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Comedian Mitch Hedberg dead at 37Mitch Hedberg, a St. Paul native whose space-case persona was as much part of his soul as it was his act, died early Wednesday morning in a New Jersey hotel room. He was 37. A medical examiner hasn't issued findings, but Hedberg's family was told he suffered a heart attack.BY MATT PEIKEN / Pioneer Press


some choice lines by Mitch:

"As a comedian, you must start strong and end strong. You can't be like pancakes. All exciting at first, but then, by the end, you're farking sick of 'em!"

"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."

"Swiss cheese is the only cheese you can draw and people know what you're drawing. It's the only cheese you can bite and miss. Hey Mitch, does that sandwich have cheese on it? ...every now and then."

"Thanks to acid I now know that butter is much better than margerine, I saw through the bullshiat. When i was on acid i would see things that looked like beams of light, and hear sounds that sounded like car horns. My friends and I used to do acid in the woods to avoid authority figures, but one day we met a bear, and that was way more of a buzzkill. My friend was standing there holding up his hand, swearing to prevent forest fires. When we got away he turned to me and said, mitch, smokey is way more intense in person."

"I bought them because I like crackers. I didn't buy them because they're little edible plates."

"I can't wait to get off the stage, because I've got LifeSavers in my pocket and pineapple is NEXT"

"I hate when someone hands me a flyer ... it's like they're saying 'Here, YOU throw this away.'"

"The thing about tennis is: no matter how much I play, I'll never be as good as a wall. I played a wall once. They're farking relentless. "

"I hate backpacks and turtlenecks. It's like a little person slowly trying to strangle you"

"I was standing in a casino and a security guard told me I had to move because I was blocking a fire exit. As though if there was a fire, I wasn't gonna run. If you are flammable and have legs, you are never blocking a fire exit."