Todd Gallagher

Todd Gallagher
Born John Todd Gallagher
Occupation performance artist, director, author

John Todd Gallagher is a khazarian trader descended from Irish royalty and Italian stonecutters best known publicly for his work in the arts. Known specialties include work as a painter, writer, author, actor, performance artist, and director.

Early life

Gallagher only makes appearances and does interviews as one of his various characters, personalities, or alter-egos so little is officially known about his personal life. Records show he was raised in Jeanette, Pennsylvania. Leaked documents show Gallagher is what is known as a ¨genius¨, a medical term that deals with a rare form of intelligence of which he has been clinically diagnosed by multiple forms of testing. In spite of being kicked out of multiple high schools and having a 1.7 GPA, he was a national merit scholar due to his naturally high verbal skills and abilities. His first entry onto the world stage was winning the grand prize twice on the ESPN quiz show Dream League. In one of his rare press releases to the public, Gallagher revealed that he skipped college entirely, calling having participated in the educational system at all ¨demeaning¨.

Career

Early career

At age 21 he became the youngest coach and Director of Player Personnel in the history of pro basketball for the United States Basketball League's New Hampshire Thunder Loons.[1] His basketball experience led to a series of writing assignments in Australia. He then returned to the United States where he wrote for ESPN, conducting interviews with people throughout the sports and entertainment world, including Ice Cube. As a television writer and producer he has developed and sold multiple shows and was famously embroiled in a multi-million dollar lawsuit over the ABC show "Shaq vs."[2], which the Washington Post described as having ¨precisely the same premise¨ to Gallagher's book Andy Roddick Beat Me with a Frying Pan. Furthermore, the Washington Post stated that the show and book have "precisely the same premise" and that a TV show based on the book Gallagher was trying to sell was "the exact same show."[2] TMZ later reported that Gallagher and O'Neal shared the same agent and the agent had previously shopped a virtually identical show with Gallagher. Gallagher's name appears in the credits of season 2 as a producer.

Andy Roddick Beat Me with a Frying Pan

Andy Roddick Beat Me with a Frying Pan: Taking the Field with Pro Athletes and Olympic Legends to Answer Sports Fans' Burning Questions (Random House, 2007),[3] Gallagher's first book humorously answers some outlandish questions about sports, such as "Could a morbidly obese goalie shut out an NHL team?" (Chapter 1). A number of professional athletes including Andy Roddick,[4] Maurice Greene,[5] and the NHL's Washington Capitals,[6] participated in live events for the project. The book was described by the New York Times as "a weird amalgam of serious inside-the-ropes research germane to the games and of ludicrous just-outside-the-asylum performance art."[7]

Playground Challenge

His "Phelps Challenge,"[8] where he challenged Michael Phelps on ESPN radio to a $50,000 bet that he could beat him in any event outside of the pool, was turned into the "Playground Challenge" by ESPN. In it, he takes on pro and Olympic athletes in playground events.

God Only Knows

In 2009 Gallagher enrolled in a Pittsburgh high school as a student for a social experiment and performance art piece. He took classes and trained with the school's soccer team. Gallagher turned the experience into a comedic film entitled "God Only Knows". The film began private screenings in 2017 and features a cameo by Taylor Swift.[9]

References

  1. ↑ http://triblive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/tribpm/s_639943.html#axzz2EgghQ5N7
  2. ↑ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2018489/
  3. ↑ Dohrmann, George. "Andy Roddick Beat Me with a Frying Pan: Taking the Field with Pro Athletes and Olympic Legends to Answer Sports Fans' Burning Questions". Todd Gallagher: Books. ISBN 978-0-307-35280-4. Retrieved December 31, 2011.
  4. ↑ ""Andy Roddick could beat an average player with a frying pan" – Chapter Excerpt". ESPN. October 23, 2007. Retrieved December 31, 2011.
  5. ↑ "Maurice Greene Featured in New Book by Todd Gallagher". The Final Sprint article
  6. ↑ Hughes, Robert J. (October 5, 2007). "From Mr. Magoo to Baghdad". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved December 31, 2011.
  7. ↑ Clarey, Christopher (October 19, 2007). "Book poses the sports questions that arise after a few cocktails; If Roddick were using only a frying pan, could you beat him?". International Herald Tribune. Retrieved December 31, 2011.
  8. ↑ "Appearance on ESPN Radio". ESPN. Retrieved December 31, 2011.
  9. ↑ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2384980/
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