Jerry Seinfeld Buzzes His Way to the Big Screen

Oct. 31, 2007 — -- Audiences watched Jerry Seinfeld on the small screen in his famous "show about nothing" for nine years. Avid viewers fell in love with Jerry, George, Elaine, Kramer, the "Soup Nazi" and Junior Mints.

But with the "Seinfeld" TV series years behind him, many fans have been longing to see the comedian bring his wit and humor to the big screen.

Answering his fans' prayers, Seinfeld is finally back in the limelight. This week he'll be flying from the small screen into theaters with the animated feature "Bee Movie."

Fans have been waiting for the much-hyped animated feature ever since the first movie trailer with Seinfeld and Steven Spielberg appeared in theaters.

Seinfeld said he had to learn everything about the animation business before jumping into the movie, which might have driven lesser talents crazy. But Seinfeld has bigger problems on his plate.

"It's a way of life for me. Everything just drives me nuts," he said. "The OnStar system -- how sad is this country that we need a satellite hookup because we can't work out the keys and the door?"

Watch Peter Travers' full interview with Jerry Seinfeld on "Popcorn," which airs exclusively on ABC News NOW.

Well, maybe the stress of making "Bee Movie" and worrying about the OnStar system's effect on America actually did drive Seinfeld off the edge -- literally. The star jumped off the roof of the Hotel Carlton in a bee costume during the Cannes Film Festival to promote "Bee Movie."

"They told me that's the only way French people will go to your movie. That all movie makers come to France and jump off hotels in costumes," Seinfeld joked about the stunt.

In addition to his role of promotional stuntman, Seinfeld also acted as the co-writer and co-producer of the DreamWorks film and voiced the main character, a bee named Barry B. Benson.

A member of his hive's graduating class of 9:15 a.m., Barry encounters a bit of a problem with the job he receives after finishing school.

"He's just not sure the honeybee field is the right area for him and that's all they have … and this is a bee that goes, 'I don't know about the honey thing,'" Jerry Seinfeld said of his alter-ego. "So he ends up going outside the hive, which is only for very special bees [and] he's not one of the special ones."