It baffles me too. I am a HUGE fan of the film, which I watch every year during the Holidays. In 2015 me and my parents took a trip to Cleveland, Ohio, and our first stop before going to our Hotel was going to the house they used for the exterior shots of A Christmas Story!
Will Ferrell actually was a little scared of the jack in the box because the director was behind the control and activated it different times on every take.
Really? Feels like they weren't understanding entirely atleast, the two male elf's seemed more annoyed then understanding. the other 2 female elf's (the orange and blue one) seemed more kinder and understanding but the 2 red one's ehhhh just upset over how slow buddy is at toy making and how he's the tallest in basketball. 🤷 like even buddy sensed he didn't belong and that the guy trying to cheer him up wasn't being genuine as he really didn't have anything good to say about him.
2003: Jon Favreau directs this classic 2008: Jon Favreau directs Iron Man, kick starting the MCU 2019: Jon Favreau creates the epic Star Wars show The Mandalorian Point is, Jon Favreau has made many masterpieces
I'm glad Lucasfilm made him and Dave Filoni high position directors because they're finally doing the franchise justice after the disaster sequel trilogy
When I was in school, we did Elf the musical and my drama class watched this movie so we could get more familiar with the characters we were playing. When Buddy said he made 85, one of the students is like "Why's that bad? That impressive." But then they said he was 915 behind and the student was like "Oh."
If Buddy can create the 'Mona Lisa' on an Etch-A-Sketch(as Buddy has shown us he can do from when he decorated Gimbel's...) then Ming Ming should be happy with him only doing that, if u ask me...
"See Buddy? You're not a cotton headed ninnymuggins. You're just...special." Well *that's* reassuring. lol if he was truly special he would have been able to do stuff better than all of them. Hahahahhaha
I sure wish work environments were like that in real life - the boss accepts you if you are trying, but behind. Most of all, the rest of the other workers still accept you.
Who then have to pick up the slack after you? Not exactly fair to anyone else outside of oneself. Even in this movie, the boss had to have another elf pick up the slack of being 950 off pace and told that same elf that Buddy was killing him with that quota shortage.
This was McDonald's, my work environment at my previous job at McDonald's was toxic. The Etch a Sketch situation that Buddy went through, is like my situation with Happy Meals. With me going as fast as I can, I try to make as many Happy Meals, but no matter how many I make, whether it was in the 2 digits like 65, or even 95, or even the 3 digits like 100 or 115, my angry manager always tells me I'm off the pace, thinking that the number of Happy Meals I make is not enough for the next day, and he would often get angry at me for going slow and would often call me bad names including useless, weak, stupid, and idiot. My quota was always 200 or higher depending on how many they needed. Sometimes, my manager when he would put me on a break, he asked a coworker to pick up the slack on the Happy Meals and the number that I couldn't make. A lot of the coworkers were really nice to me, even though I'm different, but I always worry I'm slowing them down and holding them back by going at my own pace and making countless mistakes which would make my manager really mad. I left my job cause it got worse, and now I work at a friendly environment at Giant:)
@@ChristianSirianni This is an amazing story Christian. Mostly that the manager, at the McDonalds, is not your manager anymore. Whoever they were, they are a tyrant, piece of shit.
Your comment made me chuckle. I love A Christmas Story, and many years ago (in 2015), me and my parents had a mini-vacation over in Cleveland, Ohio. The first thing we did was visit the house from A Christmas Story, and see the props and costumes used in the film.
Was a bit in my teens when this came out, and still remember watching this in theaters with my sister as a silly Blockbuster event. How the blast did this end up in the "Classic" genre with A Christmas Story, How the Grinch Stole Christmas (the original 2D cartoon), and Home Alone? FYI, I was literally born in the very holiday season Home Alone was in theaters.
I love this movie but it's kind of embarrassing how that one elf says "You're just special." It's like they pity Buddy just because he's a human and they're all elves.
Buddy is an awesome Elf to fall in love with Jovie when he meets her for the first time they were just meant to be with each other and they even have a child named sussie at the end of the movie when they go to see Papa Elf at the North Pole.
It’s so interesting to have Peter billingsley know Ralphie from A Christmas story in as the Elf in this based of Rankin/bass film with will also I would not volunteer to in testing out jack in the box🤡👎then pops out?? lol! 😂No thanks!,
How am I just now discovering that Ming Ming is Ralphie...I can't believe I missed that all these years. I adore Peter Billingsley.
It baffles me too. I am a HUGE fan of the film, which I watch every year during the Holidays. In 2015 me and my parents took a trip to Cleveland, Ohio, and our first stop before going to our Hotel was going to the house they used for the exterior shots of A Christmas Story!
Met him today! Very nice!
In spite of his inability to make the quota, the elves were so kind to Buddy.
Will Ferrell actually was a little scared of the jack in the box because the director was behind the control and activated it different times on every take.
How sweet was it that Buddy clearly was not cut out to be an elf but the elves still treated him nicely and with understanding
Way better than how reindeer treat each other
Exactly. Like you can tell they cared about him, but didn't want him to feel like an outcast by telling him he's human.
