Jerry Seinfeld and Fred Armisen hung out for a day in Portland back in September for an episode of Seinfeld’s Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, and now that episode is online for viewing. Seinfeld seems pretty enamored of Portland and its coffee—he and Armisen check out Coava Coffee Roasters, who make a decent cup of joe—and he also professes to be a fan of Portlandia. But the real star of the segment is a gorgeous 1965 green Saab Monte Carlo 850, a weird little car (it takes gas and oil together) that actually characterizes the general perception of Portland pretty well. This episode of Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee seems even more aimless than usual, but it’s nice to see the Portland backdrop, as well as businesses like Wolf + Bear and Paxton Gate get some screen time.
Check it out here. The episode also includes a weird bonus sketch with Michael Richards that you don’t need to watch.
It was also interesting being in the coffee shop and some people didn’t know who the famous people were. Others thought it was weird that somebody was filming a show in Portland that had a focus around cars. Another person commented that the “1965 green Saab Monte Carlo 850” barely starting, puttering off, and smoking as it left with Jerry and Fred was antithetical to Portland. All seemed to get a chuckle and snicker out of it.
The whole scene, even off camera, was very Portlandian in nature. Maybe Fred could go meta and film a film about filming a film of comedians in coffee shops filming conversations while driving cars for a show? To meta?