Elf is a 2003 American Christmas comedy film directed by Jon Favreau and written by David Berenbaum. It stars Will Ferrell, James Caan, Zooey Deschanel, Mary Steenburgen, Daniel Tay, Ed Asner, and Bob Newhart. It was released in the United States on November 7, 2003 by New Line Cinema. The story is about one of Santa's elves (Ferrell) who learns of his true identity as a human and goes to New York City to meet his biological father (Caan), spreading Christmas cheer in a world of cynics as he goes.
The film received positive reviews from critics and earned $220.4 million worldwide on a $33 million budget. The movie inspired the 2010 broadway musical Elf: The Musical and NBC's 2014 stop-motion animated television special Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas.
One Christmas Eve, during a stop at an orphanage, a baby boy, captivated by the sight of a teddy bear, crawls into Santa Claus's (Ed Asner) sack of toys. Santa unknowingly takes the boy back to the North Pole, and when discovered, is named Buddy because of his "Little Buddy" branded diaper. Papa Elf (Bob Newhart) volunteers to raise him.
Baby if you flatter me
You might get somewhere
But I ain't going to flatter you
'Cause i don't really care
Ain't it all, ain't it all amusing?
Now, now maybe if you give the sign
I might be a man
Baby if I've got the time
I'll do the best I can
Ain't it all, ain't it all amusing?
Well ain't it all right, right, ain't it all amusing?
Make me laugh
Hey Jack and Jill went up the hill
To fetch a pail of water
Jill fell down and broke her crown
And that's the way it ought to
Well, ain't it all now, all now, all, ain't it all amusing
I say, ain't it all, right, ain't it all amusing
Baby if you flatter me
You might get somewhere
But I ain't going to flatter you
'Cause i don't really care
Ain't it all, ain't it all amusing