When a joke bombed, Mitch would often say, "That joke will be fixed. I'm going to take out some words and put some better words in. Maybe even some funny ones." He was brilliant.
"We're gonna take that joke off the CD. Or we'll leave it in, but add some laughter to the end of it. That way, everyone except the people who are here tonight will think it was funny. Only you will know the truth."
@@Christosan88truly inimitable style. People throw around words like original, one of a kind, unique etc. all the time but there are few comedians where that applies as well as it does to Mitch. Only other one with such a distinct style is probably Bo Burnham. You can still identify a common theme across Bo’s work. But Mitch…it was just so random lol.
“I wanna hang a map of the world in my house. Then I'm gonna put pins into all the locations that I've travelled to. But first, I'm gonna have to travel to the top two corners of the map so it won't fall down”
"I write jokes for a living, I sit at my hotel at night, I think of something that's funny, then I go get a pen and I write it down. Or if the pen is too far away, I have to convince myself that what I thought of ain't funny."
Hedberg was fascinating. Driven to perform yet suffered from incredible stagefright. And so, so, so simplistically funny. Few comedians have had his level of delivery.
@@Mistyvoices yep ,note he's always looking down at the stage ,"hiding" behind his hair in his face and wearing shades. I read something somewhere he didn't like to fixate on a face in the crowd,it made it too personal to him. I think he even said somewhere that he would feel more comfortable if he could perform with his back turned.
This was my late wife’s favorite comedian to listen to on long road trips. I can still hear her laughter after each joke he delivers with his unique, delivery/timing. I miss her, and I miss Mitch too. ❤
My late husband loved his stuff...I think it was a comedy central special (maybe it was hbo, not sure) that he rewatched over and over! It reminds me of better times for sure!
@@jaredf6205 Unfortunately, you're right. By that point, he was knee-deep in heroin. That's why his hand's shaking, unlike his first appearance. It's even worse by the time he gets to his last Letterman appearance. Watch his first Conan and Letterman appearances; no shaking.
@allergic2thinking That may be some edgy way to say you feel he committed suicide or some judgement about substance abuse but it is irrelevant that he was never half as popular when he was alive and your disrespectful way of turning phrase for effect had the opposite effect of response that you expected. I hope in the future you get better info before accusing of self elimination. It is a weak mind that attempts to make laugh at someone with a pointed finger instead of a shugged shoulder. Also consider that this is how he will be remembered and these comments may be the only thing we remember of you...just think more please.
"I Like cottage cheese so I wanna try other dwellings cheeses too" is one of the most clever, well worded, and underrated jokes ever. Holy crap that is good!!
@@CommunityCareCollege I think understand the concept of cheese, mate. Is the "cottage cheese", "dwelling cheese", "studio apartment cheese", "iglu cheese", "mobile home cheese" part, that seems like it contains a pun I missed. I google it, and seems like the word "cottage" also means a simple house on a lake or beach, and "dwelling" means house/accomodation.
"I heard a gunshot outside my apartment the other night. Then I saw two guys run past my window. I was gonna call the police, but then I got optimistic and said, 'hey maybe it's just a race'.
@@RetroPillowcase It's a Demitri Martin joke unless perhaps Demitri boosted it from Hedburg. Though I have watched a good amount of Hedburg and never heard that joke from him.
It's so true though! Dreams are bonkers. Last night I was waiting for a friend to arrive on a flight, but the next thing I know I'm on an outbound plane on the tarmac, and I realize I shouldn't be on the plane, so I run up to the front and get off of it - the doors are just like a city bus, so I exit the plane and walk back to the gate.
I read a few people in the comments who never heard of Mitch. Remember how awesome it was to discover his magic for the first time? They are in for a treat.
I'm one of them, I mean I've heard of him but never acutally saw any of his material before. I already love his weird energy and delivery, gotta go binge watch some more!
the jokes dwell within the stories. Mitch is a legend nodoubt, yet this is simple laffy taffy style jokes. a fully fleshed out line up of thought with jokes built in seems to be more satisfying.
Each joke he tells is a story of his own life. His style was always recognition of the absurd. He just found a way to condense the silliness of life into funny one-liners. Everything is a story. Remember that the next time you get a receipt for a donut
He may come off as aloof stoner, but apparently he was constantly working on his material and writing potential jokes in his little book. Other comedians said he always had that book on him and it was page after page of random hilarity.
I was a comic with Mitch in the late 1990’s. He was a friend of mine. He was always very kind and generous to me. We did a comedy competition together. He did his trademark deadpan delivery. And I had this super goofy high energy, physical delivery. One night of the competition I scored higher than Mitch. And he walked up to me and said ‘Damn I got beat by a hip thrust.’
"I had a job interview, and the lady asked, Where do you see yourself in 5 years, I said, Celebrating the 5th year anniversary of you asking me this question." LOL!
I thought that about Steven Wright too. I was so excited, thought Twitter was the perfect medium for him. Steven Wright tweets about as often as he releases an album or a special.
I just heard of him and these jokes for the first time (after hearing Artie Lange mention his name) and I'm lying here in bed giggling like a schoolgirl. I had no idea what to expect but his style and content is exactly what I needed.
If you died laughing how'd you listen to all the jokes a 2nd time. Unless you resurected, and then did the thing that killed you in the first place, like 10 times over man
About a year before he passed, I saw him at the Addison Improv. We went to the 11p show. He was so drunk by then, he did most of his set laying on his back. But he still killed it.
