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Mitch Hedberg

comedian, screenwriter, actor, film director, stand-up comedian

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1968  – 2005

Mitchell Lee Hedberg was an American stand-up comedian and filmmaker known for his surreal humor and deadpan delivery. His comedy typically featured short, sometimes one-line jokes mixed with absurd elements and non sequiturs.

All Quotes by Mitch Hedberg

“I wear a necklace, cause I wanna know when I'm upside down.”
— Mitch Hedberg
“I drank some boiling water because I wanted to whistle.”
— Mitch Hedberg
“A waffle is like a pancake with a syrup trap.”
— Mitch Hedberg
“Why is Cloud 9 so amazing? What is wrong with Cloud 8? That joke came off the top of my head, and the top of my head ain't funny!”
— Mitch Hedberg
“I wear a necklace, cause I wanna know when I'm upside down.”
— Mitch Hedberg
“My fake plants died because I did not pretend to water them.”
— Mitch Hedberg
“All these jokes have been pre-approved as funny by me.”
— Mitch Hedberg
“I had an apartment and I had a neighbor, and whenever he would knock on my wall, I knew he wanted me to turn my music down, and that made me angry 'cause I like loud music... So when he knocked on the wall, I'd mess with his head. I'd say "Go around! I cannot open the wall! I don't know if you have a door on your side, but over here there's nothin'. It's just flat."”
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“I went to the store and bought eight apples. The clerk said, "Do you want me to put them in a bag?" I said, "Oh no, man, I juggle. But I can only juggle eight. If I'm ever here buying nine apples, bag 'em up!"”
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“My fake plants died because I did not pretend to water them.”
— Mitch Hedberg
“A severed foot is the ultimate stocking stuffer.”
— Mitch Hedberg
“Rice is great if you're really hungry and want to eat two thousand of something.”
— Mitch Hedberg
“I am not addicted to gambling although I am addicted to sitting in a semi-circle.”
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“I'm sick of following my dreams. I'm just going to ask them where they're goin', and hook up with them later.”
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“You know they call corn-on-the-cob "corn-on-the-cob," right? But that's how it comes out of the ground, man. They should call that "corn", and they should call every other version "corn-off-the-cob." It's not like if you cut off my arm you would call my arm "Mitch", but then reattach it and call it "Mitch-all-together."”
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“Is a hippopotamus a hippopotamus, or just a really cool Opotamus?”
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“I bought a $7 pen because I always lose pens and I got sick of not caring.”
— Mitch Hedberg
“I like refried beans. That's why I wanna try fried beans, because maybe they're just as good and we're just wasting time. You don't have to fry them again after all.”
— Mitch Hedberg
“I used to do drugs. I still do, but I used to, too.”
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“I was at this casino minding my own business, and this guy came up to me and said, 'You're gonna have to move, you're blocking a fire exit.' As though if there was a fire, I wasn't gonna run. If you're flammible and have legs, you are never blocking a fire exit.”
— Mitch Hedberg
“I drank some boiling water because I wanted to whistle.”
— Mitch Hedberg
“I hope the next time I move I get a real easy phone number, something that's real easy to remember. Something like two two two two two two two. I would say "Sweet." And then people would say "Mitch, how do I get a hold of you?" I'd say "Just press two for a while and when I answer, you will know you have pressed two enough."”
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“I wish I could play little league now. I'd be way better than before.”
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“My roommate said to me, 'I'm gonna go shave and use the shower; does anyone need to use the bathroom?' It's like some weird ass quiz where he reveals the answer first.”
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“My belt holds my pants up, but the belt loops hold my belt up. I don't really know what's happening down there. Who is the real hero?”
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“My friend asked me if I wanted a frozen banana, I said "No, but I want a regular banana later, so … yeah".”
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“I know a lot about cars, man. I can look at any car's headlights and tell you exactly which way it's coming.”
