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Elf · Verbal Diorama

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  Santa.
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  It'S
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  me,
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  buddy.
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  It's
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  me.
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  Hey,
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  buddy.
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  How
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  you
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  doing?
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  It's
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  me.
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  Who
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  the
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  heck
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  are
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  you?
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  What
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  are
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  you
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  talking
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  about?
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  I'm
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  Santa
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  Claus.
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  No,
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  you're
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  not.
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  Oh,
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  why,
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  of
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  course
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  I
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  am.
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  You're
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  Santa.
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  What
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  song
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  did
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  I
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  sing
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  for
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  you
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  on
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  your
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  birthday
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  this
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  year?
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  Happy
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  birthday.
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  Of
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  course.
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  So
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  how
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  old
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  are
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  you,
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  son?
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  You're
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  a
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  big
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  boy.
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  What's
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  your
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  name?
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  And
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  what
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  can
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  I
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  get
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  you
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  for
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  Christmas?
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  Don't
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  tell
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  him
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  what
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  you
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  want.
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  He's
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  a
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  liar.
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  Let
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  the
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  kid
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  talk.
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  You
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  disgust
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  me.
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  How
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  can
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  you
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  live
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  with
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  yourself?
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  Just
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  cool
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  it,
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  Zippy.
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  You
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  sit
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  on
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  a
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  throne
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  of
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  lies.
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  Look,
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  I'm
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  not
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  kidding.
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  You're
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  a
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  fake.
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  I'm
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  a
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  fake?
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  Yes.
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  How'd
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  you
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  like
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  to
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  be
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  dead,
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  huh?
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  No,
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  he's
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  kidding.
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  You
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  stink.
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  I
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  think
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  you're
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  going
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  to
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  have
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  a
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  good
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  Christmas.
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  All
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  right.
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  Smell
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  like
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  beef
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  and
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  cheese.
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  You
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  don't
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  smell
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  like
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  Santa,
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  okay?
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  He's
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  an
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  apostle.
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  He's
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  a
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  fake.
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  He's
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  a
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  fake.
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  He's
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  a
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  fake.
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  She.
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  In
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  a
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  world
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  overflowing
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  with
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  movies,
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  we
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  need
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  a
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  hero.
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  Someone
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  to
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  separate
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  the
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  bad
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  from
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  the
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  good.
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  Movie.
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  She
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  does
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  prequel,
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  sequels,
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  remakes,
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  and
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  trivia.
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  And
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  after
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  movies,
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  you
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  know,
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  movies,
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  you
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  know,
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  interesting
• 2:25
  stories,
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  all
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  the
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  categories.
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  Hi,
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  everyone.
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  I'm
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  Em.
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  Welcome
• 2:34
  to
• 2:34
  verbal
• 2:34
  diorama,
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  episode
• 2:35
  281,
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  elf.
• 2:39
  This
• 2:39
  is
• 2:39
  the
• 2:39
  podcast
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  that's
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  all
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  about
• 2:40
  the
• 2:40
  history
• 2:40
  and
• 2:41
  legacy
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  of
• 2:41
  movies
• 2:41
  you
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  know,
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  and
• 2:42
  movies
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  you
• 2:43
  don't.
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  That
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  definitely
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  does
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  not
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  sit
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  on
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  a
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  throne
• 2:46
  of
• 2:46
  lies.
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  As
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  always,
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  a
• 2:49
  huge
• 2:49
  hi
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  and
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  welcome
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  to
• 2:50
  Velvet
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  Diorama.
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  Whether
• 2:51
  you're
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  a
• 2:51
  brand
• 2:52
  new
• 2:52
  listener
• 2:52
  to
• 2:52
  this
• 2:52
  podcast,
• 2:53
  whether
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  you're
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  coming
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  back
• 2:54
  as
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  a
• 2:55
  regular
• 2:55
  returning
• 2:56
  listener
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  or
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  an
• 2:57
  irregular
• 2:57
  returning
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  listener,
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  thank
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  you
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  for
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  being
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  here.
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  Thank
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  you
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  for
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  choosing
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  to
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  listen
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  to
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  this
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  podcast.
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  As
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  always,
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  I'm
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  so
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  happy
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  to
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  have
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  you
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  here
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  just
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  generally,
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  but
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  also
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  for
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  the
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  history
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  and
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  legacy
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  of
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  Elf.
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  And
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  to
• 3:09
  everyone
• 3:09
  who
• 3:09
  does
• 3:09
  listen
• 3:10
  to
• 3:10
  this
• 3:10
  podcast
• 3:10
  and
• 3:11
  has
• 3:11
  continued
• 3:12
  to
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  listen
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  to
• 3:13
  and
• 3:13
  support
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  this
• 3:14
  podcast
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  over
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  the
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  last
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  almost
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  six
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  years
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  now,
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  it's
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  been
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  an
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  incredible
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  ride.
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  Just
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  like
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  Santa's
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  sleigh
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  across
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  New
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  York.
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  This
• 3:23
  podcast
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  really
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  relies
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  on
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  general
• 3:26
  spirit.
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  Not
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  just
• 3:27
  Christmas
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  spirit,
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  but
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  general
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  spirit.
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  And
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  it
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  genuinely
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  means
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  so
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  much
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  to
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  me
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  to
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  get
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  that
• 3:33
  general
• 3:34
  sense
• 3:34
  of
• 3:34
  spirit
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  from
• 3:35
  everyone
• 3:35
  who
• 3:36
  does
• 3:36
  listen
• 3:36
  to
• 3:36
  this
• 3:36
  podcast.
• 3:37
  This
• 3:37
  is
• 3:38
  the
• 3:38
  last
• 3:38
  episode
• 3:38
  of
• 3:38
  2024,
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  and
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  so,
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  of
• 3:40
  course,
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  I
• 3:41
  have
• 3:41
  to
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  go
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  out
• 3:42
  with
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  a
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  bang
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  and
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  give
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  something
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  to
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  all
• 3:44
  of
• 3:44
  the
• 3:45
  listeners
• 3:45
  who
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  are
• 3:46
  on
• 3:46
  Santa's
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  nice
• 3:48
  list,
• 3:48
  because
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  this
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  is
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  the
• 3:49
  episode
• 3:50
  that
• 3:50
  only
• 3:50
  goes
• 3:51
  out
• 3:51
  to
• 3:51
  people
• 3:51
  who
• 3:51
  are
• 3:52
  on
• 3:52
  Santa's
• 3:52
  nice
• 3:53
  list.
• 3:53
  The
• 3:54
  last
• 3:54
  episode
• 3:55
  was
• 3:55
  on
• 3:55
  how
• 3:55
  the
• 3:55
  Grinch
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  Stole
• 3:56
  Christmas.
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  And
• 3:57
  you
• 3:57
  only
• 3:57
  got
• 3:57
  that
• 3:58
  one
• 3:58
  if
• 3:58
  you're
• 3:59
  on
• 3:59
  Santa's
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  naughty
• 4:00
  list.
• 4:01
  Just
• 4:02
  like
• 4:02
  Walter
• 4:02
  Hobbs.
• 4:03
  But
• 4:04
  I
• 4:05
  know
• 4:05
  the
• 4:05
  vast
• 4:05
  majority
• 4:06
  of
• 4:06
  listeners
• 4:06
  of
• 4:06
  this
• 4:06
  podcast
• 4:07
  are
• 4:07
  on
• 4:07
  his
• 4:07
  nice
• 4:08
  list.
• 4:09
  And
• 4:09
  Elf
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  is
• 4:09
  one
• 4:10
  of
• 4:10
  those
• 4:10
  movies
• 4:10
  that,
• 4:10
  despite
• 4:11
  coming
• 4:11
  out
• 4:12
  21
• 4:13
  years
• 4:13
  ago,
• 4:14
  feels
• 4:14
  fresh
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  and
• 4:15
  it
• 4:15
  feels
• 4:15
  like
• 4:16
  an
• 4:16
  instant
• 4:16
  Christmas
• 4:17
  classic.
• 4:18
  I
• 4:18
  know
• 4:18
  a
• 4:18
  lot
• 4:19
  of
• 4:19
  people
• 4:19
  who
• 4:19
  are
• 4:19
  big
• 4:20
  fans
• 4:20
  of
• 4:20
  this
• 4:20
  movie,
• 4:21
  and
• 4:21
  it's
• 4:21
  about
• 4:21
  time
• 4:22
  it
• 4:22
  came
• 4:23
  to
• 4:23
  verbal
• 4:23
  diorama
• 4:24
  like
• 4:25
  Buddy.
• 4:25
  I
• 4:26
  love
• 4:26
  Christmas.
• 4:27
  Maybe
• 4:28
  not
• 4:28
  quite
• 4:28
  as
• 4:28
  much
• 4:29
  as
• 4:29
  Buddy
• 4:29
  does.
• 4:30
  I
• 4:30
  also
• 4:30
  love
• 4:31
  smiling.
• 4:31
  It's
• 4:31
  my
• 4:32
  favorite.
• 4:32
  But
• 4:33
  really,
• 4:33
  the
• 4:33
  best
• 4:33
  way
• 4:33
  to
• 4:34
  spread
• 4:34
  Christmas
• 4:34
  cheer
• 4:35
  is
• 4:35
  singing
• 4:36
  loud
• 4:36
  for
• 4:36
  all
• 4:36
  to
• 4:37
  hear
• 4:37
  and
• 4:38
  making
• 4:38
  a
• 4:38
  podcast
• 4:39
  about
• 4:39
  it.
• 4:40
  So
• 4:40
  here's
• 4:40
  the
• 4:40
  trailer
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  for
• 4:41
  Elf.
• 4:44
  No
• 4:44
  human
• 4:45
  being
• 4:45
  has
• 4:45
  ever
• 4:46
  set
• 4:46
  foot
• 4:46
  in
• 4:46
  Santa's
• 4:47
  workshop.
• 4:48
  That
• 4:49
  is,
• 4:49
  until
• 4:49
  Buddy,
• 4:51
  I
• 4:51
  hear
• 4:52
  you're
• 4:52
  going
• 4:52
  on
• 4:53
  a
• 4:53
  journey
• 4:53
  to
• 4:53
  the
• 4:53
  big
• 4:54
  city.
• 4:54
  Can't
• 4:55
  wait
• 4:55
  to
• 4:55
  see
• 4:55
  my
• 4:55
  dad.
• 4:56
  This
• 4:56
  might
• 4:56
  be
• 4:57
  the
• 4:57
  opportunity
• 4:58
  to
• 4:58
  find.
• 4:58
  Out
• 4:58
  who
• 4:58
  you
• 4:59
  really
• 4:59
  are.
• 5:02
  Bye,
• 5:02
  Buddy.
• 5:03
  Hope
• 5:03
  you
• 5:03
  find
• 5:04
  your
• 5:04
  dad.
• 5:04
  Thanks,
• 5:05
  Mr.
• 5:05
  Narwhal.
• 5:07
  Papa
• 5:07
  says
• 5:07
  New
• 5:08
  York
• 5:08
  is
• 5:08
  pretty
• 5:08
  different.
• 5:11
  Sorry.
• 5:14
  Looks
• 5:15
  like
• 5:15
  a
• 5:15
  Christmas
• 5:15
  tree.
• 5:16
  Sorry
• 5:16
  I
• 5:16
  can't
• 5:16
  ride
• 5:16
  with
• 5:17
  you
• 5:17
  the
• 5:17
  rest
• 5:17
  of
• 5:17
  the
• 5:17
  way
• 5:17
  up.
• 5:17
  Well,
• 5:18
  have
• 5:18
  a
• 5:18
  good
• 5:18
  time.
• 5:18
  Oh,
• 5:18
  I
• 5:18
  forgot
• 5:19
  to
• 5:19
  give
• 5:19
  you
• 5:19
  a
• 5:19
  hug.
• 5:20
  Dad.
• 5:21
  You
• 5:22
  look
• 5:22
  like
• 5:22
  you
• 5:22
  came
• 5:22
  from
• 5:22
  the
• 5:22
  North
• 5:23
  Pole.
• 5:23
  That's
• 5:24
  exactly
• 5:24
  where
• 5:24
  I
• 5:25
  came
• 5:25
  from.
• 5:26
  You
• 5:26
  have
• 5:27
  another
• 5:27
  son?
• 5:28
  You
• 5:28
  like
• 5:29
  sugar,
• 5:29
  huh?
• 5:30
  Is
• 5:30
  there
• 5:30
  sugar
• 5:30
  in
• 5:30
  syrup?
• 5:31
  Yes.
• 5:32
  Then
• 5:32
  yes.
• 5:34
  We
• 5:34
  can't
• 5:35
  leave
• 5:35
  him
• 5:35
  alone
• 5:35
  here.
• 5:36
  He's
• 5:36
  gonna
• 5:36
  destroy
• 5:36
  the
• 5:37
  place.
• 5:39
  Son
• 5:40
  of
• 5:40
  a
• 5:40
  nutcracker.
• 5:42
  These
• 5:42
  guys
• 5:42
  are
• 5:42
  bad
• 5:43
  news.
• 5:43
  Snowball.
• 5:48
  Where
• 5:48
  did
• 5:48
  you
• 5:48
  say
• 5:48
  you
• 5:48
  were
• 5:49
  from?
• 5:53
  Fruit
• 5:54
  Spray.
• 5:59
  W.
• 6:03
  Tomorrow
• 6:04
  morning,
• 6:04
  10am
• 6:05
  Santa's
• 6:06
  coming
• 6:06
  to
• 6:06
  town.
• 6:07
  Santa.
• 6:08
  Oh
• 6:09
  my
• 6:09
  God.
• 6:10
  Santa
• 6:11
  here?
• 6:11
  I
• 6:11
  know
• 6:12
  him.
• 6:12
  I
• 6:12
  know
• 6:13
  him.
• 6:21
  One
• 6:22
  Christmas
• 6:22
  Eve,
• 6:22
  a
• 6:23
  long
• 6:23
  time
• 6:23
  ago,
• 6:24
  a
• 6:24
  baby
• 6:24
  crawled
• 6:25
  into
• 6:25
  Santa's
• 6:25
  bag
• 6:26
  of
• 6:26
  toys.
• 6:27
  Raised
• 6:27
  as
• 6:27
  an
• 6:28
  elf,
• 6:28
  Buddy
• 6:29
  grows
• 6:29
  into
• 6:29
  an
• 6:29
  adult
• 6:30
  three
• 6:30
  times
• 6:31
  larger
• 6:31
  than
• 6:31
  the
• 6:31
  biggest
• 6:32
  elf
• 6:32
  and
• 6:33
  realizes
• 6:33
  that
• 6:33
  he
• 6:33
  will
• 6:34
  never
• 6:34
  truly
• 6:34
  fit
• 6:35
  in
• 6:35
  at
• 6:35
  the
• 6:35
  North
• 6:35
  Pole.
• 6:36
  Buddy
• 6:37
  goes
• 6:37
  looking
• 6:37
  for
• 6:37
  his
• 6:37
  true
• 6:38
  place
• 6:38
  in
• 6:38
  the
• 6:39
  world
• 6:39
  in
• 6:40
  New
• 6:40
  York
• 6:40
  City.
• 6:41
  And
• 6:41
  he
• 6:41
  finds
• 6:42
  his
• 6:42
  workaholic
• 6:43
  father
• 6:43
  who's
• 6:43
  on
• 6:44
  Santa's
• 6:44
  naughty
• 6:45
  list.
• 6:45
  He
• 6:46
  also
• 6:46
  finds
• 6:46
  a
• 6:47
  caring
• 6:47
  stepmother
• 6:48
  and
• 6:48
  a
• 6:48
  10
• 6:48
  year
• 6:48
  old
• 6:49
  brother
• 6:49
  who
• 6:50
  doesn't
• 6:50
  believe
• 6:50
  in
• 6:50
  Santa
• 6:51
  Claus
• 6:51
  or
• 6:51
  elves.
• 6:52
  Buddy
• 6:53
  has
• 6:53
  to
• 6:53
  discover
• 6:54
  his
• 6:54
  destiny
• 6:55
  to
• 6:55
  save
• 6:55
  Christmas
• 6:56
  for
• 6:56
  New
• 6:56
  York
• 6:57
  and
• 6:57
  the
• 6:58
  entire
• 6:58
  world
• 6:59
  by
• 6:59
  spreading
• 6:59
  Christmas
• 7:00
  cheer
• 7:00
  and
• 7:01
  singing
• 7:01
  loud
• 7:01
  for
• 7:02
  all
• 7:02
  to
• 7:02
  hear.
• 7:03
  Let's
• 7:04
  run
• 7:04
  through
• 7:04
  the
• 7:04
  cast.
• 7:05
  We
• 7:05
  have
• 7:05
  Will
• 7:06
  Ferrell
• 7:06
  as
• 7:07
  Buddy
• 7:07
  Hobbs,
• 7:08
  James
• 7:08
  Caan
• 7:09
  as
• 7:09
  Walter
• 7:10
  Hobbs,
• 7:10
  Zooey
• 7:11
  Deschanel
• 7:12
  as
• 7:12
  Jovi,
• 7:13
  Mary
• 7:13
  Steenbergen
• 7:14
  as
• 7:14
  Emily
• 7:15
  Hobbs,
• 7:16
  Daniel
• 7:16
  Tay
• 7:17
  as
• 7:17
  Michael
• 7:17
  Hobbs,
• 7:18
  Ed
• 7:19
  Asner
• 7:19
  as
• 7:19
  Santa
• 7:20
  Claus,
• 7:21
  Bob
• 7:21
  Newhart
• 7:21
  as
• 7:22
  Papa
• 7:22
  Elle
• 7:23
  and
• 7:23
  Peter
• 7:23
  Dinklage
• 7:24
  as
• 7:24
  Miles
• 7:25
  Finch.
• 7:26
  Elf
• 7:27
  was
• 7:27
  written
• 7:27
  by
• 7:28
  David
• 7:28
  Berenbaum
• 7:29
  and
• 7:29
  directed
• 7:30
  by
• 7:30
  Jon
• 7:31
  Favreau.
