RIP Harris Wittels

Parks & Rec executive producer and stand-up comic. Probably a drug overdose:

Harris Wittels, of #humblebrag and Parks and Rec fame, has passed away

Also coined the term "humble brag."

He was only 30.

RIP

 

Yeah, I've heard him on a couple podcasts. He had a crazy heroin problem that he's talked very openly about.

Marc Maron put up the podcast with him from a couple months ago, where he shares some pretty crazy stories about how he got hooked on heroin.

Very sad. RIP...

 

This made me laugh, love jokes like the Pontius thing.

Aziz Ansari - RIP Harris Wittels. 1984-2015.

 

Awesome tribute by Ansari.

 

Thanks for sharing that, Iron, it was a great read. Both heart-felt and funny.

 

Shituation is the funniest thing I have read in a long time.

 

Harris had a ton of great appearances on the Comedy Bang! Bang! podcast. And his efforts to get his comedian friends to like Phish were quite humorous.

 

He tells a story on Maron's podcast about trying to buy heroin that is just haunting.

Just crazy stuff. A super-smart, super-funny guy who clearly had a shitload of demons.

 

One of the demons is wanting/needing to get right back to work quickly after he left rehab.

Many addicts are so caught up in their work a coping mechanism that works is an addiction. Gets you through.

 

Addictive personalities never go away, but they can be redirected.

 

Similar to having an MLS addiction?