Mitch Hedberg RIP

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This is what im hearing from a reputable source. No link yet. I love you MITCH!!

― charleston charge (chaki), Thursday, 31 March 2005 04:28 (twenty-one years ago)

man if it's true i'm gonna be even more bummed.

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 31 March 2005 04:31 (twenty-one years ago)

aww, crap!

― Remy Ulysses Fitzgerald (x Jeremy), Thursday, 31 March 2005 04:32 (twenty-one years ago)

Say it ain't so. :(

― Matt Chesnut (Matt Chesnut), Thursday, 31 March 2005 04:33 (twenty-one years ago)

koalas are crying!

― Remy Ulysses Fitzgerald (x Jeremy), Thursday, 31 March 2005 04:33 (twenty-one years ago)

this is all i can find thus far:

Comment 22 posted by JP on March 26, 2005 02:12 PM:
I am employeed by a comedy club in VA where Mitch was scheduled to appear Wed. March 21st thru Today, the 26th. Unfortunately, Mitch has been 'ill' and just not shown up for work Wed, Thurs, and 2 shows on Friday. A phone call would have been nice, but we're all just standing around waiting and hoping he'll come staggering thru our door. So, Mitch if you ever read this, please remember that many people's livelyhood depend on your attendance.

http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/09/24/131428.php

― charleston charge (chaki), Thursday, 31 March 2005 04:36 (twenty-one years ago)

ihttp://gallery.empurple.com/catalog/faces/IMG_2206.sized.jpg

― charleston charge (chaki), Thursday, 31 March 2005 04:45 (twenty-one years ago)

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

― charleston charge (chaki), Thursday, 31 March 2005 04:46 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.pulsetc.com/hottickets/bw_mitch1.jpg

― charleston charge (chaki), Thursday, 31 March 2005 04:47 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.krisshaw.com/pics/mitchhedberghug.JPG

― charleston charge (chaki), Thursday, 31 March 2005 04:48 (twenty-one years ago)

http://users.rcn.com/spiro.interport/mh.jpeg ihttp://www.columbusunderground.com/images/mitch_hedberg.jpg http://images.buzznet.com/assets/users3/indierevolution/default/thumb-1093752362-msg-19205-2.jpg http://www.thedotdotdot.com/humor/Jimmy_and_Bobby_Fletcher.jpg

― charleston charge (chaki), Thursday, 31 March 2005 04:53 (twenty-one years ago)

if this all turns out to be true then here is a clip from his final performance

http://www.themaydecember.net/Images/robbie/mhfilmclip.wmv

― charleston charge (chaki), Thursday, 31 March 2005 04:58 (twenty-one years ago)

what the FUCK

― retort pouch (retort pouch), Thursday, 31 March 2005 05:06 (twenty-one years ago)

yah lets hope its not true

― charleston charge (chaki), Thursday, 31 March 2005 05:16 (twenty-one years ago)

Sweet lord this better not be true.

― stephen morris (stephen morris), Thursday, 31 March 2005 05:56 (twenty-one years ago)

My apartment is infested with koala bears. It's the cutest infestation ever. Way better than cockroaches. When I turn on the light, a bunch of koala bears scatter, but I don't want them too. I'm like, "Hey... Hold on fellows... Let me hold one of you, and feed you a leaf." Koala bears are so cute, why do they have to be so far away from me. We need to ship a few over, so I can hold one, and pat it on its head.

― Remy Ulysses Fitzgerald (x Jeremy), Thursday, 31 March 2005 06:00 (twenty-one years ago)

i went to see a doctor, but all i got was my blood sucked. do not go to dr acula.

― charleston charge (chaki), Thursday, 31 March 2005 06:11 (twenty-one years ago)

still can't find conf of this

― kingfish van pickles (Kingfish), Thursday, 31 March 2005 07:55 (twenty-one years ago)

no conf yet but:

http://p089.ezboard.com/faspecialthingthetenaciousdfanboardfrm2.showMessage?topicID=2504.topic

"Notice Scott Auckerman confirming it. Scott is a former cast member and writer on Mr. Show who knew Mitch and "in search of Sasquatch" is the owner of the board, so it's doubtful that they're just making it up. I've seen it mentioned on Louis CK's board as well. I've checked out several other comedy related boards so far and a lot of them are talking about it, but no real news sources have confirmed it yet. Apparently it just happened tonight."

― charleston charge (chaki), Thursday, 31 March 2005 08:36 (twenty-one years ago)

fuck fuck fuck this better not be true...

― Daniel_Rf (Daniel_Rf), Thursday, 31 March 2005 11:58 (twenty-one years ago)

yah its true... Stern has been talking about it for 10 minutes now.

― charleston charge (chaki), Thursday, 31 March 2005 13:08 (twenty-one years ago)

The last interview?

http://www.timesdispatch.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=RTD/MGArticle/RTD_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1031781753994

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 31 March 2005 13:14 (twenty-one years ago)

He was just on Howard Stern last week!
RIP

― 57 7th (calstars), Thursday, 31 March 2005 13:14 (twenty-one years ago)

Some of his best.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 31 March 2005 13:18 (twenty-one years ago)

This is a major bummer. RIP, Mitch.

― Ken L (Ken L), Thursday, 31 March 2005 13:21 (twenty-one years ago)

Ned,
that link doesn't have the one about the emergency brake should be called the make-the-car-smelly lever. I guess that's why you put Some of his best.

― Ken L (Ken L), Thursday, 31 March 2005 13:25 (twenty-one years ago)

Precisely.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 31 March 2005 13:26 (twenty-one years ago)

He was totally Steven Wright for a new generation.

― Josh in Chicago (Josh in Chicago), Thursday, 31 March 2005 13:32 (twenty-one years ago)

I will be sad if this is true.

― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 31 March 2005 13:33 (twenty-one years ago)

And to think all I ever really heard about the guy was my friends raving about him.

RIP

― Dan M. (OutDatWay), Thursday, 31 March 2005 13:39 (twenty-one years ago)

AW FUCK!
He was my fucking hero. Fuck fuck fuck.

― Huk-L, Thursday, 31 March 2005 13:41 (twenty-one years ago)

i guess they've been announcing it on howard stern all morning. his annoucements are running pretty parallel to what's on the above referenced message board--no facts seem to be known.

― brad k! (brad k!), Thursday, 31 March 2005 13:45 (twenty-one years ago)

Fucking motherfucking goddamn.

― Huk-L, Thursday, 31 March 2005 13:48 (twenty-one years ago)

His website (mitchhedberg.net) says it's been updated today, but there's no mention of him being dead.

― Huk-L, Thursday, 31 March 2005 13:52 (twenty-one years ago)

Although:
http://www.comedyzone.com/index2.php?action=shows&id=85

― Huk-L, Thursday, 31 March 2005 13:54 (twenty-one years ago)

helLO check the date ... jeez

― mitchs head lol, Thursday, 31 March 2005 13:59 (twenty-one years ago)

Yeah, March Fools is so well known.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 31 March 2005 14:00 (twenty-one years ago)

in JAPAN idiot

― globalized second, Thursday, 31 March 2005 14:04 (twenty-one years ago)

Conceptual.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 31 March 2005 14:05 (twenty-one years ago)

But the reveal could be on April 1. I mean, let's face it, Howard Stern is the only one reporting this (though it's not like Mitch is superfamous), and he's hardly a reliable source. Still...fuck.

― Huk-L, Thursday, 31 March 2005 14:12 (twenty-one years ago)

He did us mitchs proud. RIP.
Does this mean Zach Galafanakis will be more popular now?

― mitch dub (ano ano), Thursday, 31 March 2005 14:16 (twenty-one years ago)

ZG was on Conan last night, but I couldn't stay up. Is he good?

― Huk-L, Thursday, 31 March 2005 14:19 (twenty-one years ago)

Not that they're all that similar.

― mitch dub (ano ano), Thursday, 31 March 2005 14:19 (twenty-one years ago)

He was pretty funny last night. But I find him to be generally annoying, kinda prissy or something. I never saw his show on VH1. He plays the piano and says stuff like "my girlfriend looks a little like Charlize Theron (two second piano break) and a lot like Patrick Ewing."

― mitch dub (ano ano), Thursday, 31 March 2005 14:23 (twenty-one years ago)

Yet Jerry Falwell cheats death. Fucking a.

― Stupornaut (natepatrin), Thursday, 31 March 2005 14:49 (twenty-one years ago)

Yeah, March Fools is so well known.

Haha, that would've totally been something Mitch would have come up with, actually! But he never seemed the type to pull Kaufman type stunts, so my hopes are low :(

― Daniel_Rf (Daniel_Rf), Thursday, 31 March 2005 15:05 (twenty-one years ago)

there is NOTHING on the real news radar about this AT ALL. Only Howard Stern who has been talking about it all morning and a few internet messageboards.

― TOMBOT, Thursday, 31 March 2005 16:21 (twenty-one years ago)

this is the true national tragedy today, who cares about some liquid brain chick?

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 31 March 2005 16:22 (twenty-one years ago)

any word on how he died?

― mark p (Mark P), Thursday, 31 March 2005 16:24 (twenty-one years ago)

Early rumours peg it as an OD in NJ.

