Jerry Seinfeld: Permissions and rejections with Obama’s staff

Jerry Seinfeld recalls the creative process behind his Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee episode with then-president Barack Obama. He discusses the original plan to visit a coffee shop but wasn’t able to due to the size of the Secret Service, as well as wanting a top secret file and a copy of Mad Magazine on the coffee table but having to settle for fruit instead.
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[@shawnhussain7713]

I love how even though Jerry leans more right and President Obama is on the left they still make it work. We need more of that. You’re like a journalistic hero graham. Thanks for all the interviews boss!

[@lpri]

Really wanted them to go and get coffee at Mo's!

[@agreatplace]

Graham and Jerry talking is the absolute best, excited for the full interview to drop

[@SELECT289]

Yeah Jerry is such a good interview I'd prefer the whole video rather than the piecemeal, tbh. A little frustrating.

[@mauiholidayinformation4656]

Dude. Just watched all of your Seinfeld segments, and you KILLED it again! Now sure why Apple TV passed, but your talent is worthy of a much larger platform.

[@LPManic]

It was awful.

[@nollkov]

​@@user2144Imagine some smelly little dunce on the internet calling for your job out of nowhere 😂

[@user2144]

@@nollkov It’s true, you do smell.

[@nollkov]

@@user2144 My word 😂 The mind of a child...

[@t-mac1236]

Please put the full interview up. I totally get why you are posting tid bits because this pleases the people with very little time or attention span. The interview seems amazing and I’m interested in watching the whole thing

[@GrahamBensinger]

Tomorrow! :)

[@t-mac1236]

@@GrahamBensinger thank you good sir

[@larsonfamilyhouse]

@@GrahamBensinger it’s tomorrow and it isn’t up. You’re a liar who dresses poorly

[@t-mac1236]

Our government takes themselves WAYYYYY too seriously. They wouldn’t let him put a magazine on the table?!? Why??

[@Bruno-nd2zw]

It probably wasnt that, but the “top secret” joke. Maybe they didn’t want a top secret carpet lying around recklessly on a table even as a joke

[@Larry-dq4ig]

The White House would rather have cocaine laying around instead.

[@akilamoon2157]

Excellent interviewer

[@whodoyoudancefor]

You choose this one minute clip, where Jerry chides him to ask one question at a time, to comment on the skill of the interviewer?

[@Jarthvader]

"What was the creative process and what did they say no to?" "Let's do one at a time. What was the creative process?" "Yes." "I only did what I was allowed to." 🤣 come on man

[@LeviWritesBooks]

For the live of all that's holy, show me the whole interview.

[@MissRuthComedy]

Are the drawers of those two end tables empty or does he actually keep stuff in there ?

what clubs be Obama working?

[@thewebstylist]

Curious if Jerry’s used Rogaine since the Obama episode, his hair seems fuller now than a decade ago

[@mikecantreed]

Hair transplant

[@bnegs521]

It was a hair transplant known as a FUE

[@overratedgm5713]

It's a hair hat, just like the one George had

[@mikecantreed]

@@merickful Typically when a human defies the laws of nature people comment on it.

[@bnegs521]

@mikecantreed Jerry had so many jokes about hair, bald people and hair transplants...this must be discussed

[@mrc20432]

Jerry is kinda a snob in these interviews

[@ryanclarke7757]

Yes. Every interview I’ve seen him do in the last 10 years he’s come across like a total jerk. Breaks my heart. Loved the TV series!! I also hear he is a complete arrogant dick. Rich, yes. Successful, yes. But what does it all mean if you are a crappy human. Never meet your heroes as they say.

[@billymanziel5666]

He’s a snob in general

[@ethanblackhurst8593]

Is Jerry wearing a piece?

[@TimSmith-db1iu]

This episode really highlights Seinfeld's condescending head wobble.

[@pollard068]

Did he plant the cocaine in the White House, before or after tapping on the window. Asking for my friend "hunter"

[@nickb4356]

He should do one with trump that would be the best

[@c3vzn]

There’s plenty of videos of the orange man talking nonsense for you to watch

[@masterofallgoons]

Trump doesn't know how to be funny on purpose, so it wouldn't work

[@Mickey-1994]

@@c3vzn Does Trump make you cry every day?

[@Mickey-1994]

@@masterofallgoons Barry has no charisma. Bill Clinton with all his flaws would be the best out of all the living Presidents.

[@stevencramsie9172]

Seinfeld has already done an episode that ends in a jail cell.

[@ObscureBalls]

I like comedy but I guess I just can’t relate to why people find Jerry Seinfeld funny. I think he was usually the least humorous person on his own show. The egotistical nature of what I’ve witnessed from him over the years makes him even less likable for me. Seinfeld seems to think that he is the arbiter for what is and isn’t funny, also. Furthermore, I think his stance on Gaza is very out of touch, and he plays identity politics and victim while discussing the situation; yet simultaneously, is a billionaire and no doubt has lots of influence on many decisions that effect the world as we know it. We all have our sins, but Jerry Seinfeld seems unrepentant for anything he has ever said or done negatively to anyone, and seems to be full of excuses and/or anger when confronted with any sort of backlash. I like Graham Bensinger as an interviewer, but I have no doubt that he threw Jerry exclusively softballs and there was likely a meeting beforehand on what was appropriate to question or discuss in regards to Seinfeld’s life/career.

[@merickful]

Flat-earther convention is down the hall, 2nd door on the left. Don't forget to flush.

[@ObscureBalls]

@merickful The earth is round, just like your spine.

[@merickful]

@ObscureBalls To think your novella is important. I wish I had your balls. Last thought is the loser. Cheers flat-earther.

[@morbidmanmusic]

So, comedy = emergency room rush, and sea. Team six. And because he was in a boring raid he now knows what it's like to "be in war" .. Jerry is delusional

[@TheTb11111111]

Totally agreed. He’s always taken himself way too seriously for a comedian.