Strategic Grill Locations


Strategic Grill Locations is a comedy album from Mitch Hedberg. It is a recording of a performance at The Laff Stop comedy club in Houston, Texas, on September 7, 1999. The album was originally self-published by Hedberg and sold through his website and at shows. In conjunction with the release of his second album, Mitch All Together, the Comedy Central label also re-released this album, editing out some jokes that did not get much reaction. This re-release was packaged in a digipack. The original release featured a different cover.
Like Mitch All Together, the title Strategic Grill Locations is taken from a joke that does not actually appear on the album:
Strategic Grill Locations contains 21 tracks of mostly one-liners. Tracks contain a series of both related and unrelated jokes, and are named for one of them. Hedberg's performance is accompanied by Chuck Savage on double bass.

Reception

ranked the album as one of the 40 Greatest Comedy Albums of All Time, as did The A.V. Club. During a Hot Ones interview, comedian John Mulaney listed the album as one of his four favorite stand-up albums, calling him a "totally singular voice".

Track listing

  1. "The CD Jokes" - 2:36
  2. "Koalas" - 3:08
  3. "Highlights" - 2:08
  4. "You Were Good" - 2:00
  5. "Shaving Too" - 2:12
  6. "Minibar" - 2:58
  7. "Beret and Pancakes" - 1:49
  8. "The Velcro Wallet" - 2:41
  9. "Dry Clean Only" - 1:27
  10. "Gambling" - 2:25
  11. "My Necklace" - 2:45
  12. "Acting" - 2:59
  13. "Lynn" - 2:45
  14. "Tomatoes" - 2:39
  15. "Six People Isn't Convincing" - 2:55
  16. "Cookies" - 3:13
  17. "Oatmeal" - 2:44
  18. "Smackie the Frog" - 2:50
  19. "Frogs and Bears" - 3:00
  20. "Fire Exit" - 3:12
  21. "The Dufrenes" - 1:21