Other Mitch Hedberg - Do you believe in Gosh?

[roxy031]

Released Sept. 9. I am downloading it as we speak. If you haven't heard of Mitch Hedberg but you like comedy, you should check him out. He was my favorite.

Recorded two months prior to his death, "Do You Believe In Gosh?" contains nearly 40 minutes of previously unreleased stand-up material. The CD captures most of the material Hedberg was working on, for what would have been his next full-length album, in a free-form show with a large amount of audience interaction. Listeners can expect the same bizarre one-liners like, “Is a hippopotamus a hippopotamus or just a really cool apoatmus?” delivered in the drawly, good-natured way only Hedberg could pull off. Hedberg gives his unique point of view on such topics as the headless horseman, Medusa, whom he refers to as the “snake-haired bitch” and squirrels on water skis. Also included in the CD package is a booklet including never-before-seen photos and excerpts from Hedberg’s private journals. The CD pulses with Hedberg’s unique wit and spirit and is a document of a comedy master. Produced by Jack Vaughn

[Magnolia Mountain]

Yeah, I used to love his stuff whenever he was on various late night shows I used to watch.

I was really sad when I heard he had died....one of the funniest stand-ups in recent memory, that's for sure.

I remember he had a super-small cameo in Almost Famous (during the poker scene...he played another band's tour manager).

Is it just me, or does alot of Ryan's old stage banter (2005, mostly) sound very similar to Mitch Hedberg's style?

[roxy031]

I can see that, yeah.

I was really sad when he died too. I kind of think of him as the Kurt Cobain of comedy.

[Magnolia Mountain]

You Tube

Someone even posted in the comments there, that Ryan had been possessed by the spirit of Mitch Hedberg.




And, yeah...I agree that he is like the Cobain of comedy....didn't play by the 'rules', and did his own thing, as well as both of them dying so young, in such tragic ways.

So sad.

[Kirsten]

I adore Mitch and I miss him a lot. I am pretty sure that at one point Ryan was wanting to tour with Mitch. Anybody else remember something like that?

[FrigidRoses]

Originally Posted by Kirsten

I adore Mitch and I miss him a lot. I am pretty sure that at one point Ryan was wanting to tour with Mitch. Anybody else remember something like that?

I remember that. Don't remember where, but it was a great idea.

[roxy031]

Originally Posted by Kirsten

I adore Mitch and I miss him a lot. I am pretty sure that at one point Ryan was wanting to tour with Mitch. Anybody else remember something like that?

I never knew that. I would have loved that tour.

[robotulism]

Oh, I would have bought the shit out of tickets to that tour.

I have been quoting mitch all weekend. My favorite is the one that all my friends think is lame as fuck, but I am always saying to them, "Plus, if I ripped your legs off, you would look like snowmen."

[roxy031]

Hahaha, yes about the ants.

I love the one about winning the lottery... let me find it.

the other day i saw a billboard for the lottery. it said, "estimated lottery jackpot 55 million dollars." i did not know that was estimated. that would suck if you won and they said, "oh, we were off by two zeroes. we estimate that you are angry."

[ishellmay]

I used to listen to Hedberg's albums on road trips. Some of my favorites (mostly paraphrased):

"I bought a parrot. The parrot talked. But it did not say 'I'm hungry', so it died."

"I like dreaming, but dreaming takes work. I'd like to dream of me watching myself sleep, but it doesn't work that way. There I am, lying in my comfortable bed, and the next thing I know I'm building a go kart with my ex-landlord."

"I hate arrows. They always try to tell me where to go and I'm like, 'Screw you, line with two-thirds of a triangle at the end'. It would suck if an arrow killed you. They would never solve the crime. 'Look at that dead guy. Let's go that way'."

[ewok.online]

I love on this new one, the "I got somethin' for that pipe!" bit.

"I bet you do! But don't think about the fact that there might be police a-round!"

[littleamen]

Originally Posted by ishellmay

I used to listen to Hedberg's albums on road trips. Some of my favorites (mostly paraphrased):

"I bought a parrot. The parrot talked. But it did not say 'I'm hungry', so it died."

"I like dreaming, but dreaming takes work. I'd like to dream of me watching myself sleep, but it doesn't work that way. There I am, lying in my comfortable bed, and the next thing I know I'm building a go kart with my ex-landlord."

"I hate arrows. They always try to tell me where to go and I'm like, 'Screw you, line with two-thirds of a triangle at the end'. It would suck if an arrow killed you. They would never solve the crime. 'Look at that dead guy. Let's go that way'."

Ha. Kirsten and I listened to that one on our Madison roadtrip.