One of the greatest stand up comics! What a talent. He will be missed!

I was in my 20’s when he hit the scene and I never laughed more at any comedian than him. His grasp of the English language and his looking at life’s things from a different angle set him apart . Too bad there aren’t comedians like him today.

Saw Gallagher at The Sands hotel in Vegas on May 31, 1991. My wife and I were getting married the next day, and he called us out from the audience about 3 times. He was very funny!

Kids don't realize that 30 years ago no one had a personal giant trampoline. This was actually a novel idea at one time. They also don't realize that this particular part of his set was already a full hour after he did normal standup without any props. And when the couch came out the background people went nuts because they new something weird had to be coming eventually. It is Gallagher after all.

He was absolutely brilliant!!

Truly the greatest comedian of all times. You will be sadly missed. RIP Gallager

man got a great hit on that second melon, it exploded outward almost evenly. that was Single Coat, Full Coverage, the whole front row got a complementary fruit cup, sans the cup.

OMG I remember the big couch! The original big comfy couch! I so forgot about it! I was young but loved watching him and my mom would laugh so hard she would cry! Nobody can ever replace him and he will be forever missed. RIP thank you for the memories and laughs. 💜

Love him!! When I was younger I didn't appreciate all of his comedy; but now I do!! Lmao

Gallagher was and still is a class act.

Saw this video over 30 years ago. What a fantastic mind that still makes me laugh!!

"we have a baby now at the house..... alll day long" lmao. This guy was one of the FIRST comedians I ever, EVER saw preform on Comedy Central. Awesome. Haha. My mom would love this guy. Good CLEAN fun for the 50-60+ crowd! :)

He's so right! Babies do have you!😂

I remember watching him when I was kid and now as father, my kids and I watch these. Still as funny as it always was.

😂🎉❤THIS IS THE SET UP I REMEMBER AS A KID. BIG COUCH SET YESSSSSSSSS!!!! I would record on VHS and later cassette tape. Have his jokes memorize!! (Mini stereo had a built in stereo. Hi tech for a10 yr old in the 80's)😂

Funny, thought provoking and clean! I understand he was a good guy too.

its funny because he come up with the craziest props. i liked what he made.

Think this was the first comedian/special I ever watched. Guessing I was 8. This takes me way back.

I saw this guy perform he was awesome. There were hecklers and he totally chewed them out.

I wonder what he was like in school as a child. "What do you want to do when you grow up?" " I want to crush watermelons with a big hammer and get paid for it."

This was back in the 80's when what he was saying was logical for the times. Anyone who grew up during the time frame, watching him will understand him.

R.I.P. Gallagher...one of my favorites.....

Watched dozens of times on HBO in the early 80's. Loved it.

That guy at 1:45 who literally took like 2 seconds before he understood the "joke" and started laughing is the perfect example to describe Gallagher fans

I remember watching this on cable at around 2 in the morning when I was 9 years old and found myself wondering what the hell I was doing with my life..

I saw this live. Man, we all would have loved to try the giant couch ourselves! RIP!

A brilliant prop comedian!

This was maybe his greatest special. It’s awesome. So funny.

Went to two of his shows in Salinas, years ago. The last one was the elephant on the high diving board. Great comedian.

This was GREAT!!! Brings back memories, and still makes me laugh to this day!!!

My mom used to watch Gallagher when I was little. This transports me right back to childhood.

Half of my laughter just comes because he is having so much fun just doing sh he has fun doing.

There's NO ONE like him EVER.

i was on the verge of suicide, and then i saw this video and decided i had something to live for. long live gallagher

Kinda reminds me of this kid's show called "The Big Comfy Couch" where this little girl kept her toys in the crack of the couch.

Still funnier than Amy Schumer and Colbert

this guy came to my grade school back in the 90s best guest at any school event till this day great performer still remeber after all these years

Just imagine him being your dad. Wonderful,I would think.

The big comfy couch with the clown and molly, her dolly

Gotta love Gallagher! This brings back some memories of laughing 'til I passed out! *Don't remember much after, though...*

Ha! I'm 22 years old and a girl thank you. It's my parents, they were from the previous generation then yours I'm sure. It's just that age were you'll always be a kid and watching someone as pure as gallagher be a kid will always tickle the funny bone. You just have to learn to appreciate all styles of comedy and all styles of people. Woody Allen is classic too :3

I remember this man as a kid watching on comedy central before they were awful and all I remember before I knew Gallagher name was "comedian big couch Zen" and here we are....memories

That means two minutes and twenty-one seconds of it is how the show would have been if I was the only audience.

It is unfortunate that that damn Sledgeomatic is all he will be remembered for. He was hilarious 😊

I love Gallagher.

What I want is just a normal size couch with that awesome monster puppet so I could have it just randomly pop out at people who sat down.

