US President Barack Obama took a short spin with comedian Jerry Seinfeld for his Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee web series and told him that “a pretty sizeable percent” of world leaders may be insane.
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Seinfeld, of course, should be well aware of the President’s speeches, but how could expect Mr. Obama to know his comedy practices?
“This is a sweet vehicle right here, this is lovely”, Obama praised.
Mr Obama has “gotten off just enough amusing lines to get on this show”, Mr Seinfeld said in the episode. “I remember seeing one of these things and thinking, ‘If I was ever able to get me one of these, I’d be set'”.
Congratulations to Jerry Seinfeld for cruising around the White House driveway with President Obama in a 1963 Corvette Stingray.
The president said that when he was a youngster, a family friend had a similar vehicle; driving one, Obama said, was a childhood dream of his.
“A pretty sizeable percentage”, the commander-in-chief responded.
The auto was a classic 1963 Corvette Stingray – quite a treat for a president who rarely gets to drive anything other than a golf cart.
Seinfeld returns to Obama’s underwear, asking how far the president can stroll through the halls in his boxers before being noticed by staffers.
“That’s how I do it”, Obama fires back. Seinfeld compliments Obama for “cutting all that red tape in Washington” when Obama appears to answer the call directly.
Sometimes you do want the freedom to leave your sprawling D.C. estate to get a cup of coffee with a famous comedian.
In fact, Obama says that little things like that are the ones he misses about his pre-presidential days. “I bet you don’t have that in your [Corvette]”, Obama tells Seinfeld.
How do you impress the leader of the free world?
The episode began airing Wednesday night, and opens with Seinfeld phoning the president. “I do really well with the 0-8 demographic”.
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Taking the hint, Seinfeld says: “Please try Obamacare today”.
