Elf Pitch Meeting

[@Danonymous5000]

That was probably the most justified "Get all the way off my back" ever.

[@noskalborg723]

Fr. Christmas movies are often about lying to kids. It's not gonna make sense.

[@TheSadowdragonGroup]

It's true, I can't watch any "modern mythological holiday figure is real" movies for exactly this reason. Sometimes I just wish we'd get a santa movie where santa's existence is just kind of a given.

[@vinnyc.1265]

​@@noskalborg723 "Hey kid, lieing is bad!" Now let me lie to you for 12 years of you life. Great life lessons!

[@SHIRUKIN]

I feel like Ryan was alil too critical of this movie, maybe it was alil hard to make fun of but still,

[@stuartbrumett6118]

What about Santa Claus Conquers the Martians? Oh you meant a good movie, didn't you? ​@TheSadowdragonGroup

[@RayAP17]

I can only imagine that Ryan is binging Christmas movies with his family while secretly formulating pitch meetings in his head as they watch

[@trinaq]

Yep, super easy, barely an inconvenience. He's watching movies while doing research.

[@turtletom8383]

Why do I imagine his family as a bunch of different versions of him in this scenario

[@cpeplinski]

100%. Hell, my wife and I use his quotes during most movies we watch now…..

[@pavelbelik6174]

More like taking notes while warching 😄

[@hamjudo]

​@@trinaqI remember working on the computer with my firstborn strapped to my chest. This worked well until her arms grew long enough to grab things.

[@trinaq]

Ryan is right: I never considered that the poor nun would be traumatised for the rest of her life from a child having been stolen from her care. This movie is darker than I remember.

[@TheGuyinHi]

Id watch a sequel about that nun

[@vikiai4241]

@@TheGuyinHi A nun with a particular set of skills that makes life (Catholic) Hell for people like them.

[@joshhickeysmoviereviews]

@@TheGuyinHi There is one. It's called The Nun. It's a spinoff of the Conjuring

[@jordansweet8054]

I love this movie but wow.

[@imakethesites3048]

Maybe she was glad to see him gone after several previous escape attempts

[@sorartificial]

Being the main character absolutely solves every possible impossible scenario.

[@favoritemustard3542]

Main characters love to think so! They'll tell you, you don't even have to ask. 😉

[@PanSpaceman]

I mean as far as as "he's the main character so of course he pulls" is concerned just about any Adam Sandler movie works as exhibit A-Z

[@cmdraftbrn]

the plot armor is strong in this one

[@gunslingergirl2579]

@@PanSpaceman I fuckin' hate Adam Sandler. The only worse "comedians" he could be are Seth Rogen and Rob Schneider, and if we're going on the other side of the chromosomes, Amy Schumer.

[@Johnatomy]

@@cmdraftbrn is it plot armor or plot attraction?

[@nobodywantsthethimble]

I have been harping on that nobody believes in Santa but he’s real trope for YEARS. Thank you Ryan for validating me.

[@phreakazoith2237]

@@nobodywantsthethimble well said. And what do all these department stores sell around Christmas if Santa is real and he does the give-away for free?? Why are folks christmas-shopping in these movies? Sigh.

[@pedrovogt000]

We assume he gives one present to every single kid every single year. Maybe he is more subtle. A present here and there where it really counts, for poor or neglected kids. The parents either don’t notice the present (if they are neglectful) or assume it came from an aunt or something like that.

[@grabble7605]

Santa uses his magic to make the parents believe they bought the presents, obviously.

[@pedrovallefin8406]

​@@grabble7605Yeah, that's about the only possible explanation for the inconsistency. Shame there's no christmas movie where Father Christmas doesn't regulary mindwipe every adult in the world for unclear reasons, but what can you do. Christmas magic and sensible explanations dont go well together, it seems.

[@Andrethegiant2008]

@@pedrovogt000 See, that'd be a good way to do it, but so many movies explicitly don't do it that way.

[@iambicpentakill971]

"You sit on a throne of lies" is one of my favorite quotes of all time

[@danielchilton5400]

As it should be

[@chrissmith2690]

My friends and I have been quoting this since the high school days. It's always followed by a "You smell like beef and cheese!"

[@gts560]

Will Ferrell's delivery of the line is hilarious!

[@davida.7967]

Yup. I like the... "Buddy, the Elf: what's your favorite color?" While answering a phone call.

[@Billbeaux]

The Biden Crime Family motto 😂😂

[@Jupiterninja95]

The parents not believing in Santa who's actually real and giving presents to their kids has ALWAYS bugged me in every Christmas movie

[@alexsolimani]

Right?!