Whoa, so funny to see this comment! I was at that show too. Mitch slumped down against the brick wall and just mumbled into the mic for a while, almost out of it, and was still hilarious.
Every few years I listen to this guys entire range of material. Man, he was the absolute best comedian I've ever heard. Super charming guy who could bring you to tears laughing with the most inoffensive material possible.
"Hedberg suffered from stage fright throughout his career; he often performed in sunglasses, with his head down and his hair in his face or his eyes closed, and sometimes stood upstage or with his back to the audience, constantly moving in place. At times, he nervously shook his microphone unconsciously." -from Wikipedia. Found this after noticing his mic shaking! I love this: it makes him more relatable.
He had flaws and it made him more human. And when he'd built up a momentum, he figured out what worked best and went with that flow of energy. He was brilliant.
"I want to get some business cards. Not because I own my own business, but because I want to win some lunches... The cards will say Mitch Hedberg: Potential lunch winner. Gimme a call. We'll have lunch... If I'm lucky." - Mitch Hedberg
I wanna be a racecar passenger. I wanna be a dude that just bugs the driver. "Hey can you slow down? Can I turn the radio on? Man, you really like Tide."
Mitch Hedberg was one of the greatest standup comics of all time. I was so lucky to see him live just a few months before he died. He simply slayed, 1500 people rolling on the floor laughing helplessly.
I still root for Mitch any time I watch a clip of his - there's a lot of humanity in his performance: He comes out and seems so vulnerable and disappointed if his jokes don't land or he stumbles for even half a second, but if it goes right and he wins the audience over, he grows confident and happy. By the donut receipt joke, he has everyone on his side and I can't help but feel happy for him.
I love how most of the comments are Mitch's Sets. It's brilliant to see a comedian not only remembered for his talent, but also, uniquely remembered through quoting him. That is until Steven Wright leaves us. Those two are highly quotable!
It's a good point. I'd like to point out though, that both these comedians are unique in their very short jokes. It's easier to quote these guys because they've made a point not to tell longer jokes.
@@sammudila8113 - Picketing is a form of protest where people carry signs criticizing government, businesses/employers---anything, really. Example of Picketing: ua-cam.com/video/i0_3ZsrC6pQ/v-deo.html
Picketing is protesting only instead of saying this sucks, we grab baseball bats and say THEY SUCK... and its basically when everybody hates their boss all at once. With signs. And baseball bats.
It is extremely difficult to stand out in the entertainment industry. Your guitar sound. Your style of painting. Your poetry. In comedy, this cat was One Of A Kind. Impossible to copy. Timeless. Bravo, Mitch. Doing Standup in Heaven.
Because social media is the only avenue to entertainment success. Too bad one of the most highly respected and original comedians who inspired everyone he worked with and was met with super-stardom would have been so much more if he just had Twitter.
His first public performance on Comedy Central was amazing. No one there understood his humor until about halfway through (he was bombing hard), at which point he won them over. It’s funny because he never changed a thing about how he performs comedy, and his act was so successful because he is charming enough to just win you over! And then and only then do you see the sheer genius in it all.
Mark Clipper maybe but in an interview he stated that if he puts a joke out there and it doesn’t get the laughs he expected he freaks a lil bit. Didn’t mean what I said as a negative, just that you can tell he puts thought into and cares about his jokes. But we might be talking bout the same thing. Part of his niche is that anxious like delivery which honestly works really well. Either way.... legend.
@@philrichjr trust me he's self aware. I talk to a few ppl that were close to him on ig including Lynn. Hes very deliberate with what he does. He's hella nervous but he knows his routine takes ppl by surprise and he used that to his advantage. There are actually a few jokes he used that didn't make sense and he would tell them to see if ppl were paying attention. And to test the crowd.
He was one of my favorites. Always loved his material. Some people couldn't get his jokes but I found them all absolutely hilarious. One of the best! RIP Mitch.
man I get so sad to think he died at 37 alone in a hotel room. I wish I could just hug him and tell him how much hes missed and loved. He made the world a better place.
I remember when it happened. He was supposed to be on the 98 Rock Morning Show in Baltimore, but he didn't show up. The DJs knew his cell number, so they gave him a call to make sure he was okay, and his wife answered. They barely got a word in before she told them to call his manager and hung up. They called again, left a message telling him they hoped everything was okay. I guess the producer called Mitch's manager and got the news, because the DJs told us, the listeners, the bad news a short time later.
@@ItsAllBallBearings I saw that after looking him up on Wikipedia last night. It definitely makes the most sense that it was going to be a call-in. After 17 years, this old man's memory is getting soft about the details!
@@jj4483love no. Drugs don't magically make someone funny or talented. It's just something that a lot of funny and talented people suffer from. If they did, you could go to Austin texas and just walk around to hear the best jokes in the world.
It's so great to hear the crowd understanding his humor more and more with each joke. It went from a couple of chuckles to full audience laughter in under 5 minutes. That's the magic that is Mitch Hedberg.
He was an amazing talent. I love his delivery. Watching him now is so bittersweet-- sweet because he was so talented, bitter because he left us way too soon.
“As a comedian, you have to start the show strong and you have to end the show strong. Those are the two key elements. You can't be like pancakes... all exciting at first, but then by the end you're f’ing' sick of em.”
My god, he seems so unnerved at the beginning. You can see the anxiety seeping out of his pores. Seems like he was completely stone sober during the set as well. All that and Mitch still nailed it.
I was watching this video thinking to myself ” wow, this was a video when Mitch Hedberg was younger, but then again, every video of anyone is when they were younger..””
