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The Cripescast Podcast

Episode 144 - David Koechner

The Cripescast Podcast

Charlie Berens

Comedy Interviews, Comedy

51.4K Ratings

🗓️ 15 March 2023

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

David Koechner’s journey from a small town to Hollywood is one that many dream of. Starting his comedy career at The Second City in Chicago, he went on to land notable roles including Todd Packer in The Office and Champ Kind in the Anchorman movies. While he attributes his sense of humor to his Midwest upbringing, he also shares how he was inspired by SNL at a young age and fell in love with improv and sketch comedy. David being 1 of 6 kids and Charlie being 1 of 12, the two share stories from growing up in a big family and they discuss the life cycle of reusable diapers. Stick around to the second half of the episode where Charlie and Myles the YouBetcha guy preview a portion of their podcast BelliedUp and talk about Myles’ wedding happening this week. Follow David on all platforms @davidkoechner and find tickets at davidkoechner.com Follow the Cripescast and Charlie on all platforms @cripescast and @charlieberens Find the Bellied Up podcast wherever you get your podcasts and on all social media platforms @bellieduppod. Check out YouBetcha too at @ohhyoubetcha. Make sure to check us out on Patreon at patreon.com/charlieberens.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey, everybody. Welcome to the Cripes Cases, the podcast we talk to people

0:03.8

for and or from the Midwest. We are brought to you by Jolly Goodsoda and

0:07.8

here's today's episode. Folks, welcome to another episode of the Cripes

0:15.6

cast. We got a special crossover episode. We are talking with David Keckner,

0:20.1

who you may know from the office and anchor man and all the ton of great

0:25.4

movies. And we also have my good friend, Miles Mont Pleasure. I thought you

0:31.9

forgot my name there. You thought I thought you were. I also was ready to jump

0:37.0

into character as well. I thought you were doing a bit. Oh, really?

0:40.3

Act like him. You were going to do a little champ. I, well, my brain was kind

0:44.0

of certain freak out a little bit because I don't have an impression of him.

0:47.7

Yeah. It's a tough one. Are you a fan of his work, David Keckner?

0:51.4

Which one of the characters is he champ in Anchorman? Oh, yeah. Yeah.

0:56.0

Yeah. Yeah. He also in Anchorman, too. I think opens up a shop that only sells

1:04.6

it says they sell chicken fried chicken, but they're actually just bats.

1:10.6

He sells fried bats at a store. I think I forgot about that.

1:14.3

I got to watch Anchorman to again. I like watch it. And then I forgot.

1:19.2

I forgot a bunch of you ever do that where you watch a movie and you, you

1:22.5

forget, but you know, it's hilarious. I do that sometimes with a standup

1:26.5

special. So I was like, that was a great special. Then I'm trying to remember

1:29.6

one joke. You know, sometimes it's better with a movie that you think is really

1:33.3

funny. Yeah. To not watch it again, because in your mind, over time, it's

1:39.1

built up that this is so funny. This is so funny. And then you kind of watch it.

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