Mitch Hedberg Trivia

1. In 1999, Mitch released his first CD. What was it called?

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Answer: Strategic Grill Locations

Mitch's self-released debut CD, Strategic Grill Locations, was recorded September 7, 1999, at a comedy club called the Laff Stop in Houston, Texas. The name of the CD actually comes from a joke that was not featured in the CD:

From Quiz Mitch Hedberg

Answer: Smokey the Bear

"Mitchell, Smokey is way more intense in person"...

From Quiz Mitch All Together

Answer: St. Paul, Minnesota

Mitchell Lee Hedberg was born on February 24, 1968 to Swedish immigrants Arne and Mary Hedberg. He has two sisters named Wendy and Angie. Despite being born with a heart defect, for which he received extensive treatment during his childhood, Mitch never publicly expressed any complaints about his early life. He grew up in St. Paul, dividing his time between part time jobs and a budding interest in performance, which was nurtured in his high school drama class.

From Quiz Mitch Hedberg

Answer: Alcoholism

"Alcoholism is the only disease you can be yelled at for having. Damn it Otto you're an alcoholic, Damn it Otto you have lupus, one of these does not fit!"

From Quiz Mitch All Together

Answer: Harding Senior High School

Mitch was a member of Harding Senior High's class of 1986. After his death, students honored the alumnus by running several pictures of him in their "student of the month" columns. Harding High is located on the east side of St. Paul, as is its chief athletic rival, Johnson Senior High School.

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Answer: to be associated with larger sizes

"Xylophone starts with X, zzzzylophone, I don't see it there should be a Z up front. Next time you have to spell xylophone spell it with a z, and if someone tells you it is wrong, say no it ain't. If you think its wrong then you need to get your head Z-rayed. It's like X wasn't given enough to do so they had to promise him more. Alright X you will have a co-starring role in tic-tac-toe, you will be associated with hugs and kisses, and you will mark the spot, and incidentally you will start Xylophone, are you happy now you damn X?"

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Answer: Lynn

Mitch met fellow comedian Lynn Shawcroft at a New Faces comedy showcase in 1996, and the couple married on February 25, 1999, one day after Mitch's 31st birthday. Lynn now manages Mitch's official website. Before they were married, Mitch once remarked in a routine, "My girlfriend is named Lynn. She spells her name 'Lynn'. My old girlfriend's name is Lyn, too, but she spells it 'Lyn'. Every now and then I screw up, I call my new girlfriend by my old girlfriend's name, and she can tell because I don't say 'n' as long."

From Quiz Mitch All Together

Answer: Koala bears

This quote comes from Mitch's first CD, Strategic Grill Locations: "My apartment is infested with koala bears. It's the cutest infestation ever. Way better than cockroaches. When I turn on the light, a bunch of koala bears scatter, and I don't want them to! 'Hey - hold on fellas! Let me hold one of you, and feed you a leaf.'"

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Answer: That '70s Show

He played a worker at The Hub with hilarious dialogue. To Hyde: "You have to leave. There is a large wedding party coming in." "There's no wedding party coming." "Oh did I say wedding party?" "I meant, get out!"

From Quiz Mitch Hedberg

Answer: frog

yep Smacky the Frog .. .so his Smokey the Bear joke wasn't as funny there.

From Quiz Mitch All Together

Answer: "Almost Famous" (2000)

Mitch appeared in all of these movies except for "Detroit Rock City." In "Almost Famous," he plays a road manager for the Eagles, opposite Peter Frampton, whose character is named Reg. The film, about a teenage boy's experiences accompanying a band on tour while writing an article for Rolling Stone, was written and directed by Cameron Crowe, based on his own experiences writing for the magazine. Mitch had some amusing things to say about his experience making the film: "Now, Peter Frampton is a musical legend, but I don't know his music. So when you meet a legend and you don't know his body of work, you have to divert from that fact. 'Hey, Peter Frampton, do you like toast, too? Yes, as do I; it's warm and crispy and a perfect place for jelly to lay.'"

From Quiz Mitch Hedberg

Answer: tennis balls

"I think that Pringles originally intended to make tennis balls, but on the day the shipment of rubber was supposed to come they got potatoes instead." The Pringles container is shaped exactly the same as a tennis ball container.

From Quiz Mitch Hedberg

Answer: where his brother was

"when I was a kid, I used to lay in bed and wonder where my brother was" get it ... twin bed ... hahaha ... he's to funny.

From Quiz Mitch All Together

Answer: Subway

This is one of my favorite Mitch Jokes. "In Kilkenny Ireland, they don't have anything American over there, it's very cool. But they did have a Subway sandwich shop. That was the one thing they had American, and that became the American Embassy to me. I would go out to a bar and [tick] off an Irish dude and have him chase me to the Subway. I said, 'Dude, I'm sorry, but you're out of your jurisdiction. But you can have a cold cut combo, though.'" The name of this CD, which was released in 2003 by Comedy Central Records, actually comes from a quote in the first CD: "You know they call corn-on-the-cob, "corn-on-the-cob", but that's how it comes out of the ground. They should just call it corn, and every other type of corn, corn-off-the-cob. It's not like if someone cut off my arm they would call it 'Mitch', and then re-attached it, and call it 'Mitch-all-together'."

From Quiz Mitch All Together

Answer: His wife.

Late in the evening of March 29, 2005, Mitch's wife Lynn discovered her husband unresponsive in a hotel room in Livingston, New Jersey. His death was first announced on the Howard Stern Show on April 1. Knowing Mitch's quirky sense of humor, many who heard the announcement initially thought it to be an April Fool's joke. Unfortunately, the news proved to be all too true. Mitch's wife Lynn later confirmed that Mitch had been preparing for his own HBO special, something he'd always wanted to do. Dave Attel, Mitch's friend and former tourmate, dedicated a toast to Mitch at the end of every show on his "Insomniac" tour. Thanks for taking the quiz! Please take a moment to rate it, and if you liked the sampling of Mitch material listed here, consider picking up his CD's. You won't regret it!

From Quiz Mitch Hedberg

Answer: hardly ever looking up

It almost always seems he is looking at the floor!

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