Biography

Mitch Hedberg

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Mitch Hedberg was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, on February 24, 1968. He began his stand-up career in Florida, and after a period of honing his skills there he moved to Seattle and began touring. He soon appeared on MTV's "Comikaze", then a 1996 appearance on [error] brought him his big break. He won the 1997 grand prize at the Seattle Comedy Competition. The next year saw him appearing on Fox's hit series That '70s Show (1998). In 1999 he completed his own independent feature film, Los Enchiladas! (1999), which he wrote, directed, produced and starred in. He has also recorded two comedy CDs entitled "Mitch All Together" and "Strategic Grill Locations". He has appeared at the 2001 Montreal Just For Laughs comedy festival. Mitch Hedberg died on March 30, 2005 of a drug overdose. He will be sadly missed by all.
- IMDb mini biography by: Anonymous and Tony Oswald

His signature style of wearing sunglasses indoors and staring at the floor were due to his crippling stage fright and ways of making him forget about his audience.
In 2000, he performed at Gator Growl, the world's largest student-run pep rally.
He admitted to having no interest in school and just barely graduated high school.
He was of Swedish (from his paternal grandfather), Czech, and German descent.
Son of Arne Hedberg & Mary Hedberg, of St. Paul. Brother of Wendy Brown of Woodbury & Angie Andreson of South St. Paul.

Alcoholism is the only disease you can get yelled at for having. 'Damn it, Otto, you're an alcoholic.' 'Damn it, Otto, you have lupus.' One of those two doesn't sound right.
Wearing a turtle-neck is like being strangled by a really weak guy...all damn day! In fact, if you wear a backpack and a turtle-neck, it's like a weak midget trying to bring you down!
My hotel doesn't have a 13th floor because of superstition, but people on the 14th floor, you know what floor you're really on.
My friend asked me if I wanted a frozen banana, and I said 'No, but I want a regular banana later....so, yeah.'
I like escalators because they can't break down. They can only temporarily become stairs.