@@cameronatmclarenI think it's actual nervousness. The same reason why he wears sunglasses and has long hair, if you look closely you can even see him closing his eyes so he can't see the audience.
such a beautiful soul and funny in his own creation , im so glad i got to grow up with people like him , in my life , we love and miss you Mr . Hedberg !!!!
My girlfriend is named Lynn. She spells her name "Lynn". My old girlfriend's name is Lyn, too, but she spells it "Lyn". Every now and then I screw up, I call my new girlfriend by my old girlfriend's name, and she can tell because I don't say "n" as long.
Is it just me....or is there something utterly _wholesome_ about Mitch? Whenever I'm having a shitty day...I like to just watch his stand up. It's like comfort food. Like having tomato soup and grilled cheese on a snowy day. It just feels....good. Reality circa November 2020 is...not fun. Mitch is a welcome reprieve...
What you may be seeing and loving is vulnerability of a real human. And the comfort that you are not alone. And the realization that for a short while you were not being lied to.
If Mitch was on Twitter:
"Why are so many people following me? Please go around."
This is wildly underrated
OMG, that's so accurate and brilliant!
I so read that in his voice, especially the "go around"
nailed it
I tried to go to Target, but I missed.
My favorite part about mitch is it always seems like hes trying every joke out for the first time lol
legit haha. he really does
I think he may have been nervous here.
He's so nervous but his delivery is so good he's SO HIGH
Huelogy
Yeah, shame he didn’t just stay with weed though....could’ve still been alive.
@@XI_Daisy_XI too true, addiction sucks!!
When a joke bombed, Mitch would often say, "That joke will be fixed. I'm going to take out some words and put some better words in. Maybe even some funny ones." He was brilliant.
"We're gonna take that joke off the CD. Or we'll leave it in, but add some laughter to the end of it. That way, everyone except the people who are here tonight will think it was funny. Only you will know the truth."
"We are gonna sweeten some of these for the CD. Sweeten is a showbiz term for "add sugar to"
One of the best to ever grace the mic
I read this in his voice lol
Because it's not very good
His face, his cadence, that smile, that hair, his demeanour, the original style, shuffling around awkwardly - what a wonderful entertainer.
High as fuck...
out of this world
@@Christosan88truly inimitable style. People throw around words like original, one of a kind, unique etc. all the time but there are few comedians where that applies as well as it does to Mitch. Only other one with such a distinct style is probably Bo Burnham.
You can still identify a common theme across Bo’s work. But Mitch…it was just so random lol.
@@noumanintownI’ll have to check out Bo Burnham. I know the name but not his work. Mitch is my all time favorite comedian.
He wasn't intoxicated, just toxicated.
“I wanna hang a map of the world in my house. Then I'm gonna put pins into all the locations that I've travelled to. But first, I'm gonna have to travel to the top two corners of the map so it won't fall down”
Paul James whoa. did he really
@KARENA LIN /Whoooosh
I have a map of the United States. It's at a scale of one mile equals one mile. Maybe you've seen it.
@@randykintzley5923 I have the largest sea shell collection. It's scattered across all the beaches of the world
I love the map joke and the hotel room joke with the pen across the room. 2 of my Mitch Favorites.
I used to love Mitch Hedberg. I still do, but I used to too.
UPVOTE this man!
Off to the very top of this comment section you go!!
"Escolator temporarily stairs. Sorry for the convenience."
Nice
Noice
"I write jokes for a living, I sit at my hotel at night, I think of something that's funny, then I go get a pen and I write it down. Or if the pen is too far away, I have to convince myself that what I thought of ain't funny."
I think of this joke often when talking about writing.
@@Stop_The_Car Samesies.
😆😆
lol I loved the way his mind worked.
🤣😂💀
Hedberg was fascinating. Driven to perform yet suffered from incredible stagefright. And so, so, so simplistically funny. Few comedians have had his level of delivery.
Does he really? That's respectable
@@Mistyvoices yep ,note he's always looking down at the stage ,"hiding" behind his hair in his face and wearing shades.
I read something somewhere he didn't like to fixate on a face in the crowd,it made it too personal to him.
I think he even said somewhere that he would feel more comfortable if he could perform with his back turned.
@@MrTheHillfolk a lot of times he’d perform with his eyes closed.
he had a way of taking normal stuff and rewording it so it was hilarious, with absolute minimal setup.
@@stayawayfromhere1 That's a spot-on assessment, and what made him so brilliant as a comedian.
"I"m cocky and I also believe in reincarnation. When I go to a museum, I say, 'I might have made that.'
"I didn't lose a leg in Vietnam just so I can serve hot dogs to teenagers."
"You have both your legs."
"Like I said: I did not lose a leg in Vietnam."
I use that one a lot!
Daniel Skrivan 70s show..noice!
@@timothygraham4304 me too. People hate me for doing that but they can't stop me
Daniel Skrivan I’m so glad someone commented this
Omg!😂😂😂
“I like rice. Rice is great when you’re hungry and want 2,000 of something”. RIP Mitch
🙏🙏🙏
Wait HE DIED?
Brandon Diaz yes
@@radicallybean Yeah? Speedball O.D. in back in 2005....
This was my late wife’s favorite comedian to listen to on long road trips. I can still hear her laughter after each joke he delivers with his unique, delivery/timing. I miss her, and I miss Mitch too. ❤
Bless you Sweetie, I can feel how much you love her still. May your heart be flooded with many many happy memories of her, always❤
My late husband loved his stuff...I think it was a comedy central special (maybe it was hbo, not sure) that he rewatched over and over! It reminds me of better times for sure!
