# 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:** 15\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Garfield226](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Garfield226](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Garfield226)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-steven-wrightish-comedian/270302/41 "2004-10-22T00:50:25Z")
> [@caveman](#): > > I know I’ve seen him, but I can’t recall if this bit is his or not: > > _Sometimes I’ll put a potato in the oven; I’m not hungry now, but by the time it’s done, who knows?_ Yeah, that’s him. \*Sometimes I’ll throw one in there and then go on vacation. I got a king size bed. I don’t know any kings, but I guess if one came over, he would be comfortable. "Oh, you are a king, you say? Well you will never believe what I have in store for you! It is to your exact specifications. I did not know you guys were all the same size. I think I can set your old lady up too!\* Mitch is doing commercials for Jimmy John’s sandwiches now. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-steven-wrightish-comedian/270302/42 "2004-10-22T03:03:35Z")
_My roommate says, “I need to 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…_ ---
**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 22, 2004, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-steven-wrightish-comedian/270302/43 "2004-10-22T03:04:43Z")
> [@obfusciatrist](#): > > Was this guy on _Last Comic Standing_? Some of these sound like something I saw on the one episode of that I watched. I don’t think he was. Mitch has been periodically popular on the late night shows for about some ten years now. (exact date of national TV exposure?) And he has recently been featured on Comedy Central. You might be thinking of that neanderthal looking guy from LCS-II who did quips, non sequiturs, and one liners. Sorry, I can’t recall his name. ---
**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-steven-wrightish-comedian/270302/44 "2004-10-22T03:21:02Z")
> [@Mr. Blue Sky](#): > > Hey, Jake is funny, too! I think that’s what he meant. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-steven-wrightish-comedian/270302/45 "2004-10-22T04:42:07Z")
I always assume there’s someone in the world shaving right now, so when I have to shave, I say, “I’m going to go shave, too.” ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-steven-wrightish-comedian/270302/46 "2004-10-22T05:07:26Z")
I don’t have a girlfriend. But there _is_ this one girl who’d be really mad if she heard me say that. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-steven-wrightish-comedian/270302/47 "2004-10-22T07:36:44Z")
I would like to have a product that was available for three easy payments and one complicated payment. The mailman would get shot to death, the envelope would not seal, and the stamp was in the wrong denomination. The last payment must be made in wampum. ---
**Author:** ![fallapart](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fallapart/32/3018_2.png) [@fallapart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fallapart)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-steven-wrightish-comedian/270302/48 "2004-10-22T08:03:07Z")
- I think pringles’ originaly intention was to make tennis balls, but on the day the rubber was supposed to show up, a big truck of potatos arrived. And pringels is a laid back company so they said “fu\*k it, cut em’ up.” \* 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![1010011010](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/ea666f/32.png) [@1010011010](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/1010011010)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-steven-wrightish-comedian/270302/49 "2004-10-22T12:31:36Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > You might be thinking of that neanderthal looking guy from LCS-II who did quips, non sequiturs, and one liners. Sorry, I can’t recall his name. Jack London ---
**Author:** ![sleeepy2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@sleeepy2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleeepy2)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-steven-wrightish-comedian/270302/50 "2004-10-22T12:34:34Z")
Aaaarrrghhh!! Four days ago I had to cancel my tickets to Mitch’s November Philly show for a class reunion! This thread is mocking me! ---
**Author:** ![KidCharlemagne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-steven-wrightish-comedian/270302/51 "2004-10-22T13:11:19Z")
> [@1010011010](#): > > Jack London Jay London Jack London does jokes about wolves. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-steven-wrightish-comedian/270302/52 "2004-10-22T15:38:22Z")
Some of them are real howlers too. ---
**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 22, 2004, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-steven-wrightish-comedian/270302/53 "2004-10-22T16:00:17Z")
Before the puns go too fur, canine get in on this? (Oh my, did I just throw us for a lupus?) ---
**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-steven-wrightish-comedian/270302/54 "2004-10-22T16:50:18Z")
I don’t know if puns are okay. Alaska mod. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2004, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-steven-wrightish-comedian/270302/55 "2004-10-27T02:07:13Z")
Hedberg was on an episode of “That '70s Show” in the first season. He was the proprietor of the Hub, the junk-food place where the kids hang out. “I did not lose a leg in Vietnam so I could serve nachos to you kids!” “Hank, you weren’t in Vietnam.” “I said, I did not lose a leg in Vietnam!” I hoped he’d become a recurring character, but unfortunately, he did not. They probably thought his style was too abrasive or something. Or maybe it was the drinking problem that’s been mentioned upthread. BTW, **KidCharlemagne** , is his hair black now? I thought it was always dark blond. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-steven-wrightish-comedian/270302.md?page=2)