Seinfeld has been long-dubbed a show about nothing. But co-creator/star Jerry Seinfeld dismissed that label as nonsense during a wide-ranging interview for The Hollywood Reporters Awards Chatter podcast. That was made up by the press, the comedian said, noting the phrase arose after an episode in which George Constanza (Jason Alexander) pitched Jerry, the series sitcom-within-a-sitcom, with that tagline.
Elsewhere in the podcast, Seinfeld claimed Friends essentially ripped off the formula of his show (We thought, They wanna do our show with better-looking people. Thats what theyre doing here. And we thought, That should work') and shared his playful dream of acting in the next Star Wars movie (as a character named Areyouserious).
He also admitted hed welcome Donald Trump on web series Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee if only for comedys sake. He is buffoonish enough, with the long ties, the pinky-index pointing, he said. Hes as funny as it gets. But the comic would insist on driving an open-top car: I wanna see the hair fly.
The seventh season ofComedians in Carsopens with Seinfeld getting a White House tour with President Obama.I was so nervous, he said. I couldnt believe I was doing it. It made no sense to me. He highlighted the episodes opening bit, in which Obama answered the White House phone with a Seinfeld-penned joke. That has gotta be the biggest thrill of my life, he said.
Comedians in Cars Season Eight aired this summer and featured conversations with Margaret Cho, Lorne Michaels, John Oliver, J.B. Smoove, Judd Apatow and Jim Gaffigan.