Gallagher, the madcap comedian known for his crazy stage routines in which he would smash huge amounts of food with a gigantic sledgehammer, died on Friday at 76.
Younger readers might not be aware of this, but there was a time when a comedian could legitimately make a handsome living just splattering his audience with chunks of pulverized food. Seriously.
Case in point:
Against all odds the man figured out a way to pay the bills by smashing pound cakes in front of full auditoriums.
He also had some fine, funny insights into the weird subtleties of the English language:
