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robfharris,
heres' the link http://www.comedycentral.com/standup/ce ... edberg.xml - Comedy Central-R.I.P Mitch Hedberg' I had to do a search to put a face with the name , but this guys stuff was/is good .His style and delivery were very original ,and although I generally don't believe anything marginally newsworthy now with April Fools day tommorrow.If this is a joke/hoax,I don't think it's funny.

robfharris,
Posted on Thu, Mar. 31, 2005



sorry about that here's the story



Comedian Mitch Hedberg dead at 37

BY MATT PEIKEN

Pioneer Press


Even family and close friends had a hard time understanding Mitch Hedberg, a St. Paul native who ran away from home and, despite living a scattershot life, became a runaway success as a standup comic.

Hedberg, whose space-case persona was as much part of his soul as it was his act, died early Wednesday morning in a New Jersey hotel room. He was 37. A medical examiner hasn't issued findings, but Hedberg's family is told he suffered a heart attack. His wife was with him.

After graduating St. Paul's Harding High School, Hedberg rose through the ranks at Minneapolis' Acme Comedy Co., and caught his big break through a Comedy Central special. He made several appearances on David Letterman's and Conan O'Brien's shows, made more Comedy Central appearances and produced two comedy CDs. His big dream, to have an HBO comedy special, was in the works.

Hedberg's one-liners, dished off in a spacy staccato, were based on absurdist, random observations. His long, dirty blond hair harkened to the image of a 1970s stoner, and his success occurred in light of, in spite of and even because of his quarter-century affair with drugs and alcohol.

"I'd probably be living in Costa Rica, eating oranges on the beach, if I wasn't doing comedy," he told the Pioneer Press last September.

"There's no two ways about — having a son in entertainment industry is challenging," his mother, Mary Hedberg, said Thursday.

She recalls being at work when her oldest daughter called in a panic to tell her Mitch had packed some brown paper bags and left home. Mary Hedberg couldn't get home in time to either see him off or talk him out of it.

"That was heartbreaking for us, but he kept in contact with us. He called as soon as the car broke down," she said. "You know, it was like putting him through college, even though he wasn't at college. But when he got his first break, we were just so thrilled for him, because we wanted him to know he was O.K., and to have that self-confidence that he could do what he wanted to do."

Louis Lee, owner of the Acme, said Hedberg not only became the Twin Cities' first breakout comedian of the 1990s but, along with Lewis Black, helped shape a national resurgence in standup comedy.

"It's very difficult for one-liner comedians to get an audience going, but when Mitch worked here, you could see the kids call out the punchline," Lee said. "Mitch made the whole comedy community realize how important good writing is. It's a huge loss."

Unlike many comics, Hedberg was demonstrably thankful to his fans. Not long ago, a group of college students in Florida, speaking with Hedberg backstage after a show, mentioned how hot their dorm room was. Hedberg surprised them the next morning by showing up to their dorm with a new air conditioner.

"Mitch presented a lot of challenges, but a lot of opportunities for traveling that we wouldn't have otherwise had, and he had a heart of gold," his mother said. "He was a brilliant comic and a wonderful person."

Dates haven't been set, but eventual visitation and services will be at Wulff Family Services, Woodlane Mortuary, in Woodbury.

robfharris,
mitch was fucking cleaver!! he will be missed!!!

robfharris,

I apologize. It is true. Just confirmed it. I guess I just didn't want to believe it. Heroin overdose is the rumor. DAMN!

mojones,
Wow I would only know him from Comedy Central but it looks like his shit was damn funny:
"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.' "

mojones,
DAMN___________________

bingolong, those one liners had me rollin'.....He'll be missed

Murphdogg,
that was only the tip of the iceberg,
His writing was really good ,see for 'yosef!!Damn link keeps expiring so I'll list some of the shorter ones'

• I bought a parrot, and he talked ,but he could not say "I'm hungry" ,so he died.
• I like Kit-Kats , unless I'm with 4 or more people.
• I played golf a few times,I never got a hole in one,But I did hit another golfer once,that was WAY more rewarding.
• I tried to play tennis, but the thing that so depressing about tennis is that no matter how hard I try, I'll never be as good as a WALL.
• I was going to get my teeth whitened, but I said fuck that ,I'll just get a tan.
• I like vending machines, cause snacks are better when they fall,If I buy a candy bar in a store ,often times I'll drop it,to release its maximum flavor potential.
• On a Kit-Kat,they have the words Kit-Kat written on the candy bar,That robs you of chocolate
• I went to this doctor ,all he did was suck blood from my neck, Don't ever see Dr.Acula.
• If you had a friend who was a tightrope walker and you were walking with him on the street,and he tripped , that would be completely unacceptable!
• I'd like to be a race car passenger,just the guy that bugs the driver.Can I turn on the radio ? Can I put my feet up out the window? Why we gotta keep going in circles? Man, you really like TIDE!
• That flap in the compartment of a
  vending machine is a great invention.Before that it was hard times for the vending machine owner.What candy bar are you getting ? That one......and every one on the bottom row!

This is sad. Mitch Hedberg is one of my favourite comics, A very original talent.
I always wanted to meet him and I even dreamt of opening for him one day! But the saddest thing is that we've lost such a unique guy so early.