• 7:32
  Before
• 7:32
  we
• 7:33
  learn
• 7:33
  all
• 7:33
  about
• 7:33
  the
• 7:34
  history
• 7:34
  and
• 7:34
  legacy
• 7:34
  of
• 7:35
  a
• 7:35
  modern
• 7:35
  Christmas
• 7:36
  classic,
• 7:36
  let's
• 7:37
  recite
• 7:37
  the
• 7:38
  Code
• 7:38
  of
• 7:38
  the
• 7:38
  Elves,
• 7:39
  shall
• 7:39
  we?
• 7:40
  Number
• 7:40
  one,
• 7:40
  Treat
• 7:41
  every
• 7:41
  day
• 7:42
  like
• 7:42
  Christmas.
• 7:43
  Number
• 7:43
  two,
• 7:44
  there's
• 7:44
  room
• 7:44
  for
• 7:45
  everyone
• 7:45
  on
• 7:46
  the
• 7:46
  nice
• 7:46
  list.
• 7:47
  Number
• 7:47
  three,
• 7:48
  the
• 7:48
  best
• 7:49
  way
• 7:49
  to
• 7:49
  spread
• 7:49
  Christmas
• 7:50
  cheer
• 7:51
  is
• 7:51
  singing
• 7:51
  loud
• 7:52
  for
• 7:52
  all
• 7:52
  to
• 7:52
  hear.
• 7:54
  Just
• 7:54
  like
• 7:55
  the
• 7:55
  previous
• 7:55
  episode
• 7:55
  on
• 7:56
  how
• 7:56
  the
• 7:56
  Grinch
• 7:56
  Stole
• 7:56
  Christmas,
• 7:57
  the
• 7:57
  roots
• 7:57
  of
• 7:58
  Elf
• 7:58
  lie
• 7:58
  within
• 7:59
  a
• 7:59
  beloved
• 8:00
  60s
• 8:00
  American
• 8:01
  animated
• 8:01
  classic.
• 8:02
  And
• 8:02
  like
• 8:03
  the
• 8:03
  1966
• 8:04
  animated
• 8:04
  how
• 8:04
  the
• 8:04
  Grinch
• 8:05
  Stole
• 8:05
  Christmas,
• 8:06
  it
• 8:06
  still
• 8:06
  airs
• 8:07
  several
• 8:07
  times
• 8:08
  during
• 8:08
  the
• 8:08
  holiday
• 8:09
  season.
• 8:10
  But
• 8:10
  unlike
• 8:10
  the
• 8:10
  Dr.
• 8:11
  Seuss
• 8:11
  classic,
• 8:12
  this
• 8:12
  is
• 8:13
  less
• 8:13
  of
• 8:13
  an
• 8:13
  adaptation,
• 8:14
  more
• 8:15
  of
• 8:15
  an
• 8:15
  inspiration.
• 8:16
  An
• 8:17
  inspiration
• 8:17
  that
• 8:17
  could
• 8:17
  have
• 8:17
  left
• 8:18
  the
• 8:18
  movie
• 8:18
  in
• 8:18
  a
• 8:18
  little
• 8:19
  bit
• 8:19
  of
• 8:19
  legal
• 8:19
  hot
• 8:19
  water,
• 8:20
  but
• 8:20
  I
• 8:20
  will
• 8:20
  come
• 8:21
  back
• 8:21
  to
• 8:21
  that.
• 8:22
  But
• 8:22
  the
• 8:22
  story
• 8:22
  of
• 8:23
  Elf
• 8:23
  starts,
• 8:23
  as
• 8:24
  most
• 8:24
  stories
• 8:24
  do,
• 8:25
  with
• 8:25
  loss.
• 8:26
  Writer
• 8:26
  David
• 8:27
  Berenbaum
• 8:28
  lost
• 8:28
  his
• 8:28
  father
• 8:29
  when
• 8:29
  he
• 8:29
  was
• 8:29
  young,
• 8:30
  and
• 8:30
  most
• 8:30
  of
• 8:31
  us
• 8:31
  are
• 8:31
  fortunate
• 8:32
  to
• 8:32
  not
• 8:32
  lose
• 8:32
  a
• 8:33
  parent
• 8:33
  at
• 8:33
  a
• 8:33
  young
• 8:33
  age.
• 8:34
  But
• 8:34
  what
• 8:35
  you
• 8:35
  must
• 8:35
  go
• 8:35
  through
• 8:36
  when
• 8:36
  that
• 8:36
  does
• 8:36
  happen,
• 8:37
  it's
• 8:38
  understandable
• 8:38
  that
• 8:39
  you
• 8:39
  might
• 8:39
  grow
• 8:39
  up
• 8:40
  to
• 8:40
  write
• 8:40
  a
• 8:40
  heartwarming
• 8:41
  story
• 8:41
  about
• 8:42
  a
• 8:42
  young
• 8:42
  man's
• 8:42
  quest
• 8:43
  to
• 8:43
  find
• 8:43
  his
• 8:44
  father.
• 8:45
  Birramban
• 8:46
  grew
• 8:46
  up
• 8:46
  watching
• 8:46
  the
• 8:46
  Rankin
• 8:47
  Bass
• 8:47
  animated
• 8:48
  entertainment
• 8:48
  holiday
• 8:49
  specials,
• 8:50
  which
• 8:50
  featured
• 8:50
  Christmas
• 8:51
  favourites
• 8:51
  like
• 8:51
  Santa
• 8:52
  Claus
• 8:52
  Is
• 8:52
  Coming
• 8:53
  to
• 8:53
  Town,
• 8:53
  Rudolph
• 8:54
  the
• 8:54
  Red
• 8:54
  Nosed
• 8:54
  Reindeer
• 8:55
  and
• 8:55
  Frosty
• 8:55
  the
• 8:56
  Snowman.
• 8:56
  Although
• 8:57
  Birranbaum's
• 8:58
  Elf
• 8:58
  script
• 8:58
  was
• 8:58
  clearly
• 8:59
  influenced
• 8:59
  by
• 9:00
  these
• 9:00
  films,
• 9:00
  he
• 9:01
  actually
• 9:01
  envisaged
• 9:02
  Buddy's
• 9:02
  tale
• 9:03
  to
• 9:03
  center
• 9:04
  on
• 9:04
  the
• 9:04
  reunion
• 9:05
  with
• 9:05
  his
• 9:05
  father
• 9:06
  and
• 9:06
  bonding,
• 9:07
  and
• 9:07
  a
• 9:07
  story
• 9:07
  about
• 9:07
  Buddy
• 9:08
  finding
• 9:08
  his
• 9:09
  family
• 9:09
  as
• 9:10
  well
• 9:10
  as
• 9:10
  appreciating
• 9:11
  the
• 9:11
  family
• 9:11
  he
• 9:11
  had
• 9:12
  at
• 9:12
  the
• 9:12
  North
• 9:12
  Pole.
• 9:13
  Berenbell
• 9:14
  originally
• 9:14
  wrote
• 9:15
  his
• 9:15
  script
• 9:15
  in
• 9:15
  the
• 9:15
  mid-90s
• 9:16
  after
• 9:17
  he'd
• 9:17
  moved
• 9:17
  to
• 9:17
  Los
• 9:18
  Angeles
• 9:18
  from
• 9:18
  the
• 9:18
  east
• 9:19
  coast,
• 9:19
  with
• 9:20
  inspiration
• 9:20
  coming
• 9:20
  from
• 9:21
  the
• 9:21
  Tom
• 9:21
  Hanks
• 9:22
  movie
• 9:22
  Big
• 9:23
  as
• 9:23
  to
• 9:23
  a
• 9:23
  childlike
• 9:24
  human.
• 9:25
  But
• 9:26
  he
• 9:26
  kept
• 9:26
  coming
• 9:26
  back
• 9:26
  to
• 9:26
  a
• 9:27
  banking
• 9:27
  Bass's
• 9:27
  Rudolph
• 9:28
  the
• 9:28
  Red
• 9:28
  Nosed
• 9:28
  Reindeer
• 9:29
  and
• 9:29
  how
• 9:29
  funny
• 9:30
  it
• 9:30
  would
• 9:30
  be
• 9:30
  to
• 9:30
  have
• 9:31
  a
• 9:31
  human
• 9:31
  in
• 9:31
  that
• 9:32
  world.
• 9:32
  He
• 9:33
  wrote
• 9:33
  the
• 9:33
  script
• 9:33
  on
• 9:34
  spec
• 9:34
  and
• 9:34
  sent
• 9:35
  it
• 9:35
  out
• 9:35
  for
• 9:35
  studio
• 9:36
  interest,
• 9:36
  which
• 9:36
  was
• 9:37
  when
• 9:37
  the
• 9:37
  Motion
• 9:37
  Picture
• 9:38
  Corporation
• 9:38
  of
• 9:38
  America
• 9:39
  optioned
• 9:39
  it
• 9:40
  with
• 9:40
  Chris
• 9:40
  Farley
• 9:41
  in
• 9:41
  mind
• 9:41
  to
• 9:42
  play
• 9:42
  Buddy.
• 9:43
  Berenbaum
• 9:43
  let
• 9:44
  the
• 9:44
  option
• 9:44
  expire
• 9:45
  after
• 9:45
  not
• 9:46
  being
• 9:46
  completely
• 9:46
  happy
• 9:47
  with
• 9:47
  the
• 9:47
  direction
• 9:48
  that
• 9:48
  the
• 9:48
  Motion
• 9:48
  Picture
• 9:49
  Corporation
• 9:49
  of
• 9:49
  America
• 9:50
  wanted
• 9:50
  to
• 9:51
  take
• 9:51
  the
• 9:51
  movie
• 9:51
  in
• 9:52
  and
• 9:52
  thinking
• 9:52
  that
• 9:53
  it
• 9:53
  would
• 9:53
  be
• 9:53
  a
• 9:53
  totally
• 9:54
  different
• 9:54
  Movie
• 9:55
  After
• 9:56
  Chris
• 9:56
  Farley's
• 9:57
  death
• 9:57
  in
• 9:57
  1997
• 9:59
  the
• 9:59
  script
• 9:59
  landed
• 9:59
  in
• 10:00
  the
• 10:00
  lap
• 10:00
  of
• 10:00
  New
• 10:00
  Line
• 10:01
  Cinema,
• 10:01
  who
• 10:02
  were
• 10:02
  at
• 10:02
  that
• 10:02
  point
• 10:03
  predominantly
• 10:03
  known
• 10:03
  as
• 10:04
  the
• 10:04
  House
• 10:04
  that
• 10:04
  Freddie
• 10:05
  Built.
• 10:05
  Birenbaum's
• 10:06
  manager
• 10:07
  thought
• 10:07
  Will
• 10:07
  Ferrell
• 10:08
  would
• 10:08
  be
• 10:08
  ideal
• 10:08
  for
• 10:08
  the
• 10:08
  lead
• 10:09
  role
• 10:09
  at
• 10:09
  that
• 10:09
  point,
• 10:10
  and
• 10:10
  after
• 10:11
  he
• 10:11
  committed,
• 10:11
  things
• 10:12
  started
• 10:12
  to
• 10:12
  pick
• 10:13
  up
• 10:13
  speed.
• 10:13
  But
• 10:14
  Ferrell
• 10:14
  wasn't
• 10:15
  the
• 10:15
  big
• 10:15
  star
• 10:15
  that
• 10:15
  he
• 10:16
  is
• 10:16
  today.
• 10:16
  He
• 10:17
  was
• 10:17
  fresh
• 10:17
  off
• 10:18
  Saturday
• 10:18
  Night
• 10:18
  Live
• 10:19
  and
• 10:19
  had
• 10:20
  only
• 10:20
  had
• 10:20
  supporting
• 10:21
  roles
• 10:21
  in
• 10:21
  movies
• 10:22
  like
• 10:22
  Austin
• 10:22
  Powers
• 10:23
  and
• 10:23
  Zoolander.
• 10:24
  It
• 10:24
  was
• 10:24
  only
• 10:25
  after
• 10:25
  Jim
• 10:25
  Carrey,
• 10:26
  coincidentally
• 10:27
  from
• 10:28
  how
• 10:28
  the
• 10:28
  Grinch
• 10:28
  Doll
• 10:29
  Christmas,
• 10:29
  turned
• 10:30
  down
• 10:30
  the
• 10:30
  role
• 10:30
  of
• 10:30
  Buddy,
• 10:31
  and
• 10:31
  after
• 10:31
  the
• 10:31
  success
• 10:32
  of
• 10:32
  Old
• 10:32
  School,
• 10:33
  the
• 10:33
  producers
• 10:34
  felt
• 10:34
  justified
• 10:35
  in
• 10:35
  giving
• 10:36
  Ferrell
• 10:36
  the
• 10:36
  chance.
• 10:37
  Ferrell
• 10:38
  and
• 10:38
  his
• 10:38
  writing
• 10:38
  partner
• 10:39
  Adam
• 10:39
  McKay
• 10:39
  would
• 10:40
  also
• 10:40
  undertake
• 10:41
  uncredited
• 10:41
  rewrites
• 10:42
  of
• 10:42
  the
• 10:42
  script
• 10:43
  alongside
• 10:43
  Scott
• 10:44
  Armstrong
• 10:44
  and
• 10:44
  Chris
• 10:45
  Henchy.
• 10:46
  All
• 10:46
  in
• 10:46
  all,
• 10:46
  the
• 10:47
  script
• 10:47
  and
• 10:47
  production
• 10:48
  would
• 10:48
  take
• 10:48
  a
• 10:49
  seven
• 10:49
  year
• 10:49
  journey
• 10:50
  from
• 10:50
  the
• 10:50
  North
• 10:50
  Pole
• 10:51
  to
• 10:51
  New
• 10:52
  York
• 10:52
  and
• 10:52
  everywhere
• 10:53
  in
• 10:53
  between.
• 10:54
  Terry
• 10:54
  Zwigoff
• 10:55
  was
• 10:55
  offered
• 10:55
  to
• 10:55
  direct
• 10:56
  the
• 10:56
  movie,
• 10:56
  but
• 10:57
  he
• 10:57
  declined
• 10:57
  in
• 10:58
  favor
• 10:58
  of
• 10:59
  Bad
• 10:59
  Santa,
• 11:00
  which
• 11:01
  was
• 11:01
  actually
• 11:01
  going
• 11:01
  to
• 11:02
  be
• 11:02
  the
• 11:02
  naughtiest
• 11:02
  episode
• 11:03
  instead
• 11:04
  of
• 11:04
  how
• 11:04
  the
• 11:04
  Grinch
• 11:04
  Stole
• 11:05
  Christmas.
• 11:05
  But
• 11:06
  Bad
• 11:06
  Santa
• 11:07
  wasn't
• 11:07
  on
• 11:07
  streaming
• 11:08
  anymore
• 11:08
  and
• 11:08
  how
• 11:09
  the
• 11:09
  Grinch
• 11:09
  Stole
• 11:09
  Christmas
• 11:10
  was,
• 11:10
  and
• 11:10
  that
• 11:10
  is
• 11:10
  how
• 11:11
  last
• 11:11
  episode
• 11:12
  you
• 11:12
  got
• 11:12
  how
• 11:12
  the
• 11:12
  Grinch
• 11:13
  Stole
• 11:13
  Christmas.
• 11:14
  But
• 11:14
  Jon
• 11:14
  Favreau
• 11:15
  had
• 11:16
  directed,
• 11:16
  made
• 11:17
  and
• 11:17
  written
• 11:17
  and
• 11:18
  starred
• 11:18
  in
• 11:18
  Swingers
• 11:19
  and
• 11:19
  was
• 11:19
  interested
• 11:20
  in
• 11:20
  working
• 11:20
  with
• 11:20
  Will
• 11:21
  Ferrell.
• 11:21
  But
• 11:21
  after
• 11:22
  receiving
• 11:22
  the
• 11:22
  Elf
• 11:23
  script,
• 11:23
  wasn't
• 11:24
  too
• 11:24
  keen
• 11:24
  on
• 11:24
  it.
• 11:25
  He
• 11:25
  was
• 11:25
  asked
• 11:25
  to
• 11:26
  take
• 11:26
  another
• 11:26
  look
• 11:26
  with
• 11:26
  an
• 11:27
  idea
• 11:27
  to
• 11:27
  rewrite
• 11:28
  and
• 11:28
  direct.
• 11:29
  And
• 11:29
  just
• 11:29
  like
• 11:29
  Baron
• 11:30
  Baum,
• 11:30
  he
• 11:30
  had
• 11:31
  this
• 11:31
  idea
• 11:31
  of
• 11:31
  ranking
• 11:32
  Bass
• 11:33
  and
• 11:33
  making
• 11:33
  the
• 11:33
  character
• 11:34
  of
• 11:34
  Buddy
• 11:35
  even
• 11:35
  more
• 11:35
  innocent.
• 11:36
  Favreau,
• 11:37
  who
• 11:37
  like
• 11:38
  most
• 11:38
  of
• 11:38
  us
• 11:38
  is
• 11:38
  a
• 11:38
  huge
• 11:39
  fan
• 11:39
  of
• 11:39
  Christmas,
• 11:40
  joined
• 11:40
  as
• 11:40
  a
• 11:41
  director
• 11:41
  and
• 11:41
  worked
• 11:41
  with
• 11:42
  Berenbaum
• 11:42
  on
• 11:43
  a
• 11:43
  few
• 11:43
  rewrites,
• 11:44
  including
• 11:44
  one
• 11:44
  that
• 11:45
  added
• 11:45
  the
• 11:45
  well
• 11:45
  known
• 11:46
  Christmas
• 11:46
  cheer
• 11:47
  scene
• 11:47
  at
• 11:47
  the
• 11:47
  end.
• 11:48
  In
• 11:48
  a
• 11:48
  2020
• 11:49
  interview
• 11:49
  with
• 11:49
  Rolling
• 11:50
  Stone,
• 11:50
  Favreau
• 11:51
  himself
• 11:51
  claimed
• 11:52
  that
• 11:52
  he
• 11:52
  wasn't
• 11:52
  interested
• 11:53
  initially
• 11:53
  in
• 11:54
  the
• 11:54
  script,
• 11:54
  describing
• 11:55
  it
• 11:55
  as
• 11:56
  much
• 11:56
  darker,
• 11:57
  but
• 11:57
  became
• 11:57
  interested
• 11:58
  in
• 11:58
  making
• 11:59
  it
• 11:59
  more
• 11:59
  family
• 11:59
  friendly
• 12:00
  and
• 12:00
  innocent
• 12:01
  PG
• 12:02
  instead
• 12:02
  of
• 12:03
  PG13.
