In the pantheon of comedy history, few bits are as polarizing as Gallagher’s Sledge-O-Matic. The late prop comedian, whose legal name was Leo Gallagher, filled his stand-up performances with wordplay ...

Move over, Dennis Miller — today’s conservative comic of conscience is Gallagher, the guy who smashes watermelons onstage. In an interview with The Onion’s A.V. Club, he informs us that “people don’t ...

April 07--It has happened only a few times in the past four decades, but Sledge-O-Matic watermelon pulverizer Gallagher spent a night telling jokes in Uniontown-- and none of them made any cents.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW YORK (AP) — Gallagher, the long-haired, ...

Prop comic Gallagher's promotional manager confirmed he would retire Monday after he suffered a minor heart attack in Arizona, his second attack in two weeks. "He is awake and recuperating," Gallagher ...

Swing states like Minnesota, Wisconsin and Iowa have rolled out the welcome mat to presidential candidates so many times this year that a trail has been worn to voters' doors. The front runners are ...

LEWISVILLE, Texas -- The comedian Gallagher is telling jokes after being taken out of a medically induced coma that doctors put him in following his heart attack last week in Texas. Comedian Gallagher ...

CLEVELAND (Reuters) - Wacky American comedian Gallagher, known for using a variety of props and smashing stuff during his act, said he does not plan to return to the stage after he was placed in a ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Gallagher, the stand-up comedian famous for smashing watermelons, has suffered a heart attack and is recovering in a Texas hospital, a representative for the comic said on ...

Just after he got out of the hospital for a heart attack, the comedian Gallagher is back in another hospital with another one. The 65-year-old comic, best known for smashing watermelons on stage, was ...