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“This is what my friend said to me; he said "You know what I like? Mashed potatoes." It's like, "Dude. you gotta give me time to guess. If you're gonna quiz me, you must insert a pause in there."”
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“When someone hands you a flyer, it's like they're saying here you throw this away.”
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“A guy told me he liked cherries... But... I waited to see if he was gonna say tomato... Before I realized he likes cherries just... All right, that joke is ridiculous. That's like a carbon copy of the previous joke but with different ingredients. I don't know what I was trying to pull off there.”
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“You know when they have a fishing show on TV? They catch the fish and then let it go. They don't want to eat the fish, they just want to make it late for something.”
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“Last week I helped my friend stay put. It's a lot easier'n helpin' 'em move. I just went over to his house and made sure that he did not start to load shit into a truck.”
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“I like Kit-Kat, unless I'm with four or more people.”
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“Whenever I go to shave, I assume there's someone else on the planet shaving, so I say "I'm gonna go shave, too."”
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“I had a stick of CareFree gum, but it didn't work. I felt pretty good while I was blowing that bubble, but as soon as the gum lost its flavor, I was back to pondering my mortality.”
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“On a traffic light green means 'go' and yellow means 'yield', but on a banana it's just the opposite. Green means 'hold on,' yellow means 'go ahead,' and red means, 'where the hell did you get that banana at?'”
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“I would imagine that if you could understand Morse code, a tap dancer would drive you crazy.”
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“I never joined the army because "at ease" never seemed that easy to me. It seemed rather uptight, still. I do not relax by putting my arms behind my back and parting my legs slightly, that does not equal ease to me. At ease is not being in the military. I'm eased bro, cause I'm not in the military.”
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“Fettucini alfredo is macaroni and cheese for adults.”
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“My friend said to me "I think the weather's trippy." I said "No, man, it's not the weather that's trippy, perhaps it is the way that we perceive it that is indeed trippy." Then I thought "Man, I should have just said 'Yeah.'"”
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“I like to play blackjack. I'm not addicted to gambling. I'm addicted to sitting in a semi-circle.”
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“I dressed up for the CD.”
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“I like refried beans. That's why I wanna try fried beans, because maybe they're just as good and we're just wasting time. You don't have to fry them again after all.”
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“It's weird... people say they're not like apes. Now how do you explain football then?”
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“I think Pringles' original intention was to make tennis balls... But on the day the rubber was supposed to show up, a truckload of potatoes came. Pringles is a laid-back company, so they just said "Fuck it, cut em up!"”
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“I want to get a vending machine, with fun sized candy bars, and the glass in front is a magnifying glass. You'll be mad, but it will be too late.”
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“When you buy a box of Ritz crackers, on the back of the box, they have all these suggestions as to what to put on top of the Ritz. "Try it with turkey and cheese. Try it with peanut butter." But I like crackers man, that's why I bought it, 'cause I like crackers! I don't see a suggestion to put a Ritz on top of a Ritz. I didn't buy them because they're little edible plates! You've got no faith in the product itself.”
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“I wear a necklace, cause I wanna know when I'm upside down.”
— Mitch Hedberg
“I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it.”
— Mitch Hedberg
“A waffle is like a pancake with a syrup trap.”
— Mitch Hedberg
“I was walking down the street with my friend and he said "I hear music", as if there is any other way you can take it in. You're not special, that's how I receive it too. I tried to taste it but it did not work.”
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“I used to be a hot-tar roofer. Yeah, I remember that... day.”
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“I haven't slept for ten days, because that would be too long.”
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“I wish my name was Brian because maybe sometimes people would misspell my name and call me Brain. That's like a free compliment and you don't even gotta be smart to notice it.”
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“I think Bigfoot is blurry, that's the problem. It's not the photographer's fault. Bigfoot is blurry, and that's extra scary to me. There's a large, out-of-focus monster roaming the countryside. Run, he's fuzzy, get out of here.”
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“Rice is great if you're really hungry and want to eat two thousand of something.”