• 12:05
  Favreau
• 12:05
  knew
• 12:06
  what
• 12:06
  he
• 12:06
  wanted
• 12:06
  for
• 12:07
  the
• 12:07
  look,
• 12:07
  going
• 12:07
  back
• 12:08
  to
• 12:08
  the
• 12:08
  Ranking
• 12:08
  Bass
• 12:09
  specials
• 12:09
  and
• 12:10
  paying
• 12:10
  homage
• 12:10
  to
• 12:11
  their
• 12:11
  cartoonish
• 12:11
  look.
• 12:12
  If
• 12:12
  Will
• 12:13
  Ferrell
• 12:13
  was
• 12:13
  going
• 12:13
  to
• 12:14
  be
• 12:14
  the
• 12:14
  star,
• 12:14
  he
• 12:14
  wanted
• 12:15
  actors
• 12:15
  who
• 12:15
  could
• 12:16
  play
• 12:16
  straight
• 12:16
  opposite
• 12:17
  him
• 12:17
  as
• 12:18
  well
• 12:18
  as
• 12:18
  keep
• 12:18
  it
• 12:18
  light
• 12:19
  hearted
• 12:19
  and
• 12:19
  more
• 12:20
  grounded
• 12:20
  than
• 12:20
  Will
• 12:21
  Ferrell's
• 12:21
  Buddy.
• 12:22
  This
• 12:22
  was
• 12:22
  how
• 12:22
  the
• 12:23
  director
• 12:23
  chose
• 12:23
  to
• 12:24
  cast
• 12:24
  a
• 12:24
  lot
• 12:24
  of
• 12:25
  Elf's
• 12:25
  supporting
• 12:26
  characters.
• 12:26
  He
• 12:27
  believed
• 12:27
  that
• 12:27
  having
• 12:28
  established
• 12:28
  actors
• 12:29
  like
• 12:29
  James
• 12:29
  Caan
• 12:30
  in
• 12:30
  the
• 12:30
  movie
• 12:30
  improved
• 12:31
  Ferrell's
• 12:32
  comedic
• 12:32
  and
• 12:32
  acting
• 12:33
  performances.
• 12:34
  Caan
• 12:34
  himself
• 12:35
  wasn't
• 12:35
  originally
• 12:36
  too
• 12:36
  taken
• 12:36
  with
• 12:36
  the
• 12:37
  role
• 12:37
  of
• 12:37
  Buddy's
• 12:38
  father
• 12:38
  Walter,
• 12:38
  and
• 12:39
  wanted
• 12:39
  to
• 12:39
  play
• 12:39
  it
• 12:40
  more
• 12:40
  like
• 12:40
  comedian
• 12:41
  George
• 12:41
  Burns
• 12:42
  than
• 12:42
  his
• 12:42
  famous
• 12:43
  role
• 12:43
  of
• 12:43
  Sonny
• 12:44
  Corleone
• 12:44
  in
• 12:45
  the
• 12:45
  Godfather.
• 12:46
  But
• 12:47
  Khan
• 12:47
  ended
• 12:47
  up
• 12:48
  relishing
• 12:48
  the
• 12:48
  role
• 12:48
  of
• 12:49
  Walter
• 12:49
  Hobbs,
• 12:50
  often
• 12:50
  cracking
• 12:50
  up
• 12:51
  on
• 12:51
  camera
• 12:51
  at
• 12:51
  Ferrell's
• 12:52
  antics.
• 12:53
  And
• 12:53
  when
• 12:53
  he
• 12:53
  had
• 12:53
  to
• 12:54
  shout
• 12:54
  at
• 12:54
  Buddy,
• 12:55
  Favreau
• 12:56
  had
• 12:56
  to
• 12:56
  remind
• 12:56
  him
• 12:57
  that
• 12:57
  he
• 12:58
  played
• 12:58
  Sonny
• 12:59
  f
• 12:59
  ing
• 12:59
  Corleone,
• 13:00
  although
• 13:01
  he
• 13:01
  didn't
• 13:01
  say
• 13:01
  effing.
• 13:02
  He
• 13:02
  also
• 13:02
  took
• 13:03
  inspiration
• 13:03
  from
• 13:03
  his
• 13:04
  then
• 13:04
  one
• 13:04
  year
• 13:05
  old
• 13:05
  son
• 13:05
  Max,
• 13:06
  remembering
• 13:07
  how
• 13:07
  his
• 13:07
  son
• 13:07
  would
• 13:07
  react
• 13:08
  to
• 13:08
  things
• 13:08
  to
• 13:09
  make
• 13:09
  Buddy
• 13:09
  even
• 13:10
  more
• 13:10
  childlike
• 13:10
  and
• 13:11
  innocent.
• 13:11
  But
• 13:12
  a
• 13:12
  lot
• 13:12
  of
• 13:13
  Buddy's
• 13:13
  innocence
• 13:14
  actually
• 13:14
  came
• 13:15
  from
• 13:15
  Ferrell
• 13:15
  improvising
• 13:16
  on
• 13:16
  set.
• 13:18
  Zooey
• 13:18
  Deschanel
• 13:19
  wasn't
• 13:19
  the
• 13:20
  first
• 13:20
  choice
• 13:20
  for
• 13:20
  Jovi
• 13:21
  at
• 13:22
  the
• 13:22
  time.
• 13:22
  She
• 13:22
  was
• 13:22
  probably
• 13:23
  most
• 13:23
  well
• 13:23
  known
• 13:23
  for
• 13:23
  playing
• 13:24
  the
• 13:24
  older
• 13:24
  sister
• 13:25
  in
• 13:25
  Cameron
• 13:25
  Crowe
• 13:26
  semi
• 13:26
  autobiographical
• 13:27
  Almost
• 13:27
  famous
• 13:28
  in
• 13:28
  2000.
• 13:29
  Favreau
• 13:30
  initially
• 13:30
  wanted
• 13:31
  someone
• 13:31
  else
• 13:31
  for
• 13:31
  the
• 13:31
  role,
• 13:31
  and
• 13:32
  when
• 13:32
  they
• 13:32
  dropped
• 13:32
  out
• 13:33
  at
• 13:33
  the
• 13:33
  last
• 13:33
  minute,
• 13:34
  Favreau
• 13:35
  came
• 13:35
  back
• 13:35
  to
• 13:35
  Deschanel
• 13:36
  and
• 13:36
  they
• 13:36
  reworked
• 13:37
  the
• 13:37
  role
• 13:37
  of
• 13:37
  Jovi
• 13:38
  to
• 13:38
  be
• 13:38
  more
• 13:39
  than
• 13:39
  just
• 13:39
  your
• 13:39
  average
• 13:40
  cliched
• 13:41
  love
• 13:41
  interest
• 13:41
  and
• 13:42
  for
• 13:42
  them
• 13:42
  to
• 13:42
  understand
• 13:43
  how
• 13:43
  someone
• 13:43
  like
• 13:44
  Jovi
• 13:44
  could
• 13:45
  be
• 13:45
  attracted
• 13:45
  to
• 13:45
  someone
• 13:46
  like
• 13:46
  Buddy,
• 13:47
  despite
• 13:47
  their
• 13:47
  initial
• 13:48
  meeting
• 13:48
  being
• 13:48
  a
• 13:49
  bit
• 13:49
  weird
• 13:49
  and
• 13:49
  shall
• 13:50
  we
• 13:50
  say,
• 13:50
  a
• 13:50
  little
• 13:50
  bit
• 13:50
  of
• 13:50
  a
• 13:51
  red
• 13:51
  flag
• 13:51
  under
• 13:52
  normal
• 13:52
  circumstances.
• 13:54
  In
• 13:55
  Barenbaum's
• 13:55
  original
• 13:56
  1993
• 13:57
  draft
• 13:57
  of
• 13:57
  ELF,
• 13:58
  the
• 13:58
  character
• 13:58
  of
• 13:59
  Jovi
• 13:59
  is
• 13:59
  introduced
• 14:00
  in
• 14:00
  the
• 14:00
  department
• 14:01
  store
• 14:01
  as
• 14:01
  being
• 14:01
  an
• 14:02
  out
• 14:02
  of
• 14:02
  work
• 14:02
  cabaret
• 14:03
  singer.
• 14:04
  However,
• 14:04
  the
• 14:04
  film
• 14:04
  went
• 14:05
  through
• 14:05
  many
• 14:06
  rewrites
• 14:06
  before
• 14:06
  Favreau
• 14:07
  as
• 14:08
  well
• 14:08
  as
• 14:08
  Ferrell
• 14:08
  and
• 14:08
  Adam
• 14:09
  McKay
• 14:09
  came
• 14:09
  aboard.
• 14:10
  Also,
• 14:11
  in
• 14:11
  that
• 14:11
  original
• 14:11
  draft,
• 14:12
  Jovi
• 14:13
  never
• 14:13
  really
• 14:13
  sings,
• 14:14
  but
• 14:14
  Favreau
• 14:15
  realised
• 14:15
  that
• 14:15
  Zooey
• 14:16
  Deschanel
• 14:16
  could
• 14:17
  hold
• 14:17
  a
• 14:17
  tune
• 14:17
  and
• 14:18
  decided
• 14:18
  to
• 14:18
  use
• 14:18
  it
• 14:19
  to
• 14:19
  the
• 14:19
  movie's
• 14:19
  advantage
• 14:20
  to
• 14:20
  make
• 14:20
  their
• 14:21
  shower
• 14:21
  scene
• 14:21
  more
• 14:21
  of
• 14:22
  a
• 14:22
  meet
• 14:22
  cute
• 14:23
  than
• 14:23
  a
• 14:23
  creep
• 14:24
  cute.
• 14:25
  Also
• 14:25
  dropping
• 14:25
  out
• 14:26
  at
• 14:26
  the
• 14:26
  last
• 14:26
  minute
• 14:27
  was
• 14:27
  Wanda
• 14:27
  Sykes,
• 14:28
  due
• 14:28
  to
• 14:29
  play
• 14:29
  the
• 14:29
  manager
• 14:29
  of
• 14:29
  Gimbels
• 14:30
  and
• 14:31
  Faison
• 14:31
  Love
• 14:32
  also
• 14:32
  stepped
• 14:32
  in
• 14:32
  at
• 14:33
  the
• 14:33
  last
• 14:33
  minute,
• 14:34
  so
• 14:34
  last
• 14:34
  minute
• 14:34
  that
• 14:35
  the
• 14:35
  manager's
• 14:35
  name
• 14:35
  tag
• 14:36
  had
• 14:36
  already
• 14:36
  been
• 14:37
  made,
• 14:37
  and
• 14:38
  that's
• 14:38
  why
• 14:38
  the
• 14:38
  manager
• 14:39
  is
• 14:39
  named
• 14:39
  Wanda
• 14:41
  in
• 14:41
  the
• 14:41
  original
• 14:41
  draft
• 14:42
  of
• 14:42
  Elf.
• 14:42
  The
• 14:42
  film
• 14:43
  doesn't
• 14:43
  end
• 14:43
  with
• 14:43
  the
• 14:44
  citizens
• 14:44
  of
• 14:44
  New
• 14:44
  York
• 14:45
  coming
• 14:45
  together
• 14:45
  to
• 14:45
  help
• 14:46
  Santa
• 14:47
  by
• 14:47
  singing
• 14:47
  or
• 14:48
  otherwise.
• 14:48
  There's
• 14:49
  still
• 14:49
  an
• 14:49
  elaborate
• 14:50
  climax
• 14:50
  in
• 14:50
  Central
• 14:51
  park,
• 14:51
  although
• 14:52
  it's
• 14:52
  a
• 14:52
  little
• 14:52
  less
• 14:53
  amusing
• 14:53
  than
• 14:54
  the
• 14:54
  fictional
• 14:54
  Central
• 14:54
  park
• 14:55
  rangers
• 14:55
  chasing
• 14:56
  Santa
• 14:56
  on
• 14:56
  horseback.
• 14:58
  Instead,
• 14:58
  that
• 14:59
  script
• 14:59
  has
• 15:00
  NYPD
• 15:01
  cruisers,
• 15:01
  complete
• 15:02
  with
• 15:02
  guns,
• 15:03
  trying
• 15:03
  to
• 15:03
  take
• 15:04
  down
• 15:04
  Santa's
• 15:04
  sleigh
• 15:05
  and
• 15:05
  its
• 15:05
  reindeer
• 15:06
  with
• 15:06
  a
• 15:06
  dozen
• 15:07
  cop
• 15:07
  cars
• 15:07
  surrounding
• 15:08
  Central
• 15:08
  Park.
• 15:09
  The
• 15:09
  cops
• 15:10
  were
• 15:10
  supposed
• 15:11
  to
• 15:11
  be
• 15:11
  chasing
• 15:11
  Buddy
• 15:12
  down
• 15:12
  Fifth
• 15:12
  Avenue,
• 15:13
  shooting
• 15:13
  at
• 15:14
  him
• 15:14
  as
• 15:14
  he
• 15:14
  shot
• 15:15
  back
• 15:15
  at
• 15:15
  them.
• 15:16
  Buddy
• 15:16
  also
• 15:17
  jumps
• 15:17
  off
• 15:17
  the
• 15:17
  Empire
• 15:18
  State
• 15:18
  Building
• 15:18
  and
• 15:19
  onto
• 15:19
  a
• 15:19
  helicopter.
• 15:20
  All
• 15:20
  in
• 15:20
  all
• 15:21
  sounding
• 15:21
  a
• 15:21
  little
• 15:21
  bit
• 15:21
  more
• 15:22
  like
• 15:22
  a
• 15:22
  Die
• 15:22
  Hard
• 15:23
  sequel
• 15:23
  than
• 15:24
  the
• 15:24
  movie
• 15:24
  Elf
• 15:25
  that
• 15:25
  we
• 15:25
  know
• 15:25
  and
• 15:25
  love.
• 15:26
  In
• 15:26
  this
• 15:26
  script,
• 15:27
  all
• 15:27
  of
• 15:28
  Buddy's
• 15:28
  new
• 15:28
  family
• 15:28
  and
• 15:29
  friends,
• 15:29
  including
• 15:30
  his
• 15:30
  father
• 15:30
  Walter,
• 15:31
  his
• 15:31
  half
• 15:32
  brother
• 15:32
  Michael
• 15:32
  and
• 15:33
  Jovi
• 15:33
  all
• 15:34
  end
• 15:34
  up
• 15:34
  on
• 15:34
  Santa's
• 15:35
  sleigh.
• 15:35
  Obviously
• 15:36
  the
• 15:36
  movie
• 15:36
  that
• 15:36
  we
• 15:36
  get
• 15:37
  only
• 15:37
  has
• 15:37
  Buddy
• 15:38
  in
• 15:38
  Santa's
• 15:39
  sleigh
• 15:39
  and
• 15:40
  Jovi
• 15:40
  gets
• 15:40
  up
• 15:41
  in
• 15:41
  front
• 15:41
  of
• 15:41
  a
• 15:41
  crowd
• 15:41
  on
• 15:42
  Central
• 15:42
  park
• 15:43
  and
• 15:43
  starts
• 15:44
  singing
• 15:44
  Santa
• 15:44
  Claus
• 15:45
  is
• 15:45
  coming
• 15:45
  to
• 15:45
  town.
• 15:46
  And
• 15:46
  eventually
• 15:47
  others
• 15:47
  join
• 15:47
  in.
• 15:48
  And
• 15:48
  the
• 15:48
  power
• 15:48
  of
• 15:49
  these
• 15:49
  strangers
• 15:49
  singing
• 15:50
  gives
• 15:51
  enough
• 15:51
  Christmas
• 15:51
  spirit
• 15:51
  to
• 15:52
  make
• 15:52
  Santa's
• 15:52
  sleigh
• 15:53
  fly.
• 15:53
  Even
• 15:54
  Walter
• 15:55
  joins
• 15:55
  in.
• 15:56
  According
• 15:56
  to
• 15:56
  Jon
• 15:56
  Favreau,
• 15:57
  these
• 15:58
  were
• 15:58
  all
• 15:58
  the
• 15:58
  bits
• 15:58
  that
• 15:58
  he
• 15:59
  requested
• 15:59
  to
• 15:59
  be
• 15:59
  added
• 16:00
  to
• 16:00
  the
• 16:00
  script.
• 16:01
  After
• 16:01
  Zooey
• 16:01
  Deschanel
• 16:02
  came
• 16:02
  aboard,
• 16:03
  the
• 16:03
  Central
• 16:04
  Park
• 16:04
  Rangers
• 16:04
  replaced
• 16:05
  the
• 16:05
  NYPD
• 16:06
  officers
• 16:07
  and
• 16:07
  the
• 16:07
  Simon
• 16:08
  and
• 16:08
  Garfunkel
• 16:09
  concert
• 16:09
  really
• 16:10
  was
• 16:10
  a
• 16:10
  thing.
• 16:11
  Except
• 16:11
  it
• 16:11
  happened
• 16:12
  in
• 16:12
  1981
• 16:13
  and
• 16:13
  not
• 16:13
  in
• 16:14
  1985
• 16:15
  and
• 16:15
  the
• 16:15
  real
• 16:16
  life
• 16:16
  incident
• 16:16
  was
• 16:16
  that
• 16:17
  a
• 16:17
  man
• 16:17
  ran
• 16:17
  on
• 16:18
  stage
• 16:18
  and
• 16:18
  was
• 16:18
  escorted
• 16:19
  off
• 16:19
  stage
• 16:20
  by
• 16:20
  park
• 16:20
  security.
• 16:21
  The
• 16:22
  park
• 16:22
  rangers
• 16:23
  did
• 16:23
  also
• 16:23
  issue
• 16:24
  multiple
• 16:24
  summonses
• 16:25
  for
• 16:25
  minor
• 16:26
  drug
• 16:26
  offenses,
• 16:27
  illegal
• 16:27
  sales
• 16:28
  of
• 16:28
  buttons
• 16:29
  and
• 16:29
  other
• 16:30
  concert
• 16:30
  memorabilia
• 16:31
  that
• 16:31
  day,
• 16:31
  and
• 16:32
  maybe
• 16:32
  that
• 16:32
  behavior
• 16:33
  then
• 16:33
  led
• 16:33
  to
• 16:34
  Santa
• 16:34
  putting
• 16:34
  them
• 16:34
  all
• 16:35
  on
• 16:35
  the
• 16:35
  naughty
• 16:35
  list
• 16:36
  because
• 16:37
  illegal
• 16:37
  sale
• 16:37
  of
• 16:38
  buttons.
