Will Ferrell was surprised with the viral animatronic Buddy the Elf during an appearance on the TODAY show on Jan. 28.

During his visit to TODAY, Will Ferrell, who’s starring in the Amazon Prime Video subscription -exclusive movie You’re ...

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 ...

and follows Buddy, who was raised among Santa’s elves in the North Pole, as he searches for his real father in New York City. The funnyman wasn’t expecting the reaction he got from his “Elf ...

"The reaction was insane," the actor said of internet attention on his costumed Buddy the Elf appearance on Dec. 29 Ronald Martinez/Getty Will Ferrell is explaining why he dressed up as a grizzled ...

“Buddy the Elf got laid off, I think, from the North Pole. He’s having a pull from his beer. He’s smoking a cig,” Ferrell joked of his appearance at the game. “That was just — I get ...

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. The bit was part of a social ...

LOS ANGELES — It looks like Buddy the Elf was not sticking to the four main food groups. Looking a little disheveled, Ferrell, 57, was attending the game with his wife, Viveca Paulin and their ...

(CNN) — Looks like Buddy the Elf is trading in maple syrup for an ... It follows Buddy, who was raised among Santa’s elves in the North Pole, as he searches for his father in New York City.

LOS ANGELES — It looks like Buddy the Elf was not sticking to the four main food groups. But before labeling Ferrell a cotton-headed ninny muggins for not being the happy-go-lucky Buddy ...