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Danny Gallagher

Danny Gallagher has been a regular contributor to the Dallas Observer since 2014. He has also written features, essays and stories for MTV, the Chicago Tribune, Maxim, Cracked, Mental_Floss, The Week, CNET and The Onion AV Club.

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How Voice Actor Maurice LaMarche Took Over the Cartoon World, Unlike His Character The Brain

By Danny Gallagher
Dec 30, 2016

Whenever voice actor Maurice LaMarche gets together with his fellow actors at the numerous fan conventions they attend, he says they often spend their downtime exploring some of the better restaurants in whatever city they happen to be in for that weekend. "The beauty of voice actors is nobody knows...
Dick Gregory Thinks the End of Times Is Coming Soon, But He's Still Laughing

By Danny Gallagher
Dec 23, 2016

Comedian Dick Gregory has used his comedy, celebrity and humanity to advocate for civil rights and call out ignorance in America and throughout the world, and he's been doing it since long before he stepped in front of a microphone. Needless to say, Gregory doesn't like what he sees now...
The 9 Best Places in DFW to See Holiday Lights

By Danny Gallagher
Dec 20, 2016

Christmas can be an expensive celebration. It's the only holiday that calls for buying a big meal and decorations to turn your homestead into a winter wonderland even if you live in a temperate zone. Then you have to buy presents for everyone you know or your friendship for the...
How Do You Book The Bomb Factory Just by Playing Video Games? Ask the Game Grumps.

By Danny Gallagher
Dec 15, 2016

The hosts of the popular video game YouTube series Game Grumps can't resist an opportunity to entertain, whether it's for their legion of followers or just for each other. Danny Avidan and Arin Hanson, the Game Grumps' main hosts, meet me on Skype for our interview, and even though my name...
Funniest Comic in Texas Winner Dez O'Neal Tried to Give Up Comedy for Acting

By Danny Gallagher
Dec 12, 2016

Winning a comedy competition like the annual Funniest Comic in Texas can be both a blessing and a burden. Just ask this year's winner Dez O'Neal. The Dallas-born comedian won the title out of a pool of 500 comics in the competition's final round last Friday at the Arlington Improv...
Meet Ron Devillier, the Dallas TV Program Manager Who Introduced Monty Python to America

By Danny Gallagher
Dec 2, 2016

Eric Idle and John Cleese, two of the founding members of the acclaimed British comedy troupe Monty Python, are in town this week to perform two sold-out shows at the Majestic Theatre. The shows are part of the tail end of a wildly successful American tour, and it doesn't take a...
Whatever Happened to That Fort Worth Theme Park Project?

By Danny Gallagher
Dec 2, 2016

Less than two years ago, a company called DreamVision announced an ambitious plan to give Fort Worth residents its first major theme park. How ambitious was it? They didn't just call it a theme park or even an amusement park. They announced the construction of a brand new city called...
The Time a 92-Year-Old Adopted a 76-Year-Old, and 9 Other Crazy World Records Made in Dallas

By Danny Gallagher
Nov 29, 2016

Just before the end of the year, Dallas will once again try to carve out a spot for itself in the Guinness Book of World Records. The organizers of the Marvelous Nerd Year's Eve convention, a four-day comic book and pop culture con starting on Thursday, Dec. 29, announced they will...
10 Fun and Innovative Board Games You Can Play With Your Family on the Holidays

By Danny Gallagher
Nov 24, 2016

Thanksgiving can be a stressful time for those whose relatives spend the entire year glomming onto every political talking point just so they can bring it up at the most awkward times during the holidays. Thanks to the presidential election, they've been given a conversation-stopping, fork-dropping gift to make things...
5 Places Where You Can Volunteer Your Time on Thanksgiving Day

By Danny Gallagher
Nov 23, 2016

Not everyone is lucky enough to have a family to go home to and "put up with" on Thanksgiving. If you don't have any Thanksgiving plans or just don't feel like eating a whole turkey by yourself, you might consider giving some of your time to some people who could...
Artist Trying to Trump Hate By Selling 'TrumpIsAFartFace' Sign

By Danny Gallagher
Nov 17, 2016

It's hard to know what's more concerning about what happened on Election Day: the fact that so many naive people believed that Donald Trump, a man who espoused racist, sexist and economically reckless policies and views, couldn't win or the fact that so many people looked past all that and...
Gamers Share Their Techniques for Staying Awake at the 24-Hour Charity Marathon

