I still don't believe it... The Comedy Central thing says "passed away this week" Then that line at the bottom "Mitch passed away in March, 2005" C'mon why wouldn't we have heard before this. It's April Fools a day early
The reason for that is probably because they just added a line at the beggining of the stock bio that said he had passed away.
Why would Comedy Central want anything to do with a hoax about someone passing away? "Comedian Mitch Hedberg passed away today from an apparent heroin overdoese..... PSYCH! JUST FOOLIN ON YOU. CLIZZOWNED. LOVE, COMEDY CENTRAL P.S. Terry Schiavo"
Where on comedy central does it say heroin? Again, consider the source You guys are gullible, this kinda stuff happens every year.
The 'source' is a website run by a billion-dollar corporation (Viacom) that has no stake in running something like this for 'laffs.' Not the smartest post, Souprocket. Mitch was beyond funny.
Additionally, they realize that if this was a hoax they could never regain credibility if something like this ever happened again.
Corporations with billions of dollars to lose don't take to slander and libel, usually. Here's a review of a show of his from last September: "Hedberg toook to the stage clutching two red cups, the kind of red cups everyone knows are usually filled with the hard stuff, setting them down on a stool in the center of the stage. Starting into his routine, it was clear something was wrong. I figured he must have had a little too much of something backstage, and his continued and frequent sampling from the two cups only added to the problem. As time wore on, things got worse. Much worse. After a short while, he began stumbling about the stage, stupefied, mumbling, delivering punchlines before the body of the joke, laughing for no reason, and at several points throughout the show, simply laid down in the center of the stage. Dangling the microphone over his mouth, he would giggle and sigh, commenting regularly that he couldn't remember his jokes. The audience egged him on, cheering, clapping, and laughing, tossing suggested bits into the air that he would half-heartedly attempt, then give up in more giggles. At several points I was certain he was on the verge of passing out as the microphone slipped out of his hand to clonk on the stage or on his face, but giggles would emerge again. When he did manage to stand, he approached an older woman at the side of the stage who encourage him to have a seat with her. The security guards approached to ward her off, but Hedberg stumbled off the stage to take a seat, and the woman proceeded to fetishize him, rubbing his hair, touching his clothes, and eventually the two engaged in a sickening makeout session that had the audience groaning and yelling. Back on stage, Hedberg collapsed to the floor again in a completely incoherent mess. For an achingly long time he simply laughed, attempting to talk and slipping right back into laughter. Commenting that he liked drugs, especiallyXanax, but he was happy with anything, several small pills found their way to the stage, at least one of which he swallowed after mumbling "What is this?" He sat back down on the stage and became the picture of a drunken, washed up loser. Seats quickly began emptying, entire rows vacant, and at one point a man approached the stage with a card. Stumbling to him to retrieve the card, Hedberg read the contents aloud. "'Jesus loves you.' Not tonight, man, not after tonight." Mumbling that the Celebrity Theater owner was going to be mad in light of a previous incoherent Tempe Improv show, he questioned his performance, lamenting it, repeatedly mumbling that he wanted to "end strong" - Stephen Lynch had started strong, he stated, and Lynch ended strong, and he wanted to not disappoint the fans. He was wrong on all counts, unfortunately. At best he could only end as weakly as he began, but even with shouted lines of bits from audience members he was unable to complete most of his jokes. Upon tossing off a well-worn bit, he simply threw his hands in the air in mock victory, and Al Madrigal jumped in to save the show's end. This is Hedberg's peak. He will never again be as popular as he is right now, and he's simply throwing it away on drug abuse that he puts on display for his fans. There was next to nothing humorous about his performance - if anything, most people stayed to see if he would make it through his entire act, or, like gawking at a gory accident, stayed to see the slowly unfolding disaster. Unfortunately, that's exactly what we unwittingly paid for."
Sometimes genius comes at a high price, Mitch paid that price but will forever be remembered for the genius. Tommy Davidson is headed for the same conclusion.
but he also had a lot of great shows... his show at The Laff Stop a couple of years ago was great, with the audience egging him on for old jokes and him insisting that he was gonna stick with new material and then his last 5-10 minutes on stage, he took requests and did alot of his old material!! It was great!! I should've stuck around after the show to meet him... he was great... his first CD was recorded at The Laff Stop. I will miss new material but I also have his 2 CD's to remember him by... Rest in peace, Mitch Hedberg.
http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/11278099.htm Comedian Mitch Hedberg dead at 37 BY MATT PEIKEN Pioneer Press Even family and close friends had a hard time understanding Mitch Hedberg, a St. Paul native who ran away from home and, despite living a scattershot life, became a runaway success as a standup comic. Hedberg, whose space-case persona was as much part of his soul as it was his act, died early Wednesday morning in a New Jersey hotel room. He was 37. A medical examiner hasn't issued findings, but Hedberg's family is told he suffered a heart attack. His wife was with him. After graduating St. Paul's Harding High School, Hedberg rose through the ranks at Minneapolis' Acme Comedy Co., and caught his big break through a Comedy Central special. He made several appearances on David Letterman's and Conan O'Brien's shows, made more Comedy Central appearances and produced two comedy CDs. His big dream, to have an HBO comedy special, was in the works. Hedberg's one-liners, dished off in a spacy staccato, were based on absurdist, random observations. His long, dirty blond hair harkened to the image of a 1970s stoner, and his success occurred in light of, in spite of and even because of his quarter-century affair with drugs and alcohol. "I'd probably be living in Costa Rica, eating oranges on the beach, if I wasn't doing comedy," he told the Pioneer Press last September. "There's no two ways about — having a son in entertainment industry is challenging," his mother, Mary Hedberg, said Thursday. She recalls being at work when her oldest daughter called in a panic to tell her Mitch had packed some brown paper bags and left home. Mary Hedberg couldn't get home in time to either see him off or talk him out of it. "That was heartbreaking for us, but he kept in contact with us. He called as soon as the car broke down," she said. "You know, it was like putting him through college, even though he wasn't at college. But when he got his first break, we were just so thrilled for him, because we wanted him to know he was O.K., and to have that self-confidence that he could do what he wanted to do." Louis Lee, owner of the Acme, said Hedberg not only became the Twin Cities' first breakout comedian of the 1990s but, along with Lewis Black, helped shape a national resurgence in standup comedy. "It's very difficult for one-liner comedians to get an audience going, but when Mitch worked here, you could see the kids call out the punchline," Lee said. "Mitch made the whole comedy community realize how important good writing is. It's a huge loss." Unlike many comics, Hedberg was demonstrably thankful to his fans. Not long ago, a group of college students in Florida, speaking with Hedberg backstage after a show, mentioned how hot their dorm room was. Hedberg surprised them the next morning by showing up to their dorm with a new air conditioner. "Mitch presented a lot of challenges, but a lot of opportunities for traveling that we wouldn't have otherwise had, and he had a heart of gold," his mother said. "He was a brilliant comic and a wonderful person." Dates haven't been set, but eventual visitation and services will be at Wulff Family Services, Woodlane Mortuary, in Woodbury.
I didn't know a bad Sugar Ray Leonard impression on In Living Color was considered comic genius... Oh well, I still think that Carrot Top is funny, so that shows how much I know.
He is funny in a more physical, simple way. He sells out all over. 40gr a week. And Carrot Top is funny.