My wife died of Down syndrome. I feel that
My x-wife liked him too.
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Mitch is ALWAYS so nervous about how the crowd reacts, and when he kills it’s always like he’s surprised. That’s so endearing.
Also drugs
@@jaredf6205 Unfortunately, you're right. By that point, he was knee-deep in heroin. That's why his hand's shaking, unlike his first appearance. It's even worse by the time he gets to his last Letterman appearance. Watch his first Conan and Letterman appearances; no shaking.
@@strats991 I don't really know about the drugs, but he always had stage fright. That's why he was always sorta looking away from the audience.
@@jaredf6205 Another 💩 post by those whom never met the man
@@ZeroMass how is it a shitpost if he's correct. You dont need to personally know someone to know they're a known druggy tf.
you ever notice how none of Mitch's routines ever feel long enough?
there's never enough...
Always keep them wanting more.
Heroin, Artie Lange couldn't believe Mitch could do jokes let alone any portion of his Act
There was never enough of him and it was a gift we wasted before he was taken.
That's because his type of comedy is making you wonder where he's going with a joke; so you're always wondering what's next.
@allergic2thinking That may be some edgy way to say you feel he committed suicide or some judgement about substance abuse but it is irrelevant that he was never half as popular when he was alive and your disrespectful way of turning phrase for effect had the opposite effect of response that you expected. I hope in the future you get better info before accusing of self elimination. It is a weak mind that attempts to make laugh at someone with a pointed finger instead of a shugged shoulder. Also consider that this is how he will be remembered and these comments may be the only thing we remember of you...just think more please.
The innocence, randomness, and twists made his jokes golden. He’s forever missed
It’s great that we can watch him whenever we want ☺️
He's about as unfunny as Theo Von
Aye Aye - Blasphemy!
RIP My dudes. So sad with him and Greg Geraldo both leaving so early.
Aye Aye speaking ill of a dead man on his own video... very classy of you. Really speaks to your character.
"I Like cottage cheese so I wanna try other dwellings cheeses too" is one of the most clever, well worded, and underrated jokes ever. Holy crap that is good!!
And I hadn't heard that one! A new Mitch joke! Delightful.
But for me as a non native english speaker makes very little sense :(
@@guiguspi Cheese is a dairy product we consume.
@@CommunityCareCollege I think understand the concept of cheese, mate. Is the "cottage cheese", "dwelling cheese", "studio apartment cheese", "iglu cheese", "mobile home cheese" part, that seems like it contains a pun I missed.
I google it, and seems like the word "cottage" also means a simple house on a lake or beach, and "dwelling" means house/accomodation.
@Byrons Reward After the funnyman response over there, I 'arsed' mylself into googling it, and ended up understanding the pun, yes.
Had one of the most unique deliveries...no one else like him.
Hannibal Burress has some similar deliveries.
Stephen Wright is very similar in style / format but obviously not the same just very close IMO.
@@timehawk2874 Stephen Wright is definitely similar, far more dry and slow paced though, and pre-dates Mitch for sure.
@@JeffWarren47 No
Milton Jones (UK) is similar ish
It's incredible to me that an honest to god Mitch Hedberg standup set was posted in 2020
Isn't the internet an incredible thing? Seriously we're so lucky to live in these times 🥰
I was talking about Mitch a couple nights ago. The algorithm must have heard me. You're welcome.
he was genius
Catherine The Cool Mom super facts
And it’s still hilarious and relevant lol
"I heard a gunshot outside my apartment the other night. Then I saw two guys run past my window. I was gonna call the police, but then I got optimistic and said, 'hey maybe it's just a race'.
I’ve never heard this one. Funny
@@RetroPillowcase It's a Demitri Martin joke unless perhaps Demitri boosted it from Hedburg. Though I have watched a good amount of Hedburg and never heard that joke from him.
@@chasegreen1145 weird Martin is similar but more prop. Not really so many non sequiturs
A classic
@@chasegreen1145 Mitch tells it in a stand up from 1995! It's at 2:10 of ua-cam.com/video/e8DKsCi3LIo/v-deo.html
“Next thing you know, I have to build a go kart with my ex-landlord!” One of my favorite Mitch jokes 😂
It's so true though! Dreams are bonkers. Last night I was waiting for a friend to arrive on a flight, but the next thing I know I'm on an outbound plane on the tarmac, and I realize I shouldn't be on the plane, so I run up to the front and get off of it - the doors are just like a city bus, so I exit the plane and walk back to the gate.
So good
@@dustintravis8791 you ruined it by talking
@@joeturtleneck2300 I have a knack for doing that
Mine too
An escalator can never break, it can only become stairs
"escalator temporarily stairs...sorry for the convenience."
Oh, they can absolutely break. And it's terrifying.
It bugged me when Demitri Martin stole this joke.
China has proven they can indeed break.
@@brianmchaney7473 Are you referring to elevators? Or did you actually mean escalaters?
"I had a fake plant but it died because I did not pretend to water it"
Almost "liked" this comment but didn't want to mess up the "123" likes. Haha.
"...I had a parrot and it was a talking parrot, but it did not say 'I'm hungry', so it died..."
I read a few people in the comments who never heard of Mitch. Remember how awesome it was to discover his magic for the first time? They are in for a treat.
yeah. some of us were fans when he was alive even.
