During his shows, the sledgehammer-wielding Gallagher might send mayonnaise ... Ron, to perform a replica of his act in comedy clubs. Ron Gallagher was billed as Gallagher II: The Living Sequel.

He was fond of picking up a sledgehammer to smash eggs, cheeseburgers and, most notably, watermelons. But what led him to pulverize food? For Gallagher, his signature gimmick was all about giving ...

Gallagher, the comic who reached incredible comic heights with his Sledge-O-Matic watermelon antics and clever wordplay, sunk ...

Gallagher’s most famous bit involved a hand-made sledgehammer he called the “Sledge-O-Matic,” which he would use to smash food on stage, spraying the audience. “That was something else he ...

The comedian Gallagher, best known for smashing watermelons with a sledgehammer, has died. He was 76. His former longtime manager, Craig Marquardo, confirmed with Fox News Digital that he passed ...

Gallagher, the inventive prop comedian known for smashing watermelons as part of his act, died Friday of organ failure, his former manager Craig Marquardo confirmed to Variety. He was 76.

NEW YORK — Gallagher, the long-haired ... The handiest and the dandiest kitchen tool you've ever seen." Sledgehammer in hand, he would then apply his full muscle to apples, grapes, lettuce ...

WASHINGTON (TND) — The death of comedian Gallagher, an observational and prop comic whose routine of taking a sledgehammer to a watermelon on stage made him a pop culture icon, shocked many in ...

Gallagher credited himself with "physically engaging the audience" with his most popular bit, where he used a "hand-made sledgehammer he dubbed the 'Sledge-O'Matic'" to smash watermelons onstage ...

Gallagher, who became one of the most recognizable comedians of the 1980s for an outrageous act that always concluded with him smashing a watermelon with a sledgehammer, died Friday at his home in ...