don't go away. >> larry: jerry seinfeld remains with us. time now for our hero segment. anderson cooper reveals our top ten for 2010. >> i'm anderson cooper. all year we've been introducing you to our cnn heroes. everyday people changing the world. well, today we're announcing the top ten cnn heroes for 2010. the honorees are in alphabetical order, guadalupe arizpe de la she's providing quality health care in the increasingly violent juarez, mexico. susan burton. her re-entry program helps female ex-convicts get back on their feet. linda fondren, she's brought her community together to shed pounds. anuradha koirala rescues and rehabilitates nepali girls from sex trafficking. narayanan krishnan serves meals to the homeless by hand. magnus macfarlane-barrow feeds more than 400,000 kids every day. harmon parker builds bridges connecting kenyans with life-changing resources. aki ra restores safety by finding and defusing land mines planted by the khmer rouge. evan wadongo is lighting the way to prosperity for rural kenyans with his solar powered lanterns. and dan wallwrath,

seinfeld is next on "larry king live." ♪ [ playing the theme to "jerry seinfeld" [. >> larry: good evening. i have to say this, jerry seinfeld is an actor, author, director and comedian. >> keep going. >> larry: you may not know who he is. he's making his broadway directing debut with colin quinn's one-man show "long story short: history of the world in 75 minutes." and he wrote the foreword to an all new "letters from a nut." one of the funniest books you'll ever read. and tonight he'll reveal the secret author a little bit later. jerry's been a frequent guest, longtime friend to the show. watch, we'll show you some examples. >> look at this piece of junk. look at it. give me a camera. look at this. this is like a $4.95 opening act. you're a headliner now. this is a nice weather map you have here. this looks like a game of risk. >> larry: what about financial success? you don't have financial worries? >> no. >> larry: how has that changed you? you can buy anything you see. >> yeah. i want that clock. here's the question. >> larry: no, go ahead. >> who's the victim? where's the victim here

nothing works faster. ♪ tum ta tum tum tums >> larry: we're back with jerry seinfeld. we're joined by collin quinn. collin is a comedian, writer and new broadway show long story short, history of the world in 75 minutes. debuts you said november 9th, right? >> that's 13 days after jerry's wife's book really comes out. >> larry: october 26th. >> october 28th. >> larry: stop. okay. >> 26th. >> larry: tell me about -- >> my wife's book. >> larry: why are you producing a broadway show? >> i'm directing, larry. directing. i wear a cape. i have a beret. i have a cane. >> he sits like this in the third row. >> i don't know. >> larry: how did this come about? >> this is a great story. we started this in the spring, right? >> right. >> we were sitting around. we have breakfast together, collin and i, multiple times a week. like you, you go to nate and al's. we have a place, i'm not going to mention the name. >> not the diner from "seinfeld." >> larry: okay. >> and i said to him, i said, you know what you should do, you should do a one-man show. one of the things that a comedian

i should say, jerry seinfeld was a friend of yours. >> big jerry, yes. he's more than a friend, let's face it. [ laughter ] practically single-handed resurrected the legend. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: oh, my god. jerry seinfeld produced this play. >> big jer, yes. >> jimmy: directed. stop calling him that, too. that's -- [ laughter ] no one else can relate to that. no one calls him big jer. >> so what, at least i'm here -- okay, i know ben stiller, i know robert de niro, i know dustin hoffman. okay. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: i didn't say i know them, like i know them. i know of them. >> the way you said it, it can be taken both ways. i -- [ laughter ] >> jimmy: but you definitely know jerry seinfeld. you hang out with jerry seinfeld and he directs your play and he comes and directs you. he wears jodhpurs and he has a whip. he has a whip, and he has a megaphone. [ jimmy makes strange voice ] and he goes, "do it again, colin." [ laughter ] right? what's he doing on -- thing? [ laughter ] "do it again. [ laughter ] that's not as funny as it was. it's the history o

inmate in a jail in california had jerry seinfeld to thank. as you may know the sitcom seinfeld popular rised a made up holiday called festivus. an inmate in a jail in california wanted healthier kosher meals behind bars. how did he justify the special treatment? he said festivus was part of his religion and demanded a certain diet. the state of california caught on to the scam. as for the prisoner apparently from lie -- liberia held by ice and facing deportation. maybe they have festivus in liberia. >> this is the definition of poor sportsman ship. a basketball player has been suspended from school for attacking a ref over a call he did not like. the player was tkhreupbl rent on several levels. first he -- was belligerent on several levels. he pushed a player, pushed a ref and threw him to the ground. the game was stopped and the boy was immediately removed from the court. there you have the best of the rest. >> still ahead, the two words ! " # $ / 0 i [ male announcer ] millions of men 45 and older just don't feel like they used to. are you

. >> because jerry seinfeld grew up in your hometown, you might know some of this. is it a religious thing or -- >> funny you bring that up, you have to show feats of strength and the head of the household must be pinned. >> it's not religious. it's just a holiday. >> it's more like ufc. it sounds like a very aggressive holiday. it's a way for people to strike back against materialism on the holidays. >> you have now become the spokesperson for festivus. >> thank you. >> congratulations. >> very busy this season. >> much more serious note, i mean, should taxpayer dollars not going to give special meals to this inmate because he says he celebrates festivus? come on. remember out in washington state when they put up a festivus pole a couple of years ago because the people who believe in festivus says if you're going to have a creche and menorah, you need to have a festivus pole. >> you know what i get from this? don't deal drugs or you'll go to prison. >> there's more. if you deal drugs and go to prison, you eat salami. >> that's exactly it. listen to the weather guy.

but i love -- like jerry just got famous now from seinfeld, and all that stuff. but anne was the one. she was the comedy. he was the straight man. like he's the teller. he doesn't talk. you know, penn and teller. >> you're right. >> jimmy: he just kind of sits there as she talks. i love those guys. they're legends. and now, you're -- >> legends mean oldies but goodies. >> jimmy: no, i -- no, you were a legend years ago. you could have been on this cover years ago. i mean, listen to your voice for heaven's sake. >> okay. fine. thank you. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: i mean that -- absolutely. i mean, darth vader? i mean -- gosh. did you ever have any idea that movie would be huge? >> no, had i an idea, i would have gotten a better contract. [ laughter and applause ] >> jimmy: how much did you get paid for "star wars?" >> $7,000 which was big money for me in those days. i was broke. but had i taken the kind of salary the actors took, and i couldn't, i would be a millionaire right away. but, no. i took a special effects salary. >> jimmy: is that right? you woul