• 16:39
  Just
• 16:39
  let
• 16:39
  the
• 16:39
  button
• 16:40
  sales
• 16:40
  commence.
• 16:40
  It
• 16:41
  is
• 16:41
  Christmas.
• 16:42
  Who
• 16:42
  cares
• 16:42
  about
• 16:43
  illegal
• 16:43
  sales
• 16:43
  at
• 16:43
  Buttons
• 16:44
  Park
• 16:45
  Rangers?
• 16:45
  Let's
• 16:46
  be
• 16:46
  honest,
• 16:47
  and
• 16:47
  the
• 16:47
  Central
• 16:47
  Park
• 16:48
  Rangers
• 16:48
  looking
• 16:48
  like
• 16:49
  the
• 16:49
  ring
• 16:49
  wraiths
• 16:50
  from
• 16:50
  Lord
• 16:50
  of
• 16:50
  the
• 16:50
  Rings
• 16:51
  was
• 16:52
  totally
• 16:52
  intentional.
• 16:53
  Jon
• 16:53
  Favreau
• 16:54
  has
• 16:54
  admitted
• 16:55
  as
• 16:55
  much
• 16:55
  in
• 16:55
  the
• 16:56
  commentary
• 16:56
  on
• 16:56
  the
• 16:57
  dvd.
• 16:57
  The
• 16:58
  costumes
• 16:58
  were
• 16:58
  designed
• 16:59
  to
• 16:59
  reference
• 16:59
  Lord
• 17:00
  of
• 17:00
  the
• 17:00
  Rings
• 17:00
  and
• 17:01
  the
• 17:01
  rangers
• 17:01
  were
• 17:02
  always
• 17:02
  shot
• 17:02
  in
• 17:02
  silhouette
• 17:03
  to
• 17:03
  hide
• 17:03
  their
• 17:04
  real
• 17:04
  appearance.
• 17:05
  And
• 17:05
  the
• 17:06
  Rankin
• 17:06
  Bass
• 17:06
  association
• 17:07
  would
• 17:08
  lead
• 17:08
  to
• 17:08
  Elf
• 17:09
  becoming
• 17:09
  something
• 17:10
  wholly
• 17:10
  different
• 17:10
  to
• 17:11
  other
• 17:11
  2000s
• 17:12
  Christmas
• 17:13
  films.
• 17:13
  Whereas
• 17:14
  many
• 17:14
  other
• 17:15
  big
• 17:15
  budget
• 17:15
  festive
• 17:16
  movies
• 17:16
  of
• 17:16
  the
• 17:16
  2000s
• 17:18
  embraced
• 17:18
  the
• 17:19
  then
• 17:19
  cutting
• 17:19
  edge
• 17:20
  computer
• 17:20
  generated
• 17:21
  effect,
• 17:21
  Elf
• 17:22
  relied
• 17:22
  heavily
• 17:23
  on
• 17:23
  stop
• 17:24
  motion
• 17:24
  created
• 17:25
  by
• 17:25
  the
• 17:25
  Toyota
• 17:26
  brothers
• 17:26
  to
• 17:27
  make
• 17:27
  the
• 17:27
  movie
• 17:27
  look
• 17:28
  as
• 17:28
  timeless
• 17:28
  today
• 17:29
  as
• 17:29
  it
• 17:30
  did
• 17:30
  in
• 17:30
  2003.
• 17:31
  The
• 17:32
  production
• 17:32
  design
• 17:32
  of
• 17:33
  the
• 17:33
  North
• 17:33
  Pole
• 17:33
  by
• 17:34
  Rusty
• 17:34
  Smith
• 17:35
  was
• 17:35
  heavily
• 17:35
  influenced
• 17:36
  by
• 17:36
  the
• 17:36
  look
• 17:36
  of
• 17:37
  Rudolph
• 17:37
  the
• 17:37
  Red
• 17:37
  Nosed
• 17:38
  Reindeer,
• 17:38
  as
• 17:39
  was
• 17:39
  the
• 17:39
  costuming
• 17:40
  by
• 17:40
  Lara
• 17:40
  Jean
• 17:41
  Shannon
• 17:41
  and
• 17:41
  the
• 17:41
  collar
• 17:42
  panets
• 17:42
  as
• 17:43
  well.
• 17:43
  So
• 17:44
  much
• 17:44
  so
• 17:44
  that
• 17:44
  Elf
• 17:45
  very
• 17:45
  almost
• 17:45
  ran
• 17:46
  into
• 17:46
  legal
• 17:46
  trouble
• 17:47
  due
• 17:47
  to
• 17:47
  the
• 17:47
  similarities
• 17:48
  with
• 17:49
  New
• 17:49
  Line
• 17:49
  Cinema's
• 17:50
  legal
• 17:50
  team
• 17:50
  visiting
• 17:51
  the
• 17:51
  set
• 17:51
  to
• 17:52
  check
• 17:52
  for
• 17:52
  infringements.
• 17:53
  And
• 17:53
  because
• 17:54
  everyone
• 17:54
  knew
• 17:54
  the
• 17:55
  inspiration
• 17:55
  was
• 17:55
  clearly
• 17:56
  Rankin
• 17:56
  Bass,
• 17:57
  no
• 17:57
  one
• 17:58
  denied
• 17:58
  it
• 17:58
  and
• 17:58
  it
• 17:58
  was
• 17:59
  left
• 17:59
  to
• 17:59
  the
• 17:59
  legal
• 17:59
  department
• 18:00
  to
• 18:00
  see
• 18:00
  what
• 18:00
  they
• 18:01
  could
• 18:01
  do
• 18:01
  about
• 18:01
  it,
• 18:02
  even
• 18:02
  leading
• 18:03
  to
• 18:03
  potentially
• 18:03
  making
• 18:04
  Buddy's
• 18:04
  suit
• 18:05
  blue
• 18:05
  instead
• 18:06
  of
• 18:06
  green.
• 18:07
  Unfortunately,
• 18:08
  they'd
• 18:08
  already
• 18:08
  shot
• 18:08
  the
• 18:09
  movie
• 18:09
  at
• 18:09
  this
• 18:09
  point,
• 18:10
  so
• 18:10
  if
• 18:10
  they
• 18:10
  had
• 18:11
  had
• 18:11
  to
• 18:11
  make
• 18:11
  the
• 18:11
  suit
• 18:12
  blue,
• 18:12
  they
• 18:12
  would
• 18:12
  have
• 18:12
  had
• 18:13
  to
• 18:13
  do
• 18:13
  it
• 18:13
  in
• 18:13
  post
• 18:13
  production.
• 18:14
  But
• 18:14
  luckily
• 18:15
  that
• 18:15
  didn't
• 18:15
  have
• 18:15
  to
• 18:16
  happen
• 18:16
  and
• 18:16
  the
• 18:16
  production
• 18:17
  was
• 18:17
  cleared
• 18:17
  of
• 18:18
  any
• 18:18
  sort
• 18:18
  of
• 18:18
  legal
• 18:19
  infringement.
• 18:20
  Making
• 18:21
  the
• 18:21
  6
• 18:22
  foot
• 18:22
  3
• 18:22
  buddy
• 18:22
  appear
• 18:23
  noticeably
• 18:24
  bigger
• 18:24
  than
• 18:24
  the
• 18:24
  elves
• 18:25
  in
• 18:25
  Santa's
• 18:25
  workshop
• 18:26
  was
• 18:27
  another
• 18:27
  visual
• 18:27
  effects
• 18:28
  challenge.
• 18:28
  Because
• 18:29
  in
• 18:29
  order
• 18:29
  to
• 18:29
  make
• 18:30
  actors
• 18:30
  like
• 18:30
  Bob
• 18:31
  Newhart
• 18:31
  and
• 18:32
  the
• 18:32
  other
• 18:32
  actors
• 18:32
  playing
• 18:32
  the
• 18:33
  elves
• 18:33
  appear
• 18:34
  Elf
• 18:34
  like
• 18:34
  without
• 18:35
  the
• 18:35
  use
• 18:35
  of
• 18:35
  cgi,
• 18:36
  director
• 18:37
  Jon
• 18:37
  Favreau
• 18:38
  insisted
• 18:38
  on
• 18:39
  producing
• 18:39
  an
• 18:39
  optical
• 18:40
  illusion
• 18:40
  by
• 18:41
  using
• 18:41
  forced
• 18:41
  perspective,
• 18:42
  giving
• 18:43
  the
• 18:43
  impression
• 18:43
  that
• 18:43
  Ferrell
• 18:44
  was
• 18:44
  much
• 18:44
  taller
• 18:45
  than
• 18:45
  the
• 18:45
  other
• 18:45
  people
• 18:46
  in
• 18:46
  the
• 18:46
  room
• 18:46
  and
• 18:46
  that
• 18:46
  everyone
• 18:47
  else
• 18:47
  was
• 18:47
  much
• 18:48
  smaller.
• 18:49
  To
• 18:49
  create
• 18:49
  the
• 18:49
  illusion
• 18:50
  that
• 18:50
  his
• 18:50
  character
• 18:51
  was
• 18:51
  half
• 18:51
  as
• 18:51
  large
• 18:52
  as
• 18:52
  Buddy's,
• 18:53
  Bob
• 18:53
  Newhart
• 18:54
  had
• 18:54
  to
• 18:54
  film
• 18:54
  every
• 18:55
  scene
• 18:55
  while
• 18:55
  standing
• 18:56
  a
• 18:56
  few
• 18:56
  feet
• 18:57
  behind
• 18:57
  Will
• 18:57
  Ferrell.
• 18:58
  For
• 18:58
  Buddy
• 18:59
  to
• 18:59
  sit
• 18:59
  on
• 18:59
  Papa
• 18:59
  Elf's
• 19:00
  legs.
• 19:00
  He
• 19:01
  was
• 19:01
  actually
• 19:01
  sitting
• 19:02
  on
• 19:02
  the
• 19:02
  legs
• 19:02
  of
• 19:02
  a
• 19:02
  small
• 19:03
  child,
• 19:03
  which
• 19:03
  was
• 19:04
  supported
• 19:04
  so
• 19:05
  that
• 19:05
  he
• 19:05
  wasn't
• 19:05
  squishing
• 19:06
  a
• 19:06
  small
• 19:06
  child's
• 19:07
  legs.
• 19:07
  With
• 19:08
  Bob
• 19:08
  Newhart
• 19:09
  actually
• 19:09
  sitting
• 19:10
  far,
• 19:10
  far
• 19:10
  behind.
• 19:11
  The
• 19:11
  tree
• 19:12
  on
• 19:12
  Fire
• 19:12
  in
• 19:12
  the
• 19:12
  early
• 19:13
  moments
• 19:13
  of
• 19:13
  the
• 19:13
  movie
• 19:13
  is
• 19:14
  also
• 19:14
  done
• 19:14
  with
• 19:14
  forced
• 19:15
  perspective.
• 19:16
  The
• 19:16
  top
• 19:16
  half
• 19:16
  of
• 19:17
  the
• 19:17
  tree
• 19:17
  is
• 19:17
  a
• 19:17
  miniature
• 19:18
  in
• 19:18
  the
• 19:18
  foreground.
• 19:19
  The
• 19:19
  bottom
• 19:19
  half
• 19:20
  is
• 19:20
  roughly
• 19:20
  40ft
• 19:21
  away
• 19:21
  from
• 19:22
  the
• 19:22
  camera.
• 19:22
  The
• 19:23
  edges
• 19:23
  were
• 19:23
  then
• 19:23
  blended
• 19:24
  to
• 19:24
  make
• 19:24
  it
• 19:24
  appear
• 19:25
  as
• 19:25
  if
• 19:25
  it's
• 19:25
  all
• 19:25
  one
• 19:26
  tree.
• 19:26
  Jon
• 19:27
  Favreau
• 19:27
  felt
• 19:28
  it
• 19:28
  important
• 19:28
  to
• 19:28
  use
• 19:29
  the
• 19:29
  old
• 19:29
  techniques
• 19:30
  rather
• 19:30
  than
• 19:30
  cgi
• 19:31
  because
• 19:32
  he
• 19:32
  felt
• 19:32
  that
• 19:32
  these
• 19:32
  techniques
• 19:33
  gave
• 19:33
  the
• 19:34
  film
• 19:34
  a
• 19:34
  feeling
• 19:34
  of
• 19:35
  nostalgia,
• 19:36
  like
• 19:36
  the
• 19:36
  old
• 19:37
  Christmas
• 19:37
  TV
• 19:38
  specials,
• 19:38
  like
• 19:39
  the
• 19:39
  ranking
• 19:39
  bath
• 19:40
  specials
• 19:40
  that
• 19:40
  he
• 19:40
  grew
• 19:40
  up
• 19:41
  on.
• 19:41
  One
• 19:42
  of
• 19:42
  the
• 19:42
  films
• 19:42
  he
• 19:42
  compares
• 19:43
  the
• 19:43
  technique
• 19:43
  to
• 19:44
  is,
• 19:44
  unsurprisingly,
• 19:46
  the
• 19:46
  Lord
• 19:46
  of
• 19:46
  the
• 19:46
  Rings,
• 19:47
  which,
• 19:48
  just
• 19:48
  like
• 19:48
  Elf,
• 19:49
  are
• 19:49
  new
• 19:49
  line
• 19:49
  cinema
• 19:50
  films.
• 19:50
  The
• 19:51
  Lord
• 19:51
  of
• 19:51
  the
• 19:51
  Rings
• 19:52
  also
• 19:52
  used
• 19:52
  force
• 19:53
  perspective
• 19:54
  to
• 19:54
  make
• 19:54
  Gandalf
• 19:55
  appear
• 19:55
  really
• 19:55
  tall
• 19:56
  and
• 19:56
  to
• 19:56
  make
• 19:56
  the
• 19:56
  hobbits
• 19:57
  appear
• 19:57
  really
• 19:57
  small.
• 19:59
  Many
• 20:00
  of
• 20:00
  the
• 20:00
  sets
• 20:00
  at
• 20:00
  Elf
• 20:01
  were
• 20:01
  built
• 20:01
  twice.
• 20:02
  Once
• 20:02
  much
• 20:03
  larger
• 20:03
  for
• 20:03
  the
• 20:03
  actors
• 20:04
  playing
• 20:04
  the
• 20:04
  elves
• 20:05
  and
• 20:05
  again
• 20:05
  slightly
• 20:06
  smaller
• 20:06
  for
• 20:07
  the
• 20:07
  actors
• 20:07
  playing
• 20:08
  normal
• 20:08
  sized
• 20:08
  actors.
• 20:09
  In
• 20:09
  the
• 20:09
  scene
• 20:10
  where
• 20:10
  Ed
• 20:10
  Asner
• 20:11
  as
• 20:11
  Santa
• 20:11
  addresses
• 20:12
  his
• 20:12
  elves,
• 20:13
  he's
• 20:13
  standing
• 20:13
  on
• 20:14
  a
• 20:14
  platform.
• 20:14
  On
• 20:14
  a
• 20:14
  smaller
• 20:15
  version
• 20:15
  of
• 20:15
  the
• 20:16
  set,
• 20:16
  the
• 20:16
  elves
• 20:17
  were
• 20:17
  standing
• 20:17
  on
• 20:18
  another
• 20:18
  platform
• 20:19
  far
• 20:19
  behind
• 20:19
  him
• 20:20
  and
• 20:20
  lighting
• 20:21
  is
• 20:21
  used
• 20:21
  to
• 20:21
  blend
• 20:22
  the
• 20:22
  two
• 20:22
  images
• 20:23
  together.
• 20:24
  The
• 20:24
  stop
• 20:24
  motion
• 20:25
  characters
• 20:25
  were
• 20:25
  done
• 20:26
  using
• 20:26
  two
• 20:26
  frame
• 20:27
  stop
• 20:27
  motion.
• 20:28
  Every
• 20:28
  time
• 20:28
  the
• 20:28
  puppet
• 20:29
  would
• 20:29
  be
• 20:29
  moved,
• 20:30
  the
• 20:30
  character
• 20:30
  would
• 20:30
  be
• 20:30
  shot
• 20:31
  twice
• 20:31
  to
• 20:32
  give
• 20:32
  it
• 20:32
  a
• 20:32
  choppy
• 20:32
  movement
• 20:33
  and
• 20:33
  the
• 20:33
  feeling
• 20:34
  of
• 20:34
  how
• 20:34
  they
• 20:34
  looked
• 20:35
  in
• 20:35
  the
• 20:36
  Ranking
• 20:36
  Mass
• 20:36
  specials.
• 20:37
  All
• 20:38
  of
• 20:38
  the
• 20:38
  stop
• 20:38
  motion
• 20:38
  was
• 20:39
  done
• 20:39
  by
• 20:39
  the
• 20:39
  Chiodo
• 20:40
  brothers,
• 20:40
  three
• 20:41
  brothers
• 20:41
  who
• 20:42
  still
• 20:42
  do
• 20:42
  stop
• 20:42
  motion
• 20:43
  animation.
• 20:44
  And
• 20:44
  all
• 20:45
  of
• 20:45
  those
• 20:45
  characters
• 20:46
  would
• 20:46
  probably
• 20:46
  have
• 20:46
  been
• 20:47
  done
• 20:47
  with
• 20:47
  CGI
• 20:48
  if
• 20:48
  this
• 20:48
  movie
• 20:48
  was
• 20:49
  made
• 20:49
  today.
• 20:49
  The
• 20:50
  Chiodo
• 20:50
  brothers,
• 20:51
  Charles,
• 20:51
  Stephen
• 20:52
  and
• 20:52
  Edward
• 20:52
  Chiodo,
• 20:53
  have
• 20:54
  spent
• 20:54
  over
• 20:54
  30
• 20:55
  years
• 20:55
  working
• 20:55
  with
• 20:56
  live
• 20:56
  action
• 20:56
  puppetry,
• 20:57
  including
• 20:58
  four
• 20:58
  killer
• 20:59
  clowns
• 20:59
  from
• 20:59
  Outer
• 20:59
  Space
• 21:00
  and
• 21:00
  Team
• 21:01
  America
• 21:01
  World
• 21:01
  police.
