Yeah that was a fun interview to read. Who knew, eh?
I'm a little ashamed to admit that I was hoping to see a question about Gallagher selling his act to look-a-likes since the early 1980's. When I didn't, I wondered where I got that idea from. I've since figured out that was the concept for a Chapelle's Show skit ("Black Gallagher"), and that it apparently doesn't have any basis in reality. I'm not ordinarily prone to mistaking a setup from a comedy show for reality, so that was a little surprising.
Some friends of mine saw him in Astoria a couple months ago. They summed him up as, "racist." He also yelled at "hecklers" (crowd members who yelled out... with words of encouragement) a couple times, which made everyone in the crowd sorta uncomfortable.
I'm a little ashamed to admit that I was hoping to see a question about Gallagher selling his act to look-a-likes since the early 1980's. When I didn't, I wondered where I got that idea from. I've since figured out that was the concept for a Chapelle's Show skit ("Black Gallagher"), and that it apparently doesn't have any basis in reality. I'm not ordinarily prone to mistaking a setup from a comedy show for reality, so that was a little surprising.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Chapp…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Gallagher…
Glad to have both of those things cleared up. Never mind, internet! Carry on, Graham-Bo.
He's a pretty canny operator to establish for himself a whole new level to be mocked upon.
And we're so proud of their urban development and planning, that we've made their Senate rep our Senate leader.