358: David Koechner - I Hope I Like Me

The HoneyDew with Ryan Sickler

Larson, Stand-up, Sickler, Ryan, Comedy, Feast, Crabfeast, Jay, Comedy Interviews, Crab, Storytelling, Honeydew, Podcast

4.9 • 9.8K Ratings

🗓️ 3 November 2025

⏱️ 62 minutes

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My HoneyDew this week is comedian and actor David Koechner! Check out David on the road, and the latest film he starred in called Ganymede. David joins me this week to Highlight the Lowlights of his small town upbringing, breaking out into show business, and his long battle with alcoholism. We talk about David’s experience growing up catholic in a small Missouri town, and how he would go from sneaking episodes of SNL while his parents were out of the house, to eventually getting a one season run himself. David also opens up about his struggles with alcoholism, the trouble it has got him in, and finding his way into recovery.

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0:00.0	Guys, it's been, I think, a little over a week now, and I can't thank you enough for all the
0:06.8	kind words and the great feedback on this special. I am going to sit here and pat myself on
0:12.2	the back. I went from almost being killed to releasing this special. And it's been a two and a half
0:18.0	year labor of love. And we crushed it.
0:21.1	I found every single person to work on this within a single dad budget living in this expensive-ass city of Los Angeles.
0:29.5	And I'm going to say we crushed it.
0:31.8	We did.
0:32.2	This is nothing like my last special.
0:34.2	This special is special.
0:36.5	It's a bit of a one-man show, a retelling of a near-death
0:40.4	experience, live and alive, streaming on my YouTube now, and go give it some extra love,
0:46.0	because YouTube demonetized it. Within two days, somebody complained about it. They took it out of
0:50.6	the algorithm. We fought. They got us back in there, but it's already killed the momentum. So it is what it is. Go over there. Tell everyone, share everyone, like, comment, help to get back in that algorithm, all right? And while you're there, go to the store, all right? Go to Ryan Sickler.com. Click on the merch. We've got fall clear in sale going on right now. You're going to get a free t-shirt and three free gifts with every apparel purchase. We got $10 T's and hats. We got $20 hoodies and pants. That's joggers. That's night pants. I'm telling you, you're not going to find this sale anywhere else. Get it now.
1:29.5	When they're gone, they're gone. Christmas is coming. Go to the merch store now. Get your
1:34.5	fuck Steve shirts. Get your honeydew merch. Go get it now.
1:39.6	The Honeydew with Ryan Sickler.
1:54.7	Welcome back to the honeydew, y'all.
1:57.3	We're over here doing it in the Nightpan Studios.
1:59.7	I am Ryan Sickler, Ryan Sickler.com.
2:02.2	Ryan Sickler on all your social media. And I'm starting this one like I start them all by saying thank you. Thank you for supporting this show. Thank you
2:07.5	for supporting anything I do. Thank you for supporting the new special up. If you haven't seen my new
2:12.4	special, go watching on YouTube right here. It's free. Shot of comedy on state. Go check it out.
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