• 21:02
  That's
• 21:02
  episode
• 21:03
  158,
• 21:04
  this
• 21:04
  podcast.
• 21:05
  Jon
• 21:05
  Favreau
• 21:06
  selected
• 21:06
  them
• 21:06
  because
• 21:07
  they
• 21:07
  were
• 21:07
  the
• 21:07
  last
• 21:07
  effects
• 21:08
  house
• 21:08
  in
• 21:08
  LA
• 21:09
  who
• 21:09
  still
• 21:09
  specialized
• 21:10
  in
• 21:10
  two
• 21:11
  frame
• 21:11
  stop
• 21:11
  motion
• 21:12
  animation.
• 21:13
  For
• 21:13
  the
• 21:13
  Chiodos,
• 21:14
  the
• 21:14
  challenge
• 21:15
  of
• 21:15
  working
• 21:15
  on
• 21:15
  Elf
• 21:16
  was
• 21:16
  emulating
• 21:17
  the
• 21:17
  classic
• 21:18
  kitschy
• 21:18
  animation
• 21:19
  styles
• 21:20
  of
• 21:20
  the
• 21:20
  old
• 21:20
  Ranking
• 21:21
  Bass
• 21:21
  productions
• 21:21
  of
• 21:22
  the
• 21:22
  60s
• 21:22
  and
• 21:22
  70s,
• 21:23
  all
• 21:23
  the
• 21:23
  while
• 21:24
  being
• 21:24
  careful
• 21:24
  to
• 21:25
  create
• 21:25
  new
• 21:25
  images
• 21:26
  but
• 21:26
  also
• 21:27
  pay
• 21:27
  homage
• 21:27
  without
• 21:28
  compromising
• 21:28
  the
• 21:29
  memories
• 21:29
  of
• 21:29
  the
• 21:30
  source
• 21:30
  material.
• 21:31
  The
• 21:31
  Chiodos
• 21:32
  were
• 21:32
  originally
• 21:32
  just
• 21:32
  contracted
• 21:33
  to
• 21:33
  do
• 21:33
  Leon
• 21:33
  the
• 21:34
  Snowman
• 21:34
  and
• 21:34
  the
• 21:35
  Arctic
• 21:35
  Animals
• 21:35
  portion
• 21:36
  in
• 21:36
  the
• 21:36
  North
• 21:36
  Pole
• 21:37
  sequence,
• 21:37
  which
• 21:38
  was
• 21:38
  meant
• 21:38
  to
• 21:38
  be
• 21:38
  a
• 21:39
  10
• 21:39
  to
• 21:39
  12
• 21:39
  week
• 21:40
  process.
• 21:40
  Then
• 21:41
  after
• 21:41
  the
• 21:41
  movie
• 21:42
  had
• 21:42
  a
• 21:42
  test
• 21:42
  screening,
• 21:43
  it
• 21:43
  tested
• 21:43
  so
• 21:44
  well,
• 21:44
  they
• 21:44
  decided
• 21:45
  to
• 21:45
  do
• 21:45
  an
• 21:45
  animated
• 21:46
  opening,
• 21:47
  which
• 21:47
  was
• 21:47
  an
• 21:47
  accelerated
• 21:48
  schedule
• 21:49
  that
• 21:49
  they
• 21:49
  did
• 21:49
  in
• 21:49
  about
• 21:50
  eight
• 21:50
  weeks.
• 21:51
  Instead
• 21:51
  of
• 21:51
  making
• 21:52
  the
• 21:52
  stop
• 21:52
  motion
• 21:53
  look
• 21:53
  pristine,
• 21:53
  they
• 21:54
  emulated
• 21:54
  Rankin
• 21:55
  Bass
• 21:55
  right
• 21:56
  down
• 21:56
  to
• 21:56
  the
• 21:56
  fabrication
• 21:57
  points,
• 21:57
  using
• 21:58
  traditional
• 21:58
  techniques
• 21:59
  and
• 21:59
  embellishing
• 22:00
  it
• 22:00
  with
• 22:00
  new
• 22:00
  techniques.
• 22:01
  The
• 22:01
  narwhal
• 22:02
  coming
• 22:02
  up
• 22:03
  out
• 22:03
  of
• 22:03
  the
• 22:03
  water
• 22:03
  was
• 22:04
  done
• 22:04
  with
• 22:04
  salt
• 22:04
  on
• 22:05
  glass,
• 22:05
  cellophane
• 22:06
  ripples
• 22:07
  and
• 22:07
  real
• 22:07
  water.
• 22:08
  And
• 22:08
  of
• 22:08
  course,
• 22:08
  Mr.
• 22:09
  Narwhal
• 22:09
  was
• 22:09
  voiced
• 22:10
  by
• 22:10
  Jon
• 22:10
  Favreau,
• 22:11
  as
• 22:11
  was
• 22:11
  Baby
• 22:11
  Walrus
• 22:12
  and
• 22:12
  the
• 22:12
  Arctic
• 22:13
  Puffin.
• 22:13
  The
• 22:14
  polar
• 22:14
  bear
• 22:14
  cub
• 22:15
  was
• 22:15
  voiced
• 22:15
  by
• 22:15
  the
• 22:16
  legendary
• 22:16
  Ray
• 22:17
  Harryhausen,
• 22:18
  obviously
• 22:18
  a
• 22:19
  legend
• 22:19
  in
• 22:19
  stop
• 22:19
  motion.
• 22:20
  So
• 22:20
  it's
• 22:20
  wonderful
• 22:21
  that
• 22:21
  he
• 22:21
  got
• 22:21
  a
• 22:21
  little
• 22:21
  moment
• 22:22
  in
• 22:22
  there.
• 22:23
  And
• 22:23
  Leon
• 22:23
  the
• 22:23
  Snowman
• 22:24
  was
• 22:24
  musician
• 22:25
  Leon
• 22:25
  Redbone.
• 22:26
  Favreau
• 22:27
  had
• 22:27
  to
• 22:27
  fight
• 22:27
  the
• 22:28
  studio
• 22:28
  to
• 22:28
  use
• 22:29
  stop
• 22:29
  motion
• 22:29
  because,
• 22:30
  as
• 22:30
  I've
• 22:30
  mentioned
• 22:31
  in
• 22:31
  recent
• 22:31
  episodes,
• 22:32
  Jon
• 22:32
  Favreau
• 22:33
  prefers
• 22:34
  practical
• 22:34
  effects.
• 22:35
  He
• 22:35
  did
• 22:35
  Annoying
• 22:35
  man
• 22:36
  too.
• 22:36
  Maybe
• 22:37
  not
• 22:37
  so
• 22:37
  much
• 22:37
  in
• 22:38
  his
• 22:38
  recent
• 22:38
  career,
• 22:38
  but
• 22:39
  absolutely
• 22:39
  in
• 22:39
  the
• 22:40
  2000s,
• 22:40
  he
• 22:40
  was
• 22:40
  a
• 22:41
  huge
• 22:41
  advocate
• 22:42
  for
• 22:42
  practical
• 22:43
  effects
• 22:43
  work.
• 22:45
  Elf
• 22:45
  does
• 22:45
  use
• 22:46
  cgi,
• 22:46
  and
• 22:46
  when
• 22:47
  it
• 22:47
  does,
• 22:47
  it
• 22:47
  was
• 22:48
  down
• 22:48
  to
• 22:48
  rhythm
• 22:48
  and
• 22:49
  hues.
• 22:49
  They
• 22:50
  made
• 22:50
  Santa's
• 22:50
  sleigh
• 22:51
  a
• 22:51
  reindeer
• 22:51
  for
• 22:51
  when
• 22:52
  it's
• 22:52
  flying
• 22:52
  through
• 22:52
  the
• 22:52
  sky.
• 22:53
  They
• 22:53
  even
• 22:53
  made
• 22:54
  the
• 22:54
  snowballs
• 22:55
  for
• 22:55
  the
• 22:55
  Central
• 22:55
  park
• 22:56
  snowball
• 22:56
  fight,
• 22:57
  which
• 22:57
  is
• 22:57
  still
• 22:57
  really
• 22:58
  impressive
• 22:58
  because
• 22:58
  they
• 22:59
  genuinely
• 22:59
  do
• 22:59
  look
• 23:00
  like
• 23:00
  real
• 23:00
  snowballs.
• 23:01
  Now
• 23:01
  it's
• 23:02
  common
• 23:02
  knowledge
• 23:02
  that
• 23:02
  elves
• 23:03
  stick
• 23:03
  to
• 23:03
  the
• 23:03
  four
• 23:04
  main
• 23:04
  food
• 23:04
  groups,
• 23:05
  candy,
• 23:06
  candy
• 23:06
  canes,
• 23:07
  candy
• 23:07
  corns
• 23:08
  and
• 23:08
  syrup.
• 23:09
  And
• 23:09
  that
• 23:09
  meant
• 23:09
  Will
• 23:10
  Ferrell
• 23:10
  chowing
• 23:11
  down
• 23:11
  on
• 23:11
  sugar
• 23:11
  coated
• 23:12
  pasta
• 23:13
  and
• 23:13
  lots
• 23:13
  of
• 23:14
  it.
• 23:14
  So
• 23:14
  much
• 23:14
  so
• 23:14
  that
• 23:15
  Ferrell
• 23:15
  vomited
• 23:16
  the
• 23:16
  first
• 23:16
  time
• 23:16
  he
• 23:17
  ate
• 23:17
  it.
• 23:17
  Principal
• 23:18
  photography
• 23:19
  began
• 23:19
  on
• 23:19
  9
• 23:20
  December
• 23:21
  2002
• 23:21
  and
• 23:22
  wrapped
• 23:22
  on
• 23:22
  7
• 23:23
  March
• 23:24
  2003.
• 23:25
  Favreau
• 23:26
  included
• 23:26
  a
• 23:26
  lot
• 23:27
  of
• 23:27
  New
• 23:27
  York
• 23:27
  based
• 23:28
  locations
• 23:28
  in
• 23:28
  the
• 23:28
  script
• 23:29
  like
• 23:29
  the
• 23:29
  Empire
• 23:29
  State
• 23:30
  Building,
• 23:30
  but
• 23:31
  he
• 23:31
  wasn't
• 23:31
  sure
• 23:31
  he'd
• 23:32
  be
• 23:32
  able
• 23:32
  to
• 23:32
  film
• 23:32
  the
• 23:33
  New
• 23:33
  York
• 23:33
  based
• 23:33
  locations
• 23:34
  at
• 23:34
  the
• 23:34
  time.
• 23:35
  However,
• 23:35
  his
• 23:36
  location
• 23:36
  manager
• 23:37
  was
• 23:37
  able
• 23:37
  to
• 23:37
  secure
• 23:38
  all
• 23:38
  of
• 23:38
  the
• 23:39
  New
• 23:39
  York
• 23:39
  locations
• 23:39
  he
• 23:40
  wanted.
• 23:40
  All
• 23:41
  of
• 23:41
  the
• 23:41
  exteriors
• 23:42
  were
• 23:42
  shot
• 23:42
  in
• 23:43
  New
• 23:43
  York
• 23:43
  City,
• 23:43
  which
• 23:44
  was
• 23:44
  something
• 23:44
  that
• 23:44
  Jon
• 23:44
  Favreau
• 23:45
  took
• 23:45
  great
• 23:46
  pride
• 23:46
  in.
• 23:47
  It
• 23:47
  is
• 23:47
  actually
• 23:48
  forbidden
• 23:48
  for
• 23:48
  pedestrians
• 23:49
  to
• 23:49
  walk
• 23:50
  through
• 23:50
  the
• 23:50
  Lincoln
• 23:50
  Tunnel,
• 23:51
  so
• 23:51
  when
• 23:51
  Will
• 23:52
  Ferrell
• 23:52
  actually
• 23:53
  did
• 23:53
  it,
• 23:54
  it
• 23:54
  caused
• 23:54
  minor
• 23:55
  traffic
• 23:55
  disruption
• 23:56
  because
• 23:56
  his
• 23:57
  appearance
• 23:57
  as
• 23:58
  a
• 23:58
  grown
• 23:58
  man
• 23:59
  as
• 23:59
  an
• 23:59
  elf
• 23:59
  distracted
• 24:00
  drivers
• 24:00
  enough
• 24:01
  to
• 24:01
  cause
• 24:01
  a
• 24:01
  few
• 24:01
  accidents.
• 24:02
  The
• 24:03
  vast
• 24:03
  majority
• 24:03
  of
• 24:03
  filming
• 24:04
  in
• 24:04
  New
• 24:04
  York
• 24:04
  was
• 24:05
  alongside
• 24:05
  everyday
• 24:06
  people,
• 24:06
  including
• 24:07
  the
• 24:07
  man
• 24:08
  with
• 24:08
  the
• 24:08
  beard
• 24:08
  in
• 24:09
  a
• 24:09
  red
• 24:09
  tracksuit
• 24:10
  who
• 24:10
  looks
• 24:10
  suspiciously
• 24:11
  like
• 24:11
  Santa
• 24:12
  Claus.
• 24:12
  That
• 24:13
  is
• 24:13
  not
• 24:13
  an
• 24:13
  actor,
• 24:14
  that
• 24:14
  is
• 24:14
  a
• 24:14
  genuine
• 24:15
  human
• 24:16
  New
• 24:16
  York
• 24:17
  resident
• 24:17
  slash
• 24:18
  citizen
• 24:18
  slash
• 24:19
  tourist
• 24:20
  who
• 24:20
  happened
• 24:20
  to
• 24:21
  be
• 24:21
  there
• 24:21
  on
• 24:21
  that
• 24:21
  day
• 24:22
  to
• 24:22
  shoot
• 24:22
  the
• 24:23
  Christmas
• 24:23
  Tree
• 24:23
  in
• 24:23
  the
• 24:23
  Rockefeller
• 24:24
  Center.
• 24:25
  Production
• 24:25
  had
• 24:25
  to
• 24:25
  wait
• 24:25
  until
• 24:26
  after
• 24:26
  midnight
• 24:27
  and
• 24:27
  only
• 24:27
  then
• 24:28
  got
• 24:28
  four
• 24:29
  hours
• 24:29
  to
• 24:29
  get
• 24:29
  the
• 24:29
  scene
• 24:30
  because
• 24:30
  a
• 24:30
  professional
• 24:30
  skater
• 24:31
  was
• 24:31
  performing
• 24:32
  the
• 24:32
  next
• 24:32
  day.
• 24:33
  And
• 24:33
  setting
• 24:34
  the
• 24:34
  department
• 24:34
  store
• 24:35
  with
• 24:35
  gimbals
• 24:36
  wasn't
• 24:36
  as
• 24:36
  many
• 24:37
  suggest
• 24:37
  because
• 24:37
  Macy's
• 24:38
  wouldn't
• 24:38
  allow
• 24:39
  it.
• 24:39
  It
• 24:39
  was
• 24:40
  actually
• 24:40
  the
• 24:40
  opposite.
• 24:41
  Macy's
• 24:41
  were
• 24:42
  more
• 24:42
  than
• 24:42
  happy
• 24:42
  to
• 24:42
  let
• 24:43
  the
• 24:43
  production
• 24:43
  shoot
• 24:43
  in
• 24:44
  their
• 24:44
  store
• 24:45
  as
• 24:45
  well
• 24:45
  as
• 24:45
  their
• 24:45
  Santaland
• 24:47
  and
• 24:47
  incorporate
• 24:47
  the
• 24:48
  story
• 24:48
  into
• 24:48
  the
• 24:48
  famous
• 24:49
  Macy's
• 24:50
  Christmas
• 24:50
  Parade.
• 24:51
  However,
• 24:51
  Macy's
• 24:52
  objected
• 24:53
  to
• 24:53
  their
• 24:53
  store
• 24:53
  Santa
• 24:54
  being
• 24:54
  revealed
• 24:55
  to
• 24:55
  be
• 24:55
  fake
• 24:56
  because
• 24:56
  they
• 24:57
  didn't
• 24:57
  want
• 24:57
  anyone
• 24:58
  believing
• 24:58
  their
• 24:58
  Santa
• 24:59
  isn't
• 24:59
  the
• 24:59
  genuine
• 25:00
  article.
• 25:01
  This
• 25:01
  stipulation
• 25:02
  led
• 25:02
  to
• 25:03
  the
• 25:03
  movie
• 25:03
  filming
• 25:03
  in
• 25:04
  a
• 25:04
  mental
• 25:04
  hospital
• 25:05
  in
• 25:05
  Vancouver
• 25:06
  as
• 25:06
  well
• 25:06
  as
• 25:07
  making
• 25:07
  the
• 25:07
  department
• 25:08
  store
• 25:08
  Gimbals,
• 25:09
  which
• 25:09
  was
• 25:09
  owned
• 25:09
  by
• 25:10
  a
• 25:10
  third
• 25:10
  party
• 25:10
  who
• 25:11
  were
• 25:11
  willing
• 25:11
  to
• 25:11
  license
• 25:12
  it
• 25:12
  out
• 25:12
  and
• 25:13
  for
• 25:13
  the
• 25:13
  production
• 25:14
  to
• 25:14
  create
• 25:14
  their
• 25:14
  own
• 25:15
  version
• 25:15
  of
• 25:15
  Gimbals,
• 25:16
  which
• 25:16
  led
• 25:16
  to
• 25:16
  more
• 25:17
  creative
• 25:17
  freedom
• 25:18
  as
• 25:18
  well
• 25:18
  as
• 25:18
  a
• 25:18
  tie
• 25:19
  in
• 25:19
  to
• 25:19
  the
• 25:19
  classic
• 25:20
  Miracle
• 25:20
  on
• 25:21
  34th
• 25:21
  Street.
• 25:22
  Gimbel's,
• 25:23
  the
• 25:23
  actual
• 25:24
  original
• 25:24
  department
• 25:25
  store
• 25:25
  was
• 25:25
  originally
• 25:26
  located
• 25:26
  on
• 25:27
  Herald
• 25:27
  Square
• 25:28
  that
• 25:28
  closed
• 25:29
  in
• 25:29
  1986.
• 25:30
  The
• 25:31
  exterior
• 25:31
  of
• 25:31
  Gimbels
• 25:32
  in
• 25:32
  the
• 25:32
  movie
• 25:32
  was
• 25:33
  the
• 25:33
  textile
• 25:33
  building
• 25:34
  on
• 25:34
  fifth
• 25:34
  Avenue
• 25:35
  in
• 25:35
  New
• 25:35
  York
• 25:36
  which
• 25:36
  was
• 25:36
  decorated
• 25:37
  with
• 25:37
  CGI
• 25:38
  as
• 25:39
  well
• 25:39
  as
• 25:39
  Gimbels.
