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[jender]

My favorite comedian, Mitch Hedberg is dead I am so glad I had the chance to see him live last year. If you have never heard his act, you MUST buy a cd or two - he was absolutely hilarious <3

I will miss you, Mitch :evil:


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Comedian and Actor Mitch Hedberg, 37, Dies

Fri Apr 1, 8:03 AM ET

Entertainment - AP Music


ST. PAUL, Minn. - Mitch Hedberg, a Minnesota-born comedian who worked in nightclubs, television and film in a wide-ranging career, died in New Jersey, his family said. He was 37.

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• MitchHedberg.net - official site

Hedberg, who struggled with drugs and alcohol, died Wednesday in a hotel room in Livingston, N.J.

Pending the medical examiner's report, the cause of death appears to be heart failure, said his mother, Mary Hedberg. She said her son was born with a heart defect and frequently felt anxious about his condition.

Mary Hedberg said speculation that her son's death was drug-related was gossip.

"We don't know that for a fact," she said, but added, "it's not a secret Mitch used drugs. Whether that played a role in his death or not, we don't know."

A hit on "The Late Show With David Letterman," on which he appeared 10 times, and "The Howard Stern Show," Hedberg once was dubbed "the next Seinfeld" by Time magazine. But TV-series fame eluded him because his unique style of mumbled one-liners didn't lend itself to the sitcom format.

Hedberg delivered absurdist, random observations in a spacy staccato. His long, dirty blond hair harkened to the image of a 1970s stoner.

Jokes about Hedberg's drug use were a staple of his act. He took a hiatus from performing for several months after a May 2003 arrest in Austin, Texas, for felony possession of heroin.

Born in St. Paul, Hedberg rose through the ranks at Minneapolis' Acme Comedy Co. and caught his big break through a Comedy Central special.

His rambling, non-sequitur style often drew comparisons to Steven Wright, but Hedberg disagreed.

"If I made potato chips and put them in a can, people would say I was ripping off Pringles," he said. "But what if I put them in a bag?"

Hedberg had two popular comedy CDs, "Strategic Grill Locations" and "Mitch All Together." He acted in the movie "Almost Famous" — smoking fake pot with Peter Frampton — and appeared on Fox's hit series "That '70s Show."

Hedberg is survived by his wife, comedian Lynn Shawcroft, his father and mother, Arne and Mary Hedberg of St. Paul, and sisters Wendy Brown of Woodbury and Angie Anderson of South St. Paul. [/b]

 

[Mr.Wonko]

If this isn't an April Fool's joke, I'm going to be sad.

 

[Rones]

No joke.

 

[ArmachiA]

Mitch Hedburg was, well is (Right now no comedian is as funny as him, dead or alive) my favorite comedian. I cried when I found out he died. I'll miss him.

 

[dragoonnerzul]

oh please god, tell me this is an april fool's joke. first bill hicks now mitch? a sadder day, i can't remember...

 

[Lanien]

Very sad day. I actually met him last semester. He came to my college to do a show, and I was part of the committee that got him to come here. A couple friends and I got to show him around and stuff for about an hour before the show went on. Great guy, and a great comedian.

 

[Elemmire]

George Carlin is funnier than him >.> but he was funny T.T sad he died... and Lewis Black and Steven Lynch were as funny as him...

 

[Mr.Wonko]

George Carlin is funnier than him >.> but he was funny T.T sad he died... and Lewis Black and Steven Lynch were as funny as him...

This really isn't the appropriate place for this kind of thing. It's like starting off a eulogy like "Well, this guy was cool, but let me tell you about this other guy who was way cooler..."
It's just not cricket. Many people, myself included, were very great admirers of Mitch Hedburg, and, speaking for myself, your comments come off as offensive and disrespectful.

 

[Elemmire]

I'm not trying to start a debate.. just stating my opinion on who I think is funny... and yes.. this guy was funny... not saying he wasn't.. just stating my opinion. but ya.. sad he died... too bad his heart failed T.T I bet drugs and alcohol didn't help at all though

 

[Excim]

I listen to the local rock station here in Atlanta while I play, and I was in the middle of partying when they announced it over the air yesterday morning.

