GALLAGHER AT LITTLE THEATER ON THE BAY

WE WERE SO GLAD TO HAVE COURTNEY AND THEO COME FOR A VISIT THIS WEEKEND! AND WE GOT TO MEET DUKE, WHO IS EVEN MORE ADORABLE IN PUPPY THAN HE IS IN THE PICTURE OF HIM. WE WENT TO SEE GALLAGHER AT THE LITTLE THEATER ON THE BAY IN NORTH BEND LAST NIGHT. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO MAY NOT HAVE HEARD OF HIM, HE IS THE ONE WHO IS KNOWN FOR HIS SLEDGEOMATIC. HE USES IT TO SMASH FOOD AND SEND IT FLYING OUT INTO THE AUDIENCE. I KNOW, THIS SOUNDS JUVENILE, BUT IN THESE TOUGH TIMES, IT IS SO NICE TO GET AWAY FROM THE WORRIES AND JUST LAUGH YOUR...BOTTOM OFF! IT WAS A LOT OF FUN. THEO, COURTNEY AND I HAD PLASTIC PONCHOS, JUST IN CASE, BUT RALPH WANTED TO TOUGH IT OUT. YEAH, THAT WORKED WELL FOR HIM. I WAS VERY GLAD I CHOSE TO USE MY PONCHO, AS I WATCHED WATERMELON, JELLO AND SAUERKRAUT COME FLYING AT ME AND LAND ALL OVER ME. IT WAS HYSTERICAL! HIS COMEDY IS COMEDY WITH PURPOSE. HE WANTS YOU TO LEAVE HIS SHOW THINKING ABOUT THINGS YOU NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT BEFORE. LIKE, " WHY ARE THERE SO MANY FRENCH WORDS IN OUR AMERICAN LANGUAGE?" AND WHY, " DO THEY CALL IT LIPSTICK IF A WOMAN CAN STILL TALK?" OK, HE CAN BE A LITTLE OFF COLOR, BUT IT WAS VERY FUNNY, AND AS I MENTIONED, A NIGHT OF LAUGHTER WAS JUST WHAT THE DOCTOR ORDERED.