[@itsrobbytime912]

Hey shut up!

[@ALLENM07]

Yes! Apparently parents independently buy presents for their child and never speak of it to their spouses.

[@noahwhite659]

That same point was brought up in the Santa Clause movie review by Danny.

[@parkertulk7485]

YES! That's one my biggest movie pet peeves ever.

[@tylerderrico5182]

“That’s not a reaction that makes sense to what I just said.” new pitch meeting catchphrase unlocked

[@trashboat115]

No

[@seijunsejuki]

Counterargument: yes.

[@quailstudios]

I tried to watch "Elf" once but didn't really like it and turned it off. Now I really know why I didn't like it. I love pitch meetings.

[@fj0lts]

Oh goodie

[@trashboat115]

@quailstudios 🤡

[@Rob_Thorsman]

I wish I could angrily tell my boss to get off my back and he'd go, "Whoa, let me get off of that thing!"

[@RocksterOO1]

It never occurred to me about that whole "poor old nun" thing, but OMG! 😂

[@Zorklis]

I like how Ryan just casually threw in "he impregnates her" at the end, so nonchalantly

[@kuromyou7969]

Technically thats what happens, but to put it that way is just...🤢🤮

[@abrahamlupis9354]

​@@kuromyou7969 some time later, not immediately

[@trashboat115]

​@@kuromyou7969getting your partner pregnant is a normal thing what are u 9

[@kmbob33]

Oh impregnating Jovie is TIGHT

[@korbell1089]

It was super easy, barely an inconvenience.😅

[@Neckrollios18]

"Listen sir that's a problem in EVERY Christmas movie so I need you to get all the way off my back about it" so true

[@johntabler349]

Definitely going to the pitch meeting Hall of Fame

[@t10rock]

That wasn't a problem in Die Hard

[@BradTheAmerican]

@@t10rock Die Hard isn't a Christmas movie. It just so happens to take place during Christmas Eve but the plot has nothing to do with Christmas beyond why anyone is at the party in the beginning. The story is never about Santa, giving gifts, the holiday spirit, the nativity of Jesus, or anything else remotely associated with Christmas beyond the date on the calendar. If you cut out the first 5 minutes of the movie then I wonder if it would have any Christmas references at all.

[@misterwhyte]

​@@BradTheAmerican Some people went through the trouble of looking that up and Die Hard has more references to Christmas throughout the movie than most other Christmas classics. Look it up. The production fully embraced the fact that it takes place on Christmas. Also, Christmas is essential to the plot: it's why John is there and the reason for the building being mostly empty, a crucial point for Hans Gruber's heist. Lastly, it has underlying themes of family, forgiveness and redemption, which are super Christmas-y. In short, it may not be a typical Christmas movie, but it's one nonetheless.

[@aaronpeters6209]

​@@BradTheAmericanNow I have a Machine Gun, ho ho ho.

[@pvshka]

4:30 Josh Ruben being there instantly makes this movie like 10 times better

[@glxbe]

"who???"

[@DoubleL11862]

He's just back there making seagull noises

[@FrameByFrameExtra]

@@glxbethe guy from Make Some Noise who isn’t Brennan Lee Mulligan or Zach Oyama.

[@thatryanguy]

Wish I'd known that a couple of days ago before my family watched it. This shoutout is great.

[@denkoumasato]

@@FrameByFrameExtra Who or who?

[@chelnahtheegghead]

Tbh, I always thought Buddy was good at the snowball fight because he was raised by elves; even if he’s not actually an elf, it doesn’t stop him from being way better at elf-stuff than regular people. I mean, how else could he decorate the Gimbels store in one night?

[@TurtleShroom3]

Correct.

[@xyntercept]

That's what I thought too. Like he's been doing this stuff all his life he's bound to be at least kind of good at it

[@jmc790]

@@xynterceptyup exactly by human standards, not by elf standards.

[@2099EK]

I love how Ryan George chuckled at his own "Unopened Can of Worms" joke at 5:40.

[@chrism3784]

Ryan George chuckling at his own jokes from himself is tight!

[@ClanImprobable]

Right? Delightful!

[@grabble7605]

He didn't.

[@BlackHei711]

"That's a problem in every Christmas movie, so your gonna have to get all the way off my back." No wait... he has a point.

[@matityaloran9157]

The Mythology Guy said the same thing about Christmas movies

[@CurrentlyDuck1]

That's why Christmas movies that don't engage with dumb "Christmas" mythology are superior.

