Re: The Mike O'Meara Show
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Ge5dG
()
Date: February 20, 2018 08:15AM
Robb_Spewak Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> Gallagher Smash Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > [Dateline Jacksonville, 7/2/2015]
> >
> > Just a few years ago, watermelon-smashing
> comedian
> > Gallagher was on death’s doorstep, in a
> > medically induced coma following yet another
> heart
> > attack.
> >
> > But it takes more than that to keep Gallagher
> > down. He’s back on the road with a new
> > three-comic show and feeling better than he has
> in
> > years. He can even see better, following
> surgery
> > last week to remove cataracts from one eye.
> >
> > “I was going to lose my ability to drive
> rental
> > cars. I had 20?/40 (vision) and 20?/50 is where
> > they cut you off. The whole country is now
> safer
> > now that I finally got my right eye done,” he
> > said in a phone interview the day after the
> > surgery. “I was so busy I just didn’t pay
> > attention that I really couldn’t see out of
> one
> > eye. But that just shows you focus.”
> >
> > Gallagher (that’s his last name, by the way;
> his
> > first name is Leo) rose to fame in the ’70s
> and
> > ’80s. He had been musician Jim Stafford’s
> road
> > manager for five years before breaking out on
> his
> > own. His signature routine, in which he smashes
> > watermelons and other objects with an oversized
> > mallet, made him a household name and led to 14
> > Showtime specials and, by his estimation, more
> > than 4,000 shows.
> >
> > These days he’s taking it a little easier,
> > spending much of his time writing songs and
> comedy
> > routines. He’s doing a few shows - including
> > three next week at the Comedy Club of
> Jacksonville
> > - where he’s trying out something new.
> >
> > “I’m working on something no one has ever
> done
> > before,” he said. “Three comics are joining
> > together to be like a group. Instead of hiding
> > behind the curtain, we’re all three out there
> at
> > once, like the Marx Brothers.”
> >
> > The three comics - Gallagher, Artie Fletcher
> and
> > Bob Nelson - will all be onstage at the same
> time.
> > For some of the show, they’ll interact with
> one
> > another and with the crowd. For other parts,
> one
> > comic will take the spotlight while the other
> two
> > sit back and watch.
> >
> > Gallagher said the format has its ups and
> downs.
> >
> > “I’m only really upset about one thing and
> > that’s interruptions to my flow when I’m
> doing
> > my show, and now I’ve got two of them. Is
> that
> > the worst?”
> >
> > But Fletcher and Nelson are “seasoned
> > veterans,” so Gallagher said he’s not too
> > worried about them. The first time they tried
> the
> > three-comic routine, last month in Pinellas
> Park,
> > it went well, he said.
> >
> > “They can ad-lib, they can play the moment,
> they
> > can add, too,” he said. “It’s like having
> > three bats at the plate; one of us is going to
> hit
> > the ball.”
> >
> > Some of the show is planned out, but about a
> > quarter of it is ad-libbed. That means that, if
> > you come to the show two nights in a row,
> you’re
> > going to get two different experiences.
> >
> > “We might be inventing something here,” he
> > said. “I know what it could be: synchronized
> > comedy, like those swimming girls. We’ll find
> > the funny, I’m sure, and we’ll have fun in
> a
> > new way.”
> >
> > Gallagher is an Ohio native, but his family
> moved
> > to the Tampa area when he was 8 because of his
> > breathing problems. His father ran a
> > roller-skating rink in Tampa, and Gallagher was
> a
> > champion skater (although he fell flat on his
> butt
> > when he tried to skate last year). The
> discipline
> > required to become a top-notch skater helped
> him
> > when he first took the stage, he said.
> >
> > “I think comedy is quite easy, compared to
> doing
> > a freestyle routine,” he said. “I learned
> from
> > roller skating to be prepared, because it’s
> all
> > about practicing. Here’s the secret: You keep
> > what works and you get rid of what
> doesn’t.”
> >
> > The other secret to comedy, he said, is to
> never
> > let up, something that should be easier with
> three
> > comics on stage.
> >
> > "Artie has opened for everybody, any kind of an
> > audience, and Bob is an excellent physical
> > comedian who adds another dimension,”
> Gallagher
> > said. “Laughs can be done in two or three
> > seconds, but if you have a guy there who can
> add
> > another one, we can keep ’em laughing the
> whole
> > time. That’s the object, to get ’em on the
> > ground and kick ’em. You have to get them
> > rolling. Most comedians can’t get them
> rolling
> > because they tell these long doggone stories
> with
> > one laugh at the end, then they lean on the
> mike
> > stand. With us, there’s no leaning and no
> > sitting; we’re always popping.”
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
>
> Great stuff!
