Jerry Seinfeld picks up Jay Leno in an unbelievably rare Porsche and they drive around Hollywood, then stop for coffee. Two great comedians letting us listen in on their conversation.
I loved this one. Here's the thing with Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee and "racism." It's not an ensemble cast. If Jerry can't find common ground with you, then it's going to be a fairly crappy episode. Chapelle would be hilarious, but I don't think he'd do it; Wanda Sykes? Maybe. But I don't think Jerry and Mindy Kaling would be able to have a conversation. I can't imagine Jerry having anything good to say with Jeff Foxworthy or the "Git er done" guy either, so its not about race; it's about substance.
Btw. The Chris Rock episode is the best. They get stopped by the cops and Chris kind of freaks out.
Chapelle isn't doing much of anything right now that's mainstream. He seems to be in a delicate situation and kind of shunning the spotlight. But I could be wrong.
I think Leno's going to end up doing something like Jerry's doing now; or some sort of an expansion of his car stuff. Have any of you seen Jay Leno's Garage? Pretty good stuff.
If you like Porsches and the Porsche by Design show comes to a museum near you, it is worth seeing. There is a '38 Porsche type 64 Berlin-Rom Racer in that show that makes the '49 look positively modern.
Isn't it great when two guys genuinely like each other?
Yes. That is one of the things that attracted me to this video. They've been friends all their adult lives, respect each other, and are a the level of success where they don't need to compete with one another.
The other things are that they don't work blue, and they are both smart guys. Plus Seinfeld is every bit as much a car collector as Leno. Seinfeld owns one of every Porsche model every built.
You can tell how they edited & re-sequenced the coffee shop scenes by looking to see if Leno has a coffee cup or bottle of Mexican Coca-Cola in front of him.
Clearly, his first taste of coffee grossed him out so much that needed something to wash the taste out of his mouth. I can sympathize. I don't like coffee much either, but I'll drink it to stay awake and I'll always wash the taste out of my mouth with something else at the end of that cup of coffee.
Isn't it great when two guys genuinely like each other?
I watched Leno for years & years, and his best interviews were always with other comics. Not only were the comics generally brighter & more articulate on their feet than the actors, but he could always bring out the best in them.
He was good friends with Phil Hartmann, and his sign-off tribute to PH after he was murdered was truly moving.
Years ago - during the 1980s poll-grabbing epidemic, I happened to see Jay Leno open for a music act at Mackey Auditorium. Weird. He was hilarious & I recall thinking - wow he's good.
Spinelli - I agree. Clean funny is real funny. So many modern comedians use profanity and/or they throw the "n" word around as if it's a punch-line. Boring. It's not a sign of talent, it's a sign of intellectually lazy cultural rot.
I'm not a total prude. I don't mind a few well placed F-bombs, but the material should stand on it's own without the props and crutches. I can also do without the over the top gross-out sexual imagery. I heard one young male comedian on XM radio -- in his bit, he described violent revenge-filled rhinoceros ejaculation. What if I had a child or my father with me in the car? not funny. Again - sex is funny - but crude disguising imagery-- not so much. It's seems like idiocracy.
Kevin Hart: Funny Ron White: Funny Wanda Sykes: Used to be funny. Jerry Seinfeld: Plays a comedian on tv. Jeff Foxworthy: Plays a comedian on tv. Jay Leno: Funny and is a comedian on tv Kathy Griffin: Not funny, never was. Amy Schumer: Not funny. Get a job. Kathleen Madigan: Funny Steve Harvey: Not funny, never was. Fluffy: not funny. Louis CK: Funny but is now officially Trying Too Hard. George Carlin: Funny Bill Cosby: Not funny. Sorry. Richard Pryor: Sorta funny Eddie Murphy: the best Gaffigan: funny
Clean funny is real funny. So many modern comedians use profanity and/or they throw the "n" word around as if it's a punch-line. Boring. It's not a sign of talent, it's a sign of intellectually lazy cultural rot.
Yep.
It's interesting that Leno tells Jerry (around the 12:35 mark) that he thinks that Richard Pryor was the "pivot" comedian that changed the style of comedy in the 60s. Long time since I've watched any of Pryor's monologues, but he was heavy into profanity, wasn't he?
Leno has really grown on me over the years. In the early to mid 90s I preferred Letterman. Then Letterman let the mask fall and reveled the bitter left-wing asshole underneath all the jokes. Leno has just kept chugging along being light and likable. I like Conan too.
What i liked about Letterman and Griffith is they took shots at celebrities. I loved it Letterman made fun of pompous ass B. Gumble and Griffith attacked Barbara Wawa.
