"An escalator can never break. It can only become stairs."

-Mitch Hedberg

I thought he made EXCELLENT use of silence in his act. It takes real balls to pause as long as he often did to build comic tension, especially on your first TV appearance. It's very effective and something you really don't see much of. Mitch Hedberg was great at it too.

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He's right.

I got an ant farm but them 'fellas didn't grow ****. I said "C’mon, what about some celery? You ****ers don’t farm; plus, if I tore your legs off you would look like snowmen."
- Mitch Hedberg

dude could you rip off Mitch Hedberg anymore? boo this guy!

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Much agreed.

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I miss him =(

^ "a waffle is like a pancake with a syrup trap."

RIP Mitch Hedberg

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for fans, we highly recommend more of mitch hedberg in the illustrated form:

http://www.videosift.com/video/Mitch-Hedberg-Home-Movies-Dr-Fizzel-Anger-Management

Mitch Hedberg is so freakishly awesome that my brain gets all tangled up like a funny ball of yarn.

An excellent examination of how status is used in comedy. Whether it be racism, or jokes towards "retards", pedophilia, etc., by downgrading one set, you achieve an implied status in the other. This can also work if it is self-deprecating; look at the works of John Pinette.

My personal favorite type of comedy though is what I call "intellectual comedy," comedy that requires the audience to participate by thinking, and making the bridge to getting the joke. A good example would be Steven Wright or Mitch Hedberg.