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To: Petronski; TheBigB; fortunecookie; SmithL; Voss; A Texan; BJClinton; VA_Gentleman; JURB; ...
If any of you have XM Radio, their XM Comedy channel (150) will have a tribute to Mitch all day Saturday.

Here's a link to their site.

XM Comedy 150

75 posted on 03/31/2005 7:30:48 PM PST by Constitution Day ("If you could understand Morse Code, a tap dancer would drive you crazy.")
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To: Constitution Day

Thanks.


76 posted on 03/31/2005 7:31:29 PM PST by Petronski (Choose life.)
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Comedian Mitch Hedberg dies at 37

Jokester was set to perform at Baltimore's Improv; Cause of death unknown

By Jonathan Pitts
Sun Staff
Originally published March 31, 2005, 5:05 PM EST

It seemed like just another on-air phone call. Shortly before 10 a.m. today, the hosts of the Kirk, Mark and Lopez morning show on 98 Rock (WIYY-FM) dialed the number of standup comedian Mitch Hedberg, who was scheduled for a phone interview.

The nationally known jokester was booked for five straight shows at Baltimore's Improv beginning last night.

A distraught-sounding woman answered and said that Hedberg wasn't available. She hung up.

The mystery wasn't cleared up until midafternoon today, when the comedian's publicists announced that Hedberg, 37, had passed away the night before. The cause of death was still unknown.

Stephanie Drummond, producer of the drive-time show, was grappling with her disbelief today. Hedberg, who had become a semi-regular in recent years on such national TV shows as Late Night With David Letterman and Late Late With Craig Kilborn, had appeared many times on the station, which works closely with the Improv chain.

"He's a wonderful guy," she said. "His delivery is so dry. He's like [deadpan comic] Steven Wright, with a little bit of hippie in him."

The show was bombarded with e-mails asking about Hedberg today, many wondering if it was an April Fool's joke. It wasn't.

"We'll be playing a lot of his highlights on the [Friday morning] show," she said. "He'll be missed."

Just two weeks ago, the long-haired comic had tried out a few new jokes on the Howard Stern Show. Some were about satellite radio, which he said he was beginning to hear frequently during his cross-country travels. "There's a reason you can curse" on satellite radio, he said. "Nobody's listening."

The Improv announced this afternoon that comedian Randy Kagan, who was slated to open for Hedberg, would be headlining tonight through Sunday.

Link:
http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/news/bal-artslife-news-hedberg31,1,6888591.story


78 posted on 03/31/2005 7:39:24 PM PST by Constitution Day ("If you could understand Morse Code, a tap dancer would drive you crazy.")
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To: Constitution Day
Unfortunately I do not have satellite radio, but thanks for the "heads up". I think I will go to Best Buy this weekend and pick up a couple of his CD's and DVD's.

Damn, he was funny.
80 posted on 03/31/2005 8:46:09 PM PST by A Texan (Oderint dum metuant)
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To: Constitution Day

That's kind of them. With all the "noise" out there---and all the foul language---even though every once in a while he'd utter a profanity, it wasn't a staple of his act. I liked him a lot.


94 posted on 04/01/2005 5:37:59 AM PST by LS (CNN is the Amtrak of news)
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