Mitch Hedberg

[oljumpstart]

They just said on Stern that Mitch Hedberg died. I can't find anything else though. Any one hear how? He used to crack us up, back in school.
RIP

[miajag81]

Early April Fool's, maybe?
I hope so, at least...he is pretty good

[ceyoung]

its on howard's front page. man that sucks, he was by far my favorite stand up comedian

[miajag81]

I just checked out his official site and there's nothing about it yet...I did notice that he's supposed to be performing at the Improv here in Baltimore tonight...weird.

[lucas9000]

google news search was no help. i really hope this isn't true...mitch is HILARIOUS.

"this shirt is dry clean only...which means it's dirty."

[YourFoxyGrandma]

It really would be a shame if this were true, though it wouldn't surprise me if he OD'ed on something.

[oljumpstart]

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It really would be a shame if this were true, though it wouldn't surprise me if he OD'ed on something.

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I'm sure thats the odds on favorite. It is wierd that noone else is reporting it.

[lucas9000]

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It really would be a shame if this were true, though it wouldn't surprise me if he OD'ed on something.

[/ QUOTE ] just more gossip as of now, but it looks like your guess may be correct (http://groups-beta.google.com/group/rec.arts.marching.drumcorps/browse_thread/thread/69d5863def1b8298/de595d89bac4ba6a?q="Mitch+Hedberg"+died&rnum=3#de595d89bac4ba6a)

[lucas9000]

more corroboration (http://www.joshsneed.com/default.asp)

[BruinEric]

I'm in my car a lot listening to XM 150 the comedy station. Mitch has become one of my favorites, so this is disappointing.

It appears that drugs were a part of his early death.

[UACat97]

The uncensored comedy station on Sirius (Raw Dog 147) is playing nothing but Hedberg this morning as a tribute.

Seems it's true. (Or a very elaborate early April Fool's joke)

[BusterStacks]

that sucks, he was REALLY funny.

[Slacker13]

He died of a heroin overdose. I saw him perform before, he's funny as hell. Pretty sad.

[ceyoung]

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They just said on Stern that Mitch Hedberg died. I can't find anything else though. Any one hear how? He used to crack us up, back in school.
RIP

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completely confirmed. comedycentral.com has a banner up with mitch hedberg 1968-2005

[jcmack13]

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He died of a heroin overdose.

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where did you learn this?

[Hermlord]

"I like an escalator because it can never break. It can only become stairs."

Cya Mitch...

[daryn]

"i think pringles original intention was to make tennis balls. but on the day the rubber was supposed to arrive, a truckload of potatoes showed up. but pringles is a laid back company, they said '[censored] it cut 'em up'".

[Jeff W]

If carrots got you drunk, rabbits would be f[/b]ucked up. (http://www.thedotdotdot.com/humor/hedberg.html)

[ttleistdci]

That seriously sucks a lot...

He was really funny.

[Phoenix1010]

RIP Mitch. Definitely one of my favorite comedians. This sucks.

[Slacker13]

It was announced on the radio here in Miami (Big 105) during my drive to the office. The paul and young ron show was talking about it.

[Slacker13]

I bought a doughnut and they gave me a receipt for the doughnut...I don't need a receipt for the doughnut - I'll just give you money and you give me the doughnut, end of transaction. We don't need to bring ink and paper into this. I can't imagine a scenario in which I would need to prove that I bought a doughnut...Some skeptical friend, don’t even act like I didn't buy a doughnut, I've got the documentation right here...oh wait it's back home in the file...under "D", for doughnut

[ClaytonN]

Took me awhile to realize who Mitch Hedberg was.

That guy's humor was completely different than anyone else's, and one of the few stand-up comics that made me laugh out loud.

"I wanna be a race car passenger. Hey, mind if I play with the radio? Man, you must really like Tide"

"I think fettuccine Alfredo is macaroni and cheese for adults"

[jcmack13]

Since this is a gambling website...

"My lucky number is four billion. Doesn't come in handy that often when you're gambling. 'Come on four billion! F-ck! Seven! Not even close. I'm gonna need more dice. Four billion divided by six. At least.' "

"Heh heh. I said 'snake eyes'. It's a gambling term. Or, an animal term."

