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Sledge-O-Matic is No More
« on: November 11, 2022, 12:19:42 PM »
Stand up comedian, Gallagher, passes at 76.  Some of you young whipper snappers may not even know the name.  But, this guy was comedy gold during the late 70's, through the 80's and beyond. His gimmick, that everybody waited for at the end of his act, was to break out the Sledge-O-Matic, and proceed to smash everything from jugs of milk to watermelons, sending it flying all over the audience. Good, not so clean fun.   
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« Reply #1 on: November 11, 2022, 12:29:50 PM »
Quote from: Snaggletiger on November 11, 2022, 12:19:42 PM
Stand up comedian, Gallagher, passes at 76.  Some of you young whipper snappers may not even know the name.  But, this guy was comedy gold during the late 70's, through the 80's and beyond. His gimmick, that everybody waited for at the end of his act, was to break out the Sledge-O-Matic, and proceed to smash everything from jugs of milk to watermelons, sending it flying all over the audience. Good, not so clean fun.

He came to AU while I was there. Great show.
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1. You cannot legislate the poor into prosperity, by legislating the wealth out of prosperity.
2. What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving.
3. The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else.
4. You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it.
5. When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work because the other half is going to take care of them, and when the other half gets the idea that it does no good to work because somebody else is going to get what they work for, that my dear friends, is the beginning of the end of any nation.

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« Reply #2 on: November 11, 2022, 02:17:23 PM »
I loved him as a kid.

The wordplay was Carlin-lite.  The props were proto-Carrot Top and big-budget.  The Sledge-O-Matic was fun chaos.

Then his life got dark.  Lawsuits with his brother.  His turn to weirdo paranoia.

I'll choose to remember the early years.

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« Reply #3 on: November 12, 2022, 07:35:22 AM »
This is 2022 snags. I’m not sure anyone that remains on this board now is “young”. Chad and all his friends left.
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« Reply #4 on: November 14, 2022, 12:00:50 PM »
Quote from: GH2001 on November 12, 2022, 07:35:22 AM
This is 2022 snags. I’m not sure anyone that remains on this board now is “young”. Chad and all his friends left.
What about 50 being the new 18?
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« Reply #5 on: November 14, 2022, 02:35:50 PM »
Quote from: Buzz Killington on November 14, 2022, 12:00:50 PM
What about 50 being the new 18?

Remember watching the guy on HBO (I think) back in the day.  Liked Carlin, but he was too crude for me then.  Gallagher hit the right level. 

I still ask one of his "hmmm" questions of people.  "Why does a store open 27/7 365 have a LOCK on the door?"
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« Reply #6 on: December 01, 2022, 02:22:34 PM »
Quote from: CCTAU on November 11, 2022, 12:29:50 PM
He came to AU while I was there. Great show.

Quote from: Snaggletiger on November 11, 2022, 12:19:42 PM
But, this guy was comedy gold during the late 70's, through the 80's and beyond.

Damn!  I didn't know you were almost as old as Snaggs! 

 :getoff:

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« Reply #7 on: December 01, 2022, 02:43:17 PM »
Quote from: AUTiger1 on December 01, 2022, 02:22:34 PM
Damn!  I didn't know you were almost as old as Snaggs! 

 :getoff:

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Five statements of WISDOM
1. You cannot legislate the poor into prosperity, by legislating the wealth out of prosperity.
2. What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving.
3. The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else.
4. You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it.
5. When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work because the other half is going to take care of them, and when the other half gets the idea that it does no good to work because somebody else is going to get what they work for, that my dear friends, is the beginning of the end of any nation.
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