Mitch Hedberg on Letterman - Stand Up Comedy 2/5/1999

[@carlisacar9328]

"Every picture is of you when you were younger." Genius

[@natestein5988]

This is a picture of me when I'm older, Where did you get that camera?

[@jimmymcguire8217]

@@natestein5988 If you know, you know

[@storiedworlds6261]

I’ve seen this guy at the store.

[@thriller985]

Was he good?

[@storiedworlds6261]

It looked like he was contemplating buying some kiwi fruit. He was also staring at the limes intensely, with a smile on his face, as if they could save his life someday.

[@thriller985]

@@storiedworlds6261 they are indeed known for their buoyancy

[@boogersguy6233]

Was he sitting behind a desk.... with a pen?

[@slapmyfunkybass]

I used to like Mitch, I still do, but I used to too.

[@Olivershoesoff]

I used to love Mitch Hedberg. I still do, but I used to too.

[@andreslezcano4525]

A true fan indeed!

[@seanwebb605]

Ha ha ha. I just made the reference replying to a comment above your own before I saw this. Very nice.

[@dw5107]

Nice!

[@supertouring22]

This comment used to be on every mitch hedberg video. They still are but they used to too.

[@x0539p]

This guy kills me. Love the one liners. It’s true silliness and if you have been drinking it’s even more funny. Taken way too soon.

[@doheo33]

Man it’s so sad to see how fresh young and beautiful Mitch was. A natural born funny guy, who else would get laugh from just saying “all right “ even while not telling a joke. A big loss for all of us. I hope he reincarnated and watches his videos and says “I might have said that “

[@Dayvit78]

Who else? Matthew Fkin McConaughey. But yea, Mitch was the best.

[@dannykay3598]

Perfect Mitch joke!!

[@joeg1897]

It’s sad? Just appreciate the greatness you freak

[@robfre3183]

Not only was he uniquely funny and creative but also humble and vulnerable...that's why we all love him. RIP MItch

[@mateowannacomedyremasterz6605]

well said

[@avedic]

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...

[@daman7387]

Is this a copypasta? I see it on every video

[@Vingul]

You grill cheese?

[@tomholm4456]

AMEN. you damn skippy. thank you. nailed it. with every single word. and, what is it with that soup? and those sandwiches? sso good. mitch being from here in st paul, he’s always been a home town fella

[@vercingetorix444]

Dude stop posting this

[@daniellem1003]

He was so funny and charming and adorable. I only discovered him recently, while watching comedians during the covid lockdown. The very first joke I watched him do was "I like rice. Rice is great when you're hungry and want 2000 of something," and I was cracking up immediately and totally hooked after that. No one else comes close and not many can pull off his style. He was the total package.

[@riggedsportsnetwork6554]

They don't want us to laugh anymore Or go to the movies or concerts etc........

[@christopherfoerstel9116]

A modern Rodney Dangerfield... simply smarter than everybody in the room!

[@mastod0n1]

2:52 I love when I find a Mitch Hedberg joke that I haven't heard before.

[@ACoustaDC]

Thank you Mitch for some of the best damn clean comedy ever, Love you bro.

[@davidsharounoff8521]

flawless performance here.

[@crashburn3292]

Nope.

[@annrodriguez2891]

Yep❤

[@georgehampton25]

Mitch easily makes it to the top ten comedians of all time.

[@MahlonEdwards]

One of the best audiences for him right here. All right. lol All right. lol

[@ichhasseamerika]

Seems like such a sweet and likeable guy. What happened to comedians like this? PS I like how he laughs at his own jokes, looks like he's having a good time like the rest of us.

[@GazAce]

If your flammable and have legs, your never blockin a fire exit LOL

[@mateowannacomedyremasterz6605]

Perhaps my favorite Mitch joke (:

[@yoholmes273]

Mitch is just so real & a true comedian. RIP Brother. Thank you for the laughs that will last forever.

[@gracenote1837]

I wish he was still around. He was genuinely funny.

[@vinnyvincent2862]

Hey Mitch ! You just went on ahead of us Well see You when we get there ! ❤🙏

[@7doors847]

Thank you for this! I had never seen this before

[@tristramcoffin926]

Mitch Hedberg reminds me of Matthew Mcconaughey's character in Dazed in Confused in real life.

[@charlesgreen8703]

This Comment is “Alright,Alright,Alright”!

[@YouthEnergy]

The final joke about Monster Magnet has an extended version that goes like this, picking up right where he ended: "I said yes I do feel like a human. I do not feel like a tree". Man I miss Mitch.

