‘Mulaney’ Star Martin Short On ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ Larry David’s ‘SNL’ Firing Before ‘Seinfeld’: “It Was Unbelievable” [VIDEO]

If you're a fan of Seinfeld, you know very well the tale of when George Costanza (Jason Alexander) quit his job, then realized he was out of work, and went back in on Monday morning like nothing happened. And while it didn't work out for him in the end, the real story – which included creator Larry David quitting his Saturday Night Live writing position and then successfully going back the following week – worked out just fine for the mind behind Curb Your Enthusiasm. Sure, it's a great story, but is it true? Turns out it is, because comedian Martin Short just confirmed it, saying he saw it firsthand! In a new interview with Salon.com, the new Mulaney star comes clean about what went down between Larry David and NBC exec, Dick Ebersol.

In the interview, he calls David's exit "unbelievable." The year was 1985, SNL's 10th season; Short was a player and Ebersol was acting as the show's executive producer since Lorne Michaels had left –– he would return after that year.

Apparently, despite David's genius writing, he was unable to get anything on the show. And because of that, a feeling was "brewing" in him. As Short adds, "Ebersol was– I'd grown up in that atmosphere of explosions and that kind of thing, and Ebersol was a passionate guy and so was Larry. So they just had it out. But to Dick's credit, that was kind of the potential volatility of the show, so it wasn't considered, like, "How dare I have been spoke to in that way..." It was like running a newspaper or something. There are flare-ups!"

The comedian spoke with Salon about his new memoir, I Must Say: My Life as a Humble Comedy Legend, which is available for purchase now.

As mentioned, he is also starring as Lou Cannon on comedian John Mulaney's FOX series, Mulaney. New episodes air Sunday nights at 7:30 p.m. on FOX.