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    Comedian Mitch Hedberg Dies

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    Truely a sad day. Mitch was one of my favorite comedians, if not my favorite. He was one of the funniest men on the planet and there is no one really like him.


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    Re: Comedian Mitch Hedberg Dies

    Very sad. Only 37-years-old. I checked an MTV story and his family has been told that he passed away due to a heart attack. In the MTV story they told the following...

    Hedberg joked often about drug abuse, but in a recent interview, he said he'd given up smoking marijuana several years ago. "For 10 years, it was amazing, but then I had to give it up because it didn't feel as good," he said. "The audience thinks I'm stoned all the time and I have to write my material that way ... so sometimes, when they come up to me after a show and ask me to join them, I just tell them I'm an undercover cop."

    According to an article published in the Los Angeles Times in 2003, Hedberg spent two-and-a half-days in jail, and six weeks in a hospital bed, following his arrest in May of that year for felony heroin possession. But Hedberg said he was arrested for "possession of paraphernalia and pills and things like that. My actual bust was minor. I got a misdemeanor. People used that bust to try and prove that I was busted for having, like, a kilo of heroin on me."

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    Re: Comedian Mitch Hedberg Dies

    Shocking...

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    Re: Comedian Mitch Hedberg Dies

    Snaaap...

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    Re: Comedian Mitch Hedberg Dies

    Oh man, that's awful.

    He was one of my favorite stand-ups. Really a genius with his material, delivery, and stage persona.

    One of my all-time favorite bits:

    I want to be a race car passenger, so I can bug the driver.

    "Hey man, why we always gotta turn left?"

    "Hey man, can I turn on the radio?"

    "Hey man, you must really like Tide."



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    Re: Comedian Mitch Hedberg Dies

    I never found him funny. Actually he annoyed me slightly. Not sure why,I think it was mostly his delivery. Sorry to hear of him dying though.
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    Re: Comedian Mitch Hedberg Dies

    Way too young
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    Re: Comedian Mitch Hedberg Dies

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    This shirt is dry clean only. Which means ... it's dirty.

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    Re: Comedian Mitch Hedberg Dies

    Yeah, I read that last night when I got in from a show...he was really talented and I agree with the thoughts of many who have already posted here that he was one of the really very smart and talented and FUNNY comedians on the circuit.

    Say a prayer for his wife and family.
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    "It's like X wasn't given enough to do so they had to promise it more...Okay, you won't start a lot of words but we will give you a co-starring role in tic-tac-toe. And you will be associated with hugs and kisses. And you will mark the spot. And you will make writing Christmas easier. And incidentally you will start xylophone. Are you happy you ******* X?"

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