Ok. So we went to see "Batman: The Dark Knight" this evening. It was a great movie...generally clean, great directing, fantastic editing and sound design, good music, great acting. But the real story is that we had another star sighting tonight. Now it wasn't Christian Bale or Morgan Freeman, but it was still pretty fun. Do you know the name David Koeschner? I didn't know it. He's one of those guys that you see and go,

"Hey! It's that guy... from that movie...OH what movie was it?! He was funny. He was kinda goofy. Man, I just saw it too!"

You might know him from his most recent role in the movie, "Get Smart" as Larabee. You might also recognize him as the character Todd Packer from "The Office." He typically plays a goofy side-kick kind of role and is usually pretty funny.



Tonight, he arrived late for the movie with about 10 other people. We went to the Arclight in Sherman Oaks and if you've been to the Arclight before you know that when you buy a ticket, you're actually buying an assigned seat. It's not hard to find your seat in the theater. There are ushers all around who insist on showing you to your seat even if you already know where it is. For some reason, Koecshner and his pals weren't able to find there seats for about 8 minutes. They stood around talking with 4 ushers looking confused and not being subtle in the least. The reason I noticed him was that I was getting annoyed at his group for making so much noise. As they walked toward me, I looked at them to see what in the world could be so difficult. He stopped right in front of me to talk with his lady-friend (yes, in front of me, blocking the screen....nice. Good thing it was only the previews) as I looked up with a look on my face that said "Hey Buddy, the seats are numbered. It's simple - look at your ticket then look at the seats..." I recognized him as an actor. I was pleasantly surprised, but still a little annoyed.