• 25:40
  Walter's
• 25:40
  apartment,
• 25:41
  the
• 25:41
  book
• 25:41
  publishers,
• 25:42
  the
• 25:42
  mail
• 25:42
  room
• 25:43
  and
• 25:43
  the
• 25:43
  jail
• 25:43
  cell
• 25:44
  were
• 25:44
  all
• 25:45
  built
• 25:45
  within
• 25:46
  the
• 25:46
  same
• 25:46
  abandoned
• 25:47
  mental
• 25:48
  hospital
• 25:48
  in
• 25:48
  Vancouver,
• 25:49
  which
• 25:49
  is
• 25:50
  also
• 25:50
  the
• 25:50
  same
• 25:50
  hospital
• 25:51
  where
• 25:51
  New
• 25:52
  Line
• 25:52
  shot
• 25:53
  Freddy
• 25:53
  versus
• 25:53
  Jason
• 25:54
  because
• 25:55
  We
• 25:55
  have
• 25:55
  to
• 25:55
  have
• 25:56
  some
• 25:56
  sort
• 25:56
  of
• 25:56
  Freddy
• 25:56
  Krueger
• 25:57
  link
• 25:57
  because
• 25:58
  New
• 25:58
  Line,
• 25:59
  the
• 25:59
  House
• 25:59
  that
• 26:00
  Freddie
• 26:00
  Built
• 26:01
  and
• 26:01
  the
• 26:01
  late
• 26:02
  great
• 26:02
  James
• 26:02
  Caan
• 26:03
  really
• 26:04
  did
• 26:04
  enjoy
• 26:05
  his
• 26:05
  time
• 26:05
  on
• 26:06
  this
• 26:06
  movie.
• 26:06
  He
• 26:07
  actually
• 26:07
  did
• 26:07
  play
• 26:08
  the
• 26:08
  piano
• 26:08
  in
• 26:08
  the
• 26:09
  film's
• 26:09
  final
• 26:09
  moments.
• 26:10
  He
• 26:10
  was
• 26:10
  messing
• 26:11
  around
• 26:11
  on
• 26:11
  the
• 26:11
  piano
• 26:12
  between
• 26:12
  shots
• 26:13
  and
• 26:13
  Jon
• 26:13
  Favreau
• 26:14
  decided
• 26:14
  to
• 26:14
  film
• 26:15
  it
• 26:15
  and
• 26:15
  also
• 26:16
  decided
• 26:16
  to
• 26:16
  keep
• 26:16
  it
• 26:17
  as
• 26:17
  part
• 26:17
  of
• 26:18
  the
• 26:18
  final
• 26:18
  scenes.
• 26:19
  And
• 26:19
  luckily,
• 26:20
  Auld
• 26:20
  Lang
• 26:20
  Syne
• 26:21
  is
• 26:21
  a
• 26:21
  song
• 26:21
  in
• 26:21
  the
• 26:21
  public
• 26:22
  domain,
• 26:22
  so
• 26:22
  for
• 26:23
  once
• 26:23
  on
• 26:23
  this
• 26:23
  movie,
• 26:24
  the
• 26:24
  New
• 26:25
  Line
• 26:25
  Legal
• 26:25
  team
• 26:26
  could
• 26:26
  rest
• 26:26
  easy.
• 26:28
  And
• 26:28
  speaking
• 26:29
  of
• 26:29
  resting
• 26:29
  easy
• 26:30
  segue
• 26:31
  into
• 26:31
  the
• 26:31
  obligatory
• 26:31
  Keanu
• 26:32
  reference
• 26:32
  for
• 26:33
  this
• 26:33
  episode.
• 26:34
  Now
• 26:34
  this
• 26:34
  is
• 26:35
  a
• 26:35
  part
• 26:35
  of
• 26:35
  the
• 26:35
  podcast
• 26:36
  where
• 26:36
  I
• 26:36
  trining
• 26:36
  the
• 26:36
  movie
• 26:37
  that
• 26:37
  I'm
• 26:37
  featuring
• 26:37
  with
• 26:38
  Keanu
• 26:38
  Reeves.
• 26:39
  And
• 26:39
  you'd
• 26:40
  be
• 26:40
  surprised
• 26:41
  how
• 26:41
  difficult
• 26:42
  it
• 26:42
  is
• 26:43
  to
• 26:43
  link
• 26:44
  every
• 26:44
  single
• 26:45
  movie
• 26:45
  that
• 26:45
  I
• 26:45
  feature
• 26:45
  on
• 26:46
  this
• 26:46
  podcast
• 26:46
  pretty
• 26:46
  much
• 26:47
  to
• 26:47
  Keanu
• 26:48
  Reeves.
• 26:48
  However,
• 26:49
  I
• 26:49
  have
• 26:49
  a
• 26:49
  genius
• 26:50
  way
• 26:50
  to
• 26:50
  link
• 26:51
  Keanu
• 26:51
  Reeves
• 26:52
  to
• 26:52
  the
• 26:52
  movie
• 26:52
  Elf
• 26:53
  because
• 26:54
  you've
• 26:55
  heard
• 26:55
  of
• 26:55
  Elf
• 26:56
  on
• 26:56
  a
• 26:56
  Shelf,
• 26:57
  right?
• 26:58
  But
• 26:58
  have
• 26:58
  you
• 26:58
  heard
• 26:59
  of
• 26:59
  Keanu
• 27:00
  Reeves
• 27:00
  On
• 27:00
  Some
• 27:01
  Leaves?
• 27:01
  There
• 27:02
  we
• 27:02
  go.
• 27:02
  I'm
• 27:02
  gonna
• 27:02
  leave
• 27:03
  that
• 27:03
  one
• 27:03
  with
• 27:03
  you.
• 27:04
  So
• 27:04
  the
• 27:05
  score
• 27:05
  was
• 27:05
  composed
• 27:05
  by
• 27:06
  John
• 27:06
  Debney
• 27:07
  and
• 27:07
  the
• 27:07
  soundtrack
• 27:08
  includes
• 27:08
  Christmas
• 27:08
  classics
• 27:09
  like
• 27:09
  Sleigh
• 27:10
  Ride
• 27:10
  by
• 27:10
  Ella
• 27:10
  Fitzgerald,
• 27:11
  Santa
• 27:12
  Baby
• 27:12
  by
• 27:13
  Eartha
• 27:13
  Kitty,
• 27:14
  Winter
• 27:14
  Wonderland
• 27:15
  by
• 27:15
  Ray
• 27:15
  Charles,
• 27:16
  and
• 27:16
  Let
• 27:16
  It
• 27:16
  Snow,
• 27:17
  Let
• 27:17
  It
• 27:17
  Snow,
• 27:17
  Let
• 27:17
  It
• 27:18
  Snow
• 27:18
  by
• 27:18
  Lena
• 27:18
  Horne.
• 27:19
  The
• 27:19
  song
• 27:20
  Baby,
• 27:20
  It's
• 27:20
  Cold
• 27:21
  Outside
• 27:21
  by
• 27:22
  Zooey
• 27:22
  Deschanel
• 27:23
  and
• 27:23
  Leon
• 27:23
  Redbone
• 27:24
  was
• 27:25
  also
• 27:25
  released
• 27:26
  as
• 27:26
  a
• 27:26
  single.
• 27:27
  But
• 27:27
  maybe
• 27:28
  don't
• 27:28
  listen
• 27:28
  too
• 27:29
  much
• 27:29
  to
• 27:29
  the
• 27:29
  lyrics
• 27:29
  of
• 27:30
  Baby
• 27:30
  It's
• 27:30
  Cold
• 27:30
  Outside
• 27:31
  because
• 27:32
  again,
• 27:33
  it's
• 27:33
  a
• 27:33
  bit
• 27:33
  of
• 27:33
  a
• 27:34
  creepy
• 27:34
  song.
• 27:35
  It's
• 27:35
  not
• 27:35
  really
• 27:36
  one
• 27:37
  of
• 27:37
  my
• 27:37
  Christmas
• 27:37
  favorites,
• 27:38
  shall
• 27:38
  we
• 27:38
  say.
• 27:40
  So
• 27:40
  Elf
• 27:41
  was
• 27:41
  released
• 27:41
  on
• 27:41
  7
• 27:42
  November
• 27:43
  2003,
• 27:44
  the
• 27:44
  same
• 27:44
  week
• 27:45
  as
• 27:46
  Love,
• 27:46
  actually,
• 27:47
  in
• 27:47
  the
• 27:47
  US
• 27:48
  and
• 27:48
  a
• 27:48
  week
• 27:48
  after
• 27:49
  the
• 27:49
  Matrix
• 27:50
  Revolutions.
• 27:51
  Now,
• 27:51
  unsurprisingly,
• 27:52
  the
• 27:52
  Matrix
• 27:53
  Revolutions
• 27:54
  was
• 27:54
  number
• 27:54
  one.
• 27:56
  That
• 27:56
  would
• 27:56
  have
• 27:56
  been
• 27:56
  the
• 27:57
  better
• 27:57
  obligatory
• 27:58
  Keanu
• 27:58
  reference,
• 27:59
  would
• 27:59
  it
• 27:59
  not?
• 27:59
  It's
• 27:59
  literally
• 28:00
  just
• 28:00
  popped
• 28:00
  into
• 28:00
  my
• 28:00
  head.
• 28:01
  I
• 28:01
  should
• 28:01
  have
• 28:01
  used
• 28:02
  that,
• 28:02
  but
• 28:02
  I
• 28:02
  didn't.
• 28:03
  I
• 28:03
  went
• 28:03
  full
• 28:03
  Keanu
• 28:04
  Reeves
• 28:04
  on
• 28:04
  some
• 28:05
  leads.
• 28:05
  That's
• 28:05
  the
• 28:06
  joy
• 28:06
  of
• 28:06
  the
• 28:06
  obligature
• 28:07
  Keanu
• 28:07
  reference,
• 28:08
  by
• 28:08
  the
• 28:08
  way.
• 28:09
  Anyway,
• 28:10
  Elf
• 28:10
  had
• 28:10
  to
• 28:10
  settle
• 28:11
  for
• 28:11
  number
• 28:11
  two
• 28:12
  at
• 28:12
  the
• 28:12
  box
• 28:12
  office,
• 28:13
  but
• 28:14
  it
• 28:14
  continued
• 28:15
  to
• 28:15
  do
• 28:15
  well
• 28:15
  and
• 28:15
  it
• 28:16
  stayed
• 28:16
  in
• 28:16
  the
• 28:16
  top
• 28:16
  10
• 28:16
  for
• 28:17
  eight
• 28:17
  weeks.
• 28:18
  And
• 28:18
  the
• 28:18
  week
• 28:18
  of
• 28:19
  Christmas,
• 28:20
  Elf
• 28:20
  jumped
• 28:21
  up
• 28:21
  42%
• 28:22
  week
• 28:22
  on
• 28:23
  week.
• 28:23
  On
• 28:24
  its
• 28:24
  third
• 28:24
  week
• 28:24
  of
• 28:25
  release,
• 28:25
  the
• 28:26
  Cat
• 28:26
  in
• 28:26
  the
• 28:26
  Hat,
• 28:26
  the
• 28:27
  Dr.
• 28:27
  Seuss
• 28:27
  sibling
• 28:28
  to
• 28:28
  the
• 28:29
  last
• 28:29
  episode's
• 28:29
  how
• 28:30
  the
• 28:30
  Grinch
• 28:30
  Stole
• 28:30
  Christmas,
• 28:31
  came
• 28:31
  out
• 28:32
  and
• 28:32
  beat
• 28:33
  Elf
• 28:33
  to
• 28:33
  number
• 28:33
  one
• 28:34
  that
• 28:34
  week.
• 28:35
  Also
• 28:35
  out
• 28:36
  that
• 28:36
  third
• 28:36
  week
• 28:37
  was
• 28:37
  Bad
• 28:38
  Santa,
• 28:38
  the
• 28:39
  episode
• 28:39
  the
• 28:39
  how
• 28:39
  the
• 28:39
  Grinch
• 28:40
  Doll
• 28:40
  Christmas
• 28:40
  was
• 28:40
  going
• 28:41
  to
• 28:41
  be.
• 28:41
  Honestly,
• 28:42
  everything
• 28:42
  is
• 28:42
  linked
• 28:43
  to
• 28:43
  everything
• 28:43
  else
• 28:43
  in
• 28:44
  Hollywood.
• 28:44
  I
• 28:45
  guarantee
• 28:45
  there
• 28:45
  is
• 28:46
  always
• 28:46
  a
• 28:46
  link
• 28:46
  to
• 28:47
  something
• 28:47
  else.
• 28:48
  But
• 28:48
  Bad
• 28:49
  Santa
• 28:49
  actually
• 28:49
  only
• 28:50
  made
• 28:50
  it
• 28:50
  to
• 28:50
  number
• 28:50
  10
• 28:51
  that
• 28:51
  week.
• 28:51
  Basically
• 28:51
  what
• 28:52
  I'm
• 28:52
  saying
• 28:52
  is
• 28:52
  how
• 28:52
  the
• 28:53
  Grinch
• 28:53
  Doll
• 28:53
  Christmas
• 28:53
  was
• 28:54
  a
• 28:54
  better
• 28:54
  choice
• 28:54
  than
• 28:55
  Bad
• 28:55
  Santa
• 28:55
  was.
• 28:56
  Maybe
• 28:56
  I'll
• 28:56
  do
• 28:56
  Bad
• 28:57
  Santa
• 28:57
  at
• 28:57
  some
• 28:57
  point,
• 28:58
  but
• 28:59
  just
• 28:59
  on
• 29:00
  a
• 29:00
  bina
• 29:00
  over
• 29:00
  here
• 29:01
  in
• 29:01
  the
• 29:01
  UK,
• 29:02
  the
• 29:02
  movie
• 29:02
  Elf
• 29:03
  was
• 29:03
  completely
• 29:03
  trounced
• 29:04
  by
• 29:04
  Love.
• 29:05
  Actually.
• 29:05
  Love
• 29:06
  actually
• 29:06
  was
• 29:06
  a
• 29:07
  huge
• 29:07
  hit
• 29:07
  here
• 29:07
  in
• 29:08
  the
• 29:08
  UK
• 29:08
  in
• 29:08
  2003.
• 29:10
  Love
• 29:10
  actually
• 29:11
  is
• 29:11
  a
• 29:11
  movie
• 29:12
  that
• 29:12
  I
• 29:12
  really
• 29:12
  do
• 29:12
  not
• 29:13
  like.
• 29:13
  I
• 29:13
  think
• 29:13
  I'd
• 29:14
  mentioned
• 29:14
  this
• 29:14
  before.
• 29:15
  I
• 29:15
  think
• 29:15
  I
• 29:15
  mentioned
• 29:16
  it
• 29:16
  on
• 29:16
  the
• 29:16
  episode
• 29:16
  that
• 29:17
  I
• 29:17
  did
• 29:17
  on
• 29:17
  the
• 29:17
  holiday
• 29:18
  because
• 29:18
  I
• 29:19
  love
• 29:19
  the
• 29:19
  holiday.
• 29:20
  I
• 29:20
  think
• 29:20
  the
• 29:20
  holiday
• 29:21
  is
• 29:21
  the
• 29:21
  perfect
• 29:22
  Christmas
• 29:22
  rom
• 29:23
  com.
• 29:23
  I
• 29:24
  adore
• 29:24
  it.
• 29:24
  I
• 29:25
  really
• 29:25
  do
• 29:25
  not
• 29:26
  like
• 29:26
  Love
• 29:26
  actually.
• 29:27
  I
• 29:27
  realize
• 29:27
  as
• 29:28
  a
• 29:28
  British
• 29:28
  person
• 29:29
  you're
• 29:29
  supposed
• 29:30
  to
• 29:30
  like
• 29:30
  Love
• 29:30
  actually,
• 29:31
  but
• 29:32
  I
• 29:32
  really
• 29:32
  don't.
• 29:33
  I
• 29:33
  really
• 29:33
  genuinely
• 29:34
  don't
• 29:34
  like
• 29:35
  it.
• 29:36
  But
• 29:36
  back
• 29:36
  to
• 29:37
  Elf
• 29:37
  because
• 29:38
  on
• 29:38
  its
• 29:39
  $33
• 29:39
  million
• 29:40
  budget,
• 29:41
  Elf
• 29:42
  not
• 29:42
  only
• 29:43
  made
• 29:43
  that
• 29:43
  back
• 29:44
  in
• 29:44
  its
• 29:44
  first
• 29:45
  week
• 29:45
  with
• 29:45
  a
• 29:45
  little
• 29:46
  bit
• 29:46
  more,
• 29:46
  it
• 29:47
  also
• 29:47
  ended
• 29:47
  up
• 29:48
  grossing
• 29:48
  $173.4
• 29:50
  million
• 29:50
  domestically
• 29:51
  in
• 29:51
  the
• 29:51
  US
• 29:52
  and
• 29:50
  $47
• 29:53
  million
• 29:54
  internationally,
• 29:55
  for
• 29:55
  a
• 29:55
  total
• 29:56
  worldwide
• 29:56
  gross
• 29:56
  of
• 29:53
  $220.4
• 29:57
  million.
• 30:00
  And
• 30:00
  the
• 30:01
  movie
• 30:01
  has
• 30:01
  been
• 30:01
  re
• 30:01
  released
• 30:02
  several
• 30:02
  times
• 30:02
  as
• 30:03
  well
• 30:03
  in
• 30:03
  2018-2019-2020-2021
• 30:07
  and
• 30:08
  2023.
• 30:09
  It
• 30:09
  was
• 30:10
  also
• 30:10
  on
• 30:10
  at
• 30:10
  my
• 30:10
  local
• 30:11
  cinema
• 30:12
  very
• 30:12
  recently
• 30:13
  as
• 30:13
  well.
• 30:14
  Elf
• 30:14
  has
• 30:15
  become
• 30:15
  the
• 30:16
  perennial
• 30:17
  modern
• 30:17
  classic
• 30:18
  Christmas
• 30:18
  movie
• 30:19
  on
• 30:19
  Rotten
• 30:20
  Tomatoes.
