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porcelain_doll Donating Member (124 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-31-08 08:59 PM
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Mitch Hedberg.
I watched him on Comedy Central a few weeks back, never heard of him until then. I think he was really funny. I didn't know until the day before yesterday he died in '05. :(

R.I.P, Mitch and thanks for the laughs.
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-31-08 09:01 PM
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1. I remember when he died. Lots of people thought it was an April fool's prank.
He was great, I was pretty bummed when he died.
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porcelain_doll Donating Member (124 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-31-08 09:07 PM
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5. Wow. Did they really?
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-31-08 09:14 PM
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7. He died on March 29 so some people thought it might be a joke because it was so close to April 1st.
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Forkboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-31-08 09:02 PM
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2. He was a great one.
Sorely missed by me and my friends. :(
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graywarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-31-08 09:03 PM
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3. He was one of the best
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Lethe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-31-08 09:03 PM
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4. he was funny
i loved his joke about ducks

"A duck's opinion of me is very much influenced over whether or not I have bread."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDPS5VmvqkY
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fishwax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-31-08 09:11 PM
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6. very funny man
pity he's gone ...
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Fuzz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-31-08 09:15 PM
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8. Rice is really good when you are hungry and want
a million of something.
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porcelain_doll Donating Member (124 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-31-08 09:17 PM
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9. His jokes were some awesome.
And I love his voice. :)
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porcelain_doll Donating Member (124 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-31-08 09:17 PM
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10. His jokes were so awesome.
And I love his voice. :)
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Starbucks Anarchist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-31-08 09:17 PM
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11. I tried walking into Target, but I missed.
:rofl:
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porcelain_doll Donating Member (124 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-31-08 09:20 PM
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12. Lol!
I like the ones about the jellybean jar and the "associating long hair with an extreme longing for cake". Hahaha.
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Starbucks Anarchist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-31-08 09:22 PM
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15. That dude is on bundt cake!
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porcelain_doll Donating Member (124 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-31-08 09:24 PM
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17. Hehe.
It's a shame he od'ed...
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Starbucks Anarchist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-31-08 09:25 PM
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18. Yet Dane Cook constantly escapes death.
x(
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porcelain_doll Donating Member (124 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-31-08 09:26 PM
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20. Aww :(
I kinda like Dane Cook.
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Starbucks Anarchist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-31-08 09:30 PM
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22. ...
:cry:
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AlCzervik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-31-08 09:32 PM
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23. gawd he sucks, the only good thing he was ever in was Mr. Brooks because
for 1 he played a douchebag which seemed to fit naturally for him and 2, he got killed.
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Starbucks Anarchist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-31-08 09:37 PM
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25. I would hate him less if he wasn't as popular.
Crappy, obscure comedians are fine, but inflicting them on a mass audience is a cardinal sin.
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AlCzervik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-31-08 09:39 PM
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28. he reminds me of pre fabricated Disney pop stars.
fuck you Disney.
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AlCzervik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-31-08 09:20 PM
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13. i loved this one
Magicians disappear all the time, but as soon as a regular person does it, everyone is all scared. "Tom's gone!" "Is he a magician?" "No." "Then let's print up some flyers!"
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Starbucks Anarchist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-31-08 09:24 PM
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16. Never heard that one.
It's not on either of his CDs. Where'd you hear it?

I also like this one: "My friend asked me if I wanted a frozen banana, and I said no, but I wanted a regular banana later, so... yeah."