I can't say much about him, except it's a shame for someone to die so young in this age.

I did see his comedy special on Comedy Central on evening. I laughed until I cried, he had serious talent.

 

[jender]

George Carlin is funnier than him >.> but he was funny T.T sad he died... and Lewis Black and Steven Lynch were as funny as him...

yeah - you are an idiot :roll: I have been sick of your constant 2 cents for awhile now - but haven't said anything because there are lots of "know it all's" who blow uneducated hot air around here, but this was way out of line, for ONCE can you STFU and have some respect?

 

[Lanien]

:shock:

/em avoids topic from now on.

Mitch was a different type of comedy though, and can't even be placed in the same class as George Carlin. With Mitch, it's basically one liners over and over again that are just so funny, but entirely too true. With George Carlin, it's basically a long drawn out story. A Mitch joke is beautiful, because face it ... when he says "An elevator can never break ... it can only turn into stairs" ... it makes me laugh my ass off.

 

[jender]

WWW.MITCHHEDBERG.NET

Febuary 24 1968 - March 30 2005
              He will be missed

"Has anyone seen me on Lettermen? 2 billion people watch that show and I don't know where they are. You might  have seen this next comedian on the Late Show, but I think more people have seen me at the store."

"I tried walking into a Target , but I missed."

"I haven't slept for ten days, because that would be too long."

"I type 101 words a minute. But it's in my own language."

"I wish I could play little league now. I'd be way better than before."

"I would imagine if you understood Morse Code, a tap dancer would drive you crazy."

"It's hard to dance if you just lost your wallet. Whoa! Where's my wallet? But, hey this song is funky."

"I played golf....I did not get a hole in one, but I did hit a guy and that's way more satisfying. Your supposed to yell FORE, but I was too busy mumbling that ain't no way that's gonna hit him."

"I wrote a letter to my dad- I wrote, I really enjoy being here. But I accidently wrote rarely, instead of really. But I still wanted to use it, so I crossed it out and wrote I rarely drive steamboats, Dad. There's a lot you don't know about me. Quit trying to act like I'm a steamboat operator. This letter took a harsh turn right away."

"And then at the end of the letter i like to write P.S.- This is what part of the  alphabet would look like if Q and R were eliminated."

"The depressing thing about tennis is that no matter how much I play, I'll never be as good a a wall. I played a wall once. They're relentless."

"When someone hands you a flyer, it's like they're saying here you throw this away."

"I like rice. Rice is great if your hungry and want 2000 of something."

"I got my hair highlighted, because I felt some strands were more important that others."

"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it."

"I hate turkeys. If you stand in the meat section at the grocery store long enough, you start to get mad a turkeys. There's turkey ham, turkey bologna, turkey pastromi,.Some one needs to tell the turkey, man, just be yourself."

"I lke refried beans. I wanna try fried beans, because maybe they're just as good and we're just wasting time."

"I got into and argument with a girlfriend inside of a tent. That's a bad place for an argument, because I tried to walk out and slam the flap. How are you supposed to express your anger in this situation? Zipper it up real quick?"

"This product that was on TV was available for four easy payments of $19.95. I would like a product that was available for three easy payments and one complicated payment. We can't tell you which payment it is, but one of these payments is going to be hard."

"I was going to get  my teeth whitened, but I said screw that, I'll just get a tan instead."

"I was at this casino minding my own business and this guy came up to me and said your gonna have to move you're blocking a fire exit. As if there were a fire, I wasn't gonna run. If you are flamable and have legs you are never blocking a fire exit."

"I don't own a cell phone or a pager. I just hang around everyone I know, all the time. If someone wants to get a hold of me they just say "Mitch," and I say "What?" and turn my head slightly."

"I'm sick of following my dreams. I'm just going to ask them where they're going and hook up with them later."

"My friend said to me "You know what I like? Mashed poatoes," I was like, Dude, you gotta give me time to guess. If your ging to quiz me, you must put a pause in there."