[@Mr.LegoGrievous]

@@CurrentlyDuck1 It’s not a serious movie, plot holes don’t really take away from it tbh

[@Zechariah_Mathieson1871]

​@@CurrentlyDuck1I mean if you use your suspension of disbelief it's fine, especially since most of these movies are aimed towards kids

[@Cameron115]

Assuming you count Nightmare Before Christmas as a Christmas movie, I'm pretty sure that humans knew Santa was real in that one

[@66Books40Authors]

The slide show at the end brought back so many memories of the last 6 minutes. Gets me in the feels

[@cloud5buster]

The slideshow to this video is my new favorite Christmas movie!

[@goldeneddie]

Your comment about the slideshow about the video really made me think back to the slideshow of this video the first time I saw it, all that time ago. It's a little overwhelming, to be honest.

[@66Books40Authors]

@ if only there was a way to know your in the good old days, before they’re gone.

[@goldeneddie]

@@66Books40Authors Don't it always seem to go, that you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone? They paved paradise, put up a parking lot.

[@timewave02012]

@@goldeneddie Your comment about the comment about the slideshow made me think about reading the comment about the slideshow bringing back memories of the video. More existential dread of infinite recursion than feels, though.

[@ytkenny5]

Oh, children love watching the local news on Christmas Eve!

[@Stardust_7273]

And the fact that it happened to be the same little girl that Buddy met at the pediatrician’s 😂

[@Dadofer1970]

We always did so we could see Santa on the weather radar.

[@Midsomnyx]

tbf the local network when i was little would show viewer submitted vids of lawn/house decorations

[@caiden3396]

Could be due to a Christmas special. And bars sometimes have news channels on from what I recall. The mail room could have had it on just to have TV on. The executive one is odd.

[@TF2CrunchyFrog]

@@Stardust_7273 The budget could only afford one little girl for all of New York.

[@crosstrigger1]

I love the writer holding firm when the studio head asks him why the parents don't believe in Santa.

[@Silent-Firefly]

I mean you got to hand it to Will on not going for money for the sake of money, and standing on the work he helped create. It kind of nice and refreshing to see actors stand by their work and say, "it doesn't need a sequel/remake." Kind of why I like Carey Elwes a little on him standing his ground by expressing his disbelief in a Princess Bride remake.

[@fishythepenguin]

It doesn't make sense that Buddy doesn't know about department store Santas. He knows the song "Baby It's Cold Outside" so he clearly has some exposure to Christmas culture. Also it doesn't make sense that Buddy has to use a small toilet, shower, and bed. Santa is human size and lives at the north pole too. Does Santa use a small shower, toilet and bed? Also the elves are master craftsmen so they could at least build Buddy a bigger bed.

[@user-sz3ok7df4r]

/heyshutup

[@TheGrimSmile]

To be fair, Santa and the elves purposely didn't tell him he was a human, presumably because they didn't want to upset him, so they never tried to make special accommodations for him.

[@calebowens693]

I'm assuming that Santa has regular furniture for himself and Mrs. Claus, but that Buddy doesn't get anything special. Just standard elf stuff. Having a filtered knowledge of what the general public knows about Santa sounds more like elf propaganda than anything else. Between that and the furniture, this movie's Santa might not be a very nice one.

[@billybricker9202]

@@TheGrimSmile OK so he's an elf with gigantism. Why would that mean they couldn't give him a bigger bed, toilet, and shower? I get that it's for comedic effect in the movie, and I'm fine with that, but it definitely doesn't make sense if you think about it.

[@Kimonawhim-777]

​@@calebowens693😂

[@pierrelecelibataire]

"You said they had showers in the North Pole. How could he not know?" "Hey, shut up!" 🤣🤣

[@someeejit]

Immediately finding out the horrible implications of a Christmas classic is tight!

[@pkmntrainermark8881]

Yeah, yeah, yeah!

[@mr.outlaw231]

Surprisingly, it is super easy. Barely an inconvenience.

[@hawtdawg877]

Idk why I never realized how fumbled the plot really is until a pitch meeting was made for it. Ryan the goat of deconstructing movie plots as usual. 4:48 also he finally brought back the catchphrase!!! (most vigorously i might add)

[@tonechoir]

The Elf scene with the Jack N the Box QA testing is still an all time top 10 moment for me. Movie might be crazy but that scene was hilarious.

[@z-beeblebrox]

4:39 YES, this has ALWAYS bothered me about every Christmas movie with a real Santa. Needing the movie to exist in our status quo completely undermines their own premise. And even more annoying is that the adults are always very adamant about Santa not being real, when in the real world - around kids - adults are the MOST invested in pretending Santa is real. It completely gives up the game!

[@Riley_Studios]

Wait what do you mean about Pretending Santa is real?

