Mitch Hedberg

This week marks the five year anniversary of the passing of comedic genius Mitch Hedberg. It's hard to imagine that it's been five years already. Mitch died on March 29, 2005 but it wasn't announced publicly until April 1. My first thought was that it was a classic Hedberg thing to do to die and have it announced on April 1st so no one would believe it was true. I've always been a fan of the stand-up comic/social commentators like Bill Hicks and George Carlin, but something about Mitch's style and quirky delivery put him right up there with the heavier thinkers. No matter how much time passes I will continue to make obscure references to ducks eating for free at Subway and will continue to implore those "do not disturb" signs on hotel doorknobs to embrace the contraction. People will, of course, continue to be confused and/or annoyed by these remarks, but that has never stopped me before and it will not do so in the future.