>
> ...Unlike the mindless posts of these Omeara
> obsessed stalking faggots.
Robb_Spewak Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> Gallagher Smash Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > [Dateline Jacksonville, 7/2/2015]
> >
> > Just a few years ago, watermelon-smashing
> comedian
> > Gallagher was on death’s doorstep, in a
> > medically induced coma following yet another
> heart
> > attack.
> >
> > But it takes more than that to keep Gallagher
> > down. He’s back on the road with a new
> > three-comic show and feeling better than he has
> in
> > years. He can even see better, following
> surgery
> > last week to remove cataracts from one eye.
> >
> > “I was going to lose my ability to drive
> rental
> > cars. I had 20?/40 (vision) and 20?/50 is where
> > they cut you off. The whole country is now
> safer
> > now that I finally got my right eye done,” he
> > said in a phone interview the day after the
> > surgery. “I was so busy I just didn’t pay
> > attention that I really couldn’t see out of
> one
> > eye. But that just shows you focus.”
> >
> > Gallagher (that’s his last name, by the way;
> his
> > first name is Leo) rose to fame in the ’70s
> and
> > ’80s. He had been musician Jim Stafford’s
> road
> > manager for five years before breaking out on
> his
> > own. His signature routine, in which he smashes
> > watermelons and other objects with an oversized
> > mallet, made him a household name and led to 14
> > Showtime specials and, by his estimation, more
> > than 4,000 shows.
> >
> > These days he’s taking it a little easier,
> > spending much of his time writing songs and
> comedy
> > routines. He’s doing a few shows - including
> > three next week at the Comedy Club of
> Jacksonville
> > - where he’s trying out something new.
> >
> > “I’m working on something no one has ever
> done
> > before,” he said. “Three comics are joining
> > together to be like a group. Instead of hiding
> > behind the curtain, we’re all three out there
> at
> > once, like the Marx Brothers.”
> >
> > The three comics - Gallagher, Artie Fletcher
> and
> > Bob Nelson - will all be onstage at the same
> time.
> > For some of the show, they’ll interact with
> one
> > another and with the crowd. For other parts,
> one
> > comic will take the spotlight while the other
> two
> > sit back and watch.
> >
> > Gallagher said the format has its ups and
> downs.
> >
> > “I’m only really upset about one thing and
> > that’s interruptions to my flow when I’m
> doing
> > my show, and now I’ve got two of them. Is
> that
> > the worst?”
> >
> > But Fletcher and Nelson are “seasoned
> > veterans,” so Gallagher said he’s not too
> > worried about them. The first time they tried
> the
> > three-comic routine, last month in Pinellas
> Park,
> > it went well, he said.
> >
> > “They can ad-lib, they can play the moment,
> they
> > can add, too,” he said. “It’s like having
> > three bats at the plate; one of us is going to
> hit
> > the ball.”
> >
> > Some of the show is planned out, but about a
> > quarter of it is ad-libbed. That means that, if
> > you come to the show two nights in a row,
> you’re
> > going to get two different experiences.
> >
> > “We might be inventing something here,” he
> > said. “I know what it could be: synchronized
> > comedy, like those swimming girls. We’ll find
> > the funny, I’m sure, and we’ll have fun in
> a
> > new way.”
> >
> > Gallagher is an Ohio native, but his family
> moved
> > to the Tampa area when he was 8 because of his
> > breathing problems. His father ran a
> > roller-skating rink in Tampa, and Gallagher was
> a
> > champion skater (although he fell flat on his
> butt
> > when he tried to skate last year). The
> discipline
> > required to become a top-notch skater helped
> him
> > when he first took the stage, he said.
> >
> > “I think comedy is quite easy, compared to
> doing
> > a freestyle routine,” he said. “I learned
> from
> > roller skating to be prepared, because it’s
> all
> > about practicing. Here’s the secret: You keep
> > what works and you get rid of what
> doesn’t.”
> >
> > The other secret to comedy, he said, is to
> never
> > let up, something that should be easier with
> three
> > comics on stage.
> >
> > "Artie has opened for everybody, any kind of an
> > audience, and Bob is an excellent physical
> > comedian who adds another dimension,”
> Gallagher
> > said. “Laughs can be done in two or three
> > seconds, but if you have a guy there who can
> add
> > another one, we can keep ’em laughing the
> whole
> > time. That’s the object, to get ’em on the
> > ground and kick ’em. You have to get them
> > rolling. Most comedians can’t get them
> rolling
> > because they tell these long doggone stories
> with
> > one laugh at the end, then they lean on the
> mike
> > stand. With us, there’s no leaning and no
> > sitting; we’re always popping.”
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
>
> Great stuff!
>
> ...Unlike the mindless posts of these Omeara
> obsessed stalking faggots.