[@marklewen9384]

I keep hitting two hoping someday ill get in touch with him ....

[@seanwebb605]

I tried on a rotary phone but got impatient and might have used a one.

[@fairenough7984]

💗💗💗

[@BigTiddyTheRapper]

:(

[@boblozaintherealworld3577]

If you are flammable and have legs, you are never blocking a fire exit. Please forward this to your local Fire Marshal.

[@steveiannelli]

Mitch was the internet before the internet

[@gabrielzimmer2677]

omg the "picture" joke made me laugh so hard

[@MapleSyrupPoet]

"Just press two for awhile" :)))

[@mrjasonwhite73]

How can anyone not like Mitch?

[@jakemcstay9474]

Monster Magnet is such a great band, they're definitely worth listening to. it's so cool Mitch went to a Monster Magnet concert.

[@mjrydsfast]

Monster Magnet is to Motorhead as Phish is to the Grateful Dead. A worthy successor, of sorts. A touring machine but through live performances. MM has done awesome tunes. "Slap in the Face" is excellent.

[@marklewen9384]

The pride of red bank new jersey..

[@danwinkler8888]

Yeah Spacelord is a cool song by Monster Magnet

[@rocklee33221]

That museum reincarnation joke is new too me.

[@thinmizzy365]

Same here. My whole life is a lie

[@princepanther1612]

Same lol that shit is hilarious

[@posit4328]

Steven Wright does exactly the same bit in this recording from 2015 "Steven Wright Live Music Box At the Borgata"

[@br-xq1yz]

Could we go back in time and let him do 10 more minutes before the band plays him off?

[@seanwebb605]

It is often the last segment of the show and if the show runs long they have to do a shorter set and might not include an interview. Hedberg has said that he didn't make it on the show for an appearance once because another guest ran long.

[@echko_9]

You can tell how happy he was just to make people laugh

[@quill1260]

Miss you Dude.

[@greggh]

I used to miss Mitch Hedberg. I still do. But I used to also.

[@laurasimon6106]

Oh hush. You don’t know what would have been funnier! It isn’t just that his jokes are hilarious, it’s his way of delivering them. I’m ashamed to say I didn’t get turned on to him until after he had passed but he was definitely in a league of his own. The playing his musical c too loud and the neighbor banging about the noise and Mitch just messes with the guy’s head with “go around, there is no door knob there, go around” was just so funny. Then the “I’d hate to be killed by a bow and arrow, nobody would ever find the killer, everyone would just go that way” is priceless. Then if you need to sleep, count sheep don’t count endangered species, you will run out! I only wish I’d known about him when he was here with us. Just imagine how far he would have succeeded. His jokes still remain and that is rare for a comedian. God bless him. He was in a higher class all his own!

[@danwinkler8888]

You know I saw a comedian named Nick Depaulo talking about how he was the guy who lived next to him. He said he had never seen Mitch Then one night he saw him on David Letterman and realized . Someone showed him a copy of Mitch’s set list and right there on the paper it actually said Nick Depaulo

[@robertthompson3941]

Mitch IS Funny!

[@markricks]

"Cheered after the human being part. I did not know there was a second part to the question"

[@jaywilley955]

God Bless You Mitch.

[@tomitstube]

hadn't heard the "fire exit" jokes, hilarious.

[@TBAPipan]

”If you’re flamable and have legs you’re never blocking a fire-exit., unless you’re a table ”

[@michaelletterman2172]

He was one of the best. I get sad every time I see him, same as Norm. I can barely watch their videos.

[@johnsmind]

"Hey man, your blocking the fire exit." as if there was a fire I wasn't gonna run. You can't beat that. His comedy is perfect.

[@mateowannacomedyremasterz6605]

If you're flammable and have legs, you're never blocking a fire exit.

[@tateyambrose7290]

He makes me lmao every single time.

[@brentdelaurentis8114]

I never heard of this guy before today ...was trying to figure out why he sounds like Bob Dylan then i learned he's from Minnesota to

[@jimmymcguire8217]

He used to be from Minnesota, he still is but he used to too

[@kennytesta9312]

What a mind!

[@Vililol]

Where's the interview where he talks to Letterman? I'm dying to watch it.

[@AwesomeSuaceable]

It’s weird seeing him without the sunglasses

[@annrodriguez2891]

He was gorgeous

[@MarcosLopez-cu6ui]

This guy was super smart…. Love the reasoning… the museum joke😂😂😂

[@trevormcmanis]

A real genius. RIP 🙏

[@br-xq1yz]

please ... everyone ....dont take drugs.

