Everyone knows the name, Jerry Seinfeld. After the immense success of the sitcom Seinfeld, created by Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David, the show was considered the best sitcom on television. Besides his guest appearances as himself and comedy stand-ups, in 2012 Seinfeld came back with a new comedy talk show called Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee.
It later moved to Netflix in 2017. The premise for the show is simple. Seinfeld would pick up famous comedians in vintage cars and take them out for some coffee. The show is funny, real, and comedians just being comedians. Of course, not all guests got high praise and IMDb tells you which episodes received the best rankings.
John Oliver: What Kind Of Human Animal Would Do This? (8.1)
John Oliver is well-known for being a comedian, writer, and television host. He gained more popularity after becoming the host of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. In the season, First Cup, Seinfeld picks up John Oliver in a classic car that Jerry finds impractical. The 1959 Triumph TR3A is his car of choice when picking up his guest.
It's a particularly rainy day on their day out getting coffee. They crack some jokes on British relationships and their stereotypical failure to explain their feelings. They discuss everything from Oliver's show to the odd event of women dyeing their hair at a certain age. Oliver even recounts his experience in having fun causing trouble at HBO by interviewing John Snowden.
Louis C.K.: Comedy, Sex And The Blue Numbers (8.2)
Comedian Louis C.K. joins Seinfeld in the most unsafe car to drive on the road. Seinfeld chose a 1959 Fiat Jolly in a bright coral orange color. It even incites an argument between two elderly Italians over whether or not it qualifies as a car. Seinfeld and C.K. take a drive to C.K.'s boat docked in Manhattan.
While taking a ride on the Hudson River while telling tales of C.K.'s days of doing stand-up in Boston and Seinfeld's career back in the day. C.K. tells a comical story about getting stuck in the mud at low tide with his two children.
Larry David: Larry Let's Eat A Pancake (8.2)
The co-creator of Seinfeld, Larry David joins Seinfeld in a 1952 VW Bug in an azure blue. The show likes to start the episode explaining the car and having a planned phone conversation. They discuss David's odd food preferences and his ex-wife's frustration of not being able to share a cup of coffee with him despite David drinking tea instead.
The topic of conversation regarding David's eating habits continues for quite some time as they sit in a diner. Seinfeld shows his extreme excitement over David eating a pancake. They even discuss the meaning of smoking a cigar versus a cigarette.
Ricky Gervais: China Maybe? Part 1 (8.2)
Ricky Gervais's episode is split into two parts. In the show, the guest appearance of Jimmy Fallon was also split into two parts. For Gervais, Seinfeld picks a more modern yet luxurious car to pick up his guest. His choice is the 2018 Rolls-Royce Dawn in a gunmetal color. Cue the obligated phone call.
The duo discusses the attraction of Manhattan, New York and its ability to never see two people the same. Seinfeld then makes the joke that the only place where they could be alike is China, maybe. Seinfeld cracks a few jokes about Gervais's accent and English customs like Hen Night.
Eddie Murphy: I Just Wanted to Kill (8.2)
Comedy legend Eddie Murphy joins Seinfeld and its a serious sports car. In this episode, the duo travels in a 2004 Porsche Carrera GT. Eddie Murphy discusses the first time he made a group of people laugh when he was eight or nine before he even thought of being a comedian.
Seinfeld expresses the deep love for Eddie Murphy in their profession and takes them back in time to The Big Laugh Off of '78. They discuss the relationship between money and comedy and its effect on your set. Seinfeld explains that as comedians they find the funny in anything and everything.
Garry Shandling: It's Great That Garry Shandling Is Still Alive (8.3)
Some might remember Garry Shandling as a comedian. Some would remember his minor role in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. In Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, Shandling joins Seinfeld in a 1979 Porsche 930 Turbi, which fits Seinfeld's taste in cars. They joke about almost everything and act out a car commercial involving an Oscar-winning actor and a comedian.
In this case, Seinfeld acts as Matthew McConaughey and Shandling as Seinfeld. It creates a comical scene. Shandling recounts his big break when Jim McCawley from The Tonight Show invites him to appear on the show the following week. Over a cup of coffee and breakfast, Seinfeld discusses Shandling's time on Larry Sanders and his ability to create a new atmosphere.
Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner: I Want Sandwiches, I Want Chicken (8.3)
This episode will have you laughing to your heart's content with two comedy legends, Carl Reiner and Mell Brooks. The episode starts with Carl Reiner and Seinfeld taking a drive on their way for some coffee. Reiner tells Seinfeld his normal morning routine of reading the obituaries because he's at that age where you have to.
The day isn't over as Seinfeld is invited over to Reiner's home later in the evening along with Mel Brooks. Mel Brooks and Reiner always eat dinner together in front of the TV. It's Seinfeld's job to get the necessities from Nate 'n Al's. They sit and talk about their old stories in the business.
Barack Obama: Just Tell Him You're The President (8.4)
It's no surprise that in the top three highest-ranked episodes happens to guest star former United States President Barack Obama. At the time, being able to drive President Obama in a 1963 Corvette Stingray around town isn't easy. So they didn't. Instead, they took a ride around the driveway of the White House and sat inside the Caddy that President Obama calls, "the beast".
It's Christmas time, so the White House is nicely decorated as the pair take a stroll to the White House's kitchen. President Obama explains the weird feeling of spending his first night in the White House, which Seinfeld describes at the Night at the Museum effect. Seinfeld digs deep with his questions for President Obama between who on his staff is really smart and his go-to food addiction.
Julia Louis-Dreyfus: I'll Go If I Don't Have To Talk (8.4)
Taking the number two spot is no other than Seinfeld's co-star on Seinfeld, Julia Louis-Dreyfus. Dreyfus played the smart witted Elaine Benes. Seinfeld's car of choice for his c0-star? A 1964 Aston Martin DB5. Like old friends, they reminisce about the old times together on the show. In particular when Dreyfus was five months pregnant and Seinfeld suggested writing in that Elaine "just gets fat."
They go to a quaint little coffee shop where both complain about their coffees being too tepid for their taste. Dreyfus takes the hit and asks for them to be heated up. Dreyfus talks to Seinfeld of her husband's decision to gift her a suitcase and later leaving the yellow pages open to florists hoping to apologize. When together, Dreyfus and Seinfeld have some good laughs.
Michael Richards: It's Bubble Time, Jerry (8.8)
Seinfeld really dug deep for this vintage car. For this episode, he picks up his Seinfeld co-star Michael Richards in a 1962 VW split-window double cab bus. Richards played the famous Cosmo Kramer on the show. This episode is ranked first not only for its comedic moments but because it addressed the controversial incident involving Richards at a comedy club.
Seinfeld praises Richards for his ingenuity in delivering his comedic character on the show. For example, bending so far back when he opens Jerry's door and there's a bright red light. Richards addresses the incident at a comedy club that involved using a racial word out of anger and regrets his inability to take a step back and let things go. The episode ends on an emotional note between friends.