Gallagher on roller skating in Bradenton and Tampa

The goofy cap, long hair and mustache.

The giant mallet.

The wanton destruction of watermelons and countless other perfectly good items of food.

Most people are familiar with comic Gallagher.

Some might recall he graduated from Plant High School in Tampa and then earned a degree from the University of South Florida.

But did ya know Gallagher was a champion roller skater?

And that he used to skate here in Bradenton with local residents Ellen Meade (former Miss Florida, dance studio owner) and Bruce Meade (slow-pitch softball star and deputy sheriff)?

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Gallagher has fun with the fickle English language