wow, he flew through that, good stuff

Poor guy. Look at his hand shake.

Sometimes I feel like I've woken up in a 'Twilight Zone' world, where everyone thinks Mitch Hedberg is funny and I just don't get it. I mean, I think I enjoy a fairly diverse selection of comedy, from Monty Python, Carlin, Steven Wright, Chapelle, all the way to people getting hit in the balls on America's funniest home videos...but for the life of me I don't see why people think this guy is funny- and a lot of people I know and respect think he's hilarious.

rip :(

scavenger: Sometimes I feel like I've woken up in a 'Twilight Zone' world, where everyone thinks Mitch Hedberg is funny and I just don't get it. I mean, I think I enjoy a fairly diverse selection of comedy, from Monty Python, Carlin, Steven Wright, Chapelle, all the way to people getting hit in the balls on America's funniest home videos...but for the life of me I don't see why people think this guy is funny- and a lot of people I know and respect think he's hilarious.

Ever wasted years of your life on drugs? I find that helps me relate to his stuff more.

/rip Mitch

Scavenger, you're not alone. He's the stand-up version of Family Guy -- random phrases thrown together in hopes that they're random enough someone laughs.

scavenger: Sometimes I feel like I've woken up in a 'Twilight Zone' world, where everyone thinks Mitch Hedberg is funny and I just don't get it.

You've solved your own mystery: you just don't get it.

he's looking for deufrain party of 2 in heaven now.


r.i.p. man.

Smellvin: Scavenger, you're not alone. He's the stand-up version of Family Guy -- random phrases thrown together in hopes that they're random enough someone laughs.

Oh no you did not...

Laughter is funny. It's such a social thing that what we find entertaining becomes so wrapped up in the context that it's first presented that the material is irrelevant.

Angel of Death, I understand why a four year old laughs everytime another four year old screams, "POOP!" I still don't find it funny though.

I think this is a pretty good one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNfIih_4PIU&mode=related&search=

The Funniest thing Mitch Hedberg did was overdose on a speedball.

*pow*

I saw this a year ago or so and noticed that he was really flying through his jokes. I don't remember the shaky hand though.

I thought he was just trying to alter his act by speeding up, but now I think he was rocked on his drug of choice. No surprise there. But I like his jokes better delivered with the mellow drugs.

holy crap! mitch is dead???!?

p.s. i live in a cave.

Okay, for some reason I was thinking that Mich Hedberg was the guy who played Skinner on the X-Files.

Smellvin: Comedy is definitely subjective, and I think it's totally all right for people's tastes to differ. That said, Family Guy's style of humor is on a whole other planet from Mitch's.

Family Guy usually makes three main kinds of jokes: situational comedy based on ludicrous twists on ordinary events (i.e. the family dog takes the daughter to the prom), pop culture references (the more obscure the better), and randomness for its own sake (the epic battle with the chicken).

Mitch's comedy was refreshing because it didn't rely on the tired old subjects that have become stand-up mainstays: racism, homosexuality, airplanes, sexism, etc. Mitch tells one-liners that are little windows into the strange way he sees the world, like imagining that his fan is shaking its head 'no', or creating a whole backstory around the "club sandwich."

\I think they're both funny.
\\although FG's been going downhill for sure

You know what's also really sad is that he was in talks to get his own sitcom, and easily could have been the next Seinfeld. I think that his comedy was perfectly suited for televsion because it wasn't mean or cruel and it was very random and everyone could get it. There were negotiations but they never got off the ground for whatever reason. It's a shame.

Mitch was one of the best. Stay dead in peace. If you were resting, don't wake up, unless you have punching through coffin skills like that chick in Kill Bill.

Smellvin, I laugh when a kid yells "POOP." "DOODIE" is even better. Heck, I yell it myself sometimes, although I think Zim turned me on to "Doodie." I find it keeps my companions on their toes. Boy do I like meeting new people.

Nobody brought up Dane Cook yet?

Yowza!

/RIP Mitch
//incredible commedian
///your style is was so awesome

I used to love Mitch. I still do - but I used to too.

he wins

He's still one of my favorites.

Not every person is going to have the same sense of humor. We like different musical acts, we like different comedians. Not a big mystery.

Those who like Sinbad, however...that's another story.

raiden23:
I used to love Mitch. I still do - but I used to too.

Tribute majora!

/He is missed

Mitch Hedburg's comedy is perfect material for perpetually-stoned high school students to use for their Senior Notes. For adults, and for teenagers who don't giggle when the clock reads 4:20, Mitch Hedburg has nothing to offer.

EchoDork

Hmmm, I don't smoke pot or giggle at the clock, and I'm 30 years old. Why is it that if someone doesn't laugh at something, they feel the need to insult those who do?

Okay, the duck bit was hilarious, the crescendo with the toast was insanity.

"I don't need another step between me..and toast"

It's like minimalist art, it's all in his delivery.


If you cannot laugh at a comedian it does not mean he isn't funny, it just means you don't relate with the humor.

George Carlin isn't at all like Dennis Miller, but they're both equally hilarious.

Saw Mitch about two weeks before he died, at the West Palm Beach Improv. To be honest, it wasn't that great a show - he was incredibly farked up. Kept messing up his own punch lines. He spilled two drinks, and then tried to use napkins to clean them up. The worst part was when he said, "sorry, folks; I'm a little sloppy tonight," to which a woman in the audience heckled, "You sure are!" Quick as a flash, he points at her and screams, "Shuddup, biatch!" totally seriously. He sort of stumbled off stage a few minutes after that.

Dude, do a little more blow before you perform next time. You only screwed up 3-4 jokes, mangled a few punchlines, and you aren't shaking nearly enough.

Sharkface217
Nobody brought up Dane Cook yet?

see? He's a successful comedian. you saw a comedy act and apparently he came to mind. doesn't matter that people dont like him, he's become what all other comedians are compared against.

maybe we should leave him alone, after all, he has been successful...

/just sayin'.

A certain degree of intelligence is required to understand obscure humor, it's not just random crap that youre supposed to only think is funny and laugh. No offence to anyone.

/r.i.p.

downtownkid

Mitch had intense stage fright- that's why he was shaking and why his eyes were closed. That's also why he sometimes would show up stoned. Besides that, I thought he was great. Messed up just the 1 joke- but I love his style of humor. I can never see an escalator or a fire exit without thinking of

"An escalator can never break; it can only become stairs. You would never see an 'Escalator Temporarily Out Of Order' sign, just 'Escalator Temporarily Stairs. Sorry for the convenience.'"

or

"I was in a 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. Unless you're a table."

noahad: Mitch's comedy was refreshing

See, I was right with you right up to here. Here is where you went wrong. I saw him open for Stephen Lynch.

Worst... show... ever. Audience wanted him to die right then and there. As it happened, it took him a couple more months to get the job done. Just another example of how horrible his sense of timing was.

I think I heard him say 1 funny thing... once. Everything else that came out of his blankly staring face made me want to gouge my eyes out.

Burn in Flames, Mitch.

I worked with Mitch's dad, Arne. He was one of the nicest people I've ever met. His dad has one of the sharpest wits I've come across. I was blessed enough to know him the short time he was here and I feel for their loss to this day.