SIMON: According to film history, Jim Carrey was originally attached to the project. You know, he had this focused goal - to find his family and do a nice Christmas movie. One of the things that Will Ferrell does that I'm not fond of - it seems like he's just completely over the top. LOVETT: Well, I'm going to give him credit on this one. Now that you've seen it, what do you think? I don't find Will Ferrell funny, so 'Elf' was just an easy skip for me. I have had friends who have wanted to disown me over this. SIMON: What do you usually feel about Will Ferrell movies? He's never seen 'Elf' until we asked him to. Tom Lovett is a community development planner from Owensboro, Ky. High jinks ensue as this naive elf and fish out of North Pole waters tries to adjust to a human world that can glitter but also hurt. Just before his 30th Christmas at the workshop, Buddy learns the truth, and he sets out to find his biological father in New York City.

The 2003 film 'Elf' stars Will Ferrell as Buddy, the lovable human who was adopted by Santa's chief toymaker - that's a long story - so he's grown up at the North Pole believing that he is an elf. But what's up for dinner?įERRELL: (As Buddy) We elves try to stick to the four main food groups - candy, candy canes, candy corns and syrup. SIMON: That sounds like a solid Saturday afternoon to me.

And then we'll eat a whole roll of Toll House cookie dough as fast as we can. First, we'll make snow angels for two hours. WILL FERRELL: (As Buddy) I planned out our whole day.

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