Here’s why Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee special George Costanza episode isn’t available on Netflix. It’s doubtful anybody involved with Seinfeld could have predicted what an era-defining sitcom it would become. The show was co-created by Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld, with the latter playing a fictional version of himself. The series was famously dubbed “a show about nothing,” and mostly revolved around the various social faux pas’ Jerry and his oddball friends George (Jason Alexander), Elaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) and Kramer (Michael Richards) got themselves into.

The Seinfeld show’s success was a slow-burn, with the first season – consisting of a mere five episodes – still being one of the smallest sitcom orders in TV history and showing what little faith the network had in it. In a few short years, it would become a pop culture phenomenon. The show came to an end in 1998 after nine seasons, though its final episode “The Finale” was considered majorly disappointing.

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The sitcom also made Jerry Seinfeld very, VERY rich, and in more recent years he achieved another surprise hit with Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee, which is exactly what it sounds like. Each episode features Seinfeld picking up a famous comedian or celebrity in a nice car, with guests running the gamut from Jim Carrey to Mario Joyner, Kate McKinnon and Barack Obama, and they talk about life and comedy while grabbing coffee. The first nine seasons were made for Crackle, with the series later moving to Netflix in 2018.

Reviews for the show have been somewhat mixed, with some loving its introspective conversations between top comedians, to others feel it’s a mere excuse to show off the impressive Jerry Seinfeld car collection. One notable exclusion when Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee landed on Netflix was the lack of season 3 episode “The Over-Cheer.” This episode featured Jason Alexander as the guest, but instead of being himself, he’s playing Seinfeld’s famous neurotic George Costanza instead; the episode also ends with a cameo from Wayne Knight as Newman. This special episode was co-written by Seinfeld and Larry David, with the latter directing, and is a delightful mini-Seinfeld reunion.

The thing with Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee’s “The Over-Cheer” is that it was produced for 2014’s Super Bowl XLVIII, and thus wasn’t included as part of Netflix’s acquisition of the show itself. It doesn’t look likely this episode will be added in the future either. Fans crying out for Seinfeld itself to land on Netflix are in luck, though, as the show will land on the platform in 2021 – and will stream in 4K, no less.

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It’s pronounced Paw-rick, not Pad-raig. Now that’s out of the way, a brief introduction. Padraig has been writing about film online since 2012, when a friend asked if he’d like to contribute the occasional review or feature to their site.

A part-time hobby soon blossomed into a career when he discovered he really loved writing about movies, TV and video games – he even (arguably) had a little bit of talent for it. He has written words for Den of Geek, Collider, The Irish Times and Screen Rant over the years, and can discuss anything from the MCU – where Hawkeye is clearly the best character – to the most obscure cult b-movie gem, and his hot takes often require heat resistant gloves to handle.

He’s super modern too, so his favorite movies include Jaws, Die Hard, The Thing, Ghostbusters and Batman. He can be found as i_Padds on Twitter making bad puns.

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