— Mitch Hedberg
“Why is Cloud 9 so amazing? What is wrong with Cloud 8? That joke came off the top of my head, and the top of my head ain't funny!”
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“This shirt is "dry-clean only"... Which means it's dirty.”
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“Dogs are forever in the push up postion.”
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“My lucky number is four billion. That doesn't come in real handy when you're gambling. "Come on four billion!... Fuck! Seven. Not even close. I need some more dice. Four billion divided by six... At least. Snake eyes!" I just said "snake eyes." That's a gambling term. Or it's a animal term too.”
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“I like to hold the microphone cord like this, I pinch it together, then I let it go, then you hear a whole bunch of jokes at once.”
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“One time, this guy handed me a picture of him, he said "Here's a picture of me when I was younger." Every picture is of you when you were younger. "Here's a picture of me when I'm older." "You son-of-a-bitch! How'd you pull that off? Lemme see that camera... What's it look like? "”
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“Every book is a children's book if the kid can read!”
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“I play sports... No I don't, what the fuck?”
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“I recently took up ice sculpting. Last night I made an ice cube. This morning I made 12, I was prolific.”
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“I've always wanted a suitcase handcuffed to my wrist... Alright.”
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“I can whistle with my fingers, especially if I have a whistle.”
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“If carrots got you drunk, rabbits would be fucked up.”
— Mitch Hedberg
“All these jokes have been pre-approved as funny by me.”
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“I wrote a script and gave it to a guy that reads scripts. And he read it and said he really likes it, but he thinks I need to rewrite it. I said "Fuck that, I'll just make a copy."”
— Mitch Hedberg
“An escalator can never break: it can only become stairs. You should never see an Escalator Temporarily Out Of Order sign, just Escalator Temporarily Stairs. Sorry for the convenience.”
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“My apartment is infested with koala bears. Its the cutest infestation ever. Much better than cockroaches. I turn the lights on and a bunch of koala bears scatter. I'm like "hey, hold on fellas! Lemme hold one of you, and feed you a leaf". Koalas, they're so fucking cute, why do they gotta be so far away from me. They should ship a few over, and I will apprehend one... And hold him... And pet him on the back of his head.”
— Mitch Hedberg
“I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it.”
— Mitch Hedberg
“Why is Cloud 9 so amazing? What is wrong with Cloud 8? That joke came off the top of my head, and the top of my head ain't funny!”
— Mitch Hedberg
“I like vending machines 'cause snacks are better when they fall. If I buy a candy bar at a store, oftentimes, I will drop it... So that it achieves its maximum flavor potential.”
— Mitch Hedberg
“My friend asked me if I wanted a frozen banana. I said 'No, but I want a regular banana later, so... yeah.'”
— Mitch Hedberg
“So I wish I could play little league now, I'd kick some fuckin' ass.”
— Mitch Hedberg
“I wanted to buy a candle holder, but the store didn't have one. So I got a cake.”
— Mitch Hedberg
“I know a lot about cars, man. I can look at any car's headlights and tell you exactly which way it's coming.”
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“If I was a locksmith I'd be fuckin' pimpin' that shit out. "Say, what's goin' on, man? Tell you what. I'll trade you a free key duplication (laughs)." That joke made me laugh before I could finish it. Which is good 'cause there's no ending.”
— Mitch Hedberg
“Wearing a turtleneck is like being strangled by a really weak guy, all day. Wearing a backpack and a turtleneck is like a weak midget trying to bring you down.”
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“I was at the airport a while back and some guy said "Hey man, I saw you on TV last night." But he did not say whether or not he thought I was good, he was just confirming that he saw me on television. So I turned my head away for about a minute, and looked back at him and said "Dude! I saw you at the airport... About a minute ago... And you were good."”
— Mitch Hedberg
“The depressing thing about tennis is that no matter how good I get, I'll never be as good as a wall.”
