118: David Koechner | The Wayback with Ryan Sickler #118 | Full Episode

The Wayback with Ryan Sickler

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Relationships, Comedy Interviews, Society & Culture, Comedy, Stand-up

4.9 • 943 Ratings

🗓️ 2 April 2026

⏱️ 33 minutes

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David Koechner jumps in The Wayback and we head to 70s–80s Tipton, Missouri! Catch him live on, The Never Ending Tour. David gets nostalgic about growing up in a small town, riding (and sometimes running alongside) the family’s Country Squire, working in the turkey coop business, and life at home in Tipton. A self-described childhood menace, he shares stories of punishments, babysitting his siblings, and the moment that changed everything - watching the very first episode of Saturday Night Live, which set him on his path to comedy. 🎟️See me live. All tickets at https://www.ryansickler.com/tour 🎤Check out my new standup special “Live & Alive” streaming on my YouTube now! https://youtu.be/PMGWVyM2NJo?si=SrhXjgzR1pe6CyYE 👉 Subscribe for more standup and new episodes of The HoneyDew, The Wayback, and more! http://youtube.com/@rsickler ✅ Subscribe to my Patreon “The HoneyDew with Y’all”! Get The HoneyDew audio and video a day early, ad-free, censor-free, for just $5/month! Want more? Upgrade to the $8/month premium tier and get everything above plus The Wayback a day early, ad-free, censor-free, and exclusive bonus content you won’t find anywhere else! http://patreon.com/RyanSickler 📧What’s your story?? Submit at honeydewpodcast@gmail.com 👕Get Your Merch👕 https://www.bonfire.com/store/ryansickler/ 🎧 Listen to my Podcasts 🎧 The HoneyDew - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-honeydew-with-ryan-sickler/id527446250 The Wayback - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-wayback-with-ryan-sickler/id1721601479 Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/ryansickler 📣 Follow Me📣 ▪ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ryansickler/ ▪ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ryan.sickler ▪ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RyanSicklerOfficial 🕸️http://ryansickler.com/ 🍈https://thehoneydewpodcast.com/ 🦀Subscribe to The CrabFeast Podcast🦀 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-crabfeast-with-ryan-sickler-and-jay-larson/id1452403187 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Spokane, Washington. I'll see you guys April 3rd and 4th.
0:05.0	Buffalo, New York, I'm headed your way. I'll see you guys Friday, April 24th, and Saturday, April 25th.
0:12.0	Hey guys, exciting announcement. We are doing a live way back at the Netflix's A Joke Festival.
0:19.0	It's Monday, May 5th, it's 7 p.m. at the Hotel Cafe main stage.
0:24.5	It's our first live ever way back.
0:26.7	We're going to have a special guest.
0:28.5	We're going to have prizes, gifts.
0:30.7	We're going to do some fun stuff with you guys as well.
0:33.3	So get your tickets now for the Netflix is a joke festival.
0:37.2	Live way back, Monday, May 5th, 7 p.m. at the hotel cafe, all tickets on my website at ryan sickler.com.
0:47.3	Hey baby, we're going to be here all day. We're going to be here all day, baby. I like this kind of party.
0:53.6	Welcome back to the way back, everybody. Ryan Sickler here, Ryan Sickler, and all your social media, Ryan Sickler. Thank you guys for supporting this show. Thank you for watching this show. This show is so fun. This is, you know, the Honeydews an interview show. This is a produced show. We get to bring people's past to life.
1:11.4	And I am very excited to have this guest back here with me today. Ladies and gentlemen, David Kekner. Welcome to the way back, buddy. Good bless. Thank you, sir. I'm going to say something. I'm not going to embarrass you. I had to drive over here. It's raining in Los Angeles today. Hard. and there's street parking, easy street parking.
1:28.5	This gentleman knows that raining in Los Angeles today, hard. And there's street parking, easy street parking.
1:28.5	This gentleman knows that I'm going to be three minutes late because the traffic is out
1:34.5	there waiting with an umbrella.
1:37.7	And he pays for my meter.
1:40.3	That's who we're talking.
1:41.3	That's who we're dealing with.
1:42.4	No character whatsoever.
1:43.9	A monster. A monster. Ran over. that's who we're talking that's who we're dealing with no character whatsoever a monster a monster
1:46.4	ran over there made sure you stay dry you had a hat on bro i love you man i love you good i'm so
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