[@geordiejones5618]

It's why The Grinch is my favorite Christmas story. Its lore is built into the setting. Also Nightmare Before Christmas.

[@thegodofalldragons]

The only one I feel this is completely excusable for is Miracle on 34th Street, as it uses the general public's disbelief in Santa to serve a thematic purpose.

[@Spencer-wc6ew]

Movies could make this work if they played it as the parent wanting credit for Santa's gifts. Just throwing in a conversation where one parent tells the other they're jealous the kid likes Santa's gifts more would be kind of funny.

[@douglaswills4624]

I mean... It's actually pretty easily explainable in a universe with magic: Parents believe, through magic, that they bought the presents that Santa brings. It's like... trivially easy to get around.

[@greebo6799]

0:56 Also wouldn't the nun be blamed for the now missing baby? Poor nun! Probably still in prison when the bay grow up. Will no one think of the nun! 🙃

[@TheRealDuckofDeath]

Whelp, it was in Romania, so maybe she is now _that_ The Nun?

[@yazajag]

​@@TheRealDuckofDeath 😅😅😅

[@justinlast2lastharder749]

Well, it was an Orphanage. Not like the baby had any family looking for him.

[@joshuastandlee3455]

Nuns are creepy, so it's probably for the best.

[@graydenday3760]

Nobody cares about Orphan Babies anyways so she'll be fine.

[@lvrobertus]

Holy Josh "The seagull" Ruben mention. Didn't expect that

[@blld6132]

I love seeing my dropout peeps in other random content.

[@jd1no]

same! IDK who he is but I was very surprised!

[@AtrakKarta]

I never knew that Josh "1000 Batmans" Reuben was in Elf. The more you know 🌈.

[@lvrobertus]

​@@blld6132 The real OG's will know him from such classics like the mom from Princess Plum

[@Ironcorgi2]

No problem

[@danieldishon688]

All the wierd inconsistent ways of showing his awareness of nakedness is the movies way of trying to present him as extra innocent. And being aware of our nakedness is like the most ancient marker of losing our innocence. So he innocently wants to join her beautiful singing without worrying or thinking about her nakedness in the shower. He innocently reads a advertisement sign for "best coffee in the world" and takes it at face value with excitement and good cheer as if it wasn't obviously hyperbole. It's that feeling of exuberant innocence that makes the girl fall for him and is how he reminds everyone of the more magical feelings of christmas.

[@sarahberkner]

As for the best coffee in the world, I wouldn't assume it was amazing but I would hope it tastes good. That probably shows that I'm not from New York.

[@DS3Enjoyer]

Hush, nerd

[@BrynDonovanWriter]

I SCREAMED when I saw you were doing ELF! One of my favorite movies

[@Andrethegiant2008]

I HATE the trope of "Santa is real, but nobody believes it" for the exact reason stated in this Pitch Meeting. Thank you, Ryan, for pointing out this fundamental flaw with Christmas movies.

[@PikaLink91]

Well in real life he is treated as a mythical figure. Imagine if a bearded guy in red walked up to you and said "psst, I'm Santa".

[@tuseroni6085]

@@PikaLink91 yeah but in real life presents don't appear under the tree without you buying them.

[@Andrethegiant2008]

@@PikaLink91 The reason given, though, is that every house would get presents that nobody knows where they come from, yet still nobody even stops to think "Y'know, maybe Santa IS real, since I and ALL of my neighbours are getting presents that nobody can explain the origins of, and according to recent news, so is everyone else across the world.. MAYBE there's a common denominator here."

[@davidballantyne4492]

@@PikaLink91 That’s not a reaction that makes sense to what he just said.

[@Vaguer_Weevil]

Santa Israel?

[@mikeontheisland]

@5:38 Unopened cans of worms definitely ARE tight

[@Dadofer1970]

Yes, they are tight, but if you open up the can they get loose.

[@zakberliner7926]

Oh wow wow wow……..wow

[@TheReaverOfDarkness]

I have questions.

[@existenceisillusion6528]

I just learned that Bob Newhart (Papa Elf) died this year. R.I.P Bob

[@tonyacosta4574]

Ya I was bummed out first Betty white now him

[@lisaroper421]

Bob was the GOAT

[@johnglue1744]

Bob was one of the best.

[@GrisProenca]

Professor Proton

[@Stardust_7273]

Me too, I just found that out when I looked up the cast for Elf a few weeks ago 😢

[@KatLadyVibes]

0:49 exactly what I said

[@ajwalker4416]

Another gem! And it included all the classic Pitch Meeting catch phrases because "I'm going to need you to get all the way off my back about that." 😁😁

[@That_kid_next_door]

I’ve watched so many pitch meetings that I constantly have to stop myself from saying “ easy barely an inconvenience.” So thanks 😊

[@mimulus73]

Why bother stopping yourself? You can explain it and give Ryan more viewers.