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“I was gonna get a candy bar; the button I was supposed to push was "HH", so I went to the side, I found the "H" button, I pushed it twice. Fuckin'...potato chips came out, man, because they had an "HH" button for Christ's sake! You need to let me know. I'm not familiar with the concept of "HH". I did not learn my AA-BB-CC's. God-god dammit-dammit.”
— Mitch Hedberg
“I don't have a girlfriend. But I do know a woman who'd be mad at me for saying that.”
— Mitch Hedberg
“I met a girl who works at the Double Tree front desk, she gave me her phone number. It's zero. I tried to call her from here and some other woman answered. I said "You sound older!"”
— Mitch Hedberg
“I'm a heroine addict. I need to have sex with women who have saved someone's life.”
— Mitch Hedberg
“I wanted to buy a candle holder, but the store didn't have one. So I got a cake.”
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“My hotel doesn't have a 13th Floor because of superstition, but c'mon man... People on the 14th Floor, you know what floor you're really on. "What room are you in?" "1401". "No, you're not. Jump out of window, you'll die earlier!".”
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“I haven't slept for ten days, because that would be too long.”
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“Imagine being killed by a bow and arrow. That would suck, an arrow killed you? They would never solve the crime. "Look at that dead guy. Let's go that way."”
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“Y'know, you can't please all the people all the time... and last night, all those people were at my show.”
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“By the way, you don't have to be sweaty and holding a basketball to enjoy a Gatorade. You could just be... A thirsty dude! Gatorade forgets about this demographic!”
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“This shirt is dry clean only. Which means... it's dirty.”
— Mitch Hedberg
“My fake plants died because I did not pretend to water them.”
— Mitch Hedberg
“I bought a seven-dollar pen because I always lose pens and I got sick of not caring.”
— Mitch Hedberg
“(talking about his drink) Look at all the limes in this goddamn thing! This fuckin' thing is tropical! Look at the limes, how they float. That's good news. Next time I'm on a boat and it capsizes, I will reach for a lime. Like I'll be water-skiing without a life preserver, people will say "What the fuck?" and I will pull out a lime. I'm saved by the buoyancy of citrus.”
— Mitch Hedberg
“It's very dangerous to wave to people you don't know because what if they don't have hands? They'll think you're cocky.”
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“I got so much tartar, I don't have to dip my fishsticks in shit! That's, that's actually kind of gross, you know? After that joke, I always clarify that I'm just jokin'. I do not know how much tartar I actually have. I believe it's the average amount. If we all took a tartar test right now, my name would be right in the fuckin' middle.”
— Mitch Hedberg
“I once saw a forklift lift a crate of forks. And it was way to literal for me.”
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“Fish are always eating other fish. If fish could scream, the ocean would be loud as shit. You would not want to submerge your head, nothing but fish going "Ahhh, fuck! I thought I looked like that rock!"”
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“If carrots got you drunk, rabbits would be messed-up.”
— Mitch Hedberg
“I can't tell you what hotel I'm stayin' in, but there are 2 trees involved. They said "Let's call this hotel 'Something Tree'". So they had a meeting, it was... It was quite short. "How 'bout 'Tree'?" "No." "'Double Tree'?" "Hell, yeah! Meeting adjourned!" "I had my heart set on 'Quadruple Tree'" "Well, we were almost there!”
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“Every time I go and shave, I assume there's someone else on the planet shaving. So I say, 'I'm gonna go shave, too.'”
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“I walked into Target, but I missed. I think the entrance to Target should have people splattered all around. And, when I finally get in, the guy says "Can I help you?" "Just practicing."”
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“Spaghetti... I can't eat spaghetti, there's too many of them. No matter how hungry I am, 1,000 of something is too many. I'll have 1,000 pieces of noodles.”
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“See, this CD is in stores. The only way I could get my old CD into a store is if I were to take one in and leave it. Then the guys says "Sir, you forgot this!" "No, I did not. That is for sale. Please alphabetize it."”
— Mitch Hedberg
“A severed foot is the ultimate stocking stuffer.”