Those lucky bastards
Absolutely
I'm one of those people, shouldn't have watched I have a cold though. Constantly coughing from laughing too hard.
I'm one of them, I mean I've heard of him but never acutally saw any of his material before.
I already love his weird energy and delivery, gotta go binge watch some more!
In a time when every comedian is telling stories, sometimes it's refreshing to hear actual jokes.
the jokes dwell within the stories. Mitch is a legend nodoubt, yet this is simple laffy taffy style jokes. a fully fleshed out line up of thought with jokes built in seems to be more satisfying.
@@buddy_loveNah, you've just got a not great sense of humor.
@@turtlehead6245 I agree with this stranger.
Each joke he tells is a story of his own life. His style was always recognition of the absurd. He just found a way to condense the silliness of life into funny one-liners. Everything is a story. Remember that the next time you get a receipt for a donut
He may come off as aloof stoner, but apparently he was constantly working on his material and writing potential jokes in his little book. Other comedians said he always had that book on him and it was page after page of random hilarity.
Mitch was a comedic genius, it's a shame we lost him so young.
He dead?
@@waqqashanafi Yeah, about six months after this was originally on air.
@@chadderton Dayum
How old were you when you lost him?
(the style of that response was by way of a little tribute to the great man himself😎👍🏻)
Agreed, I was only 5
I was a comic with Mitch in the late 1990’s. He was a friend of mine. He was always very kind and generous to me.
We did a comedy competition together. He did his trademark deadpan delivery. And I had this super goofy high energy, physical delivery.
One night of the competition I scored higher than Mitch. And he walked up to me and said ‘Damn I got beat by a hip thrust.’
Awwww I can hear him saying that
Hahaha this was a hilarious story!
Sick lol
Lol a hip thrust? Very mitch
Haha makes me think of when Norm MacDonald lost on Star Search to 'Bushman'
"I had a job interview, and the lady asked, Where do you see yourself in 5 years, I said, Celebrating the 5th year anniversary of you asking me this question." LOL!
Lol, how did that work out?
that's was the best one in this comment section
Mitch’s style of comedy would have made him the most popular Twitter user to ever exist. RIP to the legend.
I thought that about Steven Wright too. I was so excited, thought Twitter was the perfect medium for him. Steven Wright tweets about as often as he releases an album or a special.
@@colerieger7300 Cuz he knows the internet is a cesspool.
Definitely, even when Twitter was appropriately limited to 124 characters.
Extra characters plus video posts was the last nail in the coffin.
I cannot think of his last name but there’s a comedian named Theo ( something) and he tells one liners just like this.
@@oneday5572Theo Von? The mullet guy?
I’ve heard all these jokes maybe 10 times and I die laughing every single time
It never gets old man, I love it.
You have more lives than a cat!
Me too! Donut receipt!
I just heard of him and these jokes for the first time (after hearing Artie Lange mention his name) and I'm lying here in bed giggling like a schoolgirl. I had no idea what to expect but his style and content is exactly what I needed.
If you died laughing how'd you listen to all the jokes a 2nd time. Unless you resurected, and then did the thing that killed you in the first place, like 10 times over man
“I’m against picketing, but I don’t know how to show it”
Came here to quote this one. Bless you💕✨
Everyone try to keep this at 420
🤣🤣🤣
“A severed foot makes a perfect stocking stuffer”
Love this one it's so perfect hahaha
You can tell Mitch was so uncomfortable but he still got up there. That's bravery
He was high.
@@vafleurHa ha ha ha I was gonna say Mitch Hedberg was stoned as fuck when he got back up on that stage
@@seanm7539heroin
Poor fella was brilliant. He didn't need drugs. Wish he realised that before it was too late
@@CrissBaybay Sad clown paradox
" I used to do drugs, I still do but I used to too".
Cracks me up every time lol
Every damn time. 🤣
About a year before he passed, I saw him at the Addison Improv. We went to the 11p show. He was so drunk by then, he did most of his set laying on his back. But he still killed it.
Whoa, so funny to see this comment! I was at that show too. Mitch slumped down against the brick wall and just mumbled into the mic for a while, almost out of it, and was still hilarious.
@@99anarce What the heck?
Heroin
Drunk? How about stoned…
@@davidschmidt270 Like.. do they not see how concerning that is???
"I'm sick of chasing after my dreams, I'm just going to ask where they're going and hook up with them later"
Every few years I listen to this guys entire range of material.
Man, he was the absolute best comedian I've ever heard. Super charming guy who could bring you to tears laughing with the most inoffensive material possible.
"Alcoholism, the only disease you get yelled at for having"
RIP Mitch
Dammit Patinaz you have Lupus!
Alcoholism is not a disease because no forced you to drink. Mitch was never funny.
winston smith depression isn’t a disease cause no one tells u to be depressed
winston smith every desease is cause of something u did cause if u lived in a clean bubble u wouldn’t get sick
@@trikkerman1 please post a link to your standup.
Someone handed me a picture and said here's a picture of me when I was younger.
Every picture of you is you when you were younger.
RIP Mitch
TerryTibbs
That was a good one.
let me see that camera
"ain't it about time someone said that?"
not necessarily, what if you time travelled and got a picture of yourself when you are older?
'I didn’t go to college, but if I did, I would’ve taken all my tests at a restaurant... 'cause the customer is always right.'
🤣
Rice is great when you want a million of something. Lol. ❤️
This belt and belt loop joke is one of the most genius observational comedy bits
Oh and I love the donut joke
That's my favorite Mitch joke 😊
The great thing about that joke for this performance is that the audience reacted to it late because he flubbed the line a bit 1:56
"When someone is trying to hand me a flyer - it's kind of like they are saying 'Here - you throw this away!'
that's still one of my faves. i wish he had more time with us.
