Will Ferrell returns as Buddy the Elf to heckle Jimmy Kimmel interview

November 10, 2026

A man in an elf costume sits in an audience holding a beer and a cigarette.

Being heckled mid-interview is bad enough, but it adds an extra dimension of humiliation when the heckler is wearing a full elf costume.

In the clip above Andy Richter appears on Jimmy Kimmel Live! to promote Elf Unwrapped, a book he wrote about making the movie Elf — only to be interrupted by Will Ferrell sitting in the audience dressed as Buddy the Elf.

"Well this is such a great surprise, and it means so much to me that you're here to help me promote the book I wrote about making Elf!" says Richter.

"What?" comes Ferrell's gruff response. "Are you high? Who even are you?"

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