Judd & Jerry

This interview between a teenage Judd Apatow and a not-yet-famous Jerry Seinfeld is nothing short of prophetic. Seinfeld lays out his plan for success, while Apatow proves himself an astute student of comedy -- at an age when most kids still struggle to write a decent essay. The interview is one of the online features that accompany the profile on Apatow in a recent issue of The New York Times Magazine as part of the publicity for his new comedy Knocked Up. (Which by the way, recouped its production costs the opening weekend, pulling in nearly $30 million.) Meanwhile, Seinfeld plans a mini-comeback to NBC primetime via one-to-two minute shorts (tinytainment, in his words) that promote his upcoming animated feature Bee Movie. Seinfeld debuted two minisodes last month in front of advertisers at the network's upfront session. One was a fictionalized tour of the Dreamworks animation studios -- complete with overworked animators crashing on cots in the hallways. In a second minsode, a writers' assistant offers up coffee and script ideas to Jerry and his crew. Jerry is critical of the suggestions until he learns the assistant's last name is...Spielberg.