@@_toph_ everyone that knew him still feels the same way
I still regularly think this every time I get a flyer handed to me on the street. RIP
"Hedberg suffered from stage fright throughout his career; he often performed in sunglasses, with his head down and his hair in his face or his eyes closed, and sometimes stood upstage or with his back to the audience, constantly moving in place. At times, he nervously shook his microphone unconsciously." -from Wikipedia.
Found this after noticing his mic shaking! I love this: it makes him more relatable.
Almost like Jim Morrison. He used to sing with his back to the audience.
And yet they still went up there and performed.
Also all the heroin..
@@kenworthNH yeah, like for a month or two
He starts to look more at the audience after a few minutes in this performance. It's like he gained some momentum and relaxed just slightly.
He had flaws and it made him more human. And when he'd built up a momentum, he figured out what worked best and went with that flow of energy. He was brilliant.
"I want to get some business cards. Not because I own my own business, but because I want to win some lunches... The cards will say Mitch Hedberg: Potential lunch winner. Gimme a call. We'll have lunch... If I'm lucky."
- Mitch Hedberg
Never heard that one, that's hilarious!! Hahaha
lol
When I moved, I bought a box of business cards with my new address on them. They also say “Potential lunch winner.” Thanks, Mitch.
It’s funny…These jokes people are posting aren’t funny until you “hear” them with Mitch’s delivery
Lol! Thats awesome!
"Cheese dwellings" killed me. I thought I knew all the mitch hedberg-isms
LOL I was just telling my husband I had not heard that one before and will now be using it!
I like it when enough time passes for his jokes to be funny again. I forget just enough for it to seem new
There’s so many jokes of his in a single set and in a single track that you lose count, that’s why
Forget everything you know about Mitch
Did it work?
@@jackwilkie176 so I did
And it was a load off my mind
Who's the guy telling jokes?
Im a new comedian and my style was inspired by Mitch Hedberg.Check out my first 2 Open Mics and comment.
So like 5 minutes?
The Mr. Scholl joke was peak Mitch Hedberg.
“Mr. Pib is the bullshit replica of Dr. Pepper because dude didnt even get his degree. Why’d you drop out and start making pop so soon?” 😂
Sorry, but peak Mitch Hedberg is “I used to do drugs. I still do, but I used to, too.”
Belt loops was tops. And "used to do drugs". And "every photo of you is when you were younger". Actually, probably most of his jokes.
@@riyanazhar3341 lmao!, one of my favorite jokes by him. Dudes style was a little "unconventional" to say the least, but he was a genius.
@Kurt Swiger - right on!
"I can't wait for my show to end because I got a roll of lifesavers in my pocket and the next flavors pineapple"
😭✨🥰
Priceless.
It's "because I got a roll of lifesavers in my pocket and pineapple is next."
But yes another gold joke
I love the "Mr. Scholl" joke so much. It's the perfect Mitch Hedberg joke and always makes me laugh. RIP
I would have bought them from a mr sholls😂😂
"I was in a band. People either loved us or they hated us, or, they thought we were ok."
THAT is my personal MH favorite. Top 10 of all jokes by all comedians.
"Some bands are heavy and have intense names like Mortuary or Obituary. We weren't that intense, we just went with Injured."
I like refried beans but I'd like to try fried beans because maybe they're just as good and we're just wasting time.
The man that made me a loyal member of the sandwich club.
How do you feel about frilly toothpicks?
Grand Admiral Thrawn I’m for ‘em.
Keep on keepin on, barfy
I also like three pieces of bread. I'm for it!!
I was kicked out, I wanted alfalfa sprouts =(
I’ve had the privilege of seeing him in person 3 times. No one else could tell a bad jokes so good.
😆😂🤣👍You're so right..such dumb jokes..and he cracks you the fk up...
UNIQUE HE WAS👍
That’s a really nice sentiment 🙂 he really did seem to be a positive force in the world
I wanna be a racecar passenger. I wanna be a dude that just bugs the driver. "Hey can you slow down? Can I turn the radio on? Man, you really like Tide."
Why do we keep going in circles?
I remember seeing him on "Late Night With Conan O'Brien". But I also remember seeing him at the store.
He was probably buying 2000 of something.
Or maybe turkey pastrami
@@coreyanderson7359 or maybe a pastrami cottage cheese banana bread sandwich.
Did he buy club sandwiches all the time? Even though he wasn't a member?
@@zadescrivner Club sandwiches with studio apartment cheese.
I've never heard the cottage cheese joke before! LOVE IT! I love when I find a Hedberg joke I haven't heard before. It's like a little gift.
Same!
First for me, too. I thought I knew them all!
It's gold
"Don't eat mobile home cheese during a tornado" legit made me spit out my coffee.
I love when he gets rolling and he starts laughing at his own jokes
There is nothing that makes me giggle as much as when Mitch cracks himself up for a minute...
Such a talented person, it's so sad to have lost him.
Eh you'll find him eventually
@@bigkmoviesandgames hes dead
@@bigkmoviesandgames hes dead
Yaniv Steltzer try to retrace your steps to where you last saw him
To the people who don't get it, this was another Mitch Hedberg bit about people finding Jesus.
You left us all wanting more Mitch, RIP bro..
