Strategic Grill Locations is a comedy album from Mitch Hedberg

Mitch Hedberg

Mitchell Lee "Mitch" Hedberg was an American stand-up comedian known for his surreal humor and unconventional comedic delivery. His comedy typically featured short, sometimes one-line jokes, mixed with absurd elements and non sequiturs...

. It is a recording of a performance at The Laff Stop

The Laff Stop

The Laff Stop was a comedy club, located in Houston, Texas. It was one of the most successful clubs through the 1990s, and is considered as the heart of the Texas stand-up comedy scene. The club closed after Dec...

 comedy club

Comedy club

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 in Houston, Texas

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 from 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

Mitch All Together

Mitch All Together is stand-up comedian Mitch Hedberg's second comedy album before his death in 2005. It is a recording of a performance at the Acme Comedy Club in Minneapolis, Minnesota from May 2003...

, 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

Mitch All Together

Mitch All Together is stand-up comedian Mitch Hedberg's second comedy album before his death in 2005. It is a recording of a performance at the Acme Comedy Club in Minneapolis, Minnesota from May 2003...

, 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

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. 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

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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