― Huk-L, Thursday, 31 March 2005 16:26 (twenty-one years ago)

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPu8453j1m8

man, can't believe it's been so long

― dayo, Monday, 15 November 2010 01:37 (fifteen years ago)

Aziz Ansari pisses me off. His whole schtick is taken from Mitch...

― calstars, Monday, March 29, 2010 10:46 PM (7 months ago) Bookmark

can't really stand that dude either but i have no idea where this comparison comes from.

― deej otm (some dude), Monday, 15 November 2010 01:44 (fifteen years ago)

deej otm otm

― ice cr?m, Monday, 15 November 2010 01:46 (fifteen years ago)

btw why is elvis costello hosting dave letterman

― ice cr?m, Monday, 15 November 2010 01:47 (fifteen years ago)

dave will be back this week i think

― overtheseas aeroplanes I have flown (k3vin k.), Monday, 15 November 2010 01:51 (fifteen years ago)

that one summer dave had a whole bunch of different random people doing guest host gigs. not sure if it was after his surgery or he just took some time off?

― deej otm (some dude), Monday, 15 November 2010 02:06 (fifteen years ago)

is that what all people from Minnesota sound like?

― make the Pagan Dad a Pagan Father. (Dr. Superman), Monday, 15 November 2010 02:32 (fifteen years ago)

u betcha

― ice cr?m, Monday, 15 November 2010 02:36 (fifteen years ago)

Mitch woulda been good at Twitter.

― make the Pagan Dad a Pagan Father. (Dr. Superman), Monday, 15 November 2010 02:40 (fifteen years ago)

finally, someone has put a name on the real tragedy here

― deej otm (some dude), Monday, 15 November 2010 02:45 (fifteen years ago)

i follow some sort of fucking comedy twitter that often has hedberg jokes including a couple from that letterman clip

― ice cr?m, Monday, 15 November 2010 02:45 (fifteen years ago)

love mitch, man...aziz ansari does not deserve to be mentioned in this thread

― calstars, Monday, 15 November 2010 03:34 (fifteen years ago)

Barely a week goes by where I don't think of his donut shop receipt joke. "“I bought a doughnut and they gave me a receipt for the doughtnut... I don't need a receipt for the doughnut. I 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 that I would have to prove that I bought a doughnut. To some skeptical friend, 'Don't even act like I didn't get that doughnut, I've got the documentation right here... It's in my file at home. ...Under "D".'”

― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 15 November 2010 03:41 (fifteen years ago)

supposedly after a Mitch bit one time, Letterman made reference to a gag he told later in the show. he never does that aparrantly and i've never seen him do that. anyone know what the line was? always wondered.

― piscesx, Monday, 15 November 2010 06:09 (fifteen years ago)

one year passes...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpPftnc-5eI

― Cane it for the original white tees (admrl), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 05:52 (fourteen years ago)

five months pass...

Love this guy. I never was aware of him when he was alive, but I have been sort of obsessed with him recently.

― The Merch Seat (admrl), Wednesday, 25 July 2012 21:12 (thirteen years ago)

Every time I go to Subway and they ask "what kind of bread?" I have to stop myself from saying, "banana!". And that's not even his Subway joke!!

― Xerox of Fate, Thursday, 26 July 2012 01:21 (thirteen years ago)

I used to do drugs. I still do, but I used to, too.

― (✿◠‿◠) (ENBB), Thursday, 26 July 2012 02:58 (thirteen years ago)

I was walking by a dry cleaner at 3 a.m., and it said "Sorry, we're closed." You don't have to be sorry. It's 3 a.m., and you're a dry cleaner. It would be ridiculous for me to expect you to be open.

― (✿◠‿◠) (ENBB), Thursday, 26 July 2012 02:59 (thirteen years ago)

I got a question for ya, how do you feel about frilly toothpicks?

― (✿◠‿◠) (ENBB), Thursday, 26 July 2012 03:03 (thirteen years ago)

i don't know how i feel about mitch hedberg in general but every time i see an escalator out of order sign his voice plays in my head

― thomp, Thursday, 26 July 2012 03:05 (thirteen years ago)

My friend asked me if I wanted a frozen banana and I said no, but I want a regular banana later, so...yeah.

― cwkiii, Thursday, 26 July 2012 03:43 (thirteen years ago)

I think the first joke I ever told my daughter was the "and if you ever see red bananas, WATCH OUT."

My "think of Mitch every time" moment is when I see a vending machine with more letters than the alphabet. HH

― pplains, Thursday, 26 July 2012 04:09 (thirteen years ago)

"If you're in America and can convince someone that they're in Canada, you can get them to pay more for a magazine."

