I Miss You Mitch Hedberg

In Mitch Hedberg's Comedy Central Presents special, he talks about how he's a stand-up comic, but people are always wanting him to do things related to comedy that aren't comedy, like writing for a tv show, developing a sit-com, making a movie script ["I gave a script to a guy and he said he really liked it, but he wanted me to rewrite it. I said, 'Fuck that, I'll just make a copy.'"]. He said it's like going up to a chef who's worked years at becoming a good cook and someone says, "So you're a cook, Can you farm?"

I've made a lot of pies. I'm getting good at it. I know how much sugar to include so as to not overwhelm the flavor of the provided fruit. I'm getting better at choosing which flavor extracts to put in the crust (current favorites are jasmine or almond, but I'd love to try a hazelnut if I could find it). Sometimes if I'm making a rhubarb pie, I'll add a half cup of buckwheat flour, because they're part of the same family, and it adds a nice color and nuttiness to the crust. There's a few reasons I make pies, including: I really like them, and I want people to think highly of me. This second reason creates weird situations for me.

People will try my pie or bread pudding and say, "This is really good, you should open a (bakery-cafe-pie shop)." No, I shouldn't, so stop making me a "farmer" when I'm a "cook."