# Identify this Steven Wrightish comedian. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 20, 2004, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-steven-wrightish-comedian/270302 "2004-10-20T23:09:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![KidCharlemagne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2004, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-steven-wrightish-comedian/270302/1 "2004-10-20T23:09:37Z")
I saw a commercial on Comedy Central today that had a snippet of a show by a comedian whose name I can’t remember. He’s not terribly well known but funny as hell. He’s a young guy with longish shaggy black hair and never looks at the audience during his set; he always looks down and comes off as quite odd. His set consists of one liners similar in style to Steven Wright’s. The one I most remember is something like: I can’t wait till my set is over because I have a pack of life savers in my pocket and the next one is pineapple. The one on the commercial is something like: I’ve noticed that my popularity with ducks is directly related to whether or not I’m carrying bread. Can anyone name this guy? ---
**Author:** ![Freejooky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ba8739/32.png) [@Freejooky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freejooky)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2004, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-steven-wrightish-comedian/270302/2 "2004-10-20T23:10:53Z")
Mitch Hedburg. ---
**Author:** ![KidCharlemagne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2004, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-steven-wrightish-comedian/270302/3 "2004-10-20T23:11:25Z")
Christ that was fast. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![\_Deep\_F\_ied](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/7cd45c/32.png) [@\_Deep\_F\_ied](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_Deep_F_ied)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2004, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-steven-wrightish-comedian/270302/4 "2004-10-20T23:11:32Z")
Sounds like the incredibly talented Mitch Hedberg. I’ve seen him live and laughed my ass off. ---
**Author:** ![Strainger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/strainger/32/244_2.png) [@Strainger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strainger)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2004, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-steven-wrightish-comedian/270302/5 "2004-10-20T23:12:19Z")
Sounds like [Mitch Hedberg](http://www.mitchhedberg.net/). Unfortunately his drinking seems to be affecting his performances lately, based on what I heard about his recent performance here in AZ and what I read at his website about his (absence from a) performance in Seattle. ---
**Author:** ![\_Deep\_F\_ied](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/7cd45c/32.png) [@\_Deep\_F\_ied](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_Deep_F_ied)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2004, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-steven-wrightish-comedian/270302/6 "2004-10-20T23:13:02Z")
oops…[linky link](http://www.mitchhedberg.net/) . ---
**Author:** ![\_Deep\_F\_ied](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/7cd45c/32.png) [@\_Deep\_F\_ied](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_Deep_F_ied)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2004, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-steven-wrightish-comedian/270302/7 "2004-10-20T23:14:13Z")
Well, it looks like we have this one all figured out… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Freejooky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ba8739/32.png) [@Freejooky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freejooky)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2004, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-steven-wrightish-comedian/270302/8 "2004-10-20T23:16:14Z")
Or rather, [Mitch Hedberg](http://www.mitchhedberg.net/). I saw him a few years ago live, and it was one of the funniest two hours of my life. ---
**Author:** ![KidCharlemagne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2004, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-steven-wrightish-comedian/270302/9 "2004-10-20T23:26:29Z")
I’m just listening to the snippet previews of his album over at Amazon and I’m in tears. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2004, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-steven-wrightish-comedian/270302/10 "2004-10-20T23:45:34Z")
I’m not sure I’d describe him as Steve Wrightish (BTW, I knew exactly who you were talking about in the OP, but couldn’t place a name to it until I read the responses.) While there’s a certain similarity in the slightly-disjointed-series-of-one-liners aspect, their delivery (a more recognizable part of the style in my mind) is totally different for each. And Mitch seems to have a more coherant flow to his act than Wright. I prefer Mitch’s style, personally. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-steven-wrightish-comedian/270302/11 "2004-10-21T00:53:57Z")
> [@Strainger](#): > > Sounds like [Mitch Hedberg](http://www.mitchhedberg.net/). Unfortunately his drinking seems to be affecting his performances lately, based on what I heard about his recent performance here in AZ and what I read at his website about his (absence from a) performance in Seattle. Could be. I saw him as part of Comedy Central’s tour with Louis Black and Dave Attell. There were some good Steven Wrightish one-liners in the set, but they were buried under slurred stream-of-consciousness gibberish. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-steven-wrightish-comedian/270302/12 "2004-10-21T01:27:43Z")
I knew just from reading the OP title that you meant Mitch Hedberg. Interestingly, he and Stephen Wright are my favorite stand-up comics (along with David Cross and the late, great Bill Hicks). ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-steven-wrightish-comedian/270302/13 "2004-10-21T02:40:31Z")
When I grow up, I want to be a race car passenger… I would say things like, “Why you have to drive so fast?” “Are we ever going to turn right?” “Man, you like Tide.” ## I was at a restaurant and the waitress asked me if I wanted an ice cold drink. I said Hell no! That would be a solid. I want sip my beverages, not chew them. Odd and funny. Would make a good Doper. ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-steven-wrightish-comedian/270302/14 "2004-10-21T03:06:14Z")
My lucky number is four billion. That doesn’t come in real handy when you’re gambling. “Come on, four billion! F—. Seven. Not even close. I need more dice.” ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-steven-wrightish-comedian/270302/15 "2004-10-21T03:38:44Z")
I want to highlight my hair…because I think some strands are more important than others. ---
**Author:** ![Live\_Better\_Electrically](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/46a35a/32.png) [@Live\_Better\_Electrically](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Live_Better_Electrically)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-steven-wrightish-comedian/270302/16 "2004-10-21T04:47:59Z")
I haven’t slept for three days…because that would be too long. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-steven-wrightish-comedian/270302/17 "2004-10-21T04:59:36Z")
On a container in my pantry, I have written this Mitch Hedberg quote: “Rice is great when you’re hungry and want 2000 of something.” ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-steven-wrightish-comedian/270302/18 "2004-10-21T05:12:19Z")
I was walking down the street at 3 am one night, and I saw a dry cleaner’s with a sign that said, “Sorry, we’re closed.” I was like, man, don’t be sorry. It’s 3 am. It would be ridiculous for me to expect a dry cleaner’s to be open this time of night. ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-steven-wrightish-comedian/270302/19 "2004-10-21T07:14:38Z")
“A rotisserie is like a demented death ferris wheel for chicken. When people ask how I like my chicken I say ‘dizzy’.” “I don’t like that introduction: ‘You may have seen this next comic on the Tonight Show’. I think a better introduction would be: ‘You may have seen this next comic at the store’.” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![chorpler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chorpler/32/2888_2.png) [@chorpler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chorpler)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-steven-wrightish-comedian/270302/20 "2004-10-21T08:11:41Z")
Sounds to me like the son of Stephen Wright and Jack Handy of “Deep Thoughts” fame. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-steven-wrightish-comedian/270302.md?page=2)