• 30:20
  It
• 30:21
  has
• 30:21
  an
• 30:21
  86%
• 30:22
  rating
• 30:22
  with
• 30:23
  the
• 30:23
  consensus
• 30:23
  reading
• 30:24
  A
• 30:24
  movie
• 30:24
  full
• 30:25
  of
• 30:25
  yuletide
• 30:26
  cheer,
• 30:26
  Elf
• 30:27
  is
• 30:27
  a
• 30:27
  spirited,
• 30:28
  good
• 30:28
  natured
• 30:28
  family
• 30:29
  comedy
• 30:29
  and
• 30:30
  it
• 30:30
  benefits
• 30:30
  greatly
• 30:31
  from
• 30:31
  Will
• 30:31
  Ferrell's
• 30:32
  funny
• 30:32
  and
• 30:32
  charming
• 30:33
  performance
• 30:33
  as
• 30:34
  one
• 30:34
  of
• 30:34
  Santa's
• 30:35
  biggest
• 30:35
  helpers.
• 30:36
  The
• 30:36
  studio,
• 30:37
  of
• 30:37
  course,
• 30:38
  wanted
• 30:38
  to
• 30:38
  make
• 30:39
  a
• 30:39
  sequel,
• 30:39
  and
• 30:39
  Will
• 30:40
  Ferrell
• 30:40
  was
• 30:40
  offered
• 30:41
  $29
• 30:42
  million
• 30:43
  to
• 30:43
  become
• 30:44
  Buddy
• 30:44
  again.
• 30:45
  This
• 30:46
  was
• 30:46
  in
• 30:42
  2014
• 30:47
  that
• 30:47
  Ferrell
• 30:48
  turned
• 30:48
  it
• 30:48
  down
• 30:49
  and
• 30:49
  he
• 30:50
  claimed
• 30:50
  that
• 30:50
  declining
• 30:51
  the
• 30:51
  offer
• 30:51
  wasn't
• 30:52
  difficult
• 30:52
  because
• 30:53
  all
• 30:53
  he
• 30:53
  needed
• 30:54
  to
• 30:54
  do
• 30:54
  was
• 30:54
  think
• 30:54
  about
• 30:55
  the
• 30:55
  negative
• 30:55
  reviews
• 30:56
  the
• 30:56
  film
• 30:56
  would
• 30:57
  receive.
• 30:58
  Jon
• 30:58
  Favreau
• 30:59
  has
• 30:59
  always
• 30:59
  shown
• 31:00
  interest
• 31:00
  in
• 31:00
  making
• 31:00
  a
• 31:01
  sequel,
• 31:01
  but
• 31:02
  the
• 31:02
  chances
• 31:02
  of
• 31:02
  making
• 31:03
  that
• 31:03
  sequel
• 31:03
  without
• 31:04
  Will
• 31:04
  Ferrell
• 31:05
  are
• 31:05
  pretty
• 31:05
  slim.
• 31:07
  What
• 31:07
  we
• 31:07
  have
• 31:07
  had
• 31:08
  Instead
• 31:08
  we
• 31:08
  had
• 31:09
  Elf
• 31:09
  the
• 31:09
  Musical,
• 31:10
  which
• 31:10
  debuted
• 31:11
  on
• 31:11
  Broadway
• 31:11
  in
• 31:12
  November
• 31:12
  2010.
• 31:13
  Directed
• 31:13
  by
• 31:14
  Casey
• 31:14
  Nicolaw,
• 31:15
  with
• 31:15
  music
• 31:15
  by
• 31:16
  Matthew
• 31:16
  Sklar,
• 31:17
  lyrics
• 31:17
  by
• 31:18
  Chad
• 31:18
  Bugulin,
• 31:19
  and
• 31:19
  a
• 31:19
  book
• 31:20
  by
• 31:20
  Bob
• 31:20
  Martin
• 31:21
  and
• 31:21
  Thomas
• 31:21
  Meehan,
• 31:22
  it
• 31:22
  ran
• 31:23
  until
• 31:23
  2
• 31:24
  January
• 31:25
  2011
• 31:26
  We've
• 31:26
  also
• 31:27
  had
• 31:27
  Elf
• 31:28
  Buddy's
• 31:28
  musical
• 31:29
  Christmas,
• 31:29
  which
• 31:29
  is
• 31:30
  an
• 31:30
  hour
• 31:30
  long
• 31:31
  stop
• 31:31
  motion
• 31:31
  animated
• 31:32
  musical
• 31:32
  television
• 31:33
  special
• 31:33
  based
• 31:34
  on
• 31:34
  the
• 31:34
  film
• 31:34
  and
• 31:35
  the
• 31:35
  musical
• 31:35
  of
• 31:35
  the
• 31:36
  same
• 31:36
  name,
• 31:36
  which
• 31:37
  first
• 31:37
  aired
• 31:37
  on
• 31:37
  16
• 31:38
  December
• 31:39
  2014.
• 31:40
  Ed
• 31:40
  Asner
• 31:41
  was
• 31:41
  the
• 31:41
  only
• 31:41
  cast
• 31:42
  member
• 31:42
  from
• 31:42
  the
• 31:42
  film
• 31:43
  to
• 31:43
  reprise
• 31:43
  his
• 31:44
  role,
• 31:44
  and
• 31:44
  the
• 31:45
  rest
• 31:45
  of
• 31:45
  the
• 31:45
  cast
• 31:45
  included
• 31:46
  Jim
• 31:46
  Parsons
• 31:47
  as
• 31:47
  Buddy,
• 31:48
  Mark
• 31:48
  Hamill
• 31:49
  as
• 31:49
  Walter
• 31:49
  Hobbs,
• 31:50
  Kate
• 31:50
  Micucci
• 31:51
  as
• 31:51
  Jovi,
• 31:52
  Rachel
• 31:52
  McFarlane
• 31:53
  as
• 31:53
  Emily
• 31:54
  Hobbs,
• 31:54
  Max
• 31:55
  Charles
• 31:55
  as
• 31:55
  Michael
• 31:56
  Hobbs,
• 31:56
  and
• 31:57
  Gilbert
• 31:57
  Gottfried
• 31:58
  as
• 31:58
  Mr.
• 31:58
  Greenaway.
• 31:59
  And
• 31:59
  it
• 31:59
  also
• 31:59
  features
• 32:00
  songs
• 32:01
  from
• 32:01
  the
• 32:01
  musical
• 32:02
  when
• 32:03
  you
• 32:03
  think
• 32:03
  of
• 32:03
  classic
• 32:04
  Christmas
• 32:04
  family
• 32:04
  movies,
• 32:05
  there
• 32:05
  are
• 32:05
  a
• 32:05
  handful
• 32:06
  of
• 32:06
  regulars.
• 32:07
  Oh,
• 32:07
  or
• 32:07
  at
• 32:07
  least
• 32:07
  for
• 32:07
  me
• 32:08
  anyway,
• 32:08
  the
• 32:09
  Muppet
• 32:09
  Christmas
• 32:09
  Carol,
• 32:10
  Home
• 32:10
  Alone,
• 32:11
  It's
• 32:11
  a
• 32:12
  Wonderful
• 32:12
  Life,
• 32:13
  Die
• 32:13
  Hard.
• 32:14
  They
• 32:14
  all
• 32:14
  tend
• 32:15
  to
• 32:15
  be
• 32:15
  at
• 32:15
  the
• 32:15
  top
• 32:15
  of
• 32:16
  most
• 32:16
  people's
• 32:17
  Christmas
• 32:17
  movie
• 32:18
  watching
• 32:18
  list,
• 32:19
  and
• 32:19
  none
• 32:20
  of
• 32:20
  them
• 32:20
  came
• 32:20
  out
• 32:20
  after
• 32:21
  the
• 32:21
  year
• 32:21
  2000.
• 32:22
  It's
• 32:23
  generally
• 32:23
  harder
• 32:23
  for
• 32:24
  modern
• 32:24
  movies
• 32:24
  to
• 32:24
  become
• 32:25
  classics,
• 32:26
  to
• 32:26
  replace
• 32:26
  the
• 32:27
  classics
• 32:27
  that
• 32:27
  hold
• 32:28
  that
• 32:28
  esteemed
• 32:29
  place
• 32:29
  of
• 32:30
  Christmas
• 32:30
  Day
• 32:31
  watching
• 32:31
  or
• 32:31
  Christmas
• 32:32
  Eve
• 32:32
  watching.
• 32:33
  Although
• 32:34
  I
• 32:34
  argue
• 32:34
  that
• 32:34
  Klaus
• 32:35
  is
• 32:35
  getting
• 32:36
  there,
• 32:36
  for
• 32:36
  me,
• 32:37
  that
• 32:37
  movie
• 32:38
  is
• 32:38
  a
• 32:38
  delight.
• 32:39
  It
• 32:39
  is
• 32:39
  so
• 32:39
  special.
• 32:40
  Please
• 32:40
  watch
• 32:40
  it.
• 32:41
  It's
• 32:41
  on
• 32:41
  Netflix.
• 32:42
  It's
• 32:42
  genuinely
• 32:43
  I
• 32:43
  feel
• 32:44
  like
• 32:44
  Klaus
• 32:44
  is
• 32:45
  getting
• 32:45
  there
• 32:45
  to
• 32:46
  becoming
• 32:46
  one
• 32:46
  of
• 32:46
  those
• 32:47
  Christmas
• 32:47
  classics,
• 32:48
  or
• 32:48
  at
• 32:48
  least
• 32:48
  in
• 32:48
  my
• 32:49
  mind,
• 32:49
  because
• 32:49
  I
• 32:49
  think
• 32:49
  it's
• 32:50
  wonderful.
• 32:51
  But
• 32:51
  the
• 32:51
  fact
• 32:51
  that
• 32:51
  Elle,
• 32:52
  which
• 32:52
  is
• 32:52
  a
• 32:53
  zany
• 32:53
  comedy
• 32:53
  on
• 32:54
  a
• 32:54
  sugar
• 32:54
  high,
• 32:55
  has
• 32:55
  become
• 32:56
  this
• 32:56
  modern
• 32:56
  Christmas
• 32:57
  classic
• 32:57
  that
• 32:57
  rivals
• 32:58
  Home
• 32:59
  Alone
• 32:59
  is
• 33:00
  remarkable
• 33:00
  enough.
• 33:01
  Elf
• 33:01
  achieves
• 33:02
  this
• 33:02
  feat
• 33:02
  of
• 33:03
  being
• 33:03
  genuinely
• 33:04
  heartwarming
• 33:05
  and
• 33:05
  also
• 33:06
  hilarious.
• 33:06
  And
• 33:07
  the
• 33:07
  fact
• 33:07
  it
• 33:07
  appeals
• 33:07
  to
• 33:08
  audiences
• 33:08
  of
• 33:09
  all
• 33:09
  ages.
• 33:10
  You
• 33:10
  can
• 33:10
  watch
• 33:10
  it
• 33:11
  with
• 33:11
  anyone.
• 33:11
  Its
• 33:11
  heart
• 33:12
  is
• 33:12
  definitely
• 33:13
  in
• 33:13
  the
• 33:13
  right
• 33:13
  place
• 33:14
  and
• 33:14
  it
• 33:14
  delivers
• 33:15
  the
• 33:15
  right
• 33:15
  message.
• 33:16
  That
• 33:16
  post
• 33:17
  9
• 33:17
  11America
• 33:18
  needed
• 33:19
  a
• 33:19
  message
• 33:19
  of
• 33:19
  togetherness
• 33:20
  and
• 33:20
  family
• 33:21
  that
• 33:22
  all
• 33:22
  Christmas
• 33:22
  movies
• 33:22
  ultimately
• 33:23
  come
• 33:23
  down
• 33:23
  to,
• 33:24
  but
• 33:24
  also
• 33:25
  promoting
• 33:25
  kindness,
• 33:26
  valuing
• 33:26
  others,
• 33:27
  and
• 33:28
  that
• 33:28
  it's
• 33:28
  never
• 33:28
  too
• 33:29
  late
• 33:29
  to
• 33:29
  come
• 33:29
  off
• 33:29
  the
• 33:30
  naughty
• 33:30
  list
• 33:31
  to
• 33:31
  change
• 33:31
  your
• 33:31
  ideals
• 33:32
  and
• 33:32
  be
• 33:32
  a
• 33:33
  better
• 33:33
  person.
• 33:34
  And
• 33:34
  honestly,
• 33:34
  I
• 33:34
  think
• 33:35
  today
• 33:35
  there
• 33:36
  are
• 33:36
  many
• 33:36
  people
• 33:36
  in
• 33:37
  this
• 33:37
  world
• 33:37
  who
• 33:37
  could
• 33:37
  benefit
• 33:38
  with
• 33:38
  that
• 33:38
  message.
• 33:39
  There
• 33:39
  are
• 33:40
  a
• 33:40
  lot
• 33:40
  of
• 33:40
  people
• 33:40
  in
• 33:40
  this
• 33:40
  world
• 33:41
  that
• 33:41
  need
• 33:41
  to
• 33:41
  come
• 33:42
  off
• 33:42
  the
• 33:42
  naughty
• 33:42
  list.
• 33:43
  What
• 33:43
  I
• 33:43
  love
• 33:44
  about
• 33:44
  this
• 33:44
  movie
• 33:45
  more
• 33:45
  than
• 33:45
  anything
• 33:45
  I
• 33:46
  think,
• 33:46
  is
• 33:47
  sometimes
• 33:48
  people
• 33:48
  just
• 33:49
  don't
• 33:49
  fit
• 33:50
  in.
• 33:50
  Sometimes
• 33:50
  they
• 33:51
  don't
• 33:51
  adhere
• 33:52
  to
• 33:52
  societal
• 33:52
  norms.
• 33:53
  Sometimes
• 33:54
  doing
• 33:54
  something
• 33:54
  differently
• 33:55
  is
• 33:55
  okay.
• 33:57
  Buddy
• 33:57
  may
• 33:58
  make
• 33:58
  mistakes,
• 33:59
  but
• 33:59
  they're
• 33:59
  coming
• 33:59
  from
• 34:00
  an
• 34:00
  honest,
• 34:00
  genuine
• 34:01
  place.
• 34:02
  No,
• 34:02
  it's
• 34:03
  not
• 34:03
  okay
• 34:03
  to
• 34:03
  call
• 34:03
  a
• 34:04
  little
• 34:04
  person
• 34:04
  an
• 34:04
  elf,
• 34:05
  and
• 34:05
  no,
• 34:05
  it's
• 34:06
  not
• 34:06
  okay
• 34:06
  to
• 34:07
  continue
• 34:07
  to
• 34:07
  repeat
• 34:08
  that.
• 34:08
  But
• 34:09
  there's
• 34:09
  a
• 34:09
  huge
• 34:10
  difference
• 34:10
  between
• 34:11
  intentionally
• 34:11
  causing
• 34:12
  offence
• 34:13
  and
• 34:13
  what
• 34:13
  Buddy
• 34:14
  does
• 34:14
  to
• 34:15
  Buddy.
• 34:15
  Every
• 34:16
  small
• 34:16
  person
• 34:16
  is
• 34:17
  an
• 34:17
  elf
• 34:17
  because
• 34:18
  that's
• 34:18
  what
• 34:18
  he
• 34:18
  grew
• 34:18
  up
• 34:19
  with.
• 34:19
  To
• 34:19
  him,
• 34:20
  calling
• 34:20
  an
• 34:20
  elf
• 34:20
  an
• 34:21
  elf
• 34:21
  is
• 34:21
  normal,
• 34:22
  and
• 34:22
  Buddy's
• 34:23
  naturally
• 34:23
  optimistic
• 34:24
  and
• 34:24
  sunny
• 34:24
  behaviour
• 34:25
  is
• 34:25
  not
• 34:25
  the
• 34:26
  norm.
• 34:26
  But
• 34:26
  that
• 34:27
  doesn't
• 34:27
  mean
• 34:27
  we
• 34:27
  should
• 34:27
  go
• 34:28
  out
• 34:28
  of
• 34:28
  our
• 34:28
  way
• 34:28
  to
• 34:29
  stifle
• 34:29
  that
• 34:29
  positivity.
• 34:30
  Smiling
• 34:31
  is
• 34:31
  his
• 34:32
  favourite.
• 34:32
  He
• 34:32
  does
• 34:33
  things
• 34:33
  he
• 34:33
  loves
• 34:33
  to
• 34:34
  do.
• 34:34
  He
• 34:34
  compliments
• 34:35
  everyone
• 34:35
  freely
• 34:36
  and
• 34:36
  genuinely.
• 34:37
  And
• 34:38
  most
• 34:38
  importantly,
• 34:39
  he
• 34:39
  believes
• 34:40
  he
• 34:41
  believes
• 34:41
  in
• 34:41
  Santa.
• 34:42
  Why
• 34:42
  wouldn't
• 34:43
  he?
• 34:43
  He
• 34:43
  knows
• 34:44
  him.
• 34:44
  He
• 34:44
  believes
• 34:45
  in
• 34:45
  finding
• 34:45
  his
• 34:45
  family
• 34:46
  so
• 34:46
  much
• 34:46
  he
• 34:47
  leaves
• 34:47
  the
• 34:47
  North
• 34:47
  Pole
• 34:48
  for
• 34:48
  the
• 34:48
  first
• 34:48
  time
• 34:49
  ever.
• 34:49
  He
• 34:50
  believes
• 34:50
  in
• 34:50
  Jovi's
• 34:51
  singing
• 34:51
  and
• 34:51
  encourages
• 34:52
  her
• 34:52
  to
• 34:52
  sing
• 34:52
  in
• 34:52
  front
• 34:53
  of
• 34:53
  others,
• 34:53
  even
• 34:54
  though
• 34:54
  his
• 34:54
  method
• 34:54
  of
• 34:55
  finding
• 34:55
  out
• 34:55
  her
• 34:55
  singing
• 34:56
  is
• 34:56
  a
• 34:56
  little
• 34:56
  weird
• 34:57
  and
• 34:57
  creepy.
• 34:57
  But
• 34:57
  again,
• 34:58
  not
• 34:58
  creepy
• 34:58
  to
• 34:59
  Buddy.