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“Check this joke out: If you wanna talk to me after the show I'll be... Fuckin'... Surprised. I'm gonna have to have some liner notes for that joke, like "During that joke, he points to the back." So people get the full experience. I'm gonna do a bunch of jokes that require actually seeing me. Then the CD will piss people off.”
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“I drank some boiling water because I wanted to whistle.”
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“When I was a boy, I laid in my twin-sized bed and wondered where my brother was.”
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“If I had nine of my fingers missing I wouldn't type any slower.”
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“I don't have a microwave oven, but I do have a clock that occasionally cooks shit.”
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“Bologna is a deli meat for people with eyes.”
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“We're gonna have to sweeten some of these jokes. You know what sweeten means, right? That’s a showbiz term for "add sugar to".”
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“If my kid couldn't draw I'd make sure that my kitchen magnets didn't work.”
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“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.”
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“I think foosball is a combination of soccer and shish kabobs.”
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“Hey, this joke's on the first CD, but I added a new line so I can't fuckin’ rob you of this one: I got an ant farm; them fellas didn't grow shit. I said “C’mon, what about some celery? You fuckers don’t farm. Plus, if I tore your legs off, you would look like snowmen." That's... That's the part that's not on the old CD.”
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“I'd like to get four people who do cart wheels very good, and make a cart.”
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“I didn’t go to college, but if I did, I would’ve taken all my tests at a restaurant, 'cause the customer is always right. (reacting to meager applause) All right, all right. That joke’s better than you acted. Perhaps it’s not. Maybe it’s dumb. It could be. I hear you, man. I'm not a fuckin', genius, for Christ's sake, you know? I'm just tryin' to tell some jokes. Shit, who the fuck are you? That track is number 14. It’s called "Attitude."”
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“Do you think I am standing here, making this up as I go? I am sorry to disillusion you. I am not Robin Williams. I am the king of the pen.”
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“I don't have any children, but if I had a baby, I would have to name it so I'd buy a baby naming book. Or I would invite somebody over who had a cast on.”
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“I remixed a remix, it was back to normal.”
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“I've got an oscillating fan at my house. The fan goes back and forth. It looks like the fan is saying "No". So I like to ask it questions that a fan would say "no" to. "Do you keep my hair in place? Do you keep my documents in order? Do you have 3 settings? Liar!" My fan fucking lied to me. Now I will pull the pin up. Now you ain't sayin' shit.”
— Mitch Hedberg
“My sister wanted to be an actress, but she never made it. She does live in a trailer. She got halfway. She's an actress, she just never gets called to the set.”
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“If you find yourself lost in the woods, fuck it, build a house. "Well, I was lost but now I live here! I have severely improved my predicament!"”
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“I'm gonna fix that last joke by taking out all the words and adding new ones.”
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“I just bought a 2-bedroom house, but I think I get to decide how many bedrooms there are, don't you? "Fuck you, real estate lady! This bedroom has an oven in it! This bedroom's got a lot of people sitting around watching TV. This bedroom's over in that guy's house! Sir, you have one of my bedrooms, are you aware? Don't decorate it!"”
— Mitch Hedberg
“I saw a human pyramid once. It was very unnecessary.”
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“My fake plants died because I did not pretend to water them.”
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“I was walking by a dry cleaner at 3 a.m., and it said "Sorry, we're closed." You don't have to be sorry. It's 3 a.m., and you're a dry cleaner. It would be ridiculous for me to expect you to be open. I'm not gonna walk by at 10 a.m. and say "Hey, I walked by at 3, you guys were closed. Someone owes me an apology. This jacket would be halfway done!"”
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“People teach their dogs to sit; it's a trick. I've been sitting my whole life, and a dog has never looked at me as though he thought I was tricky.”
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“I had a parrot. The parrot talked, but it did not say "I'm hungry", so it died.”
