as father, my kids and I watch these. Still as funny as it always was.
Gallagher was and still is a class act.
Think this was the first comedian/special I ever watched. Guessing I was 8. This takes me way back.
its funny because he come up with the craziest props. i liked what he made.
Funny, thought provoking and clean! I understand he was a good guy too.
I saw this guy perform he was awesome. There were hecklers and he totally chewed them out.
why in god's name would anyone heckle a man who travels with a 4 foot, 16 pound hammer?! god, people are stupid.
I wonder what he was like in school as a child. "What do you want to do when you grow up?" " I want to crush watermelons with a big hammer and get paid for it."
Fuck yea--me too!!
R.I.P. Gallagher...one of my favorites.....
I saw this live. Man, we all would have loved to try the giant couch ourselves! RIP!
Watched dozens of times on HBO in the early 80's.
Loved it.
fuckin boomer
He was on Showtime. HBO had Carlin, Showtime had Gallagher.
you dont know what quality is
This was GREAT!!! Brings back memories, and still makes me laugh to this day!!!
Went to two of his shows in Salinas, years ago. The last one was the elephant on the high diving board. Great comedian.
This was back in the 80's when what he was saying was logical for the times. Anyone who grew up during the time frame, watching him will understand him.
@The Wraith To be faaaaaaiiiir, most of the show is missing from this clip.
Boomer humor
I remember watching this on cable at around 2 in the morning when I was 9 years old and found myself wondering what the hell I was doing with my life..
Enjoying yourself!
Previati haha yeah me too on vh1 back in the day
You had that thought when you were nine years old??
You grew up *way* too fast! 😂
You were living!!!
And here you are watching it again….while wondering what the hell you are doing with your life…
A brilliant prop comedian!
That guy at 1:45 who literally took like 2 seconds before he understood the "joke" and started laughing is the perfect example to describe Gallagher fans
I don't think he ever understood the joke. he just realized he was on camera so he figured he should laugh.
Reminds me of the "my balls" jokes from Idiocracy. But he also had a witty side.
@@stevetyrell8721don't worry, he got it.
Half of my laughter just comes because he is having so much fun just doing sh he has fun doing.
My mom used to watch Gallagher when I was little. This transports me right back to childhood.
This was maybe his greatest special. It’s awesome. So funny.
Very entertaining and fun to watch. Thanks for posting this.
Kinda reminds me of this kid's show called "The Big Comfy Couch" where this little girl kept her toys in the crack of the couch.
this guy came to my grade school back in the 90s best guest at any school event till this day great performer still remeber after all these years
Gotta love Gallagher! This brings back some memories of laughing 'til I passed out! *Don't remember much after, though...*
The big comfy couch with the clown and molly, her dolly
There's NO ONE like him EVER.
I love Gallagher.
I remember this man as a kid watching on comedy central before they were awful and all I remember before I knew Gallagher name was "comedian big couch Zen" and here we are....memories
What I want is just a normal size couch with that awesome monster puppet so I could have it just randomly pop out at people who sat down.
That looks fun as hell.
My GOD!!!
Its been nearly 18 years seince I seen this Guy he is one of the Best Comedians in the WORLD!.
First time i seen this man I was only 7 years Old!.
I would sit with my dad and watch him on HBO waaaaaayyy late at night before I went back to bed dad and I would try not to laugh too damn hard from his best standup commadies and wake up my mom and she would scold both of us LOL!.
I was laughing so hard when he did the backflips on the giant couch trampoline. That was such a funny joke!
I found out that this was made in 1983 (I thought it was made in 1978), so I was like 2, 3 years old when this was made, so yeah, this is of my time. I grew up watching this guy!
Ha! I'm 22 years old and a girl thank you. It's my parents, they were from the previous generation then yours I'm sure. It's just that age were you'll always be a kid and watching someone as pure as gallagher be a kid will always tickle the funny bone. You just have to learn to appreciate all styles of comedy and all styles of people. Woody Allen is classic too :3
I saw him live in 1992. His show was two hours and forty five minutes long! And funny all the way through.
Now, there's some value for money!!
i was on the verge of suicide, and then i saw this video and decided i had something to live for. long live gallagher
Just imagine him being your dad. Wonderful,I would think.
