Jerry Seinfeld’s video podcast aka "streamed web series" sticks religiously to a premise. Every Thursday at 12:00 pm Jerry (older than a lot of podcast hosts, but also of a different celebrity status) drives a different, amazing car to pick up a comedian, and after showcasing the car, they drive off together to get coffee and chat. Guests have included Mel Brooks, David Letterman, Stephen Colbert, who along with a well-designed corporate sponsor (Acura) team, have continually improved the series' ratings and reviews. In 2015 the Producers Guild of America awarded it the "Outstanding Digital Series" for its 2014 episodes.
This episode with Bill Burr stands out due to the dichotomy
between the comedians' style and pace as well as from the break from the set
format found in other guests' date with Jerry. Burr's provocative material is known to push the audience out
of their comfort zone, so when he and Seinfeld, a family-friendly comic, meet despite the best from a professional production team the chemistry is off. The first half of the
episode, the mandated script-moving car/ coffee shop, shows Burr awkwardly
reserved, chatting away to an almost apprehensive host, who seems afraid to
jump in.
However, the show takes a turn in the right direction as the
two leave the regiment of the episode continuing on to cigars after coffee. By
this time the two are paced, reacting well to each other's style with a
comfortable back-and-forth, carrying it along to when Bill finishing his cigar,
teases the Seinfeld format with "you’re gunna have to end it, ‘cause I’m
not gunna." This episode on Jerry’s podcast is powerful for students
of comedy as well as great fun for everyone. Bill Burr on Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
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