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[ComedySnobedy]

Fan Claims Comedian Gallagher Hit Him
Thu Jun 2, 11:36 AM


LAUGHLIN, Nev. - Police are investigating a California man's claim that comedian Gallagher slapped him during a show at a southern Nevada casino.

No criminal charges have been filed on the misdemeanor battery complaint, Las Vegas police Sgt. Chris Jones said Wednesday.

William Edwin May III, 40, of Anaheim, filed a police report May 27, several hours after the incident at Don Laughlin's Riverside Resort Hotel & Casino. It alleges that Gallagher walked on a table, berated a waitress and slapped May on the side of the head.

Gallagher, 58, is best known for smashing watermelons with a sledgehammer.

He didn't immediately return a message left Wednesday at his office in West Palm Beach, Fla.

He acknowledged in an interview with the Las Vegas Review-Journal that he struck an audience member, but compared it with throwing a pie in someone's face.

"It got a laugh, and that's what this is about," he said.

The comedian said he had wanted to bring May onstage, as he had done the previous night, but May was talking with the cocktail server.

Gallagher was fired from his Memorial Day weekend booking after protesting the policy of selling drinks during his show, Roy Jernigan, Riverside entertainment director, told the Review-Journal.

Gallagher said he quit.

The comedian had worked at the Riverside for more than a decade.

[scotch-romanian]

What are they going to charge him with? A melony?

Sorry.

[agent_PUNT]

Originally posted by scotch-romanian
What are they going to charge him with? A melony?

Sorry.

I'm sure he'll BEAT those charges!

Beat, more like smash!

I'm not sorry.

[scotch-romanian]

Are you serious?

I mean, c'mon... the guy as-SALTED someone!

[3v3+Z]

I was gonna call "bullshit" on this story because a) you didn't provide a link to the original article, and b) a Google search for (in quotes) "comedian Gallagher slapped him" (taken from your post) yielded zero results. Then I searched Google News for just "Gallagher" and found other sources for this story. So you actually went through the trouble of TYPING all that, Snobedy??? Wow!

Anyway, I just heard an ad on a local radio station for Gallagher concert. Now, to be fair, they can make ANYONE sound like the king of hacks in those radio commercials. But it was still kind of amusingly un-amusing. It was like -- and this is all paraphrased, of course -- "They got a satellite telescope out there so they can look for intelligent life..." (audience laughs) "...'cuz they know they ain't gonna find it here!" (more laughs) "That's why it ain't pointin' DOWN!" (more laughs) "That's why when UFOs come here, they just roll down their window for a second, then turn right back around!" (more laughs) "'Cuz, ya see, there's no intelligent life here." (more laughs) "...on Earth, ya see..." (more laughs) "Ya get it?" (more laughs) "See, that's why they're looking other places..." (more laughs) "Other than Planet Earth!" (more laughs) "See, these two pie tins with a bunch of apples between 'em are a lot like a flying saucer..."

Well, that's the way I heard it.

[scotch-romanian]

That was funny.

By the way, I've decided that Gallagher probably will beat the charges...

Unless they can PRODUCE a witness!


Yeah, this joke is getting kind of stale now... just like old fruit!!!

[CptPlanet]

oh boy now i can read fark and butm at the same time. this is just what i always wanted. i'm excluding steve's post of course.

[ComedySnobedy]

http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/TV/06/02/people.gallagher.ap/index.html?section=cnn_latest

[scotch-romanian]

I eat with a knife and fark.

[6 Inch Taint]

At least he can say he got slapped by the REAL Gallagher, unlike myself. After a long night of sloppy lovemaking, yes, I was slapped by a man performing as Gallagher who later revealed himself to be Gallagher's brother-in-law. As with most victims of rape, I was too ashamed to contact the authorities. But between me and you, he's NO Gallagher.