''Strategic Grill Locations'' is a comedy album from

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. It is a recording of a performance at

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, 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, ''

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'', 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

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. The original release featured a different cover.Hedberg's CD page
noting, "the original cover of "Strategic Grill Locations" is no longer available." Retrieved July 6, 2008. Like ''

'', 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

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Track listing

#"The CD Jokes" - 2:36 #"Koalas" - 3:08 #"Highlights" - 2:08 #"You Were Good" - 2:00 #"Shaving Too" - 2:12 #"Minibar" - 2:58 #"Beret and Pancakes" - 1:49 #"The Velcro Wallet" - 2:41 #"Dry Clean Only" - 1:27 #"Gambling" - 2:25 #"My Necklace" - 2:45 #"Acting" - 2:59 #"Lynn" - 2:45 #"Tomatoes" - 2:39 #"Six People Isn't Convincing" - 2:55 #"Cookies" - 3:13 #"Oatmeal" - 2:44 #"Smackie the Frog" - 2:50 #"Frogs and Bears" - 3:00 #"Fire Exit" - 3:12 #"The Dufrenes" - 1:21

References

{{Authority control Mitch Hedberg albums 1999 debut albums 1999 live albums Comedy Central Records live albums Stand-up comedy albums 1990s comedy albums Live comedy albums Spoken word albums by American artists Live spoken word albums