Mitch Hedberg
By Daniel Miessler on March 28th, 2006: Tagged as Humor | Personal
I’ve been wanting to find some of this guy’s stuff for years — never having the presence of mind to actually write his name down while hearing him on XM Comedy and then track something of his down afterwards.
He actually came up in a conversation the other day with a friend, and upon realizing that this guy shared my enthusiasm for Hedberg, I then promptly found out that he was dead.
The feeling I can’t shake is that if I had gotten into him earlier, i.e. found his content on iTunes and spread the word, etc., he maybe wouldn’t have died. It’s like, I postponed my expression of interest and he paid the price for it. Lame, I know, but it’s crossed my mind.
Anyway, this guy was an uber-genius. He was a total god - I mean, like one of the best ever. If you haven’t heard anything of his, go to iTunes and partake of the goodness. It’ll be well worth your time.
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One time I drove 10 miles in a car with the emergency brake on. I know that this does not say much for me as a driver, but it also does not say much for the emergency brake. That is not an emergency brake, it is an emergency “make the car smell funny” handle.
R.I.P. Mitch Hedberg. He is missed indeed.
Comment by Tim — 3/28/2006 @ 10:33 am
Wow, I just listened to some of his stuff on the way to Houston last week. I had no idea he was dead. He was definitely a very talented guy … and extremely funny!
Comment by davis — 3/28/2006 @ 12:42 pm
If I played tee ball right now I would kick ass.
Comment by dylan — 3/29/2006 @ 9:59 am
One more…sorry…I got turned on to this guy three years ago and miss his work so much..
I had a stick of Carefree gum, but it didn’t work. I felt pretty good while I was blowing that bubble, but as soon as the gum lost its flavor, I was back to pondering my mortality.
Comment by dylan — 3/29/2006 @ 10:03 am