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March 31, 2005
Mitch Hedberg dead at 37
“If you’re a fish, and you want to be a fish stick someday, you have to have really good posture.”
I was driving home tonight when I noticed that I had a missed call on my cell phone. Brian Edwards had called to tell me that Mitch Hedberg, a comedian that Brian and I both LOVED, had died. Mitch was painfully funny at times -- and painfully unfunny at others. Watching him every chance I got and listening to his material over and over like I've done, it was quite obvious that he "liked to party." His last audio release for Comedy Central seems awfully rushed. The last time he appeared on NBC's Late Friday was similar. But other times -- MOST times -- he was impeccable. He would've had to have been to have appeared on Letterman 10 times.
Brian and I have often sat around thinking of jokes we could sell to Mitch. Brian has a great one. Ask him to tell it to you sometime.
I am seriously bummed. Comedy is extremely hard, and the people who make it look easy don't deserve to die in hotel rooms before they even reach the age of 40.
He will be sorely missed. Here's an L.A. weekly article from last year that does a great job of capturing the man.
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Yet another dead hero. Hedberg will be sorely missed by all. It's funny, I'd just heard an old Bill Hicks bit literally an hour before I found about Hedberg. Sad.
Posted by: b edwards at April 1, 2005 06:10 AM
I'm saddened by the loss of one of my heros. I am greatful for the fact that I was fortunate enough to see him perform live twice before his untimely passing. His funiest moments, to me, were his non-sequiters and his corniest bits. Thanks to Mitch, I now know that popsickles are for the summer time; I realize lemonade isn't aiding anything; I hear music; and I have a new fondness for Banana bread, cottage cheese & Pastrami... reputation be damned! I guess Mitch finally got a room on the 13th floor and found out his joke was true... earlier indeed. Goodbye.
Posted by: Chuck Echenique at April 4, 2005 12:28 AM
