the banks of the waubash river. they re having a watermelon smash off. this is gallagher, the comedian. he specializes in smashing watermelons. we re going to take a look at him smashing a watermelon. are you guys ready? let s see the smashing. gallagher, want to see you do it too, okay? can we see you first, gallagher? that s gallagher. now watch. it s going to be very wet. look out. 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. and there s gallagher. he s the emcee of the event here at the great watermelon drop in vincenze, indiana. you can see we re having a lot of fun. we have had many big celebrity guests on this show. never gallagher. never gallagher. you were able to get gallagher. #nodisrespecttomacklemore. yes. #wehadgallagher. there it is again.
gallagher has been around for a long time, he specializes in smashing watermelons. he was emcee and smashed watermelons. anyone within 200 feet of the stage got stoked with watermelon juice. the final thing, brooke baldwin, i said this all night, i learned that water melons are not only a fruit, they re a vegetable and also a gourd. that is my word for the day on this new year s gourd. i still, no one has told me what a gourd is. i ve heard the word. i don t know what constitutes something being a gourd. a watermelon is a gourd, brooke. happy new year to you in new orleans. that is my take away in the final minutes of 2013, it s a gourd. gary tuchman doing his homework for us on watermelons in indiana. gary, thank you so much. and, you know, i love my job. i get sent to new orleans to ring in new year s eve. live tv. to have fun. we get to meet a lot of very interesting people here in doing what we do at cnn. i have to tell you, a lot of
oh, um 30,000. 30,000? you re only off by 19 million. that s why they do it here. 90% of indiana s watermelons are grown in knox county. that s why they have this very unique celebration. gallagher has been around for a long time, he specializes in smashing watermelons. he was emcee and smashed watermelons. anyone within 200 feet of the is taken got soaked with watermelon juice. the final thing, brooke baldwin, i said this all night, i learned that water melons are not only a fruit, they re a vegetable and also a gourd. that is my word for the day on this new year s gourd. i still, no one has told me what a gourd is. i ve heard the word. i don t know what constitutes something being a gourd. a watermelon is a gourd, brooke. happy new year to you in new orleans. that is my take away in the final minutes of 2013, it s a gourd. gary tuchman doing his homework