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2	[[caption-width-right:350:Yep. That's it. [[BlatantLies Nothing else happens.]]]]
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4	->''"You've finally made a show about nothing."''
5	-->--'''Creator/LarryDavid''' to '''Jerry''', during the first episode.
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7	''Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee'' is a comedic {{talk show}} web series created by and starring Creator/JerrySeinfeld, which features him [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin inviting fellow comedians along for a drive and some coffee]]. As you might expect, the show's humor derives from the conversations between Seinfeld and his guests. In addition to being funny, the series allows viewers to catch a glimpse of Seinfeld and company behaving more or less as regular people -- albeit ''very funny'' regular people -- rather than as the celebrities they've become.
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9	A total of 84 episodes were made over eleven seasons from 2012–19, ranging from as short as six minutes to as long as twenty-two,[[note]]This is counting the Jimmy Fallon two-parter as two separate episodes[[/note]] with most in the 11–18 minute range. There are also short clip videos called "Single Shots" which center on common threads between the conversations, such as donuts or [[ToiletHumour the sound a ketchup squeeze bottle makes when it releases its contents]], or within the episodes, e.g., left turns or the closing of the car doors to rhythm.
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11	Episodes were originally available on Website/YouTube, Creator/{{Sony}}'s Crackle, and [[http://comediansincarsgettingcoffee.com/ its own site]]. However, after the series moved to Creator/{{Netflix}} in Season 10, the earlier episodes were removed from the other platforms.
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14	!!Jerry’s guests on the series:
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17	%% Please feel free to add other guests. (These are in order of season and episode airing according to the site.)
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20	[[foldercontrol]]
21
22	[[folder:Season 1]]
23	* Creator/LarryDavid
24	* Creator/RickyGervais
25	* Creator/BrianRegan
26	* Creator/AlecBaldwin
27	* Creator/JoelHodgson
28	* Creator/BobEinstein
29	* Barry Marder
30	* Creator/ColinQuinn and Mario Joyner
31	* Creator/CarlReiner and Creator/MelBrooks
32	* Creator/MichaelRichards and Barry Katz
33	[[/folder]]
34
35	[[folder:Season 2]]
36	* Creator/SarahSilverman
37	* Creator/DavidLetterman
38	* Creator/GadElmaleh
39	* Creator/DonRickles
40	* Creator/SethMeyers
41	* Creator/ChrisRock
42	[[/folder]]
43
44	[[folder:Season 3]]
45	* Creator/LouisCK
46	* Creator/PattonOswalt
47	* Creator/JayLeno
48	* Todd Barry
49	* Creator/TinaFey
50	* [[Creator/JasonAlexander George]] [[Series/{{Seinfeld}} Costanza]] [[spoiler:(featuring a [[TheCameo cameo]] from [[Creator/WayneKnight Newman]])]]
51	* Creator/HowardStern
52	[[/folder]]
53
54	[[folder:Season 4]]
55	* Creator/SarahJessicaParker
56	* Creator/GeorgeWallace
57	* Creator/RobertKlein
58	* Creator/AzizAnsari
59	* Creator/JonStewart
60	[[/folder]]
61
62	[[folder:Season 5]]
63	* Creator/KevinHart
64	* Creator/AmySchumer
65	* Creator/BillBurr
66	* WebVideo/MirandaSings
67	* Creator/FredArmisen
68	* Creator/AlexandraWentworth
69	* Creator/JimmyFallon[[note]]across two episodes[[/note]]
70	[[/folder]]
71
72	[[folder:Season 6]]
73	* Creator/JuliaLouisDreyfus
74	* Creator/SteveHarvey
75	* Creator/JimCarrey
76	* Creator/BillMaher
77	* Creator/TrevorNoah
78	* Creator/StephenColbert
79	[[/folder]]
80
81	[[folder:Season 7]]
82	* UsefulNotes/BarackObama
