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.
yes. you must i mean tax him. you want to know is he good enough to handle this. this situation. this area here. especially this area. let s check in with gary tuchman. last year he was at the unspeakable event. this year he is in vincenze, indiana for the annual new year s eve watermelon drop. i didn t say it. gary hases the watermelon been raised yet? no, it s right behind you. that s right. this is the largest watermelon i ve ever seen in my life. it s a caveat. it s a steel watermelon, weighs 1200 pounds, 12 x 18. at the bottom of the watermelon there s 14 real watermelons. it will be raised 90 feet in the air on the crane then they will drop the 14 watermelons to symbolize 2014 and they will splat all over a platform. and it will inaugurate 2014. we re in vincenze indiana on
you being in florida. i think it s a free vacation for your family. john we re going to check in with you the a the stroke of midnight as the shoe is lowered down into the crowd. go ahead, john. reporter: next year, kathy should be in the shoe. i agree. absolutely. they love love down there. gary tuchman, i don t want to revisit where he was last year. we re moving on. he was in maine last year, a lovely town this. year he is in indiana. maine ace lovely town. gary, explain what happens at the stroke of midnight where you are. go ahead, gary. reporter: if you re not going to say it i ll say it. i was with a giant sardine in maine last year. this year the giant watermelon in vincenze, indiana. one of the capitals of watermelon growing. 200 watermelons were grown this year. that s why this 500-pound steel
Transcripts for CNN New Day 20130716 10:51:15 archive.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from archive.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
going to be a little upset about one aspect of this. this is called a great use of your day. yes. he s going to have a lot of neighbors coming out to visit. it s about the community. in vincenze he might have neighbors for miles. there will be screams of glee coming from that backyard. who wouldn t want a roller coaster in their backyard. if i had those we d just be throwing food to the kids at the back door and never come inside. i could never do it. impressive, looks good. indiana, everything good comes from indiana, that is what you learned this morning. coming up we do have two very big exclusives we ve been talking about. pivotal people from george zimmerman s murder trial speaking to cnn and you won t see it anywhere else, right here on new day. we ll hear from the first juror to break her silence since the verdict and the last person to talk to trayvon martin on the