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Will Ferrell heckles Andy Richter's Elf memories, beer in hand

Richter's book interview on Jimmy Kimmel Live becomes a reunion sketch, with Ferrell insisting his green costume has nothing to do with Buddy.

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Will Ferrell Interrupts Andy Richter’s Interview About His New Elf Book

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0:35Richter and Kimmel joke about Guillermo's Dancing with the Stars mentoring and Richter's podcast-hosting role.
2:51Richter recalls filming Elf in New York and Vancouver.
3:32James Caan memories lead into Amy Sedaris bringing cast members together as the Fun Squad.
5:40Ferrell interrupts from the audience in a familiar green costume, holding a beer.
7:51The book interview gets another comic interruption; Ferrell's final reason for visiting comes at 08:18.

Andy Richter is remembering James Caan and the friendships formed while making Elf when a voice from the audience calls out: "Boring!"

Will Ferrell has arrived in Buddy's green outfit, holding a beer and refusing to acknowledge the obvious. "I'm Will Ferrell from the Land of the Lost movie," he announces instead.

The interview and staged interruption have drawn about 1.2 million views since yesterday. As we reported here, Ferrell's appearance accompanied Kimmel's post-election monologue; the full segment gives Richter's movie memories, and the reunion's deliberately ridiculous premise, room to unfold.

Richter is there with Elf Unwrapped: Behind the Scenes of a Modern Christmas Classic, written with Aaron Karo and featuring a foreword by Ferrell. Before the interruption, he recalls filming in Vancouver and Amy Sedaris bringing cast members together as the "Fun Squad." There's also a detour into mentoring Guillermo Rodriguez on Dancing with the Stars and hosting the show's official podcast.

Then Ferrell turns a familiar holiday-movie reunion into a game of recognizing people for almost anything else. He professes to know Richter from the Olsen twins' New York Minute, rather than Elf or his years beside Conan O'Brien. Viewers have picked up on those less-obvious credits, with New York Minute and Land of the Lost both becoming talking points.

Ferrell even produces a rival book: My Years Sitting Next to Conan O'Brien: The Will Ferrell Story. Its cover credits him as both writer and foreword contributor, making Richter's actual memoir look positively restrained.

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