In 2004, Comedy Central rated Gallagher the 100th best stand-up comedian of all time.[10] Gallagher was displeased with being ranked so low, and he told The Oregonian, "I looked at the other people and I was trying to find anyone I ever heard of. How could I be behind people I never heard of? ... I made 13 one-hour shows for Showtime, which are available on videotape. I invented the one-man show on cable. What a prick.

He is hilarious screw all y'all negative comments

I saw him live in 1992. His show was two hours and forty five minutes long! And funny all the way through.

That looks fun as hell.

I found out that this was made in 1983 (I thought it was made in 1978), so I was like 2, 3 years old when this was made, so yeah, this is of my time. I grew up watching this guy!

Very entertaining and fun to watch. Thanks for posting this.

An AMERICAN ORIGINAL. He also had 14 Showtime comedy specials, 14 !! Today's comics brag when they get paid to do 3 or 4 over their entire career. Wild

My GOD!!! Its been nearly 18 years seince I seen this Guy he is one of the Best Comedians in the WORLD!. First time i seen this man I was only 7 years Old!. I would sit with my dad and watch him on HBO waaaaaayyy late at night before I went back to bed dad and I would try not to laugh too damn hard from his best standup commadies and wake up my mom and she would scold both of us LOL!.

I don't understand the insane amount of dislikes, I mean, all he is doing is trying to entertain, no need to hate.

Gallagher big couch routine was Cirque Du Soleil before its time

Gallagher was the king of props for comedians

Get well soon Gallagher.

I freaked out when I saw Gallgher run on screen on TOSH 4.0 from out of nowhere. Funny stuff!

He could not do most of his acts today someone would go nuts

The only other comic that made me really laugh since Gallagher was Robin Williams. They were both comedic gold!

I was laughing so hard when he did the backflips on the giant couch trampoline. That was such a funny joke!

I do miss him he was fantastic the young generation missed out on the best error of our time!

i love his routines god i hope he still does this I want a front row seat

ThE BEST ON THIS PLANET !!! I LAUGH EVERY TIME !!!

GET READY...GET READY...GET READY TO CLOWN AROUND...

This guy taught Carrot Top everything he knows about prop comedy.

so underrated.

..One day...I will get a couch just like that one, but in a different color and fabric. It is gonna be sweet.

This is literally a visual representation of how I feel coming home crossfaded af at like 7 am

Sigh I remember watchin this when I was a kid... Wow I am typing this when I first clicked it I had no idea this was the trampoline couch!!!! I loved watching this when I was younger HAHAHAH I always wanted that couch!!!

I just went to one of his shows and had front row seats. Shit definitely went flyin(:

I always loved Gallagher, he can just talk and entertain

ONLY GOD COULD MAKE PEOPLE LAUGH HARDER AND LONGER

Wisdom from the late Gallagher - potato chips are much larger than blow dryers. RIP, funnyman!

OK Gallagher did it first with the big couch 🛋️ but years later, this cartoon woman had a TV show and it was called the big comfy couch 🛋️ I’m not sure if that’s based off Gallagher’s big couch 🛋️ but if it is now, you know where it came from

The show that had this big couch was one of the best, but the beginning was better than the couch sequence. I bought 2 of his tapes and was disappointed. The ones I taped myself are the best shows. One tape worked ok and the other one had bad audio and couldn't hear him. I hear he's still performing - hope so. I'm still a fan and looking for DVD's of the good shows.

RIP, Gallagher 🙏

Still Love Gallagher! Brilliant writer,and comedian!

I saw this special as a kid and this couch blew my fucking mind.

He was on O & A today (5/22) and was fuckin' great!!!

That was fun back in the day

Funny, when I saw this on TV i don't remember it being so blurry! Nice going!

Everyone needs to take a moment and laugh 😂.

Gallagher has always been one of my all-time favorite comedians, and I wasn't even born during his time! Less talk, more sledge! LOLz!

I remember watching him and Ron Lucas an Jeff Mellman the Chinese wonder on HBO back in 82.

Saw Gallagher twice and loved it! If you have ever dealt with performers, you will find out they require recharge time to try to get back to some sort of balance. Interuptions to their routine (and sometimes their ritualistic process of getting back in balance) can sometimes prompt an unpleasant outburst. Don't you want to unwind and chill after a tough day at work? Let them do it their way. You got your performance and that is what you paid for when you bought you ticket. Now go home!

Rest in blissful comedy, you crazy crazy man!

Live!! Lucky enough to have been there.. Yep, I sure was 🤣

He is so cute long as he keeps his cap on....😊👍😊

Gallagher always made me laugh. This is one is definitely one of my favorites!

great, great comedian.

He reminds me of a child so much xD this guy's seriously awesome!

A giant couch with style

Wishing you a full recovery!!!

If there has ever been a genius comedian its him

comedy gold

Rip Gallagher 🙏

A lot of wet blankets here. Admit it, this is so stupid it's hilarious, that's the idea!

I just saw him 15 minutes ago, he lets the audience do the sledging, and he said it was his last performance.