For this Christmas Eve Adapt or Perish Mini, journey with us through the Candy Cane Forest, the Sea of Swirly Twirly Gum Drops, and the Lincoln Tunnel for a look at Elf!

In this episode, we discuss:

• Elf, the 2003 movie directed by Jon Favreau, written by David Berenbaum, and starring Will Ferrell, James Caan, Zooey Deschanel, Mary Steenburgen, Ed Asner, and Bob Newhart
• Elf, the 2010 musical with music by Matthew Sklar, lyrics by Chad Beguelin, and book by Bob Martin and Thomas Meehan
• Elf: Buddy’s Musical Christmas, the 2014 animated special directed by Mark Caballero and Seamus Walsh, written by Meehan, Martin, Aaron Horvath, and Michael Jelenic, and starring Jim Parsons, Mark Hamill, Kate Micucci, Gilbert Gottfried, and Ed Asner

Footnotes:

• The Unbelievable History of Elf...the Musical? from Wait in the Wings

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