Jerry Seinfeld gets candid about his directorial debut, the Netflix movie Unfrosted, and why he made the comedy so over-the-top.

LOS ANGELES ― During a pause in Jerry Seinfeld's routine at Los Angeles' Hollywood Bowl Wednesday night, an audience member shouted out a birthday greeting to the comedian, who turned 70 on April 29.

Netflix is a Joke, the 12-day comedy festival taking over Los Angeles with some of the biggest names in the game, kicked off on Wednesday, with Jerry Seinfeld, Jim Gaffigan, Nate Bargatze and Sebastian Maniscalco headlining a show at the Hollywood Bowl.

Unfrosted, a movie about the race to create a game-changing breakfast pastry, such as, say, the Pop-Tart, debuts on Netflix May 3. Jerry Seinfeld directs, his first time directing a film. Melissa McCarthy,