[@OROmania2009]

@@mimulus73 but it is super easy to stop your self. Some would say...

[@montystar]

I found this channel about 2 months ago and I binged 90% of all the pitch meetings. I started watching the Silo season 1 few weeks ago and all I can think when I am watching it is where do they get all their clothes? Especially enough right sized shoes? I understand that they controlling the population with birth control. So there is a limited need for the kids shoes because kids are crowing and using a line of shoe sizes in their childhood. But when they grow to adults, how do they know how many size 16+ shoes they will need? What if, one day they have a population where 60% of the shoe sizes are size 16?

[@AreaMan-et8op]

Super!

[@duralumin594]

Getting catch phrases stuck in your head is tight!

[@klissattack]

Those mysterious gifts are a problem with every Christmas movie, but you write them all so im hopping back on your back

[@JohnnyBoy-wi4kn]

"And one of the Noise Boys is there too!" "Hes been where?" "Here...the whole time."

[@gradyjenkins9808]

‘That’s not a cute way to put it”…howling 😂😂😂

[@harrymullett4519]

You would think after all these years this schtick would have gotten old by now but I swear every pitch meeting is better than the last.

[@Bad_Llama]

The way he glossed over the Buddy impregnating Jovi comment made it even more funny. Love the videos.

[@2xNoodle]

Let's Make Some Noise for that Josh Ruben shoutout!

[@michaelwallace9461]

Noice

[@Microfoot]

No problem, barely an inconvenience

[@westrim]

I say this with sincerity, who?

[@AnnoyingMoose]

Never heard of him.

[@ObjectsInMotion]

@@westrim Josh Ruben. He makes funny noises sometimes.

[@westoncasteel5389]

I missed the get off my back about it. Glad to hear it again. And the hey shut up 😂

[@WickedStepGrandmother]

"That's what we're goin' with!" "That work's for me!" "Hey! Shut up! So..." "It's gonna be super easy, barely an inconvenience." I love how all of his catch phrases work in all of his videos.

[@taurainyoni7827]

I do the head nod with him when he says "barely an inconvenience" ....EVERY TIME! I need help 😂

[@Goremize]

I forgot how trippy this movie was. To go from not checking out peep shows to getting his first arousal upon seeing the first pretty lady he came across, lol. Almost feels like the producer guy is waking up to script writers antics in this one, like he's wondering "who let this guy in my office".

[@MuljoStpho]

My first thought at that "who let this guy into my office" comment: Imagine if he made a Pitch Meeting for Movie 43 (the international cut with the "failed writer giving deranged pitch meeting" wrapper story surrounding the random sketches, not the US cut with "kids searching dark web for a banned movie" wrapper story surrounding those same sketches).

[@thebeingdestroyerofworlds8690]

The Josh Ruben cameo is crazy, it's a shame only terminaly online people will understand

[@goldeneddie]

"Terminally Online". Damn. That hurt!

[@cinnyminnie]

Randomly screaming "SANTA!" in a crowded department store is TIGHT!

[@CarolinaCajun4870]

I KNOW HIM!

[@jameskingsbery3644]

Missed opportunity for "Wouldn't it be hard for one person to redecorate a whole section of a department store in one night? ... It would be Super Easy..."

[@happyslapsgiving5421]

5:08 This specific Producer Guy answer made me burst out in one single, genuine, very loud "HA!" note of laughter. 😂 Unfortunately it's almost midnight here, I hope the neighbors didn't wake up.

[@SchecterIsKING]

5:39 I love how you were seemingly able to break yourself with that "unopened cans of worms are tight" line. 🤣🤣

[@metaversebuilding6188]

Just realizing elves scarred a nun for life is tight!!😅

[@yadeel8281]

2:46 "And Walter's Wife is just fine with this" You're goddamn right

[@corey2232]

Wow... Less than a minute in, and you've already made me view this movie in a completely different light. That poor nun! 😅

[@ScofieldStudios]

2:26 is the hardest I have laughed at a pitch meeting in a while.

[@curtismccarley3943]

So many reasons I follow and watch this channel, not the least of which is my new favorite: I've never seen Elf, I have no desire to watch it... and now I never need to do so. Thank you, Ryan George! You are officially my favorite human person with two western-world first names. God bless you, sir.

[@BirbalBonifaceMusoba]

0:52 the way you analyse movies flaws me, George, Ryan George. You are a national treasure.

