Mitch Hedberg

Yeah, I would ask him to come over to my place. Maybe write down some dialogue for the most famous interview of all time- the interview with a dead man. Mitch died of an overdose in 2005, but before that he was a comedian. No, a stand-up comedy artist. He was funny, and he wasn't vulgar... at least, not on stage. If he was vulgar outside the stage, that's okay, it's all a part of what made Mitch. I would ask him about his favorite book, movie, color, music, and about his views of religion, but that would just start off the evening. 

What I really want to know is how hard it was for him to become famous and respected in his field of work. Do you have to be a person from a unique background to have character and interest? Or can anybody make good material, comedy or otherwise? How did he start? How did he improve? I'm also curious as to why he overdosed, but the answer is probably less mysterious that I'm hoping. He was into drugs and had too many. It might have been a depression/suicide scenario, but it was probably just him having too much fun and not enough restraint. That's okay, too. I wish it were another way, but I'm not going to hold that against him like, "Oh he would be my favorite, but he did drugs." I'm not like that.

If I'm so into stand-up comedians, then why not George Carlin? I've read up on his world views and what he was like when he was alive, and I'm just not impressed. He had such a bleak, hopeless, pathetic, and dark view of humanity. He never mustered up any care or compassion for his fellow man. I'm not interested in that.