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Lifer
- Nov 5, 2001
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what a lame april fool's joke. i mean, it's not someone i care either way whether he lives or dies, so it doesn't really make it funny.
meh.
meh.
slightlyhuman
Lifer
- Oct 9, 1999
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Tragically, Mitch Hedberg passed away this week. Mitch was a beloved member of the Comedy Central family, and we join fans in our sadness. He will be missed.
Born and raised in the St. Paul area, Mitch Hedberg decided to start his own comedy career in South Florida. Not so much for the comedy scene, but for the sun. His landlord would drive him up and down the coast from club to club in his pick-up truck where Mitch would lie down in the back to avoid any of the negative conversations his landlord would try to have with him.
Mitch developed his style in Florida and decided to try it out on different audiences. He moved to Seattle and toured throughout the Pacific Northwest honing his act in front of the new audiences. While in Los Angeles, Mitch booked his first television appearance on MTV's "Comikaze" by walking into the MTV offices and personally pitching himself to the talent coordinator. Many cable shows followed including A&E's "Comedy on the Road", Comedy Central's "Comedy Product", and NBC's "Comedy Showcase" hosted by Louie Anderson.
In 1996, Mitch got his break with an invitation to perform at the prestigious Just for Laughs Montreal International Comedy Festival. His performances secured him a deal with a studio and a spot on "The Late Show with David Letterman." Letterman enjoyed the set so much that he actually quoted one of Mitch's bits later in the show.
With the money from his development deal, Mitch wrote, directed and stars in his own independent feature called "Los Enchiladas!" which premiered at Sundance. His film is a comedy about a drifter who gets a job at a Mexican chain restaurant in middle America, the relationships between the restaurant employees, and the deterioration of the business' hierarchy over a 24-hour period. While editing the film in Seattle, Mitch entered the 1997 Seattle Comedy Competition and won the grand prize of three thousand dollars. He immediately handed the check over to his editor and finished the film.
On February 5, 1999 Mitch made his fifth appearance on "The Late Night Show with David Letterman." Last July he was invited to return to the comedy festival "Just for Laughs" where he stole the attention of the industry, audiences, and press alike. His stand-out performances secured a development deal with FOX to create his own sitcom and prompted TIME magazine to include him as one of the next generation of comedy stars and The Hollywood Reporter to headline their review of the Festival, "Laughs are Loudest for Hedberg." Mitch also recently completed a reality show pilot for MTV.
Mitch passed away in March, 2005.
Born and raised in the St. Paul area, Mitch Hedberg decided to start his own comedy career in South Florida. Not so much for the comedy scene, but for the sun. His landlord would drive him up and down the coast from club to club in his pick-up truck where Mitch would lie down in the back to avoid any of the negative conversations his landlord would try to have with him.
Mitch developed his style in Florida and decided to try it out on different audiences. He moved to Seattle and toured throughout the Pacific Northwest honing his act in front of the new audiences. While in Los Angeles, Mitch booked his first television appearance on MTV's "Comikaze" by walking into the MTV offices and personally pitching himself to the talent coordinator. Many cable shows followed including A&E's "Comedy on the Road", Comedy Central's "Comedy Product", and NBC's "Comedy Showcase" hosted by Louie Anderson.
In 1996, Mitch got his break with an invitation to perform at the prestigious Just for Laughs Montreal International Comedy Festival. His performances secured him a deal with a studio and a spot on "The Late Show with David Letterman." Letterman enjoyed the set so much that he actually quoted one of Mitch's bits later in the show.
With the money from his development deal, Mitch wrote, directed and stars in his own independent feature called "Los Enchiladas!" which premiered at Sundance. His film is a comedy about a drifter who gets a job at a Mexican chain restaurant in middle America, the relationships between the restaurant employees, and the deterioration of the business' hierarchy over a 24-hour period. While editing the film in Seattle, Mitch entered the 1997 Seattle Comedy Competition and won the grand prize of three thousand dollars. He immediately handed the check over to his editor and finished the film.
On February 5, 1999 Mitch made his fifth appearance on "The Late Night Show with David Letterman." Last July he was invited to return to the comedy festival "Just for Laughs" where he stole the attention of the industry, audiences, and press alike. His stand-out performances secured a development deal with FOX to create his own sitcom and prompted TIME magazine to include him as one of the next generation of comedy stars and The Hollywood Reporter to headline their review of the Festival, "Laughs are Loudest for Hedberg." Mitch also recently completed a reality show pilot for MTV.
Mitch passed away in March, 2005.
OK, let's think about this:
- He's a nationally recognized comedian, who appeared 10 times on Letterman and was called the "Next Seinfeld" by Time magazine.
- The first sighting of a report about him was LAST NIGHT at ~7:30 PM.
Common sense would tell you that SOMEWHERE, SOMEONE would have a report about him passing away. Right now, the two sources for reports about him are on HowardStern.com and ComedyCentral.com, and the one on Howard is a quick note that he's passed away and a link to a completely unrelated article. There is no way in the world you'll convince me - short of a reputable news source (Reuters, Associated Press, CNN, etc.) having a report on it - that this is true. It makes no sense. Does it usually take THAT long to get news about something like this from Google News? Heck, AT LEAST the local paper in the town he died in should have SOMETHING!
That said, if it miraculously turns out to be real, I'm going to be extremely pissed that it didn't make the news faster.
- He's a nationally recognized comedian, who appeared 10 times on Letterman and was called the "Next Seinfeld" by Time magazine.
- The first sighting of a report about him was LAST NIGHT at ~7:30 PM.
Common sense would tell you that SOMEWHERE, SOMEONE would have a report about him passing away. Right now, the two sources for reports about him are on HowardStern.com and ComedyCentral.com, and the one on Howard is a quick note that he's passed away and a link to a completely unrelated article. There is no way in the world you'll convince me - short of a reputable news source (Reuters, Associated Press, CNN, etc.) having a report on it - that this is true. It makes no sense. Does it usually take THAT long to get news about something like this from Google News? Heck, AT LEAST the local paper in the town he died in should have SOMETHING!
That said, if it miraculously turns out to be real, I'm going to be extremely pissed that it didn't make the news faster.
- Oct 28, 1999
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Sirius Radio is running a big thing on it today. It at least *sounded* like it was an honest thing. Said he died two days ago and that they haven't really released any details.
They were running a tribute to him today with the director of the comedy stations for Sirius running the show.
If it's true, it really is a loss to the comedy community.
They were running a tribute to him today with the director of the comedy stations for Sirius running the show.
If it's true, it really is a loss to the comedy community.
I can't see a magazine that he basically put on the map years ago reporting false stuff about him. However, Howard Stern's site now says "allegedly passed away." I wish there would just be a press release already so I can stop wondering.
glad to see someone else spending his "productive" hours at work investigating this too.
the baltimore improv hasn't heard anything about his supposed death...
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