'Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee' Season 7 Guests, Air Date & Update: Jerry Seinfeld to Match Wits With President Obama
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Crackle and Sony Pictures' comedy web series "Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee" is debuting its seventh season come Dec. 30, and will feature one of its most prominent stars to join Jerry Seinfeld during a coffee run. Entertainment Weekly reports that Seinfeld will welcome none other than the head of state, the President of the United States, Barack Obama.
The seventh season's first episode, which features the 44th president of America was filmed earlier this month at the White House, where Obama and Seinfeld were driving around in a 1963 Corvette Stingray Split Window Coupe.
"Growing up in the ’60s my kid dream was always to be an astronaut—doing a comedy show with President Obama in and around the White House felt like going into space," Seinfeld said in a statement. "How did I get here?’ ‘Is this really happening?’ The President’s humor and generosity are the only reasons this was even possible."
"He was so easy and fun to be with," the 61-year-old comedian, who also created and acts as director of the show, said of Obama.
"Being President and just a cool guy to hang out with at the same time made the experience my own personal moonwalk," said Seinfeld. "It was an unforgettable day."
Obama's episode is slated to stream on Crackle on Dec. 30 at 11:30 p.m. ET. Deadline reports that other guests slated to appear on the show this season are Will Ferrell, Steve Martin, Garry Shandling, Kathleen Madigan, and Sebastian Maniscalco.
Since its inception in 2012, "Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee" has featured guest stars such as Larry David, Ricky Gervais, Alec Baldwin, Sarah Silverman, David Letterman, Seth Meyers, Chris Rock, Louis C.K., Patton Oswalt, Jay Leno, Tina Fey, Sarah Jessica Parker, Aziz Ansari, Jon Stewart, Kevin Hart, Amy Schumer, Fred Armisen, Jimmy Fallon, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Jim Carrey, and Stephen Colbert, among others.
Huffington Post reports that in 2014, Seinfeld spoke with David Letterman at The Paley Center in New York City to talk about "Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee".
"Part of what makes the show watchable is that it's always moving. There's no narrative [to] drive the story. We know what happens. We know they're going to get coffee," Seinfeld explained. "You need a kinetic energy to move it along. Moving people around keeps them awake."
"It's an anti-show about a nonevent," Seinfeld said. He added that it doesn't take much to be a great guest on the show, saying, "It doesn't matter, as long as I can engage with the person."
"Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee" comes back on Dec. 30 at 11:30 p.m. ET, with new episodes every Wednesday at the same time.