83	* Creator/SteveMartin
84	* Creator/KathleenMadigan and Chuck Martin
85	* Creator/GarryShandling
86	* Sebastian Maniscalo
87	* Creator/WillFerrell
88	[[/folder]]
89
90	[[folder:Season 8]]
91	* Creator/JimGaffigan
92	* Creator/MargaretCho
93	* Creator/JuddApatow
94	* Creator/JBSmoove
95	* Creator/LorneMichaels
96	* Creator/JohnOliver
97	[[/folder]]
98
99	[[folder:Season 9]]
100	* Creator/KristenWiig
101	* Creator/NormMacDonald
102	* Creator/CedricTheEntertainer
103	* Creator/LewisBlack
104	* Creator/ChristophWaltz
105	* Creator/BobEinstein[[note]]second appearance[[/note]]
106	[[/folder]]
107
108	[[folder:Season 10]]
109	* Creator/ZachGalifianakis
110	* Creator/DaveChappelle
111	* Creator/EllenDeGeneres
112	* Creator/TracyMorgan
113	* Creator/BrianRegan
114	* Creator/DanaCarvey
115	* Creator/HasanMinhaj
116	* Neal Brennan
117	* Creator/JohnMulaney
118	* Creator/KateMcKinnon
119	* Creator/AlecBaldwin
120	* Creator/JerryLewis
121	[[/folder]]
122
123	[[folder:Season 11]]
124	* Creator/EddieMurphy
125	* Creator/SethRogen
126	* Creator/RickyGervais[[note]]across two episodes[[/note]]
127	* Creator/MatthewBroderick
128	* Creator/JamieFoxx
129	* Sebastian Maniscalo[[note]]second appearance[[/note]]
130	* Creator/MartinShort
131	* Mario Joyner
132	* Creator/MelissaVillasenor
133	* Bridget Everett
134	* Barry Marder[[note]]second appearance[[/note]]
135	[[/folder]]
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138	!!Tropes associated with the series include:
139	* TheAllegedCar: [[http://comediansincarsgettingcoffee.com/michael-richards-its-bubbly-time-jerry Some of Jerry's cars are less impressive than others.]] Jerry points this out at times and one of the special guests was ''scared'' to drive in one.
140	** Jerry seems to sum up the trope when describing the car he uses to pick up Creator/JonStewart (per Stewart's own request):
141	--->'''Jerry:''' This is a 1978 American Motors Gremlin. It has an interior. It has an engine. It has wheels. Oy.
142	** The [=DeLorean=] DMC-12 and Siata 8V both break down just after picking up the guests. (Creator/PattonOswalt and Creator/SteveMartin respectively.)
143	* AlliterativeTitle: Three "C" words.[[note]]No, not [[CountryMatters that one]]. Grow up.[[/note]]
144	* AuthorAppeal: The show is all about the three things Jerry likes best: comedy, cars and coffee. It's also clear Jerry is still close with his castmates from ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'', as he's had on Larry David, Michael Richards, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and Creator/JasonAlexander in-character as George Costanza. [[spoiler:Not to mention Wayne Knight briefly showing up in-character as Newman in the latter episode.]]
145	* AwesomeButImpractical: Jerry notes in one episode that the Rolls Royce, despite it's reputation as the original luxury car, is really just "a living room on wheels." It doesn't go very fast and is extremely difficult to turn.
146	* CelebrityParadox: He has had Michael Richards as a guest, and frequently brings up ''Seinfeld'' in other episodes. Yet there is an episode where his guest is George Costanza, [[spoiler: and Newman shows up during that episode as well]]. Perhaps Jerry and George finally got around to making ''[[ShowWithinAShow Jerry]]'' after getting out of prison, changed the name to ''Seinfeld'', and got Michael Richards to play Kramer because they looked so identical?
147	* CoolCar: Every vehicle Jerry drives in the series qualifies and he describes them at length at the start, sometimes by making fun of them.
148	* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: Jerry Seinfeld picks up fellow comedians in cars and they go for coffee.
149	* FoodPorn: Hope you like gorgeous close-up shots of coffee beans brewing!