By Danny Gallagher
Nov 8, 2016

Last weekend, gamers from all around the country sat down in front of computers, game consoles and big stacks of board games and played for 24 hours straight — or until their thumbs went numb. They endured the marathon session for a special cause. The nonprofit gaming-based charity Extra Life held...
Comedian Maria Bamford Copes With Her Mental Illness by Performing Comedy

By Danny Gallagher
Nov 4, 2016

Maria Bamford, the stand-up comedian who stars in the critically acclaimed Netflix series Lady Dynamite, is very open about her struggles and triumphs with maintaining her mental health. According to a New York Times profile published in 2014, she's wrestled with obsessive compulsive disorder, binge-eating, anxiety and type-II bipolar disorder...
Two Brothers, Jon and Michael McBrine, Will Face Off in This Year's Funniest Comic in Texas

By Danny Gallagher
Nov 1, 2016

Brothers are naturally competitive. Comics and brothers Jon and Michael McBrine seem to defy the natural competitive nature that defines so many sibling relationships. They've both been selected as solo acts to compete in this year's Funniest Comic in Texas competition and neither of them care about which one wins or...
Garland-Produced Duke Nukem 3D Still Has Balls of Steel After 20 Years of Alien Ass-Kicking

By Danny Gallagher
Oct 31, 2016

Games like Wolfenstein 3D and Doom, both of which were born in Dallas-Fort Worth's growing game studio community, may have birthed the first-person shooter genre but Duke Nukem 3D gave it character. The game first released on PCs in 1996 from the Garland-based game studio 3D Realms had infinite playability...
Gas Monkey Garage's Richard Rawlings on What's Kept Fast N' Loud Running Hot for 11 Seasons

By Danny Gallagher
Oct 28, 2016

Richard Rawlings, owner of the Gas Monkey Garage and bar and grill that's become one of Dallas' most popular live music venues, doesn't like hearing the term "reality show" when it's directed at his Discovery Channel show Fast 'N Loud. Even though cameras are filming his business and his staff...
Flight of the Conchords Say They'll Test Material for a New Comedy Album in Dallas Tonight

By Danny Gallagher
Oct 26, 2016

Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement, the names that make up the legendary comedy music duo Flight of the Conchords, have reached an unbelievable level of fame and creative freedom as actors, writers and musicians. Following the two-season run of the hilarious HBO sitcom that bore their band's name, both became...
Three Comics From the South Are Out to Prove That Rednecks Can Be Liberal, Too

By Danny Gallagher
Oct 25, 2016

Thanks to Donald Trump's presidential ambitions, which have turned into a flaming nuclear-powered train heading toward a brick wall, Texas could turn blue. A poll conducted by the University of Houston found that Trump and his Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton are in a virtual dead heat among Texas voters. National...
Hari Kondabolu Took a Detour From Immigrant Rights Advocacy to Tell Jokes That Make You Think

By Danny Gallagher
Oct 21, 2016

Political comedy is such a lazy and misleading way to describe a comedian's work. The two-word term implies comedy that pushes an agenda and mines jokes from meaningless horse races or whatever stupid thing Donald Trump tweets at 3 a.m. because his staff is too scared to take away his...
Jesus Christ Superstar's Ted Neeley to Fans: 'Please Forgive Me. I'm Not Jesus. I'm a Drummer.'

By Danny Gallagher
Oct 17, 2016

Out of all the actors known for playing iconic roles in movies and plays, Texas native Ted Neeley easily wins the award for the most interesting public approach by fans who encounter him. Neeley played Jesus of Nazareth in the original Broadway production and feature film of Jesus Christ Superstar. "They come...
Tim Heidecker Returns to the Texas Theatre to Do God Knows What

By Danny Gallagher
Oct 14, 2016

Tim Heidecker — the Tim in the comedy team of Tim & Eric, the Adult Swim series Tim & Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! and Tim & Eric's Billion Dollar Movie — will make another appearance at the Texas Theatre in November and it's hard to know exactly what he's going do...
10 Side Hustles to Earn Extra Money in Dallas

By Danny Gallagher
Oct 11, 2016

The holiday shopping season is coming up and if you're planning on buying your friends and family shiny, expensive gadgets to prove you love them in a total materialistic way, you might need some extra cash. If you're not one of those overpaid CEOs who gets a check to run...