• 35:00
  He
• 35:00
  also
• 35:00
  believes
• 35:01
  in
• 35:01
  the
• 35:01
  goodness
• 35:01
  of
• 35:01
  his
• 35:01
  absent
• 35:02
  father,
• 35:02
  so
• 35:03
  much
• 35:03
  so
• 35:03
  that
• 35:03
  when
• 35:03
  his
• 35:04
  dad
• 35:04
  shouts
• 35:04
  and
• 35:04
  belittles
• 35:05
  him,
• 35:06
  Buddy
• 35:06
  still
• 35:07
  ultimately
• 35:07
  believes
• 35:09
  Buddy
• 35:09
  is
• 35:10
  who
• 35:10
  we
• 35:10
  should
• 35:10
  all
• 35:10
  strive
• 35:11
  to
• 35:11
  be.
• 35:11
  And
• 35:12
  that's
• 35:12
  why
• 35:12
  this
• 35:12
  movie
• 35:13
  endures,
• 35:13
  because
• 35:14
  we
• 35:14
  see
• 35:14
  so
• 35:14
  much
• 35:15
  goodness
• 35:15
  and
• 35:15
  kindness
• 35:16
  in
• 35:16
  Buddy
• 35:17
  and
• 35:17
  Will
• 35:17
  Ferrell's
• 35:18
  totally
• 35:18
  heartfelt
• 35:19
  and
• 35:19
  genuine
• 35:20
  performance.
• 35:21
  Sometimes
• 35:22
  it's
• 35:22
  really
• 35:22
  easy
• 35:23
  to
• 35:23
  be
• 35:23
  an
• 35:23
  adult
• 35:24
  in
• 35:24
  the
• 35:24
  sense
• 35:24
  that
• 35:25
  it's
• 35:25
  easy
• 35:25
  to
• 35:25
  be
• 35:25
  pessimistic
• 35:26
  and
• 35:27
  it's
• 35:27
  easy
• 35:27
  to
• 35:27
  not
• 35:27
  believe
• 35:28
  in
• 35:28
  the
• 35:28
  goodness
• 35:29
  and
• 35:29
  kindness
• 35:29
  of
• 35:29
  others.
• 35:30
  But
• 35:31
  if
• 35:31
  we
• 35:31
  look
• 35:31
  at
• 35:31
  it
• 35:32
  from
• 35:32
  the
• 35:32
  perspective
• 35:32
  of
• 35:33
  how
• 35:33
  a
• 35:33
  child
• 35:34
  might
• 35:34
  view
• 35:34
  the
• 35:35
  world,
• 35:35
  a
• 35:36
  child
• 35:36
  views
• 35:37
  the
• 35:37
  world
• 35:37
  like
• 35:37
  Buddy
• 35:38
  views
• 35:38
  the
• 35:38
  world.
• 35:39
  A
• 35:39
  child
• 35:40
  views
• 35:40
  the
• 35:40
  world
• 35:41
  with
• 35:41
  joy
• 35:42
  and
• 35:42
  love
• 35:43
  and
• 35:43
  belief
• 35:44
  and
• 35:44
  happiness.
• 35:45
  And
• 35:45
  really
• 35:45
  at
• 35:46
  Christmas
• 35:46
  time,
• 35:47
  that
• 35:47
  is
• 35:47
  how
• 35:47
  we
• 35:47
  should
• 35:48
  all
• 35:48
  view
• 35:48
  the
• 35:48
  world.
• 35:49
  Through
• 35:49
  the
• 35:49
  eyes
• 35:50
  of
• 35:50
  a
• 35:50
  child,
• 35:50
  through
• 35:51
  the
• 35:51
  eyes
• 35:51
  of
• 35:51
  Buddy
• 35:52
  the
• 35:52
  Elf.
• 35:52
  That's
• 35:53
  certainly
• 35:53
  how
• 35:53
  I
• 35:54
  like
• 35:54
  to
• 35:54
  view
• 35:54
  the
• 35:54
  world
• 35:55
  at
• 35:55
  Christmas.
• 35:56
  I
• 35:56
  don't
• 35:56
  want
• 35:56
  to
• 35:56
  view
• 35:56
  the
• 35:57
  world
• 35:57
  like
• 35:57
  Walter
• 35:57
  Hobbs
• 35:58
  views
• 35:58
  the
• 35:58
  world.
• 35:59
  Elf
• 36:00
  came
• 36:00
  out
• 36:00
  of
• 36:00
  nowhere
• 36:01
  to
• 36:01
  earn
• 36:01
  a
• 36:01
  place
• 36:02
  among
• 36:02
  the
• 36:02
  Christmas
• 36:02
  movie
• 36:03
  greats,
• 36:04
  but
• 36:04
  it
• 36:04
  also
• 36:04
  highlights
• 36:05
  just
• 36:05
  how
• 36:05
  difficult
• 36:06
  any
• 36:07
  attempt
• 36:07
  to
• 36:07
  repeat
• 36:08
  the
• 36:08
  success
• 36:08
  of
• 36:09
  Elf
• 36:09
  would
• 36:09
  be.
• 36:10
  Christmas
• 36:10
  sequels
• 36:11
  never
• 36:11
  tend
• 36:12
  to
• 36:12
  emulate
• 36:12
  the
• 36:12
  original
• 36:13
  equality,
• 36:14
  and
• 36:14
  for
• 36:14
  that
• 36:14
  reason
• 36:15
  alone,
• 36:15
  I
• 36:16
  am
• 36:16
  so
• 36:16
  glad
• 36:16
  that
• 36:17
  Will
• 36:17
  Ferrell
• 36:17
  has
• 36:18
  never
• 36:18
  wanted
• 36:18
  to
• 36:18
  do
• 36:19
  a
• 36:19
  sequel,
• 36:19
  because
• 36:20
  I
• 36:20
  don't
• 36:20
  think
• 36:21
  a
• 36:21
  sequel
• 36:21
  to
• 36:21
  Elf
• 36:22
  would
• 36:22
  ever
• 36:22
  work.
• 36:24
  So
• 36:24
  don't
• 36:25
  be
• 36:25
  a
• 36:25
  cotton
• 36:25
  headed
• 36:26
  mini
• 36:26
  muggings.
• 36:27
  Be
• 36:27
  more
• 36:28
  like
• 36:28
  Buddy.
• 36:29
  Find
• 36:29
  joy
• 36:29
  in
• 36:30
  everything.
• 36:31
  Not
• 36:31
  just
• 36:31
  at
• 36:32
  Christmas,
• 36:33
  but
• 36:33
  every
• 36:33
  day.
• 36:34
  Sing
• 36:34
  loud
• 36:35
  for
• 36:35
  all
• 36:35
  to
• 36:35
  hear
• 36:36
  and
• 36:36
  ultimately
• 36:38
  just
• 36:38
  believe.
• 36:40
  Thank
• 36:40
  you
• 36:40
  for
• 36:40
  listening.
• 36:41
  As
• 36:41
  always,
• 36:41
  I
• 36:41
  would
• 36:41
  love
• 36:42
  to
• 36:42
  hear
• 36:42
  your
• 36:42
  thoughts
• 36:42
  on
• 36:43
  Elf.
• 36:44
  Thank
• 36:44
  you
• 36:44
  for
• 36:44
  your
• 36:44
  continued
• 36:45
  support
• 36:45
  of
• 36:46
  this
• 36:46
  podcast.
• 36:47
  Merry
• 36:47
  Christmas
• 36:48
  and
• 36:48
  happy
• 36:48
  holidays
• 36:49
  to
• 36:49
  you
• 36:50
  all.
• 36:51
  If
• 36:52
  you've
• 36:52
  enjoyed
• 36:52
  this
• 36:53
  podcast,
• 36:53
  you
• 36:54
  want
• 36:54
  to
• 36:54
  help
• 36:54
  it
• 36:54
  grow,
• 36:55
  you
• 36:55
  can.
• 36:56
  You
• 36:56
  can
• 36:56
  get
• 36:56
  Involved,
• 36:57
  you
• 36:57
  could
• 36:57
  leave
• 36:58
  a
• 36:58
  rating
• 36:58
  or
• 36:58
  review.
• 36:59
  Wherever
• 36:59
  you
• 36:59
  found
• 36:59
  this
• 37:00
  podcast,
• 37:01
  you
• 37:01
  can
• 37:01
  find
• 37:01
  me
• 37:02
  on
• 37:02
  social
• 37:02
  media,
• 37:02
  I
• 37:03
  am
• 37:03
  @VerbalDiorama
• 37:04
  on
• 37:04
  Twitter,
• 37:05
  Facebook,
• 37:05
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• 37:06
  threads,
• 37:06
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• 37:07
  sky
• 37:07
  and
• 37:07
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• 37:08
  You
• 37:09
  can
• 37:09
  share
• 37:09
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• 37:10
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• 37:10
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• 37:10
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• 37:11
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• 37:11
  you
• 37:11
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• 37:12
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• 37:12
  me.
• 37:13
  It
• 37:13
  all
• 37:14
  helps
• 37:14
  to
• 37:14
  try
• 37:14
  and
• 37:15
  improve
• 37:15
  the
• 37:15
  scope
• 37:15
  of
• 37:16
  this
• 37:16
  podcast.
• 37:17
  You
• 37:17
  can
• 37:17
  also
• 37:17
  tell
• 37:18
  your
• 37:18
  friends
• 37:18
  and
• 37:18
  family
• 37:19
  who
• 37:19
  love
• 37:19
  the
• 37:19
  movie
• 37:20
  Elf
• 37:20
  to
• 37:20
  listen
• 37:21
  to
• 37:21
  this
• 37:21
  podcast
• 37:22
  episode
• 37:22
  too.
• 37:23
  So
• 37:23
  as
• 37:24
  I
• 37:24
  mentioned,
• 37:24
  this
• 37:24
  is
• 37:24
  the
• 37:25
  last
• 37:25
  episode
• 37:25
  of
• 37:25
  2024.
• 37:26
  It's
• 37:27
  been
• 37:27
  an
• 37:27
  incredible
• 37:27
  year
• 37:28
  for
• 37:28
  this
• 37:28
  podcast.
• 37:29
  I
• 37:29
  can
• 37:30
  tell
• 37:30
  you.
• 37:30
  2025
• 37:32
  is
• 37:32
  going
• 37:32
  to
• 37:32
  be
• 37:32
  even
• 37:32
  bigger
• 37:33
  for
• 37:33
  Verbal
• 37:33
  Diorama.
• 37:34
  I
• 37:35
  will
• 37:35
  announce
• 37:36
  why
• 37:36
  and
• 37:36
  how
• 37:37
  in
• 37:37
  due
• 37:37
  course.
• 37:37
  But
• 37:38
  let
• 37:38
  me
• 37:38
  tell
• 37:38
  you,
• 37:38
  I
• 37:39
  have
• 37:39
  some
• 37:39
  big
• 37:40
  plans
• 37:40
  for
• 37:40
  this
• 37:40
  podcast
• 37:41
  in
• 37:41
  2025.
• 37:42
  Shoot
• 37:43
  for
• 37:43
  the
• 37:43
  stars
• 37:44
  and
• 37:44
  like
• 37:44
  Buddha
• 37:45
  the
• 37:45
  Elf,
• 37:46
  believe.
• 37:47
  Believe
• 37:47
  in
• 37:47
  the
• 37:48
  magic,
• 37:49
  believe
• 37:49
  in
• 37:49
  your
• 37:49
  own
• 37:49
  abilities,
• 37:50
  I
• 37:50
  guess.
• 37:51
  And
• 37:52
  2025
• 37:54
  is
• 37:54
  hopefully
• 37:55
  going
• 37:55
  to
• 37:55
  be
• 37:55
  the
• 37:55
  year
• 37:55
  that
• 37:55
  Thermal
• 37:56
  Diorama,
• 37:57
  maybe
• 37:58
  it
• 37:58
  becomes
• 37:58
  a
• 37:58
  little
• 37:59
  bit
• 37:59
  bigger.
• 37:59
  Fingers
• 38:00
  crossed,
• 38:00
  I
• 38:00
  hope.
• 38:01
  I've
• 38:01
  got
• 38:01
  a
• 38:01
  lot
• 38:02
  of
• 38:02
  big
• 38:02
  plans
• 38:03
  for
• 38:03
  the
• 38:03
  podcast.
• 38:04
  A
• 38:04
  lot
• 38:04
  of
• 38:04
  other
• 38:04
  people
• 38:05
  have
• 38:05
  also
• 38:05
  got
• 38:06
  big
• 38:06
  plans
• 38:06
  for
• 38:06
  the
• 38:06
  podcast
• 38:07
  as
• 38:07
  well
• 38:08
  and
• 38:08
  hopefully
• 38:09
  I
• 38:09
  can
• 38:09
  reveal
• 38:10
  all
• 38:10
  very
• 38:10
  soon.
• 38:11
  But
• 38:12
  I
• 38:13
  am
• 38:13
  going
• 38:13
  to
• 38:13
  reveal
• 38:13
  that
• 38:14
  the
• 38:14
  first
• 38:14
  episode
• 38:14
  of
• 38:14
  2025
• 38:15
  and
• 38:16
  also
• 38:16
  the
• 38:16
  first
• 38:16
  episode
• 38:17
  of
• 38:17
  Animation
• 38:18
  season,
• 38:19
  which
• 38:19
  is
• 38:19
  returning
• 38:20
  for
• 38:21
  its
• 38:21
  fifth
• 38:21
  year.
• 38:22
  Now
• 38:22
  the
• 38:23
  first
• 38:23
  episode
• 38:24
  will
• 38:24
  be
• 38:25
  Turning
• 38:26
  Red.
• 38:27
  And
• 38:27
  it
• 38:27
  wasn't
• 38:27
  a
• 38:28
  particularly
• 38:28
  difficult
• 38:29
  choice
• 38:29
  for
• 38:29
  me
• 38:29
  to
• 38:29
  choose
• 38:30
  Turning
• 38:30
  red
• 38:31
  for
• 38:31
  the
• 38:31
  first
• 38:31
  episode
• 38:32
  of
• 38:32
  the
• 38:32
  podcast
• 38:33
  because
• 38:33
  it
• 38:33
  speaks
• 38:34
  to
• 38:34
  13
• 38:35
  year
• 38:35
  old
• 38:35
  me.
• 38:36
  I
• 38:36
  was
• 38:36
  a
• 38:36
  very,
• 38:37
  very
• 38:37
  awkward
• 38:38
  teenage
• 38:38
  girl.
• 38:39
  I
• 38:39
  was
• 38:39
  very
• 38:40
  nerdy,
• 38:41
  very
• 38:41
  into
• 38:41
  boy
• 38:42
  bands
• 38:43
  and
• 38:43
  very,
• 38:43
  very
• 38:44
  much
• 38:44
  like
• 38:44
  Meilin
• 38:45
  Lee,
• 38:46
  except,
• 38:46
  well
• 38:46
  for
• 38:47
  the
• 38:47
  huge
• 38:47
  red
• 38:47
  panda
• 38:48
  that
• 38:48
  she
• 38:48
  turns
• 38:49
  into.
• 38:49
  But
• 38:50
  it
• 38:50
  is
• 38:51
  a
• 38:51
  movie
• 38:51
  that
• 38:51
  I
• 38:51
  completely
• 38:52
  adore.
• 38:53
  I
• 38:53
  fell
• 38:53
  in
• 38:53
  love
• 38:53
  with
• 38:53
  it
• 38:54
  the
• 38:54
  first
• 38:54
  time
• 38:54
  I
• 38:54
  saw
• 38:55
  it.
• 38:55
  So
• 38:56
  I
• 38:56
  am
• 38:57
  going
• 38:57
  to
• 38:57
  start
• 38:57
  2025
• 38:58
  by
• 38:59
  going
• 38:59
  into
• 38:59
  the
• 38:59
  history
• 39:00
  and
• 39:00
  legacy
• 39:01
  of
• 39:02
  Turning
• 39:02
  Red.
• 39:03
  Please
• 39:04
  join
• 39:04
  me
• 39:04
  for
• 39:04
  that.
• 39:05
  I
• 39:05
  look
• 39:05
  forward
• 39:06
  to
• 39:06
  what
• 39:06
  2025
• 39:07
  is
• 39:07
  going
• 39:07
  to
• 39:07
  bring
• 39:09
  and
• 39:09
  I
• 39:09
  look
• 39:09
  forward
• 39:09
  to
• 39:10
  having
• 39:10
  you
• 39:10
  on
• 39:11
  the
• 39:11
  journey
• 39:11
  too.
• 39:12
  Now
• 39:13
  this
• 39:13
  podcast
• 39:14
  is
• 39:14
  free.
• 39:15
  It
• 39:15
  always
• 39:15
  has
• 39:15
  been
• 39:16
  free.
• 39:16
  It
• 39:17
  always
• 39:17
  will
• 39:17
  be
• 39:17
  free.
• 39:18
  However,
• 39:19
  it
• 39:19
  is
• 39:19
  not
• 39:19
  free
• 39:20
  to
• 39:20
  make
• 39:20
  a
• 39:20
  podcast.
• 39:21
  I
• 39:21
  am
• 39:21
  incredibly
• 39:22
  fortunate
• 39:23
  that
• 39:23
  I
• 39:23
  have
• 39:23
  some
• 39:24
  wonderful
• 39:24
  people
• 39:24
  who
• 39:25
  support
• 39:25
  this
• 39:25
  podcast
• 39:25
  financially
• 39:26
  and
• 39:27
  you
• 39:27
  are
• 39:27
  under
• 39:27
  an
• 39:27
  obligation
• 39:28
  to
• 39:28
  do
• 39:28
  the
• 39:29
  same.
• 39:29
  But
• 39:30
  if
• 39:31
  you
• 39:31
  enjoy
• 39:31
  this
• 39:31
  podcast,
• 39:32
  if
• 39:32
  you
• 39:32
  get
• 39:32
  value
• 39:32
  out
• 39:33
  of
• 39:33
  this
• 39:33
  podcast,
• 39:33
  and
• 39:34
  if
• 39:34
  you
• 39:34
  do
• 39:34
  want
• 39:34
  this
• 39:35
  podcast
• 39:35
  to
• 39:35
  continue
• 39:36
  to
• 39:37
  be
• 39:37
  the
• 39:38
  podcast
• 39:38
  that
• 39:38
  it
• 39:38
  is
• 39:38
  and
• 39:39
  continue
• 39:39
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