I love Mitch Hedberg. He is a freaking legend. So smart. So unique. So attentive.
He has a joke (which I’m about butcher) about his belt holding up his pants and his pant loops holding up his belt and he says something like “who’s the real hero” — and I just think it is genius.
"I want to hang a map of the world in my house, and then I’m gonna put pins into all the locations that I’ve traveled to. But first I’m gonna have to travel to the top two corners of the map, so it won’t fall down."
If this joke doesn't convince you of his genius, nothing will. He's in rarified air. Wish he were still with us.
Mitch was the absolute best, stitching random hilarious thoughts together and moving from one to another without missing a beat. Simply a genius, like any other master of his craft he made it look easy but his style of standup might be one of the most difficult one to master.
Great piece.
I love Mitch Hedberg. He is a freaking legend. So smart. So unique. So attentive.
He has a joke (which I’m about butcher) about his belt holding up his pants and his pant loops holding up his belt and he says something like “who’s the real hero” — and I just think it is genius.
Oh yeahhhhh that’s a great one 😂
Belt holding the pants up joke always cracks me up 😊
It’s such a good one :)
"I want to hang a map of the world in my house, and then I’m gonna put pins into all the locations that I’ve traveled to. But first I’m gonna have to travel to the top two corners of the map, so it won’t fall down."
If this joke doesn't convince you of his genius, nothing will. He's in rarified air. Wish he were still with us.
I heard that one recently and couldn’t stop laughing
It really is brilliant.
Mitch was the absolute best, stitching random hilarious thoughts together and moving from one to another without missing a beat. Simply a genius, like any other master of his craft he made it look easy but his style of standup might be one of the most difficult one to master.
Exactly
Suffice it to say, Youngman was also a one-liner master. That's why I made the comparison. He was an earlier generation's Hedberg.
He was the Henny Youngman of Generation X.
I’ve never heard of Henny Youngman! Maybe an article about the history of one-liner comedy is in order