Jiminy Glick hilariously tries to figure out why Jerry Seinfeld is so famous
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Even Jerry Seinfeld couldn't help but laugh as Jiminy Glick skewered the comic's success on Tuesday's episode of Maya & Marty. Glick, the talk-show host alter ego of Martin Short, seemingly couldn't understand why someone with as "blank" a face as Seinfeld could be so famous.
"Are you as surprised by your success as the rest of us?" Glick quipped, challenging Seinfeld to see if he could "find anything to make America remember why they gave you all that money." Seinfeld's best guess: his joke about airplane peanuts.
Watch the exchange below. Becca Stanek
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