Bah humbug to you as well, Buddy. In the movie, Ferrell plays a man born to human parents who ends up crawling into Santa’s bag by mistake, and getting raised at the North Pole as an elf.

Buddy the Elf has seen better days.. After going viral for reincarnating the title character from 2003’s Elf — as a beer-drinking and cigarette-smoking brooder, no less — Will Ferrell ...

Ronald Martinez/Getty Images Will Ferrell spent an entire week preparing to show up as a beer-drinking, candy-cigarette-smoking Buddy the Elf at a Los Angeles Kings game in late December.

“Buddy the Elf got laid off, I think, from the North Pole,” Ferrell joked in his first time talking about the viral moment. “He’s having a pull from his beer, smoking a cig.

Will Ferrell Says Some ‘Elf’ Fans “Were Not Too Happy” With Buddy the Elf Drinking and Smoking. Carly Thomas. Sat, February 1, 2025 at 6:13 AM UTC. ... with a beer in hand, ...

“Buddy the Elf got laid off, I think, from the North Pole,” Ferrell joked. “He’s having a pull from his beer, smoking a cig. … I get these weird ideas every now and then.

Will Ferrell Says Some ‘Elf’ Fans “Were Not Too Happy” With Buddy the Elf Drinking and Smoking. The actor went viral after dressing up as the beloved character from the 2003 movie, but ...

Turning Buddy the Elf into a beer-drinking, cigarette-holding hockey fan. For those who missed it, ... Ronald Martinez/Getty Images. Turns out it was all part of a "weird idea" he had.

Buddy the Elf is apparently now a smoking, drinking, scowling hockey fan, as Will Ferrell reprises role from the holiday classic 'Elf' movie at the Kings-Flyers game.

The 'Elf' star showed hockey fans grumpy Buddy at Sunday's game. By James Hibberd Writer-at-Large Ferrell attended Sunday’s L.A. Kings-Philadelphia Flyers game at Los Angeles’ Crypto.com Arena ...