When the movie began to take off, Jerry says all he had was a title. I wonder if I could be funny in this kind of medium.' I started to get excited about it." ![]() "I thought, 'This is a new sandbox to play in. "The next thing I know, I'm on a plane out to DreamWorks in California, and Jeffrey Katzenberg is dazzling me with this unbelievable technology that they have," Jerry says. It was just a funny idea for a movie title."Īfter telling Steven his movie title idea Jerry says the Oscar-winning director looked at him and said, "That's a movie. I was performing in Nashville, and I had this thought that it would be funny to do a movie about bees called 'bee movie.' That was itit wasn't, 'I want to make this movie.' It was nothing. "There's a little lull and, I don't know, I had a thought the night before. "We're sitting at the dinner getting along very well, and as dinners can go when you're with new people, sometimes a conversation can stall," he says. Finally, after hours of anticipation, he and his wife, Jessica, left for the restaurant. Jerry says he sat in the same chair all day and waited for dinner time to roll around. is like having a second bar mitzvah," he says. The day of the dinner, Jerry says he got very nervous. We live in the same neighborhood out in Long Island so he said, 'Why don't we have dinner?' So of course I said yes." "I asked him if he would do it, and he said no. ![]() "I had called Steven Spielberg to direct this thing I was doingI think it was a commercial for American Express," Jerry says. How did Jerry's labor of love come to "bee"? He says the idea for Bee Movie began to take shape during dinner with famed director Steven Spielberg. "You can take an 8-year-old or you can take a 78-year-old." "There's something in this movie for everybody," she says. Jerry was involved in writing every line, song lyric and scene in this film, which may be why it took him four years to complete! "I don't know if I'll ever do something like this again, so I wanted to really give it everything I had," he says. He also beefriends Vanessa, a Manhattan florist, while buzzing around town.Īs Barry's relationship with Vanessa blossoms, he makes a stinging discovery on a store shelfjars of "stolen" honey! Outraged, Barry decides to take on the honey industry and end the exploitation of beesonce and for all. Barry ventures out on his own and encounters some sticky situations. Benson, an ambitious bee who wonders what life is like beyond the hive. Not only did Jerry write this moviehe also produced it and starred in it! ![]() Now, he's bringing his comedy to the big screen with his first animated film, Bee Movie. Jerry's hit television show, Seinfeld, made America laugh for nine seasons. Oprah's entire audience is buzzing about comedian Jerry Seinfeld's latest project!
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