"I play blackjack, but I'm not addicted to gambling. I'm addicted to sitting in a semi-circle."

[Jman28]

RIP Mitch, aka the best stand up comic of my generation.

Glad I got to see him about 5 months ago.

-Jman28

[moondogg]

He was easily my favorite comic, even if I could never remember his last name.

Some quotes:
Link (http://hometown.aol.com/valleygirl1983/mitch.html)
Link (http://en.thinkexist.com/quotes/mitch_hedberg/)
Link (http://blog.erdener.org/archives/000243.php)

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


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[Nagoo81]

So what was more depressing to listen to on Stern today; the news that Mitch Hedberg died or that 911 call in which a very brave 5 year old found her two parents shot to death by a junkie stalker. /images/graemlins/frown.gif /images/graemlins/frown.gif /images/graemlins/frown.gif /images/graemlins/frown.gif /images/graemlins/frown.gif /images/graemlins/frown.gif /images/graemlins/frown.gif /images/graemlins/frown.gif /images/graemlins/frown.gif /images/graemlins/frown.gif /images/graemlins/frown.gif /images/graemlins/frown.gif /images/graemlins/frown.gif

[B Dids]

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Took me awhile to realize who Mitch Hedberg was.

That guy's humor was completely different than anyone else's, and one of the few stand-up comics that made me laugh out loud.


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Execept for Stephen Wright, who I feel like he was the low-rent version of.

[wonderwes]

http://vision-nary.com/mediahostages/images/uploads/mitch.jpg

He was one of the best comics. Now I am glad I got to see him perform live. This is truely a sad day.

[SossMan]

'My apartment was infested by Koala bears. It was the cutest infestation ever. I turn on the lights and they all scatter, and I'm like, "hey there, come over here, let me hold one of you...feed you a leaf" '

[oljumpstart]

I went to see him and Steven Lynch in Boston a few months ago, and then a friend called a couple weeks later with an extra ticket to see them in Providence. I almost skipped it figuring that it would be the same show, and it more or less was. Still some of the jokes were almost funnier the second time after you had been running them through your head the past few weeks. Anyhow it was a real good time, I'm glad I decided to go. It's a damn shame.

P.S. Further proof there is no god, Ellen Degeneres is doing just fine.

[Slacker13]

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That guy's humor was completely different than anyone else's, and one of the few stand-up comics that made me laugh out loud.

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Jim Bruer described him as Steven Wright meets Dean Martin. He has that steven wright humor and cool as deano.

[Slacker13]

Here is an insert from
this article (http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1499352/20050331/hedberg_mitch.jhtml?headlines=true)


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Much like Steven Wright, Hedberg was a master of the sharp-as-glass-shards one-liner ("Rice is great when you're hungry and want 2,000 of something"; "I would imagine if you understood Morse code, a tap dancer would drive you crazy"; "When someone hands you a flier, it's like they're saying, 'Here, you throw this away.' ") His comical, almost-too-obvious observations about life's subtle peculiarities inspired Time magazine to declare the stand-up comic "the next Seinfeld" in 2000.

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[Matty]

RIP Mitch- memorizing some of your material has gotten me laid.

http://www.google.com/froogle?q=mitch+hedberg&btnG=Search+Froogle

[AJo Go All In]

" my friend asked me if i want a frozen banana. i said no, but i want a regular banana later, so.. yeah. "

[Benholio]

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

[ttleistdci]

When you go to a restaurant on the weekends and it's busy they start a waiting list. They start calling out names, they say "Dufrane, party of two. Dufrane, party of two." And if no one answers they'll say their name again. "Dufrane, party of two, Dufrane, party of two." But then if no one answers they'll just go right on to the next name. "Bush, party of three." Yeah, what happened to the Dufranes? No one seems to give a sh*t. Who can eat at a time like this - people are missing. You f*ckers are selfish....the Dufranes are in someone's trunk right now, with duct take over their mouths...and they're hungry. "Bush, search party of three, you can eat when you find the Dufranes."

[trying2learn]

i don't have a girlfriend...i just know a girl who will be very angry if she's hears me say that.


you can't please all of the people all of the time...and they were all at my show last night.


i went to the store to buy a candle holder...but they didn't have any...so i bought a cake.


f'n genius. RIP