[@akale2620]

Canadian

[@hexcodeff6624]

2:37 By the director, in fact

[@ChrisAurora]

Silly Happy Hogan always pretending he is Jon Favreau directing movies and acting

[@YourResidentPersonWhoDoesStuff]

@@ChrisAurorahe’s so goofy like that!

[@Spectacular-Spider-Dan]

@@ChrisAurora Pretending to be Jon Favreau is tight!

[@richardastley1168]

You need to put this episode on a shelf.

[@ChadBest-ug8uo]

Watching Elf is a family Christmas tradition. This year was a little somber with the passing of Papa Elf! Wanted to pay respect to the comedic LEGEND, Bob Newhart 💚❤💚

[@Twin_Dilf69]

I didn’t know Will Ferrel rejected an elf 2 movie. I respect that.

[@tirlas]

4:28 Calling out Josh Ruebin is tight

[@GedSperber]

Unbelievable that he has been there the whole time

[@LordEmilous]

that part literally made me laugh out loud

[@Tzgrey77]

He still needs grocery money

[@brandonwei2430]

No problem, "makes seagull noises".

[@MyScorpion42]

he has to leave in FOUR MINUTES.

[@wnakamura93]

I'm surprised you didn't call out the part where Deb (the secretary) offers to do a DIY kitten declawing for her friend. Just a truly insane detail.

[@TF2CrunchyFrog]

"kitten declawing"??? Oh god.

[@nevermorethan12]

For EIGHT kittens, no less.

[@Madamoizillion]

WHAT It's been years since I saw this movie. I can't really stand it.

[@Keznen]

Never noticed that. That's absolutely horrifying.

[@kicsms_science3729]

I have to wonder whether it’s Amy Sedaris ad-libbing. That would track.

[@HariSeldon913]

The comic strip Foxtrot had the TV showing a special where Santa sent his elves to Mordor to help out.

[@TheOneTrueErica]

Another banger as always. As someone who only first watched Elf last year, it was a mix of "aww Christmas movie" saccharine sweet warm fuzzies and Pitch Meetings in my head going, "Oh that could be taken kinda horribly."

[@JohnDrummondPhoto]

- So the elf wanders into Gimbels' Department Store where he's mistaken for a store elf - Wait. This movie comes out in 2003 but Gimbels closed all its stores in 1987 - Heyshutup

[@dawnfire82]

Meant they could show and mention the place without having to make a deal and pay any money.

[@jameskingsbery3644]

Yeah, logically it's probably supposed to be Macy's, since Macy's is right by the Empire State Building.

[@WaterShowsProd]

Gimbel's and Macy's were direct competitors and well-known for it. Miracle On 34th Street takes place at Macy's and there's a gag where Santa suggests to a customer buying something at Gimbel's. As someone else pointed out, these filmmakers could use Gimbel's without worrying about trademark, since it no longer exists, and they probably convinced themselves they were being clever with that little nod to Miracle On 34th Street.

[@t10rock]

Gimbel's is gone Marge. Long gone.

[@KasumiKenshirou]

@@t10rock "You're Gimbel's!"

[@alfatemycats]

"and Josh Ruben was there" 🤣

[@jeffallen55]

#NoProblem

[@DeathnoteBB]

*🌊🦅 noises*

[@kasey3221]

Who?

[@ThePkmnYPerson]

0:41 Well, I guess we know what the horror movie's gonna be when Elf becomes public domain.

[@BoosieBraun-q5s]

Let’s hope not

[@TurtleShroom3]

3:30 Unfair argument. Buddy is completely innocent and naive, and his kindness and heart of gold is what won her over. His reponse to nudity was what a little kid would feel, and it's that charm, and boundless compassion for others, that won her over. Also, he never saw her naked.

[@fearanarchy]

5:14 Missed 2 easy layups: (1) Santa MADE it to NY before he crashed. So literally he either took off with the bare minimum of believers, or just then the sheer disbelief in NY acted like a Flak cannon and took him out. (2) The singing to recharge the positive energy is definitely influenced by Ghostbusters 2

[@orangenostril]

They had been using the turbine to make up for too little Christmas spirit, but it got overstrained and malfunctioned

[@wolverminion770]

New York City cynicism acts as a flak cannon on more than just Santa Claus. Great image!

[@jerseynick9837]

“Get all the way off my back” is my Christmas present this year, thank you!