I don't know Kevin Hart's stuff at all, but when he started popping up in movie trailers, I said to my spouse, "What happened? Did Chris Tucker get too old?"
Is that racially insensitive?
This is why Eddie Murphy was the best. Being poor and having a cheap mother cuts across all color lines.
Richard Pryor "sorta funny." I know comedy is for the most part subjective. But you are just flat ass wrong on that, Amartel. Even Eddie Murphy, an egotistical maniac, wouldn't say he's better than Pryor, because he's not.
ndspinelli said "Even Eddie Murphy, an egotistical maniac, wouldn't say he's better than Pryor, because he's not."
But he's not saying, I am. Comedy is subjective and to me Eddie is the best comedian and Pryor is just sorta funny. I'm standing by that. Maybe it's generational. Also, there's a lot of reasons why comedians pay hommage to the guys who came before, reasons having nothing to do with whether they actually think they are funny. This relates to what Seinfeld was saying. It's his show, he has on people he thinks are funny, that will interact well with his sense of humor, and he doesn't want to be controlled by some phony ass objective standard of what other people think is funny or want to pretend is or should be funny.
Amartel, I said comedy is subjective. But, as Leno said, funny stuff is like great music. Beethoven is great today. Pryor will be funny in 100 years. I abide your take on Pryor, but you have to realize you are a distinct minority. I love Steve Harvey but I'm not going to argue w/ you about him.
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"I'm not ticking!"
Before you posted this I has just watched the one with Louis C.K.
This is so racist I can't take it.
Jerry must have written the Acura ads. Pardon me.
The Anvil joke made me fall off my chair.
I loved this one. Here's the thing with Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee and "racism." It's not an ensemble cast. If Jerry can't find common ground with you, then it's going to be a fairly crappy episode. Chapelle would be hilarious, but I don't think he'd do it; Wanda Sykes? Maybe. But I don't think Jerry and Mindy Kaling would be able to have a conversation. I can't imagine Jerry having anything good to say with Jeff Foxworthy or the "Git er done" guy either, so its not about race; it's about substance.
Btw. The Chris Rock episode is the best. They get stopped by the cops and Chris kind of freaks out.
Great series. The Michael Richards one is my fav.
"...so its not about race; it's about substance."
Exactly. Why don't you think Chappelle wouldn't? I thought he might not either.
Ellen could be funny.
Oh, as far as the redneck comedians, Ron White could be hilarious, if, they would click. If Jerry just doesn't like his schtick, that's that.
The whole idea of this show is for him to hang with people who interest him.
Chapelle isn't doing much of anything right now that's mainstream. He seems to be in a delicate situation and kind of shunning the spotlight. But I could be wrong.
I think Leno's going to end up doing something like Jerry's doing now; or some sort of an expansion of his car stuff. Have any of you seen Jay Leno's Garage? Pretty good stuff.
Ellen would be great.
If you like Porsches and the Porsche by Design show comes to a museum near you, it is worth seeing. There is a '38 Porsche type 64 Berlin-Rom Racer in that show that makes the '49 look positively modern.
I'll bet the '38 model is a real "Fow-Vay"
Isn't it great when two guys genuinely like each other?
Isn't it great when two guys genuinely like each other?
Yes. That is one of the things that attracted me to this video. They've been friends all their adult lives, respect each other, and are a the level of success where they don't need to compete with one another.
The other things are that they don't work blue, and they are both smart guys. Plus Seinfeld is every bit as much a car collector as Leno. Seinfeld owns one of every Porsche model every built.
Leno loves motorcycles, too.
He has, I believe, a jet motorcycle.
You can tell how they edited & re-sequenced the coffee shop scenes by looking to see if Leno has a coffee cup or bottle of Mexican Coca-Cola in front of him.
Clearly, his first taste of coffee grossed him out so much that needed something to wash the taste out of his mouth. I can sympathize. I don't like coffee much either, but I'll drink it to stay awake and I'll always wash the taste out of my mouth with something else at the end of that cup of coffee.
@ricpic/MH
Isn't it great when two guys genuinely like each other?
I watched Leno for years & years, and his best interviews were always with other comics. Not only were the comics generally brighter & more articulate on their feet than the actors, but he could always bring out the best in them.
He was good friends with Phil Hartmann, and his sign-off tribute to PH after he was murdered was truly moving.
I noticed that too, YH. I was surprised someone that old had never had a cup of coffee before then. He must be revolted by the smell.
Jim Gaffigan would be my hope. Clean as a whistle and piss your pants funny.