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“I saw this commercial on late night TV, it was for this thing you attach to a garden hose, it was like "You can water your hard-to-reach plants with this product." Who the fuck would make their plants hard to reach? That seems so very mean. "I know you need water, but I'm gonna make you hard to reach! I will throw water at you. Hopefully they will invent a product before you shrivel and die! Think like a cactus!"”
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“So it said "You can have this product for four easy payments of 19.95." I would like to have a product that was available for three easy payments, and one fuckin' complicated payment! We ain't gonna tell you which payment it is, but one of these payments is gonna be a bitch. The mailman will get shot to death, the envelope will not seal, and the stamp will be in the wrong denomination; good luck, fucker! The last payment must be made in wampum!”
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“I went to a pizzeria, I ordered a slice of pizza, the fucker gave me the smallest slice possible. If the pizza was a pie chart for what people would do if they found a million dollars, the fucker gave me the "donate it to charity" slice. I would like to exchange this for the "keep it!"”
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“I saw this wino, he was eating grapes. I was like "Dude, you have to wait."”
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“When I play the South, they say "y'all" in the South. They take out the "O" and the "U". So when I'm in the South I try to talk like that so people understand me. "Hello, can I have a bowl of chicken noodle s-p? Come on, I'm in the South, you understand. I mean I'm in the S-th, and I want some s-p!" "I stubbed my toe, -ch!" "I need to lay down on the c-ch!" "I need to get the fuck -t of the S-th!"”
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“I write jokes for a living, I sit at my hotel at night, I think of something that's funny, then I go get a pen and I write it down. Or if the pen is too far away, I have to convince myself that what I thought of ain't funny.”
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“You know, I'm sick of following my dreams, man. I'm just going to ask where they're going and hook up with 'em later.”
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“Vending machines are a big part of my life. I like when you reach into the vending machine to grab your candy bar and that flap goes up to block you from reaching up. That's a good invention. Before then it was hard times for the vending machine owners, "What candy bar are you getting?", "That one... and every one on the bottom row!"”
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“I got a "do not disturb" sign on my hotel door. It says "do not disturb". Its time to go with "don't disturb". Its been "do not disturb" for too long. We need to embrace the contraction. "Don't disturb". "Do Not" psyches you out. "'Do,' alright I get to disturb this guy... 'Not,' SHIT! I need to read faster!" I like to wear "do not disturb" signs around my neck so that little kids can't tell me knock knock jokes. "Say, how you doin', nephew." "Knock Knock?" "Read the sign, punk!"”
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“I'd like to make a vending machine that sells vending machines. It'd have to be real fuckin' big!”
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“I get the Reese's candy bar, if you read that name Reese's that's an apostrophe-S. Reese-apostrophe-S, on the end of that name. That means the candy bar is his, I didn't know that! Next time you're eating a Reese's candy bar and a guy name Reese comes by and says "Let me have that," you'd better hand it over. "I'm sorry, Reese, I didn't think I'd ever run into you! You're a fuckin' bully, man! Let me at least have a piece!"”
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“The Kit-Kat candy bar has the name 'Kit-Kat' imprinted into the chocolate... That robs you of chocolate! That is a clever chocolate saving technique. I go down to the factory "You owe me some letters!"”
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“(referring to his drink) I got two straws here, in case one breaks down. You know Crazy Straws, they go all over the place? These fuckin' straws are sane. They never lost their minds. They said "We're going straight to the mouth. That fucker who takes a while to get there? He's crazy."”
— Mitch Hedberg
“Listerine hurts, man; when I put Listerine in my mouth, I'm fuckin' angry. Germs do not go quietly.”
— Mitch Hedberg
“If you're watchin' a parade, make sure you stand in one spot, don't follow it, it never changes. And if the parade is boring, run in the opposite direction, you will fast-forward the parade.”
— Mitch Hedberg
“I like an escalator, because an escalator can never break, it can only become stairs. You would never see an "Escalator Temporarily Out Of Order" sign, just an, "Escalator Temporarily Stairs. Sorry for the convenience. We apologize for the fact that you can still get up there."”