[@Slick-su4vh]

This video saved my life. I was on a 12 day long acid trip and finally regained consiousness inside the dumpster behind Circle K, but after i climbed out i stumbled upon a gang fight but upon seeing me the two gangs made a truce and both sides teamed up to jump me. After about 20 minutes of being jumped and being called a pinecone, this video came up on my youtube app and i started watching it. the two gangs started watching it with me and now we are all bros. also now i know the true spirit of Christmas and the holiday season in general has been in my heart all along.

[@joshfatal]

I remember when I was young enough to think just saying random things in succession, like a homeless person playing Mad Libs, was the epitome of hilarity.

[@FriedFreezer]

@@joshfatalyeah but now you’re old and cool and use homeless people as jokes like a real interesting and creative smart guy 😎👉👉

[@bobbodaskank]

Same

[@MatthewTheWanderer]

I like the part where the two gangs made a truce and teamed up to kick your ass, lol.

[@BetaSolution]

@@MatthewTheWanderer Making truces to kick a random guy's ass is tight!

[@lukemeck]

Ryan: "Accidentally?" Also Ryan: "Accidentally." 😂🤣🤣

[@mimcduffee86]

When the slight shift in perspective takes it from one of the best family Christmas movies ever to a psychological horror film.

[@2BSemperGumby]

It’s a Christmas miracle! You used the “I’m gonna need you to get alllll the way off my back on this”. Love it

[@TeaDrivenDev]

A hypothetical sequel should have been called "Zwölf", obviously.

[@Mystipaoniz]

Why not Twaalf? :p

[@rylter]

Or a prequel named "Zehn".

[@Veronica.John10-10]

you get twelve lumps of coal in your stocking for that comment.

[@ProgJester]

@@Veronica.John10-10 straight outta The Ruhr?...

[@evanbasnaw]

Ich sehe was Sie machen dort.

[@anappleiam4214]

I don't think it's a huge stretch of the imagination that Santa would have knowledge of familial bonds, so that explains how they knew who Buddy's dad was

[@jimmyjamm4432]

The question was, where did the photo come from, especially with his dad so young.

[@liruenth]

elf/santa/christmas magic 🪄

[@vikiai4241]

@@jimmyjamm4432 Santa is a kleptomaniac. He has a whole massive Arctic warehouse full of such things, all carefully stored and meticulously indexed (what else is there to do for the other 364 days of the year!)

[@Giran_0]

But yet he couldn't return the baby?

[@grankmisguided]

@@Giran_0 maybe he has knowledge of who people's parents are but no knowledge about orphanages. 😆

[@thfpt]

Part that made me laugh the most: "there's no way for me to check that"

[@m3rdpwr]

One of my inflatables is actually the elf character and it sits in the car and plugs into the cigarette lighter. Every once in awhile when someone sees it when I'm driving along, they get a good chuckle out of it.

[@mallorycarpinski1160]

I love how much Producer Guy is not onboard with these ridiculous Christmas movies plots. First "Hot Frosty" snow-toddler and now Buddy the elf isn't really a danger to society? Producer Guy standing up for humanity❤

[@Allie-w1l]

Yeah, he was definitely more critical and harder to please.

[@mrsmith4662]

Put this way it doesn't sound at all good, but we know it's an absolute classic & I'm looking forward watching it again this Christmas.

[@alexforce9]

Zooey Deschanel without the bangs is a 10.

[@bdb1052]

Hot AF bangless lol

[@leipzigergnom]

Why are brunettes often the best blondes?

[@MyBiPolarBearMax]

Facts

[@cloud5buster]

Then again, she's a 10 with the bangs.

[@alexforce9]

@@cloud5buster I dont dig that quirky manic pixie dream girl vibe, but to each its own...

[@BETMARKonTube]

0:24 You forgot to mention that *"the bag was still full of presents, so either Santa had some spare, or he left his job earlier, leaving a lot of kids without presents."* _"Some spare ?"_ *"Yeah. A LOT of other toys were in the bag. That's the main reason why the baby got lured into that thing, in first place."* _"How did he saw the toys? Weren't those wrapped?"_ *"No, apparently not. I guess the elves run out of paper or something."*

[@LucasMidkiff]

There's also the line, "He must've snuck into your sack at the orphanage." THE orphanage? Didn't he just go around the whole world? I always thought it was weird he said that, as if there's only one orphanage in the world.

[@the_mackshack]

Hahahahaha the issue of parents not believing in a very real Santa that delivers presents is something I’ve always thought but never heard verbalized 😂

[@TraysayT]

This video is a great reminder that Ryan George is a longtime fan of Collegehumor (now known as DropOut). I remember finding a comment in one of their oldest videos from their 2008-2010 era from Ryan made way back when the video first came out, and everyone responding to the comment over ten years later saying “Hey it’s Pitch Meetings! Worlds colliding!” A truly magical blend of two internet humor titans

[@MrWooaa]

Elf is my favorite Will Farrel movie and I am glad you took the time to poke fun at it.

