In today's "celebrities are just like us!" news, it turns out Jerry Seinfeld is a fan of both NPR and coffee, like a REAL New Yorker: he was apparently listening to a Coffee Week segment on the station's Morning Edition show, and felt compelled to call in and share a few thoughts on drinking java. So, what's the deal with coffee? Here are a few of Seinfeld's insights, straight from the Man Himself:
Coffee is a new thing for him: "I just started. All those years on the TV series, whenever we would have a scene in the coffee shop, they would say, 'What do you want to drink?' and I would say, 'I don't care,' so they would just give me a cup of black coffee and I would just touch it. And then something happened about five years ago. I started touring a lot, and we would have these great big, fun breakfasts in the hotel and [coffee] just seemed to go really well with the French toast—the sugar and the milk—and it just seemed like the perfect French toast companion."
Coffee might be the answer to the meaning of life: "It’s legal. It’s not expensive. And they have a whole world for you with all their little words. It’s just something to do. My theory is 98 percent of all human endeavor is killing time. This is a great way to do it...We want to do a lot of stuff. We're not in great shape. We didn't get a good night's sleep. We're a little depressed. Coffee solves all these problems in one delightful little cup."
It's the perfect high-brow/low-brow hybrid habit: "Here's the secret to being a great coffee enjoyer: You want the sophistication of the snob without the pretension of the snob. So you want to know what's going on, but don't be a fussbudget about it...When you go into Three Guys Coffeeshop on Columbus, don't complain that it's not as good as Gimme Coffee or Mudd or one of these places."
Coffee's an easy pleaser: "I don't give a damn. That's the beauty of it. It doesn't matter. That's the nearest place. I'll meet you there. And you know what? Coffee's all good. It's all good. As long as it's fresh, it's good. And it's always fresh in New York. ... I think we're a more productive society as a result."
This isn't the first time Seinfeld's delved into coffee talk—he's got a web series called "Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee," which is exactly what it sounds like, and has drawn guest stars like Ricky Gervais, Michael Richards and Alec Baldwin.