Robb_Spewak Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> Gallagher Smash Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > [Dateline Jacksonville, 7/2/2015]
> >
> > Just a few years ago, watermelon-smashing
> comedian
> > Gallagher was on death’s doorstep, in a
> > medically induced coma following yet another
> heart
> > attack.
> >
> > But it takes more than that to keep Gallagher
> > down. He’s back on the road with a new
> > three-comic show and feeling better than he has
> in
> > years. He can even see better, following
> surgery
> > last week to remove cataracts from one eye.
> >
> > “I was going to lose my ability to drive
> rental
> > cars. I had 20?/40 (vision) and 20?/50 is where
> > they cut you off. The whole country is now
> safer
> > now that I finally got my right eye done,” he
> > said in a phone interview the day after the
> > surgery. “I was so busy I just didn’t pay
> > attention that I really couldn’t see out of
> one
> > eye. But that just shows you focus.”
> >
> > Gallagher (that’s his last name, by the way;
> his
> > first name is Leo) rose to fame in the ’70s
> and
> > ’80s. He had been musician Jim Stafford’s
> road
> > manager for five years before breaking out on
> his
> > own. His signature routine, in which he smashes
> > watermelons and other objects with an oversized
> > mallet, made him a household name and led to 14
> > Showtime specials and, by his estimation, more
> > than 4,000 shows.
> >
> > These days he’s taking it a little easier,
> > spending much of his time writing songs and
> comedy
> > routines. He’s doing a few shows - including
> > three next week at the Comedy Club of
> Jacksonville
> > - where he’s trying out something new.
> >
> > “I’m working on something no one has ever
> done
> > before,” he said. “Three comics are joining
> > together to be like a group. Instead of hiding
> > behind the curtain, we’re all three out there
> at
> > once, like the Marx Brothers.”
> >
> > The three comics - Gallagher, Artie Fletcher
> and
> > Bob Nelson - will all be onstage at the same
> time.
> > For some of the show, they’ll interact with
> one
> > another and with the crowd. For other parts,
> one
> > comic will take the spotlight while the other
> two
> > sit back and watch.
> >
> > Gallagher said the format has its ups and
> downs.
> >
> > “I’m only really upset about one thing and
> > that’s interruptions to my flow when I’m
> doing
> > my show, and now I’ve got two of them. Is
> that
> > the worst?”
> >
> > But Fletcher and Nelson are “seasoned
> > veterans,” so Gallagher said he’s not too
> > worried about them. The first time they tried
> the
> > three-comic routine, last month in Pinellas
> Park,
> > it went well, he said.
> >
> > “They can ad-lib, they can play the moment,
> they
> > can add, too,” he said. “It’s like having
> > three bats at the plate; one of us is going to
> hit
> > the ball.”
> >
> > Some of the show is planned out, but about a
> > quarter of it is ad-libbed. That means that, if
> > you come to the show two nights in a row,
> you’re
> > going to get two different experiences.
> >
> > “We might be inventing something here,” he
> > said. “I know what it could be: synchronized
> > comedy, like those swimming girls. We’ll find
> > the funny, I’m sure, and we’ll have fun in
> a
> > new way.”
> >
> > Gallagher is an Ohio native, but his family
> moved
> > to the Tampa area when he was 8 because of his
> > breathing problems. His father ran a
> > roller-skating rink in Tampa, and Gallagher was
> a
> > champion skater (although he fell flat on his
> butt
> > when he tried to skate last year). The
> discipline
> > required to become a top-notch skater helped
> him
> > when he first took the stage, he said.
> >
> > “I think comedy is quite easy, compared to
> doing
> > a freestyle routine,” he said. “I learned
> from
> > roller skating to be prepared, because it’s
> all
> > about practicing. Here’s the secret: You keep
> > what works and you get rid of what
> doesn’t.”
> >
> > The other secret to comedy, he said, is to
> never
> > let up, something that should be easier with
> three
> > comics on stage.
> >
> > "Artie has opened for everybody, any kind of an
> > audience, and Bob is an excellent physical
> > comedian who adds another dimension,”
> Gallagher
> > said. “Laughs can be done in two or three
> > seconds, but if you have a guy there who can
> add
> > another one, we can keep ’em laughing the
> whole
> > time. That’s the object, to get ’em on the
> > ground and kick ’em. You have to get them
> > rolling. Most comedians can’t get them
> rolling
> > because they tell these long doggone stories
> with
> > one laugh at the end, then they lean on the
> mike
> > stand. With us, there’s no leaning and no
> > sitting; we’re always popping.”
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
>
> Great stuff!
>
> ...Unlike the mindless posts of these Omeara
> obsessed stalking faggots.