Mitch Hedberg was one of the greatest standup comics of all time. I was so lucky to see him live just a few months before he died. He simply slayed, 1500 people rolling on the floor laughing helplessly.
I saw him 2 nights in a row once. Same show. Laughed so hard I could've used medical attention. I'll never forget it. Or him. He was so special. ❤
I still root for Mitch any time I watch a clip of his - there's a lot of humanity in his performance: He comes out and seems so vulnerable and disappointed if his jokes don't land or he stumbles for even half a second, but if it goes right and he wins the audience over, he grows confident and happy. By the donut receipt joke, he has everyone on his side and I can't help but feel happy for him.
I love how most of the comments are Mitch's Sets. It's brilliant to see a comedian not only remembered for his talent, but also, uniquely remembered through quoting him. That is until Steven Wright leaves us. Those two are highly quotable!
It's a good point. I'd like to point out though, that both these comedians are unique in their very short jokes. It's easier to quote these guys because they've made a point not to tell longer jokes.
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it."
What's picketing!!? Genuinely asking .
@@sammudila8113 - Picketing is a form of protest where people carry signs criticizing government, businesses/employers---anything, really. Example of Picketing: ua-cam.com/video/i0_3ZsrC6pQ/v-deo.html
Sam Mudila you should genuinely go to google.com
@@sammudila8113 real questions are being asked now...
Picketing is protesting only instead of saying this sucks, we grab baseball bats and say THEY SUCK... and its basically when everybody hates their boss all at once. With signs. And baseball bats.
It is extremely difficult to stand out in the entertainment industry. Your guitar sound. Your style of painting. Your poetry. In comedy, this cat was One Of A Kind. Impossible to copy. Timeless. Bravo, Mitch. Doing Standup in Heaven.
This guy would've killed it on twitter
He's original, unlike ur comment
Thx Joe Rogan
Mark Clipper true
Because social media is the only avenue to entertainment success. Too bad one of the most highly respected and original comedians who inspired everyone he worked with and was met with super-stardom would have been so much more if he just had Twitter.
@@thriller985 go sell crack to ur bruthaz n sistaz.or shoot some of them.
"I use tarter control toothpaste. I still got tarter, but shit's under control."
My gf gave me a piece of care-free gum,but I was still stressed out....
There’s been a handful of celebrities I genuinely sobbed for when they died. Mitch was one. I still listen to his albums when I drive.
This one hit me as hard as Patrice
I felt that way about Chris Farley
When he die?
Chris Cornell my worst celebrity death cuz i know it was under nefarious circumstances re:Hillary
@@danielhance1467 Farley fosho, but im a bit older so John Candy for me .
His first public performance on Comedy Central was amazing. No one there understood his humor until about halfway through (he was bombing hard), at which point he won them over. It’s funny because he never changed a thing about how he performs comedy, and his act was so successful because he is charming enough to just win you over! And then and only then do you see the sheer genius in it all.
That’s when I first saw him!! I fell in love with his style in that moment. He was so quirky and refreshing.
"I don't have a girlfriend. I just know someone who would get real mad if she heard me say that."
Adam Valentino haven’t gotten dumped but definitely annoyed my girlfriend that day.
This one is my favorite of his
That’s so sweet as well as funny
I miss him.
Me too Brock
Same
big time.
I use to miss him
I still do but I use to as well
@@stkfc7440 Beat me to it XD
Watching him light up when the audience really really laughs is the best, such a solemn wholesome totally rad gnarly dude
Every time a Mitch clip shows up in my feed I watch it. It's impossible to finish one less happy than before.
Rest in Brotha
Funny he’s so self conscious of how funny his jokes are. “Can we take that joke out”
Mitch a legend
You mean he's self aware and knows how to bounce back from a miss.
Mark Clipper maybe but in an interview he stated that if he puts a joke out there and it doesn’t get the laughs he expected he freaks a lil bit. Didn’t mean what I said as a negative, just that you can tell he puts thought into and cares about his jokes. But we might be talking bout the same thing. Part of his niche is that anxious like delivery which honestly works really well. Either way.... legend.
Long haired freak.
@@philrichjr trust me he's self aware. I talk to a few ppl that were close to him on ig including Lynn. Hes very deliberate with what he does. He's hella nervous but he knows his routine takes ppl by surprise and he used that to his advantage. There are actually a few jokes he used that didn't make sense and he would tell them to see if ppl were paying attention. And to test the crowd.
I thought the magic wand drummer turning the bass player into soup by accident was pretty damn funny... fwiw
"Filed under 'D' for 'Donut'" is a phrase that just wonders through my mind on a weekly basis for no real reason. Miss this dude so damn much.
I know!!! You'd be surprised how many times in a week that is relevant.
Everytime someone tries to hand me a pointless receipt lol
Same
The thing about Mitch is that people either loved him or hated him, or thought he was okay.
He would of found that funny
@@Dethew He would HAVE found that funny.
@@Dethew it was his joke lol
@@chrisr1522 how does the thing go....
r/whoosh
So like everything and everyone else people had varying opinions
He was one of my favorites. Always loved his material. Some people couldn't get his jokes but I found them all absolutely hilarious. One of the best! RIP Mitch.
His belt/belt loop conundrum just gave me an existential crisis.
One holds vertical and the horizontal...... it's a metaphor of team work
Fo real
I think it was Jim Gaffigan who took it a step further and brought suspenders into the equation, but I was high so I don't remember.
pretty sure the belt is the real hero. If you took away the loops and tightened the belt, it'd still stay up
@@bananadog5813 Was just about to say this 😂
Im gonna make a 365 day calender where each day is a Mitch Hedberg one liner.