150	* FormulaBreakingEpisode:
151	** In lieu of a comedian, Jerry's guest in the Season 7 premiere was the sitting President of the United States, UsefulNotes/BarackObama. They also don't go out for coffee, as, for security reasons, they were not allowed to drive off the White House property. They basically drive down to the end of the driveway, then back for coffee in a White House breakroom.
152	** Creator/ChristophWaltz, Creator/SarahJessicaParker, and Creator/AlecBaldwin stretch the definition of "comedian", given that they are better characterized as actors who have appeared in some comedic roles.
153	* FridgeBrilliance: InUniverse example: Jerry picks up Creator/HowardStern in a Pontiac [=GTO=] Judge. At the end of the episode, Stern realizes Jerry chose the car because he's a judge on ''Series/AmericasGotTalent''.
154	* IAmNotSpock: [[invoked]]Zigzagged. Michael Richards tells Jerry that he finds himself slipping back into the Kramer character ''just by hanging out and talking with Jerry''.
155	* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: Each episode's title is a word or sentence lifted from that episode's conversation. The George Costanza episode is notable in that it follows the naming conventions of both this show and ''Seinfeld'' at the same time.
156	* {{Kayfabe}}: The George Costanza episode is not mislabeled. It's Jerry Seinfeld and Jason Alexander as their ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' characters. Another example is the WebVideo/MirandaSings episode; it is the character that has the conversation with Jerry, and it isn't until the very end that you see the real woman playing her.
157	* LazyBum: A reoccurring joke is the pair of comedians talking about how all comedians are lazy with one of them saying that they didn't want to go to work until the evening and another saying he didn't want to do "real work".
158	* MathematiciansAnswer:
159	-->'''Jerry Seinfeld:''' What kind of language do people use? What kind of language--\
160	'''Barack Obama:''' English. As a general rule.
161	* MoodWhiplash:
162	** Most of the Michael Richards episode is light, but he does bring up the Laugh Factory incident from 2006 - at which point the episode gets a bit more serious as he reflects why he handled the heckling badly.
163	** In the Chris Rock episode ("Kids Need Bullying"), Jerry is ''pulled over for speeding''.
164	* MythologyGag: In the George Costanza episode, Jerry and George have coffee at the real-life restaurant that was used on ''Seinfeld'' for exterior shots of Monk's Café.
165	* NiceToTheWaiter: Averted, albeit (probably) jokingly, in the Alec Baldwin episode. Baldwin lampshades it by saying they'll have to leave the waitress a $1000 tip to compensate.
166	* NonIndicativeName: In the show's very first episode, Larry David refuses to get a coffee, much to Jerry's chagrin. A smattering of other guests have also abstained. A few of the guests are also not comedians.
167	* NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer: One appears on the screen in the Michael Richards episode:
168	-->'''Jerry:''' Certain events in this episode seem set up. They were not.
169	* ProductPlacement: Since the show was sponsored by Acura, there is some product placement for Acura cars, which ends up being PlayedForLaughs and [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] to hell and back by Jerry in the episodes in which it occurs. The placements were deleted from the old episodes when Netflix gained the rights to the series.
170	* RunningGag: The above mentioned "Product Placement car". Jerry's lampshading could count as well.
171	* SeinfeldianConversation: The chitchat between Jerry and his guests amounts to nothing because it's just unscripted small talk between comedians, and one of them is Seinfeld himself. Topics include whether or not it matters if someone is drinking tea or coffee, "walks of pride" in bowling and something about the car of the episode.
172	* SuperBowlSpecial: "The Over-Cheer", a.k.a. the George Costanza/Newman episode that served as a ReunionShow of sorts for ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'', was actually a half-time special for UsefulNotes/SuperBowl XLVIII. Unfortunately, [[MissingEpisode that's why it isn't on Netflix]]: they only bought the rights for [[InsistentTerminology episodes, not half-time specials]].
173	* TakeThat: In the Bridget Everett episode, Jerry delivers a rather lengthy one to a comic whose name is bleeped (though it's generally agreed to be Bobcat Goldthwait).

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