"An escalator can never break. It can only become stairs. You would never seen an Escalator temporarily out of order sign, just Escaloaor temporarily stairs. Sorry for the convenience."

"I was walking down the street with my friend and he said "I hear music" As though there's another way you can take it in. Your not special. That's how I recieve it too. I tried to taste it, but it did not work."

"I went to the park and saw a kid flying a kite. The kid was really excited. I don't know why, that's what they're supposed to do. Now if he had a chair on the other end of that string, I would have been impressed."

"I was at the airport and this guy came up to me and said I saw you on tv last night. He didn't say if  I was any  good. He just told me where I was. So turned away for a minute and said Hey I saw you at the airport a minute ago. You were good."

I can't get into flossing, I can't. People who smoke say you don't know how hard it is to stop smoking. Yes I do. It's as hard as it is to start flossing. You seem jittery. Yeah, I'm about to floss.

"One time a guy handed me a picture of himself and he said. "Here's a picture of me when I was younger." Every picture of you is when you were younger. Here's a picture of me when I'm older. How'd you pull that off? Let me see that camera."

"I think pickles are cucumbers that sold out. They sold their soul to the devil and the devil is....Dill."

"Alcoholism, is a disease, but it's the only disease that you can get yelled at for having. Dammit Otto, your an alcoholic. Dammit Otto, you have Lupis. One of those two doesn't sound right."

"I was walking by a drycleaner at 3a.m. and there was a sign that said Sorry, we're closed. You don't have to be sorry. It's 3a.m. and your a drycleaner. It would be ridiculous  for me to expect you to be open. I'm not gonna come by at  10 and say, hey I was here at  3a.m and you guys were closed. Someone owes me an apology."

"I get the Reese's candy bar, If you read it, there's an apostrophe. The candy bar is his. I didn't know that. Next time your eating a Reese's and some guy named Reese comes up to you and says let me have that. You better give it to him. I'm sorry Reece, I didn't  think I would ever run into you."

"I've been working the colleges and I always buy the shirts from the college, because they're quality shirts. But people always get the wrong idea. I'm walking around wearing a Washington U shirt and someone says "Hey  Washington U, Did you go there?" Yeah! It was a Wednesday."

"Y'know I order a club sandwhich all the time. And I'm not even a member. I don't know how I get away with it. I like my sanwhiches witth three peices of bread. So do I. Lets form a club. Okay, but we're gonna need more stipulation. Yes we do. Instead of cutting it once, lets cut it again. Yeah, four triangles. And we shall dump chips in the middle. Let me ask you something, how do you feel about frilly toothpicks? I'm for them."

"I opened a yogurt and underneath the lid it said "please try again" they were having  a contest that I was unaware of. I thought maybe I had opened the yogurt wrong.Or maybe Yoplait was trying to inspire me. Come on Mitch, don't give up! An inspirational  message from your friends at Yoplait, fruit on the bottom, hope on top."

"I brought  a donut and the guy gave me a recieipt for the donut. I don't need a receipt for the donut, I give you the money, you give me the donut, end of transaction. We do not need to bring ink and paper into this. I can not imagine the senerio where I would have to prove that I broughrt  a donut. Some skeptical friend.  Don't even act like I didn't get that donut. I got the documentation right here."

"When you go a resturant on the weekends and it's busy so they start a waiting list. They say Dufrane, party of two, table ready for Dufrane, party of two , and if no one answers they'll say the name again, Dufrane, party of two. Bu then if no one answers, they'll move on to the next name. Bush party of three. Yeah, but what happened to the Dufranes, No one seems to care, who can eat at a time like this? People are missing. You people are selfish. The Dufranes are in someone's trunk right now ,with duct tape over their mouths and they're hungry.That's a double whammy! We need help! Bush search party of three. You can eat once you find the Dufranes."

 

[jender]

Thread locked so that fans of Mitch can mourn without having to endure the mindless drivel of those who feel that there smug opinions are needed in EVERY damned thread on the boards....