Gallagher's Biography:
After graduating from the University of South Florida with a chemical engineering degree, Gallagher got his first taste of life on tour in 1976 as Jim Stafford's road manager. Stafford and Gallagher went out to California in 1979 and Gallagher decided to take the stage himself. He began honing his own comedy act while hanging out at both the Comedy Store and the Ice House. As his audience grew, Gallagher became most noted for wielding his trademark Sledge-O-Matic. He showered his audience with the pulverized remains of apples, oranges, lettuce, cottage cheese, and pound cakes. Show goers turn up already "Gallagherized:" wearing plastic raincoats, goggles, sunglasses, and refer to the front of the theatre as "Death Row."
More than flying bits of food, Gallagher's show incorporates intelligent social and political commentary as only he can deliver. Add to this a plethora of oddball props and you have the ingredients of one of the most calculating performers in the entertainment world. He is best known for his 16 audacious cable specials on HBO and Showtime with titles like "Uncensored Evening," Too Real," "Mad As Hell," "Totally New," "That's Stupid," "Stuck in the 60's," "The Maddest," "The Bookkeeper," "Over Your Head," "Overboard," "The Leap Year Marathon," "Melon Crazy," "The Messiest Of," "We Need a Hero," "Smashing Cheeseheads", "Sledge-O-Matic.com.", and "Looking for Intelligent Life". All in all, Gallagher was one of the very first comedians who used the cable television audience to launch his still-thriving career.

Being one of the most thoroughly calculating performers in the world of entertainment, he writes all of his own material, runs his own operation, and does over 100 concerts a year- selling out the majority of them. One of the reasons Gallagher has always been a successful touring attraction is that his ticket prices are very advantageous to the market. Gallagher's not greedy; he doesn't ask a huge ticket price. His fans always get more than their money's worth when they see a Gallagher show, with 110% from Gallagher. Before every show, he has an autograph signing party in the theatre, where fans can get his autograph and a picture with him. Flash photography is allowed at every Gallagher event.

A Gallagher concert is an unforgettable experience. He is a keen and original observer of human nature and the American scene. "My humor makes people think," Gallagher says. "I want people to look more closely at everyday life and to see the humor and absurdity in it all … I don't have to make it up, the truth is funny enough." Gallagher will appear in St. Maarten on December 12, 2008.

Recent additional facts:
-In 2000, Gallagher was honored by the University of South Florida as one of the most famous alumni and by Florida Living Magazine as one of the top "100 Legends" of Florida.
-Gallagher recently was featured on The History Channel's biography called "The History of Joke Telling," which aired in February 2008.
-In March 2008 Gallagher appeared on the Howard Stern Show. The interview lasted at least 1 hour and the call backs were amazing. It was a chance for everyone to see and hear Gallagher in a new light.