David Punch, the executive producer of IFC’s The Minor Accomplishments of Jackie Woodman, which he also cowrites with its titular star Laura Kightlinger, is the subject of a not so minor piece by Michael Shaw in the LA Times “Calendar” section today. In it, Kightlinger says of Punch:

“I’m a commoner digging a hole in a large rest area. I’m sweating, digging, lamenting my fate. Then an arrestingly handsome country gentleman in tweed boxer shorts and vest, sprouting guns the size of well-fed corgis, takes the shovel from my hands and says, ‘Laura, my good man, what say we decide where to put the filling station before digging holes all over God’s creation?’ And that’s Dave. He brings logic, light and good breeding to the situation. He’s also the innately funny, imaginative, politically current concept person.”

And of Kightlinger, Punch says:

“It’s not every day that you meet someone who looks like a model, who’s as smart as Lenny Bruce and funnier than a barrel full of Jerry Lewis.”