:rofl:
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porcelain_doll Donating Member (124 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-31-08 09:25 PM
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19. Comedy Central presents.
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AlCzervik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-31-08 09:27 PM
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21. i can't remember but i think it was on comedy central when they used to have the stand up clip shows
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Starbucks Anarchist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-31-08 09:36 PM
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24. Oh, it might be on the DVD that came with one of his CDs.
I remember him sitting down on stage in the last few minutes of it.
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porcelain_doll Donating Member (124 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-31-08 09:37 PM
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26. Yeah.
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AlCzervik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-31-08 09:39 PM
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27. my 14 year old niece recently discovered Mitch and now she's hooked and then i
sent her David Cross's "It's not funny" and she loved it, i'm tempted to send her "Shut up, you fucking baby" but my sister would go in to total vapor lock.
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porcelain_doll Donating Member (124 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-31-08 09:42 PM
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30. Oh wow.
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PretzelWarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-02-08 01:59 AM
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46. Escalators are the only thing that break and still work
they're stairs. The sign next to it said, "Escalators are out of service. Sorry for the--convenience"
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NC_Nurse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-31-08 09:22 PM
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14. My husband and I saw him live just a month before he died. He was so
funny...I was really sad to hear when he passed away. :(

I loved Bill Hicks too. Another great comic who died before his time. I miss them both.
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MonkeyFunk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-31-08 09:42 PM
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29. I saw him live once...
one of the worst comedy shows I've ever seen. Seriously, he was just awful. People had talked for years about what a genius he was, but he was just shitfaced and mumbling the time I saw him. Could barely get a single line out. It was embarrassing.
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Merrick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-31-08 10:38 PM
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31. I heard that some of his last shows were like that...
but when I saw him about a year before he died he was great. best comedy show I've ever seen.
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Iggo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-31-08 10:56 PM
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32. One of my favorites:
"I love an escalator. An escalator can never break down. It can only become stairs."

I saw him at that comedy club at the Ontario mall in SoCal about a year before he died, and it was my intention to see him whenever I could thereafter and for years and years to come.

He threw a mean show, and I'm sad he's gone.
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porcelain_doll Donating Member (124 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-01-08 12:24 AM
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33. Me too. :(
And that's a good joke, as well.
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Iggo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-01-08 12:46 AM
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34. There's actually more to it...
"You'll never see a 'Temporarily Out Of Order' sign on an escalator, only 'Temporarily Stairs. Sorry For The Convenience.'"
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lonestarnot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-01-08 01:28 AM
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35. Damn! I didn't know he was dead.
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porcelain_doll Donating Member (124 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-01-08 04:20 PM
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39. Yeah, OD'ed back in '05.
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Amerigo Vespucci Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-01-08 01:30 AM
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36. Who can eat at a time like this? People are missing!
Mitch Hedberg The Dufrenes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zufE4DYDdn0
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Initech Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-01-08 02:31 AM
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37. An escalator can never break. It can only become stairs!
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Mad_Dem_X Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-01-08 11:46 AM
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38. I was fortunate enough to see him live
Shortly before he died, with Lewis Black and Dave Atell. Mitch was awesome.

"When I was little, I slept in a twin bed. I would lay awake all night, wondering where my brother was." LOL
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porcelain_doll Donating Member (124 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-01-08 04:23 PM
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40. I've been trying to load some videos
of him on YouTube, but with YouTube's new..format thingy, it's irritating.
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bertha katzenengel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-01-08 04:40 PM
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41. Fruit on the bottom, hope on top.
:toast: Mitch. The world's less funny without you.
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lildreamer316 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-01-08 05:21 PM
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42. I saw a wino eating grapes. I said, "Man, you gotta wait!" n/t
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porcelain_doll Donating Member (124 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-01-08 11:53 PM
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45. Lol.
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WinkyDink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-01-08 06:57 PM
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43. TELL me about it! I love(d) him! I decided to check out his website the DAY he died.
Edited on Sun Jun-01-08 07:00 PM by WinkyDink
Got quite the shock finding a black page.

Some quotes:
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/m/mitch_hedberg.html
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-01-08 09:38 PM
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44. Aw I LOVED Mitch
he was AWESOME
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2008 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-02-08 02:19 AM
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47. "I used to do drugs...
...I still do, but I used to, too."
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porcelain_doll Donating Member (124 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-02-08 10:41 PM
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48. Good one.
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nomorenomore08 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-02-08 11:18 PM
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49. Funny guy, almost a kind of "anti-comedian." Like a much cooler version of Neil Hamburger.
nt
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