How my favourite comedian Mitch Hedberg did writing...

Just added this to my online shrine to Mitch Hedberg...

Lynn Shawcroft - Mitch Was a Writer | Modern Comedian - Episode 4



freewriting, rare home footage, and a glimpse at the notebooks...

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Our house rules 2015

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Our house rules 2015

Our house rules 2015.

No spitting
No raspberries
No rude words
No showing bottoms
No fighting
No biting

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Bit of Christmas spirit. Turns out its for free - adventures of a tightwad dad

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Bit of Christmas spirit. Turns out its for free - adventures of a tightwad dad

This week, I put my ticket in our local hospital carpark machine.
And it was 3 minutes over the ‘free drop off’ 15 minutes.

This carpark is run for profit by Carillion.
But the guy in the ticket office over the speaker let me out.
For free.

The 63 bus on Blackfriars Bridge was rammed, and drove past.
Another one came along 5 minutes later even more rammed - passengers in the front door lobby.
The driver opened the doors and let me on, saving me another 10 minute wait in the rain.


(this is the bus, after I got off)

We can look out for when we’ve been ripped off.
Hard done by.
Gouged.
Taken for a ride.
Pushed into a leveraged position.
Rinsed, beaten and defeated.
(Hello Lawyers. Politicians. Insurance companies. "Journalists".)

Or we can watch-out for the nice.
When someone looks you in the eye.
Acknowledges you.
Sees the humour.

You know. Be kind.


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We never clean our Jamie At Home pizza dish - adventures of a tightwad dad

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We never clean our Jamie At Home pizza dish - adventures of a tightwad dad

Our Jamie At Home Pizza dish can't go in the dishwasher.

It's always on our sink.

Taking a punt that Jamie and Jools don't have one permanently on theirs.


It's "inspired by Jamie Oliver's relaxed approach to eating, entertaining and enjoying life."




Which is good, because leaving it out on the sink is
"inspired by Jamie Oliver's relaxed approach to eating, entertaining and enjoying life."


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Being charged extra for non-dairy and "in" at Caffe Nero - adventures of a tightwad dad

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Being charged extra for non-dairy and "in" at Caffe Nero - adventures of a tightwad dad

You know you're a tightwad dad when...

You're fed up with Caffe Nero charging extra for Soya and “In”, because... I dunno.

Maybe dairy intolerant agrophobics earn more money.

Costa doesn't and is next door.


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Looking at this helps neither them nor me... Dad Stuff For My Kids

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Looking at this helps neither them nor me... Dad Stuff For My Kids

Written on the front page of my Standard tonight...



"Looking at this
helps neither them
nor me."

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More TV graphics gone bad

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More TV graphics gone bad

Couple more to add to the collection...

On the X-Factor Last Wekend...




They're advancing on Helvetica and Comic Sans...




The rest of the TV graphics gone bad...



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Having to type in your cars reg into a pay and display machine and screwing it up - Adventures of a tightwad dad

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Having to type in your cars reg into a pay and display machine and screwing it up - Adventures of a tightwad dad

You know you're a Tightwad Dad when...

You worry about typing your car's registration into a pay and display machine and screwing it up.

(You know the ones... that don't let you create a community spirit by passing the ticket on to someone who needs it...)

We wrote this beauty of an essay in the Tewkesbury swimming pool car park...


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Local shops - Adventures of a tightwad dad

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Local shops - Adventures of a tightwad dad

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Earn 30% more so you can afford to buy stuff there.


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Even more uninvented words for tightwad dads - Adventures of a tightwad dad

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Even more uninvented words for tightwad dads - Adventures of a tightwad dad

Here are some words, just for tightwad dads.



Amteasia
Forgetting that you’ve completely left a hot drink half-made.

See also:

Amfreezia
Forgetting that you’ve put a beer in the freezer to get it cold quickly.

Chardonnayfraude
Getting away with bringing cheap wine to a party.

Shituation
All of the above.


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What writing a sitcom script actually looks like - Dad stuff for my kids

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What writing a sitcom script actually looks like - Dad stuff for my kids

What writing a sitcom script actually looks like.

By me.


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Adding up our 99p store batteries - Adventures Of A Tightwad Dad

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Adding up our 99p store batteries - Adventures Of A Tightwad Dad

You know you're a Tightwad Dad when...

You've wrecked more than 99 quids' worth of toys with 99p shop batteries.


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Thinking up fake company names for Lidl... Adventures Of A Tightwad Dad

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Thinking up fake company names for Lidl... Adventures Of A Tightwad Dad

You know you're a Tightwad Dad when...

You think you could come up with fake company names for Lidl products.

But then realise nothing would beat "Meadow Fresh Houmous".




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Sheer legends in our house - the men who do the voices of the Transformers - Fave things on the web

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Sheer legends in our house - the men who do the voices of the Transformers - Fave things on the web

These men are sheer legends in our home right now...

The voices behind the Transformers.



We looked it up and turns out that Peter Cullen was the voice of Optimus Prime back in the 80's, and was asked back to perform in the movies.




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Our Lego as currency - Adventures of a Tightwad Dad

- Lego as currency -



You know you're a Tightwad Dad when...

You've considered a catastrophic financial future where Lego becomes currency.

Because it's the most expensive substance in your house.

A precious commodity that can be traded, stored, and in our case stockpiled in carpets.

More than that: you've actually quantified your net worth in Lego and how far it might get you in The New World Order.

(Taking into account the weird pieces which are obviously worth a bit more).

Got to say. Quietly reassured by the amount of special clear bricks we can put down...

Guess we'll just still be putting it on the plastic.


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