There's no way that idea fails
Great idea! I am going to make an Amy Schumer calender, where every day is one of her funny jokes.
But it probably won't sell too well, because everyone would be stuck on January first for the whole damn year.
I'ld buy that
Dale Fry Zing!
man I get so sad to think he died at 37 alone in a hotel room. I wish I could just hug him and tell him how much hes missed and loved. He made the world a better place.
I remember when it happened. He was supposed to be on the 98 Rock Morning Show in Baltimore, but he didn't show up. The DJs knew his cell number, so they gave him a call to make sure he was okay, and his wife answered. They barely got a word in before she told them to call his manager and hung up. They called again, left a message telling him they hoped everything was okay. I guess the producer called Mitch's manager and got the news, because the DJs told us, the listeners, the bad news a short time later.
@@trackrick Pretty sure he died in a hotel room in Jersey. So he would have had to have been calling into the show.
@@ItsAllBallBearings I saw that after looking him up on Wikipedia last night. It definitely makes the most sense that it was going to be a call-in. After 17 years, this old man's memory is getting soft about the details!
The thing that makes a man that off the charts funny is the same thing that will kill him. Not much you can do to stop it.
@@jj4483love no. Drugs don't magically make someone funny or talented. It's just something that a lot of funny and talented people suffer from. If they did, you could go to Austin texas and just walk around to hear the best jokes in the world.
Guy was a genius, I love how he slowly wins the crowds over.
It's so great to hear the crowd understanding his humor more and more with each joke. It went from a couple of chuckles to full audience laughter in under 5 minutes. That's the magic that is Mitch Hedberg.
I’ll never forget being a kid and seeing him on Comedy Central presents. Honestly he got me into stand up. RIP Mitch
Yeah and J4L... I didn't realize he died until I was older, but when I first became a fan he would have still been with us.
Man it's been 15 years and I still miss Mitch. :(
c0mptar2000 I miss him too he died when I was a year old
If it makes you feel any better, he had no idea who you were.
He was an amazing talent. I love his delivery. Watching him now is so bittersweet-- sweet because he was so talented, bitter because he left us way too soon.
“As a comedian, you have to start the show strong and you have to end the show strong. Those are the two key elements. You can't be like pancakes... all exciting at first, but then by the end you're f’ing' sick of em.”
Goddamn, I miss him so much.
@@SusanPDavis cool story bro
@@SusanPDavis - Okay, Boomer.
I used to miss him so much. I still do, but I used too.
Same, probably my favorite comedian of all time
Was about to make the exact same comment when I saw yours at the top. I've been seeing videos mention Mitch left and right lately. It's weird.
My god, he seems so unnerved at the beginning. You can see the anxiety seeping out of his pores. Seems like he was completely stone sober during the set as well. All that and Mitch still nailed it.
Conan and Dave always did a great job of spotlighting and supporting comedians. Loved that!
Mitch had severe social anxiety. I know because I used to have it too. I still do, but I used to too.
I see what you did there! 👍
Yessss
Yes. And, same. Actually mine's not so bad anymore . Getting older helps.
He gets stage fright too. He closes his eyes when he does his bits.
"I still do, but I used to too."
I dropped this joke today and thought of Mitch. His short, clever sentences were like tiny, precious gems.
I was watching this video thinking to myself
” wow, this was a video when Mitch Hedberg was younger, but then again, every video of anyone is when they were younger..””
Excellent!
I feel his nervousness and anxiety. He's actually shaking.
Such a genius. I miss him.
I think heroin does that too
@@cameronatmclarenI think it's actual nervousness. The same reason why he wears sunglasses and has long hair, if you look closely you can even see him closing his eyes so he can't see the audience.
such a beautiful soul and funny in his own creation , im so glad i got to grow up with people like him , in my life , we love and miss you Mr . Hedberg !!!!
“I used to do drugs, I still do, but I used to also.”
One of the best comedians I have ever had the pleasure of hearing. Love you Mitch.
Oh shit it’s me from the past
"I don't have a girlfriend. I just know a girl who would get really mad if she heard me say that."
One of my FAVORITES!!! 😆
My girlfriend is named Lynn. She spells her name "Lynn". My old girlfriend's name is Lyn, too, but she spells it "Lyn". Every now and then I screw up, I call my new girlfriend by my old girlfriend's name, and she can tell because I don't say "n" as long.
I've actually said that before lol
"I haven't slept for 10 years, because that would be too long"
Mitch makes me laugh like no one else. Such a childish, brilliant humor
"I called a hotel and the operator said, 'How may I direct your call?' so I said, 'Just yell "Action!" and when I'm done, yell "Cut!"'"
Genius!
Is it just me....or is there something utterly _wholesome_ about Mitch?
Whenever I'm having a shitty day...I like to just watch his stand up.
It's like comfort food. Like having tomato soup and grilled cheese on a snowy day.
It just feels....good. Reality circa November 2020 is...not fun. Mitch is a welcome reprieve...
you're 100% right. he was never mean for the sake of comedy.
Read my mind completely...Mitch will always be the tonic for that feeling..
What you may be seeing and loving is vulnerability of a real human. And the comfort that you are not alone. And the realization that for a short while you were not being lied to.
"I've ordered a club sandwich all the time, and I'm not even a member, man! I don't know how I get away with it."
His hands were trembling with the mic swaying from his stage fright. But homie still delivered an awesome set. What a legend. You are missed Mitch!