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“I wanna get a job naming kitchen appliance. Seems like the easiest job ever. You know, refrigerator, toaster, blender... You just say what the thing does and then you add '-er'. Kitchen Appliance Naming Institute. "What's this do?" "It keeps shit fresh." "Well, that's a 'fresher'. I'm going on break."”
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“I went to the Home Depot yesterday, which was unnecessary; I need to go to the Apartment Depot. It's just a bunch of guys standing around going "Hey, we ain't gotta fix shit."”
— Mitch Hedberg
“To the people in the bathroom: How's it going in there?”
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“Lull is one letter away from being four L's in a... Aw fuck. I thought I had a concept there, but then I realized, no, you do not.”
— Mitch Hedberg
“Is a hippopotamus a hippopotamus or just a really cool opotamus?”
— Mitch Hedberg
“Steam rollers run shit over to make sure it's good. Like if they want to test a product, they'll run over it with a steam roller. How do you know the steam roller's good? Who ran over the steam roller?”
— Mitch Hedberg
“I like it when people laugh for no reason... like that lady over there.”
— Mitch Hedberg
“My girl works at Hooters, in the kitchen.”
— Mitch Hedberg
“Somebody's got a hat they're not wearing... either that or that table's fucking hip.”
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“Why is Cloud 9 so amazing? What is wrong with Cloud 8? That joke came off the top of my head, and the top of my head ain't funny!”
— Mitch Hedberg
“If I had a dollar for every time I said that, I'd be making money in a very weird way.”
— Mitch Hedberg
“Why is Cloud 9 so amazing? What is wrong with Cloud 8? That joke came off the top of my head, and the top of my head ain't funny!”
— Mitch Hedberg
“What am I drinking? NyQuil on the rocks, for when you're feeling sick but sociable.”
— Mitch Hedberg
“My belt holds up my pants and my pants have belt loops that hold up the belt. What the fuck’s really goin on down there? Who is the real hero?”
— Mitch Hedberg
“I had a piece of Carefree Sugarless gum and I was still worried. It never kicked in, I took it back to the store and said "Bullshit!"”
— Mitch Hedberg
“Audience Member: Hey Mitch, I got something to put in that pipe for ya!”
— Mitch Hedberg
“The number one cause of alcoholic relapse in winged insects is being trapped in a pint glass with an ashtray.”
— Mitch Hedberg
“I would imagine that the inside of a bottle of cleaning fluid is... fucking... clean.”
— Mitch Hedberg
“If you have dentures, don't use artificial sweetener, cause you'll get a fake cavity.”
— Mitch Hedberg
“I saw this dude, he was wearing a leather jacket, and at the same time he was eating a hamburger and drinking a glass of milk. I said to him "Dude, you're a cow. The metamorphosis is complete. Don't fall asleep or I'll tip you over."”
— Mitch Hedberg
“That'd be funny if you were a drummer, and you grabbed two magical wands instead of drumsticks. Be pounding out the beat "1-2-3-4 Oh shit, my bass player's now a can of soup... Sorry Rick, I mean Cream of Mushroom!"”
— Mitch Hedberg
“Remember that show 'My Three Sons'? It'd be funny if it was called 'My One Dad'... wait, what?”
— Mitch Hedberg
“I'm sick of Soup of the Day, it's time we made a decision. I wanna know what the fuck 'Soup From Now On' is.”
— Mitch Hedberg
“I have a vest. If I had my arms cut off, it would be a jacket.”
— Mitch Hedberg
“I had one anchovy, that's why I didn't have two anchovies.”
— Mitch Hedberg
“A fly was very close to being called a "land," cause that's what they do half the time.”
— Mitch Hedberg
“Yeah, this comedy is all a part of my “Get Rich Slow” scheme... and it’s working.”