Years ago - during the 1980s poll-grabbing epidemic, I happened to see Jay Leno open for a music act at Mackey Auditorium. Weird. He was hilarious & I recall thinking - wow he's good.
Spinelli - I agree. Clean funny is real funny. So many modern comedians use profanity and/or they throw the "n" word around as if it's a punch-line. Boring. It's not a sign of talent, it's a sign of intellectually lazy cultural rot.
I'm not a total prude. I don't mind a few well placed F-bombs, but the material should stand on it's own without the props and crutches.
I can also do without the over the top gross-out sexual imagery.
I heard one young male comedian on XM radio -- in his bit, he described violent revenge-filled rhinoceros ejaculation. What if I had a child or my father with me in the car? not funny.
Again - sex is funny - but crude disguising imagery-- not so much. It's seems like idiocracy.
Kevin Hart: Funny
Ron White: Funny
Wanda Sykes: Used to be funny.
Jerry Seinfeld: Plays a comedian on tv.
Jeff Foxworthy: Plays a comedian on tv.
Jay Leno: Funny and is a comedian on tv
Kathy Griffin: Not funny, never was.
Amy Schumer: Not funny. Get a job.
Kathleen Madigan: Funny
Steve Harvey: Not funny, never was.
Fluffy: not funny.
Louis CK: Funny but is now officially Trying Too Hard.
George Carlin: Funny
Bill Cosby: Not funny. Sorry.
Richard Pryor: Sorta funny
Eddie Murphy: the best
Gaffigan: funny
Kathy Griffin: Not funny, never was.
Truer words don't exist.
Clean funny is real funny. So many modern comedians use profanity and/or they throw the "n" word around as if it's a punch-line. Boring. It's not a sign of talent, it's a sign of intellectually lazy cultural rot.
Yep.
It's interesting that Leno tells Jerry (around the 12:35 mark) that he thinks that Richard Pryor was the "pivot" comedian that changed the style of comedy in the 60s. Long time since I've watched any of Pryor's monologues, but he was heavy into profanity, wasn't he?
So is this the crack free comedy thread?
Kathy Griffin: Not funny, never was.
No, WAS funny. Stopped being funny about 5 years ago.
Leno has really grown on me over the years. In the early to mid 90s I preferred Letterman. Then Letterman let the mask fall and reveled the bitter left-wing asshole underneath all the jokes. Leno has just kept chugging along being light and likable. I like Conan too.
What i liked about Letterman and Griffith is they took shots at celebrities. I loved it Letterman made fun of pompous ass B. Gumble and Griffith attacked Barbara Wawa.
But it was just shtick.
I don't know Kevin Hart's stuff at all, but when he started popping up in movie trailers, I said to my spouse, "What happened? Did Chris Tucker get too old?"
Is that racially insensitive?
This is why Eddie Murphy was the best. Being poor and having a cheap mother cuts across all color lines.
Bill Cosby: Not funny. Sorry.
Go back. Re-listen to the real comedy - the records. Repeat if needed.
I've had a few cups of coffee, but I don't ever really drink it. Tastes like burnt water.
Jerry must have written the Acura ads. Pardon me.
The Anvil joke made me fall off my chair.
They're funny, but way off tone for the brand and don't work. Now Honda or VW? Yes.
Death pockets...
I saw Jay Leno in concert back in the 80's. Hilarious and the consummate professional. I hate him on the Tonight Show.
Richard Pryor "sorta funny." I know comedy is for the most part subjective. But you are just flat ass wrong on that, Amartel. Even Eddie Murphy, an egotistical maniac, wouldn't say he's better than Pryor, because he's not.
ndspinelli said "Even Eddie Murphy, an egotistical maniac, wouldn't say he's better than Pryor, because he's not."
But he's not saying, I am. Comedy is subjective and to me Eddie is the best comedian and Pryor is just sorta funny. I'm standing by that. Maybe it's generational. Also, there's a lot of reasons why comedians pay hommage to the guys who came before, reasons having nothing to do with whether they actually think they are funny. This relates to what Seinfeld was saying. It's his show, he has on people he thinks are funny, that will interact well with his sense of humor, and he doesn't want to be controlled by some phony ass objective standard of what other people think is funny or want to pretend is or should be funny.
Amartel, I said comedy is subjective. But, as Leno said, funny stuff is like great music. Beethoven is great today. Pryor will be funny in 100 years. I abide your take on Pryor, but you have to realize you are a distinct minority. I love Steve Harvey but I'm not going to argue w/ you about him.
I still cannot fathom rcocean thinking Kathy Griffin was ever funny.
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