A Good Laugh

You seem like the person that enjoys watching comedy. Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee is something I think you would get a kick out of. I like the show because of its laid-back feel and that the episodes aren’t connected in the sense that it’s one ongoing story. Each episode has its own plot in itself featuring a new comedian each time. While I have my shows that are an ongoing plot, it’s nice to have a show that you can watch and not have to get deeper into the story that is unfolding each time you tune in. If you need a good, light-hearted laugh, Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee is a good show to watch. 

Jerry Seinfeld picks a car for each episode and calls up a fellow comedian to go get coffee. As the car is always a conversation in itself, a few I have seen Jerry drive in the episodes I’ve watched are a ‘76 Ford Station Wagon, at his guest, Sarah Jessica Parker’s request, which Jerry was not happy about driving, ‘76 Lamborghini Countach, ‘56 Corvette Convertible, and also a ‘70 Mercedes 280 SL. Jerry and his guest talk about their careers, where they group up, and other things that come up in conversation. They usually dress casual, too, which helps add to the overall feeling of a laid-back show. Jerry usually wears jeans and his black and blue Nike Shocks, which I find funny. He could wear any shoes he wanted and he always chooses his Nike Shocks, he must really like those shoes.

The show feels very laid back to me because of its camera angles and how it's not a scripted show. I’m sure they talk before filming and actually going to get coffee, but I feel like with the comedians, they go off script and just kind of do what they want. An example is when Jerry and Sarah Jessica Parker didn’t anticipate the drive to the coffee shop to take so long and Jerry wanted coffee and was hungry. They came upon a Starbucks and they jumped out to go get some coffee for Jerry. Things like that make it feel less scripted. It’s camera angles are coming from the car in front of them that has a camera hanging out of the back, a small camera propped up in the windshield while they’re driving, and other cameras that are in the cars following and in the restaurants they go to. They aren’t always the most steady camera shots like you would see in a scripted, Hollywood movie, but I think it helps set the tone and mood of the show. It makes it feel more real as if you were there in the car cruising along a bumpy road with Jerry. 

I think you would enjoy this show because of the feeling that you are there in the coffee shop with Jerry and his guest. Also because it seems like a naturally flowing script and the laughs that the two comedians share are natural, nothing seems to be forced. In one episode with Stephen Colbert, Jerry and him see how long they can go without having conversation, which isn’t long, because each time Jerry or Stephen seem to start to say something, interrupting their “lull” as they call it in the episode. We should get together to watch this show sometime. I think we would both enjoy it.