— Mitch Hedberg
“If I was the headless horseman’s horse, I would fuck with that dude. "Yeah, we’re going that way. We’re not headed towards the hay." Imagine if the headless horseman had a headless horse, that would be fucking chaos. "We need a head!" Oh, I got a new headless horseman joke. I’d hate to be the headless horseman’s dentist. You wouldn’t make very much money.”
— Mitch Hedberg
“I can read minds but, it's pointless cause I'm illiterate. I'd know what you were thinking, if I could read. (laugh) I tried to add on to that joke. I got busted. Thought I could squeeze a couple more laughs out of it but, it was not to be.”
— Mitch Hedberg
“I wrote down “tea ski.” What the fuck kinda joke is that? I have no clue. Tea ski, what the fuck? Oh yeah, I remember. I wanna go to a lake and put tea bags in there, for like a hundred of ‘em for like a week, and then I’m gonna tea ski.”
— Mitch Hedberg
“I was at this casino minding my own business, and this guy came up to me and said, 'You're gonna have to move, you're blocking a fire exit.' As though if there was a fire, I wasn't gonna run. If you're flammible and have legs, you are never blocking a fire exit.”
— Mitch Hedberg
“You know when you go into a bar and you want to wash your hands, so you go to the bathroom, and they don't have any hot water? You turn on the C knob, cold water comes out, you turn on the H knob, cold water comes out! It's like, fuck, you cheap bar! But I can accept that, but I just want to know what H stands for now! C obviously stands for "cold." H must stand for, "Ha Ha Dude! You thought this shit was hot, but it is not! Now go spread some germs!"”
— Mitch Hedberg
“I did a movie with Peter Frampton. He's a musical genius, but I don't listen to his stuff. So I had to continuously try to draw attention away from the fact. "Hey Peter Frampton! Do you like toast too!? Yes, as do I, it is warm and crispy... and the perfect place for jelly to lay. Now stay the fuck away from me Frampton, I ain't got shit to say to you!"”
— Mitch Hedberg
“I like wearing necklaces, because it lets me know when I'm upside down.”
— Mitch Hedberg
“When I was younger, my mother told me, "Mitch, some day you're going to have to move out of the house and get a job." Well, today is the day, that's why I'm here with you people.”
— Mitch Hedberg
“I like rice. Rice is great when you're hungry and you want 2,000 of something.”
— Mitch Hedberg
“I saw a commercial on late night TV, it said,"Forget everything you know about slipcovers." So I did. And it was a load off my mind. Then the commercial tried to sell me slipcovers, and I didn't know what the hell they were.”
— Mitch Hedberg
“I like the American-Canadian border, 'cause if you're walking on the border with a friend, and you push your friend into Canada, he can't push you back right away, 'cause first he has to go through customs. "What brings you to Canada?":[Points to the side] "That asshole." "When are you leaving?" "As soon as I regain my equilibrium!"”
— Mitch Hedberg
“Fettucini alfredo is macaroni and cheese for adults.”
— Mitch Hedberg
“I have a new CD; it's in stores, and when you have a CD in stores, you have to do in-store appearances, and if nobody shows up, I just pretend like I'm shopping. That's how I shop; I sit behind a table with a pen.”
— Mitch Hedberg
“I got a wallet, it's a Trifold... that shit is stacked! It's orange in color, in case I want to buy a deer”
— Mitch Hedberg
“If I bought a company that made hot dog buns, on Day 1 we would add two buns to every package... Day 2, work on deliciousness.”
— Mitch Hedberg
“I'm sick of following my dreams. I'm just going to ask them where they're goin', and hook up with them later.”
— Mitch Hedberg
“I recently took up ice sculpting. Last night I made an ice cube. This morning I made 12, I was prolific.”
— Mitch Hedberg
“Why is Cloud 9 so amazing? What is wrong with Cloud 8? That joke came off the top of my head, and the top of my head ain't funny!”
— Mitch Hedberg
“The depressing thing about tennis is that no matter how good I get, I'll never be as good as a wall.”
— Mitch Hedberg
“All these jokes have been pre-approved as funny by me.”
— Mitch Hedberg