[@OneColdMonkey]

My personal Santa lore is that he changes reality to make the parents THINK they bought the gifts.

[@sidhackney8831]

And takes money out of their bank accounts to help the illusion

[@mattyt1961]

@@sidhackney8831 that's a great excuse.... sorry, Santa must have taken the money out to spend at the gentleman's club...

[@cholatepnabangchang4834]

And he's sad because nobody believes in Santa. Well, that's kinda on him then.

[@justsomenoob1882]

That's kinda what the Santa clauses show touches on, and honestly I follow that logic with every movie so I don't go insane lol

[@Madmonkeman]

@@sidhackney8831 He steals money from the parents to fund his luxury town in the North Pole, makes the elves create toys, then he delivers the presents and gives the parents false memories.

[@neetpride5919]

4:40 "That doesn't make sense, the parents would see presents each year that they themselves didn't buy. Who do they think got those?" "Well listen sir, that's a problem with every Christmas movie, not just this one, so get all the way off my back about it!" here's your most earned use of catchphrase award 🏆

[@alexmaurice4274]

I’m glad he brought it back

[@superj-man137]

I was about to get up on his back about not using his catchphrases again, but he save it.

[@basilforth]

Also goes neatly with the emphasis on Christmas spirit.

[@phreakazoith2237]

@@neetpride5919 and what happens to those gifts bought at all thes brightly lit departement stores? Does Santa take them away, replaces them with his stuff and cashs them back?

[@meeponinthbit3466]

Awesome addition to my yearly family watchlist.

[@CydianGamingYT]

When another family hits me with their shopping trolley during Christmas Shopping is one of the get off my back about it moments, and finally resting at home watching American Christmas movies like Home Alone and this one is super easy barely an inconvenience. Wow, wow, wow - wow! 🎄

[@benwhite5734]

I appreciate the slower, emphatic "hey, shut up" at 5:13.

[@t.travelerjg1908]

2:02 Perhaps the friendliest "Hey, shut up" of the whole series. 😅

[@BelMarduksBizarreBazaar]

also the angriest get off my back

[@thatfly5360]

It was like bumping into a really talkative friend at the grocery store

[@SpittUp]

Mad respect to Will Ferrell for not making a sequel to this perfect masterpiece

[@mkultra2456]

What were his reasons?

[@jadenbrown4826]

No. That’s not the reason why lol. He hated this movie and bashed heads with the director, Jon Favreau, throughout the entire thing. So no. No respect for him here

[@joelellis7035]

Glad I missed it. Farrell was right to bash the movie.

[@daraghokane4236]

@@joelellis7035 The film is good

[@AdamFunk]

I mean, it's not even a good movie, let alone "perfect" or a "masterpiece." But nostalgia does weird things to people.

[@YogiePrime]

Elf is my favourite christmas movie of all time! So happy to see a pitch meeting about it.

[@openscholar9908]

I still say, my finger has a heartbeat, every time i get it smashed, lol. Was happy to see this on Pitch Meeting. Thanks!

[@BatAmerica]

As someone who loves this film, I'm suprised that he didn't bring up Buddy's the magical temperature control given how he grew up in the North Pole but can immediately adjust to New York Winter.

[@archmage_of_the_aether]

.....the north pole being 1½ miles underwater

[@NecroCritic]

"That's a problem with EVERY Christmas movie, not just this one, so get ALL THE WAY off my back about it!" Finally, someone says it.

[@jakehardwick6752]

Hey Ryan! Doing a pitch meeting on these would be super easy, barely an inconvenience: #1 - The Room #2 - Birdemic: Shock and Terror

[@OratoryJamesIV]

And Samurai Cop.

[@joshgrumiaux6820]

@@OratoryJamesIV and Troll 2

[@whom382]

And the Neil Breen movies.

[@JettLockette]

So true! Just to everything! So👏🏽true👏🏽 I didn’t think of this

[@johnfdm123]

This was absolutely excellent -- and hit some of my main pet peeves about this movie: "why does he have super snowball-throwing powers if he's just a human?" and "how did he run to the sleigh-crash site in Central Park all the way from the middle of the Queensboro Bridge that fast -- and how did he know exactly where the sleigh had crashed?" (But then, in TV and movies, characters always somehow know exactly where to find each other.)

[@domergriz4713]

Did you see what he ate for dinner that night? He's so hopped up on sugar he can do anything!

[@FaithEditz1899]

You did it! Congratulations! Worlds best pitch meeting!