@@supermariof0521 maybe he already knew
Always nice to help an outcast
Really? Feels like they weren't understanding entirely atleast, the two male elf's seemed more annoyed then understanding. the other 2 female elf's (the orange and blue one) seemed more kinder and understanding but the 2 red one's ehhhh just upset over how slow buddy is at toy making and how he's the tallest in basketball. 🤷 like even buddy sensed he didn't belong and that the guy trying to cheer him up wasn't being genuine as he really didn't have anything good to say about him.
“We all just have different talents, that’s all.”
“It seems like everyone else has the same talents, except for me.”
🏃♀️🏃♂️🏃♂️🏃♀️🏃♂️🏃♀️lol
Director Jon Favreau used a remote control to trigger the Jack-in-the-Box. Will's reactions are real.
2003: Jon Favreau directs this classic
2008: Jon Favreau directs Iron Man, kick starting the MCU
2019: Jon Favreau creates the epic Star Wars show The Mandalorian
Point is, Jon Favreau has made many masterpieces
I'm glad Lucasfilm made him and Dave Filoni high position directors because they're finally doing the franchise justice after the disaster sequel trilogy
@@elijahvigil7467 Also his cameo in the Sopranos
2016 Directs Disney Jungle Book remake
2019 Directs Disney Lion King remake
Don’t forget Zathura 👀
How can you forget Chef?
“You’re just..special..you know we all have certain talents, like for me, I’m good at nearly shooting my own eye out!”
"And keeping my mom from finding out about it until now!"
How do you not have many more likes for this comment you said
Ming Ming is played by Peter Billingsley from A Christmas Story!😁
The original actor of Ralphie.
yep that movie was great too
He also played William Ginter Riva in Iron Man and Spider-Man: Far From Home
@@juju_426 NO NO NO
Ralphe Parker
When I was in school, we did Elf the musical and my drama class watched this movie so we could get more familiar with the characters we were playing. When Buddy said he made 85, one of the students is like "Why's that bad? That impressive." But then they said he was 915 behind and the student was like "Oh."
Those jack in the box toys get me every time even though I know they're coming
Director Jon Favreau used a remote control to trigger the Jack-in-the-Box. Will's reactions are real.
Fun trivia. Ming Ming the boss self is played by someone who starred in another famous Christmas classic.
Yup, A Christmas Story
If Buddy can create the 'Mona Lisa' on an Etch-A-Sketch(as Buddy has shown us he can do from when he decorated Gimbel's...) then Ming Ming should be happy with him only doing that, if u ask me...
"See Buddy? You're not a cotton headed ninnymuggins. You're just...special." Well *that's* reassuring. lol if he was truly special he would have been able to do stuff better than all of them. Hahahahhaha
It's not that kind of special they were referring to.
Ralphy! You moved up in the world 😍😍
I love this scene so much 😂.
Two good scenes in one! "Cotton-Headed Ninny Muggins" and the Jack in the Box Testing"!
Buddy will enjoy decorating Gimbel's so much more than testing toys.
Toy testing- where the "special" elves work.
Well, thanks for the promotion, "Mr. Simmons."
Ming Ming want a red Ryder BB gun lol
Cottonheaded ninnymuggins? sounds too cute to be an expletive.
This scene scared the HELL out of me when I was a kid
Ming - Ming is Peter Billingsley From A Christmas Story
Peter Billingsley is the best actor in elf and a christmas story
It's interesting to see how hot Peter Billingsley turned out irl.
After Buddy calls himself "The worst toy maker in the world", it's cute how everybody tries to make him feel better
I sure wish work environments were like that in real life - the boss accepts you if you are trying, but behind. Most of all, the rest of the other workers still accept you.
Who then have to pick up the slack after you? Not exactly fair to anyone else outside of oneself. Even in this movie, the boss had to have another elf pick up the slack of being 950 off pace and told that same elf that Buddy was killing him with that quota shortage.
@@victordonavon292 People like you are the problem in this world. You create pressure, scrutiny and stress - less of what we need.
same with school
This was McDonald's, my work environment at my previous job at McDonald's was toxic. The Etch a Sketch situation that Buddy went through, is like my situation with Happy Meals. With me going as fast as I can, I try to make as many Happy Meals, but no matter how many I make, whether it was in the 2 digits like 65, or even 95, or even the 3 digits like 100 or 115, my angry manager always tells me I'm off the pace, thinking that the number of Happy Meals I make is not enough for the next day, and he would often get angry at me for going slow and would often call me bad names including useless, weak, stupid, and idiot. My quota was always 200 or higher depending on how many they needed. Sometimes, my manager when he would put me on a break, he asked a coworker to pick up the slack on the Happy Meals and the number that I couldn't make. A lot of the coworkers were really nice to me, even though I'm different, but I always worry I'm slowing them down and holding them back by going at my own pace and making countless mistakes which would make my manager really mad. I left my job cause it got worse, and now I work at a friendly environment at Giant:)
@@ChristianSirianni This is an amazing story Christian. Mostly that the manager, at the McDonalds, is not your manager anymore. Whoever they were, they are a tyrant, piece of shit.