[@fkylw]

Why does this 1999 video of him look like it was recorded in the fucking 60s?

[@s.kreusler5081]

Mitch Hedberg: "We need to embrace the contraction!" Also Mitch Hedberg: "I did not know there was a second part to the question."

[@brianbushue]

every picture is when you were younger lolz

[@timeittakestoletgo1687]

He’s so high here. Ugh. He was so great.

[@NittoNba44]

He never performed sober

[@lantose]

Yes he looked hammered, but put on a good show! We all need to keep a close lookout for all our friends that we know might be leaning the wrong way! Sad no one could convince or demand him to get professional help! My favorite comedian!

[@dietwater9772]

@@NittoNba44 he seemed sober in the really old performances

[@kitrichardson5573]

He fell into the trap a lot of creative people fall into thinking they need drugs and alcohol in order to be creative. Not realizing that artists have to overcome their demons not cooperate with them. But he did some amazing things while he was here and in that way we get to know a little bit of him and appreciate him. Nothing but respect for him looking backwards

[@TerribleUsernameAmirite]

"Some people think I'm high on stage; I would never get high before a show, because, when I'm high, I don't wanna stand in front of a bunch of people I don't know. That does not sound comfortable. Like, when you're high, and a joke doesn't work, it's extra scary. It's like,"Whoa, what the hell happened there? I am retreating within myself. Why have all these people gathered? And why am I elevated? Why am I not facing the same way as everyone else? And what is this electric stick in my hand?" I like the way this is situated here. It seems like you guys were chasing me, closing in, and then said "fuck it...let's sit down"."

[@danwinkler8888]

For all you people who say you don’t like him. Come on now you all gotta quit Lyon’!

[@tomcoyle7676]

Wow, that museum joke was great

[@tompettke2336]

Genius!

[@shawnmclean7932]

R.i.p.

[@crashingspectacular]

Love that banana joke. Comedy comes in threes, etc.

[@GlorifiedTruth]

I love how have the time he just wants to advance to the next joke, just to get it over with, I guess, but he knows enough to let the audience laugh at the last joke. It's almost as if he's uncomfortable with the laughter.

[@1974GJH]

“Every picture of you is when you were younger”

[@willisverynice]

“If you are flammable and have legs than you are never blocking a fire exit” Yeah but what about a table?

[@themirrorsofmymind]

I think he added that exception to the joke, because the first time I saw someone quote him on another KZbin video, the joke ended with, _"Unless you are a table..."_

[@willisverynice]

@@themirrorsofmymind interesting, I’d been saying that since I was a kid and thought I made it up, thanks for ruining my hopes and dreams.

[@jakemitchell1671]

I want to see a receipt for his donut.

[@johns7530]

lol

[@michaell.8938]

Genius. Gone way too soon.

[@silviacosentino1946]

When he’s a passenger with a race car driver. I don’t get the joke…..Hey you like Tide ?? Anybody?

[@jasonmoore9268]

Tide is a sponsor

[@Microtonal_Cats]

Top right recommended video by Mitch Hedberg right now is "Pink Floyd, a history", with a pic of David Gilmour for the thumbnail. Do you think the KZbin algorithm goes by "media liked by people who like drugs" or does it go by hairstyle?

[@minnesotajack1]

If he believes in reincarnation, hopefully there is currently a teenager out there right now aspiring to be him.

[@joycejean-baptiste4355]

There is a taxi with that phone number, 222-2222, no joke.

[@cbkokoon]

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@etxkevin7452]

Every picture of you is of you younger!!!

[@Jeff.Wilson]

Чётко!

[@EvanTheB3AST]

Cut from a different cloth

[@thomasturner3583]

Keep a thin coat of oil on it. A cast iron skillet?

[@badgumby9544]

Too bad the most gifted entertainers are self destructive.

[@emiliofigueroa5818]

Who’s the one guy who disliked this

[@seanwebb605]

It's an up or down vote. Binary. It doesn't allow you to explain why. It could be the content, the edit, the audio levels, the video quality or you can disagree with using copyright material. Especially if the person who posts material that isn't their own monetizes their channel.

[@rebelguy9487]

The Dufrasne Party

[@finaoo1167]

I think he was higher than usual for this bit.