Gallagher was the king of props for comedians
i love his routines god i hope he still does this I want a front row seat
That means two minutes and twenty-one seconds of it is how the show would have been if I was the only audience.
It is unfortunate that that damn Sledgeomatic is all he will be remembered for. He was hilarious 😊
ThE BEST ON THIS PLANET !!! I LAUGH EVERY TIME !!!
I freaked out when I saw Gallgher run on screen on TOSH 4.0 from out of nowhere. Funny stuff!
This is literally a visual representation of how I feel coming home crossfaded af at like 7 am
Funny, when I saw this on TV i don't remember it being so blurry! Nice going!
Live!!
Lucky enough to have been there..
Yep, I sure was 🤣
Everyone needs to take a moment and laugh 😂.
Still Love Gallagher! Brilliant writer,and comedian!
Sigh I remember watchin this when I was a kid... Wow I am typing this when I first clicked it I had no idea this was the trampoline couch!!!! I loved watching this when I was younger HAHAHAH I always wanted that couch!!!
Get well soon Gallagher.
I remember watching him and Ron Lucas an Jeff Mellman the Chinese wonder on HBO back in 82.
I do miss him he was fantastic the young generation missed out on the best error of our time!
This guy taught Carrot Top everything he knows about prop comedy.
He was on O & A today (5/22) and was fuckin' great!!!
I just went to one of his shows and had front row seats. Shit definitely went flyin(:
He is so cute long as he keeps his cap on....😊👍😊
Thanks for the reassurance.
I saw this special as a kid and this couch blew my fucking mind.
He reminds me of a child so much xD this guy's seriously awesome!
i love this. love the zen position
Still funnier than Amy Schumer and Colbert
geezusispan if you think Amy Schumer and Colbert are funny you have no brain
@geezusispan and your does you need to understand young man this was back in the 80's it was a different time. There was no PC culture and there weren't pussies who got offended over everything.
This guy is absolutely hilarious how can you not love him
No, it really isn't.
Who actually thinks Amy schumer is really funny?? 😒
I love Gallagher... love LoVe LOVE GALLAGHER!!!
THANK you for this! ONE HUNDRED STARS! :))
In 2004, Comedy Central rated Gallagher the 100th best stand-up comedian of all time.[10] Gallagher was displeased with being ranked so low, and he told The Oregonian, "I looked at the other people and I was trying to find anyone I ever heard of. How could I be behind people I never heard of? ... I made 13 one-hour shows for Showtime, which are available on videotape. I invented the one-man show on cable.
What a prick.
Yes you are.
Wisdom from the late Gallagher - potato chips are much larger than blow dryers. RIP, funnyman!
so underrated.
Haha nine years later and here I am lol still underrated too.
great video!!!
GET READY...GET READY...GET READY TO CLOWN AROUND...
The big comfy couch!
Wishing you a full recovery!!!
I LOVE this guy!!
Rest in blissful comedy, you crazy crazy man!
The show that had this big couch was one of the best, but the beginning was better than the couch sequence. I bought 2 of his tapes and was disappointed. The ones I taped myself are the best shows. One tape worked ok and the other one had bad audio and couldn't hear him. I hear he's still performing - hope so. I'm still a fan and looking for DVD's of the good shows.
Gallagher always made me laugh. This is one is definitely one of my favorites!
Sledge-o-matic! Love it.
RIP, Gallagher 🙏
just saw him last night in ionia, MI hes awesome!
comedy gold
sweet, i'd love a couch like that!
great, great comedian.
An AMERICAN ORIGINAL. He also had 14 Showtime comedy specials, 14 !! Today's comics brag when they get paid to do 3 or 4 over their entire career. Wild
..One day...I will get a couch just like that one, but in a different color and fabric. It is gonna be sweet.
that shit came right out of the computer and got me in the eye-----------
If there has ever been a genius comedian its him
ONLY GOD COULD MAKE PEOPLE LAUGH HARDER AND LONGER
Legend.
I don't understand the insane amount of dislikes, I mean, all he is doing is trying to entertain, no need to hate.
Socks removal champion right here
That was fun back in the day
My left ear really enjoyed this
Mine didn't