I love elf and a Christmas story
Ralphie all grown up and having his Red Rider BB gun supervises Buddy the elf in Santa's workshop.
0:24 The red elf with the cotton balls on his shirt is Randy from Christmas Story
Chibi Prussia Ralphie
John Sullivan Yeah I realized that afterwords xD
@@JohnSkellington YOUR RIGHT
Ralphie not randy randy older brother
Hey it's Ralphie
why cant he just be there just make as many as he can and those can be extras for an emergency.
The part with the Jack-In-Boxes coming up is funny.
everyone is upset that Buddy sweared (Kinda)
when the other elf has sweared before in his past
he said the word
the F dash dash dash word
...man, I laughed so hard.
BUDDY THE ELF WAS ABLE TO BUILD THIS IN A CAVE...WITH A BOX OF SCRAPS!!!!!
Well i'm sorry. I'm not in a cave with a box of scraps
Of course he's human.
The Elves are more respectable than humans.❤😢😊
It seems like Everybody else has the same talents expect for the elf
0:21 That elf you saw there was Peter Billingsley aka Ralphie Parker from A Christmas Story
So that's what happened to Ralphie many years after he got a BB gun for Christmas. He became an elf
Your comment made me chuckle. I love A Christmas Story, and many years ago (in 2015), me and my parents had a mini-vacation over in Cleveland, Ohio. The first thing we did was visit the house from A Christmas Story, and see the props and costumes used in the film.
That’s the kid from a Christmas story at 0:43
Landen Weaver Yes. Peter Billingsley, the actor who played Ralphie from a Christmas Story, also played Ming-Ming
He also played William Ginter Riva in Iron Man and Spider-Man: Far From Home
Ming Ming is rAlphie in the future
I made...85
That puts you 950 off pace
You’d think he’d expect that
It’s “915 off the pace”
2:30 he was like errr stupid toy clown in a box
Was a bit in my teens when this came out, and still remember watching this in theaters with my sister as a silly Blockbuster event. How the blast did this end up in the "Classic" genre with A Christmas Story, How the Grinch Stole Christmas (the original 2D cartoon), and Home Alone?
FYI, I was literally born in the very holiday season Home Alone was in theaters.
Never knew that was Peter Billingsley, aka Ralphie. I've watched this film like at least 10 times too.
Bob Newhart (1929-2024)
He is gone but never forgotten.
We got a new pug puppy for Christmas and her name is Peekaboo, but her nickname is Ninnymuggins!
Are they making Ripper Roo -in-the-box ???🦘🦘🦘
He had little brother named randy and best friends named flick and Schwartz
40 year old rAlphie
I love this movie but it's kind of embarrassing how that one elf says "You're just special." It's like they pity Buddy just because he's a human and they're all elves.
Buddy didn’t mean to call himself a cotton-headed ninny muggins
The Jack in the Boxes made me giggle a bit at Cinema View.
One of the elves is Johnny 2x4 from Ed, Edd n Eddy.
Which one?
@@oisinmaccumhaill7037 Im thinking the orange one he plays Pom Pom
Who else jumped when the defect box finally activated? XD
Me
3:25 this is how i laugh when i'm jumping around crates of big tnt while trying to kill a bandicoot
I love it 🥰
You change batteries in the smoke detector
Sher did triple A's and in six months you'll have to check them again
I could watch 1:50 to 2:32 over and over 😁
The last one lol
That's when I discovered Will Ferrell for the very first time.
0:11 Doctor Timothy Behaves At Jacksonville Florida For The 75th Anniversary / UnGrounded By Ming Ming
Special talent's.
Buddy is an awesome Elf to fall in love with Jovie when he meets her for the first time they were just meant to be with each other and they even have a child named sussie at the end of the movie when they go to see Papa Elf at the North Pole.
I think Susie was named after Buddy's late mother.
cool video dude
That elf in blue is hot.
The luck on face at :25 lol
RAlphie Parker
Clown in the box malfunction buddy is writing broken. Clown oh no you don't!
2:28 😂😂😂
1:09
Peter Billingsley as Ming Ming
MING MING RALPHIE
I had no idea...ralphie!!!
Hey rAlphie
He is not what he seems!!!!
It’s so interesting to have Peter billingsley know Ralphie from A Christmas story in as the Elf in this based of Rankin/bass film with will also I would not volunteer to in testing out jack in the box🤡👎then pops out?? lol! 😂No thanks!,
That's ralphie omg
0:11 Construction Worker
I guess the red ryder vigilante life wasnt for ralphie
I dont understand...whats wrong with all the etch a sketches made?
85 etch a steches made? that should be a good thing because then they dont have to worry about being behind sechuel
85 etch a stress
0:12 0:13 0:14 0:15 0:16 Squeaks Sound Toy
Hi
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Cotton Headed Ninny Muggins
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2:32 foom foom
0:31
0:31
elf you are os big
1:10
2:16
Haha🙂
0:11 ELA
0:59 Social Studies
So when said good job with making up that speech he kinda being mean to real special needs people
3:05
1:55 🤪
Lol 85 is a lot
🤣
Jiiknnj
Slave labor
lol @ 2:28!
elf you are os big