Hugh Gallagher (humorist)
Hugh Gallagher is an author and musician from New York City. He is best known for his satire, including his band Von Von Von, his award-winning satire on the college application essay, "3A Essay", and the novel .
Early life and work[]
Gallagher was born in New York City and grew up in Pennsylvania. While in high school, he won Scholastic Press, Inc.'s national writing contest in 1990 with a satiric personal essay titled "3A Essay".
The essay starts with "I am a dynamic figure", and contains many humorous, hyperbolic statements of his accomplishments, ending with the line, "But I have not yet gone to college." The essay, which he did apparently submit to some colleges,[1][2] has become an urban legend among high school students undergoing the college admissions process. It also became a popular Internet phenomenon in the late 1990s. The essay was also recorded as a spoken-word piece by Gang of Seven Productions.[3] A line from this essay was adapted by for the company's name.
Gallagher ultimately attended NYU.[3] While there, he released a spoken-word/comedy album under the name in 1992, entitled "."
Recent work[]
In 1998, Gallagher published his first novel, .
Since 2002, he has performed live as Von Von Von, a pop star holdover from the 1980s who hails from Antwerp. Some of Gallagher/Von Von Von's work has been produced by Grandmaster Ratte' of CULT OF THE DEAD COW.
References[]
- ^ Saranow, Jennifer (2008-02-15). "The Cut-and-Paste Personality". The Wall Street Journal. Dow Jones & Company, Inc. Retrieved 2008-02-17.
- ^ Hugh Gallagher's 'College Essay'
- ^ Jump up to: a b Hugh Gallagher: Man of Many Talents — Alec Saunders .LOG
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- Living people
- American humorists
- American male novelists