Elf was released
85Fun facts:
Due to his policy of appearing in family friendly films Chevy Chase was briefly considered for the role of Papa Elf by director Jon Favreau. However Will Ferrell vetoed this idea because he disliked working with Chase when he returned to guest host Saturday Night Live in the mid-1990s. Ferrell said Chase was the worst host he worked with during his tenure on that show.
Wanda Sykes was originally slated to play the Gimbel's Manager but backed out at the last minute. She was replaced by Faizon Love, who insisted on still wearing the nametag made for Sykes, which is why his tag inexplicably says "Wanda".
The scene when Buddy eats different candies and pastries with the spaghetti noodles had to be shot twice, because Will Ferrell vomited the first time.
Directed by Jon Favreau (his second film as director) he makes cameos as Dr. Ben Leonardo, and the voice of the claymation narwhal who says goodbye to Buddy. Around this time Favreau was working on a full length stop motion film about Neanderthals. That film was canceled for unknown reasons in 2008.
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