David Koechner

Related Content

• 100 Favorite Dishes: Baked Potato at Wedgwood Broiler
  April 17, 2012
• Overheard In Email: "Subject: Kelly Clarkson Warning"
  March 12, 2012
• The Washover Fans
  May 16, 2012
• Elvis Costello & The Imposters
  April 11, 2012
• Where to Drink With Your Kids
  February 8, 2012

More About

• David Koechner
• Ron Burgundy
• Veronica Corningstone
• Television
• Stand-up Comedy

Like this Story?

Sign up for the Events Newsletter: What's happening in town? From underground club nights to the biggest outdoor festivals, our top picks for the week's best events will always keep you in on the action.

Privacy Policy Cancel Continue

Native Missourian David Koechner is proof that Middle Americans have plenty of edge. Okay, maybe not in the looks department, as Koechner looks like an insurance salesman. But looks aren't anything, and good-looking comics rarely go anywhere anyhow. Koechner seems to crop up everywhere these days, notably in The Office and in Paul (still in theaters). But it was his role as sportscaster Champ Kind in Anchorman that really imprinted his hairless dome into the cultural fabric. Veronica Corningstone's resistance of the alcoholic, cowboy-hat-wearing Kind's invitation to pair up for “some chicken, maybe some sex” represents one of the great acts of self-control ever portrayed onscreen, and his closeted homosexual yearning for Ron Burgundy all but made Brokeback Mountain possible. His stand-up act is plenty risque, even if he won't actually shit a squirrel onstage. Oh well. MIKE SEELY
Thu., April 14, 7:30 p.m.; April 15-16, 7:30 & 10 p.m., 2011