Arts: Watch a Short Film About Mitch Hedberg

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Brow Beat Watch a Short Film About Mitch Hedberg By David Haglund Posted Tuesday, Aug 07, 2012, at 08:47 PM ET Last month, the comic Scott Moran launched a series of short documentaries called Modern Comedian. There are nine docs altogether, and Moran is uploading a new one each Monday. The latest one is focused on the late great Mitch Hedberg, who died in 2005 at the age of 37. Moran interviewed Hedberg's widow, Lynn Shawcroft, who is a comic herself. The subtitle of the film is "Mitch Was a Writer," and Shawcroft talks at length about Hedberg's writing process—he liked composing his jokes at Target's in-store cafés, we learn—and also shares many of his notebooks as well as a few recordings from club performances. (You can see some of those notebooks on the Mitch Hedberg website that Shawcroft created last year.) All of which is catnip for a Hedberg fan, of course. But even if you're not already a devotee, the 10-minute movie provides a compelling glimpse into how a joke get from the notebook page to the Comedy Central special, with various stops in between. Check it out. Previously: All of Mitch Hedberg's Sandwich Ads To continue reading, click here. Join the Fray: our reader discussion forum What did you think of this article? POST A MESSAGE | READ MESSAGES Also In Slate Pray for the Sikh It's the Wheel Thing Four Myths About Single Mothers	Advertisement
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