Perhaps you noticed that the Jerry Seinfeld program featuring the man interviewing comic guests has moved from Crackle to Netflix—and all of the old episodes are available on Netflix for you to peruse.
What you might not have noticed is Jerry’s deal wasn’t just to run the old shows: A new season of interviews just went up on Netflix, and it’s a healthy bunch.
As of July 6, there are 12 new episodes, including one with Jerry Lewis that was probably the comic legend’s last TV appearance. Others include Dave Chappelle, Ellen DeGeneres, Tracy Morgan, Dana Carvey and Kate McKinnon.
The winner in the new bunch would have to be the episode with Alec Baldwin, who does a hilarious re-enactment of a Broadway role that leaves Seinfeld in stitches. McKinnon is a close second, with her sad impersonation of a dog pooping and her winning rendition of Jessica Lange in American Horror Story (“Knotty pine!”). Actually, her impersonation of a Scottish man ruminating on Massapequa, N.Y. (Seinfeld’s hometown) might be the funniest thing in the new season.
As usual, he gets some pretty nutty cars in which to pick up his stars, including a dune buggy, an ’84 Ferrari and ’77 Toyota Land Cruiser.
Leave it to Seinfeld to take a format that looks lame and turn it into one of the more entertaining things on Netflix. The guy is a master.
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee is now streaming on Netflix.