[@ellefleming5113]

i'm so mad at mitch! he was so funny, handsome, unique. i discovered him 15 years after his death and want him back. dammit. damn drugs. they kill all the good people. every time. it just sucks. he was a little baked her but nothing major. he looked super healthy. and just 6 years later he looked like death on stage. his stand up in 2004 he is pale, emaciated, totally incoherent, stumbling, still funny!, and miserable. what happened? women woes? depression and anxiety became too much? lust for fame? the drug addiction just got out of hand? someone should have done an intervention who was close to him and i'm so mad they didn't. it pisses me off. i want him here even though i would never meet him. he was a sweet prince who left earth too soon. nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

[@daniellem1003]

Oh wow Elle, I feel the exact same way.

[@ellefleming5113]

I just don't get how his wife Lynn didn't intervene when in 2003 he got stopped at the airport for heroin possession and when they were booking him, they had to rush him to the hospital cause his leg's gangrene infection was so severe the jail couldn't handle it and his leg was almost amputated cause of heroin addiction. why didn't lynn do something about a leg that was black and purple from gangrene? how did this go unnoticed? and then 2 years later when she's with him he OD's. why didn't his own wife help him? i sort of blame lynn shawcroft. he was the picture of health in the 90's and wasn't overly shy and didn't look like a corpse on stage. by 2003 he looks like the walking dead. i just don't get it. he should have lived a long life. and his widow, lynn, has published all his notebooks..etc..that he may have never intended to be published. i just don't like her. she didn't protect him and has been profiting off him ever since. its not right. he deserved better.

[@daniellem1003]

@@ellefleming5113 Ugh I know. You make some good points. When you see clips of him from the late 90s like the one above and this one, which is one of my faves, it's like a totally different person - kzbin.info/www/bejne/mXebfqOBYt5-a9E).His demeanor on stage changed so much too. He was more laid back, then seemed to get much more aggressive. I obviously wouldn't know what he had going on in his personal life, marriage etc so I can't judge or comment but it's sad. He seemed like such a nice guy and someone anyone would want to hang with.

[@seanwebb605]

He also got paid to eat melon when a show ran late and he didn't appear. Pretty good pay for eating melon.

[@JayG666]

I don't get the check joke.

[@robertsenseman4339]

Good clean true comedy as it should not like how it is

[@averagejobogio]

i wish he diddnt commit to his character so much... you can see his progression on letterman coming in each time higher and higher until he suddenly aged 10 years

[@brianmcmillan7426]

Don't do drugs...however, if you do do drugs, do 'em like Mitch and leave a legacy...at least then they'll...oh crap, what was my point...

[@jamesradskijr.9745]

This coat is dirty, which means it's dry clean only.

[@Russell_Rieckenberg]

Or something like that.

[@durrrrl3435]

Completely backwards.

[@jamesradskijr.9745]

This coat is dry clean only! Which means it's dirty!

[@durrrrl3435]

@@jamesradskijr.9745 Now you got it!! 👍🤣

[@jamesradskijr.9745]

@@durrrrl3435 doesn't Mitch or did Mitch have one about Roastbeef!? ;

[@gipsyavenger9829]

Is this dude the inspiration for South Park's Cartman ?

[@mollyharris2815]

merg

[@RobertSoul123]

Egoraptor

[@oaktree1290]

Don't get me wrong Mitch is halarious. Why was he telling the same jokes for ten years?

[@ivanreiss]

There are red bananas though

[@redclayfarm6490]

where do you get them at?

[@jb888888888]

And a yellow light doesn't mean "yield" it means "look out, Imma turn red soon."

[@ericpreston5826]

@@jb888888888 it actually does mean yield or slow down.

[@wiltonsmith3397]

Give me John Pinette any day.

[@luellahjohnsenl5110]

The detailed gold anteriorly camp because hail micrencephaly step during a skinny winter. glib, delirious swedish

[@lincolnmaceachern2410]

An escalator CANNOT become stairs. Have you ever tried walking up a stationary escalator? It messes up your equilibrium, because the steps don't match up with normal stair climbing.

[@youtubemoderationtaskforce5583]

His elevator joke could have been restructured like this to make it funnier: I like escalators. They can never NOT serve a purpose. Even when they break, they just become stairs.

[@hhhhzk]

yea you can let him know next time...

[@choaron]

Not

[@shadowsjc]

I've seen videos where he told it differently...(paraphrasing) escalators can't break. They just become temporarily stairs. They should hang a sign "escalator broken. Sorry for the convenience ".

[@justchill10]

ohh let me guess... you teach comedy huh? you idiot

[@biggav7434]

Over analysis.