― to welcome jer.fairall, pie is served. (jer.fairall), Thursday, 26 July 2012 04:19 (thirteen years ago)

she said "that'll be $1.75." i said "it's for a duck." she said "oh well then it's free." see, i was not aware of this. ducks eat for free at subway. had i known this, i would have ordered a much larger sandwich. give me the steak fajita sub! but don't bother ringing it up -- it's for a duck! there are six ducks outside, and they all want sun chips!

― a hauntingly unemployed american (difficult listening hour), Thursday, 26 July 2012 04:24 (thirteen years ago)

what does a sesame seed grow into? i don't know, we never give 'em a chance! what the fuck is a sesame?

― cwkiii, Thursday, 26 July 2012 04:37 (thirteen years ago)

it's a STREET

it's a WAY TO OPEN SHIT

― a hauntingly unemployed american (difficult listening hour), Thursday, 26 July 2012 04:38 (thirteen years ago)

one more from me or i'll never stop:

i bought a smoke detector, but really it's just a 9 volt battery slowly draining.

"do you want to slowly get rid of your 9 volt batteries? THEN BUY THIS CIRCLE."

― cwkiii, Thursday, 26 July 2012 04:38 (thirteen years ago)

Love this guy. I never was aware of him when he was alive, but I have been sort of obsessed with him recently.

Yeah, I only discovered his stuff last winter, and then spent about a week listening to everything I could find readily on Youtube. "'What do you think of frilly toothpicks?' 'I'M FOR 'EM!'"

― *sad hug eomticon* (Control Z), Thursday, 26 July 2012 08:03 (thirteen years ago)

people on the 14th floor, you know what floor you're really on

― jabba hands, Thursday, 26 July 2012 09:48 (thirteen years ago)

x-post :D yesssssssss

― (✿◠‿◠) (ENBB), Thursday, 26 July 2012 10:45 (thirteen years ago)

I got a question for ya, how do you feel about frilly toothpicks?

i was dying at the sandwich bit: "pastrami sandwich. anything else? yeah, a loaf of bread and some other people"

― diamonddave85, Thursday, 26 July 2012 14:38 (thirteen years ago)

seven months pass...

'i don't have a girlfriend, i just know a girl who would get really mad if she heard me say that.'

― j., Saturday, 23 March 2013 08:13 (thirteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdjlSbWBzgc

the cinematography is endearingly amateur but there is lot of hedberisms in there , also a great use of a straw.

― Sébastien, Saturday, 23 March 2013 15:54 (thirteen years ago)

two years pass...

http://www.vice.com/read/the-comedy-community-talks-about-the-legacy-of-mitch-hedberg

― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 31 March 2015 02:07 (eleven years ago)

two years pass...

i think bigfoot is blurry, that's the problem.

― flappy bird, Tuesday, 18 April 2017 04:01 (nine years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sZY9dbkMaY

― sleepingbag, Tuesday, 18 April 2017 04:22 (nine years ago)

one year passes...

Where do you see yourself in 5 years?
Celebrating the 5th year anniversary of you asking me this question

― calstars, Saturday, 22 September 2018 18:27 (seven years ago)

We’ve got spaghetti. And blankets.

― faculty w1fe (silby), Saturday, 22 September 2018 18:58 (seven years ago)

An escalator can never break. It can only become stairs. You should never see an "Escalator Temporarily Out Of Order" sign, just "Escalator Temporarily Stairs - Sorry for the Convenience."

― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 22 September 2018 19:53 (seven years ago)

i think about that every time i see an escalator out of order in my building

― diamonddave85 (diamonddave85), Saturday, 22 September 2018 19:57 (seven years ago)

How can we eat at a time like this?

― MaresNest, Saturday, 22 September 2018 20:37 (seven years ago)

People are missing !

― calstars, Saturday, 22 September 2018 21:08 (seven years ago)

"I want to hang a map of the world in my house. Then I'm gonna put pins into all the locations I've traveled to, but first I'm gonna have to travel to the top two corners of the map, so it won't fall down."

― Elvis Telecom, Saturday, 22 September 2018 22:41 (seven years ago)

Goddamn he was good

― flappy bird, Saturday, 22 September 2018 22:56 (seven years ago)

one time he went to a party of the brother of a good friend of mine, got really fucked up and accidentally knocked the AC out of the window, but showed up first thing in the morning with a new one

― global tetrahedron, Saturday, 22 September 2018 23:04 (seven years ago)

Apex of menschiness

― faculty w1fe (silby), Sunday, 23 September 2018 02:09 (seven years ago)

― wayne trotsky (Simon H.), Sunday, 23 September 2018 03:43 (seven years ago)

think about tus guy when i see ducks.

(usually I don't have bread)

― Ludo, Sunday, 23 September 2018 06:47 (seven years ago)

seven years pass...

"When I was little, I used to lie in my twin bed and wonder where my brother was."

― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 24 October 2025 19:03 (eight months ago)

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