Andy Richter
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Nov 9, 2026
RoulaHOST
You hear the strumming guitar, and you hear the phone number, and that's how you know that's for Noah Kahn, Be Color 104, when you hear that between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m., and you're going to score tickets before they even go on sale on Thursday.
RoulaHOST
Okay, so Friday I was talking, or maybe it was Thursday, I was talking about Andy Richter, who for years was Conan O'Brien's sidekick.
RoulaHOST
You know, he's been in a lot of things on his own.
RoulaHOST
He's a stand-up comedian.
RoulaHOST
He has this whole book about the behind the scenes of Elf because he's one of the children's writers in the theme of that book.
RoulaHOST
Walter Hobbs, James Caan's character, is a children's writing publisher.
RoulaHOST
And Andy Richter is one of the writers.
RoulaHOST
Okay, so he wrote this whole thing.
Paul FletcherHOST
In fact, he once wrote a sequel to the holiday classic Elf.
Paul FletcherHOST
Comedian Andy Richter told the story on a podcast recently.
Paul FletcherHOST
He said, quote, A Hollywood producer reached out to him and said, The Edge from U2 has written a sequel to Elf and he wants to talk to you about it.
Paul FletcherHOST
It's just like saying that out loud.
Brooke FoxHOST
does is just at our humor level.
Jeffrey DubowHOST
Andy Richter, who you might remember him as Conan O'Brien's sidekick back in the day, he was actually in that film, and he has a brand new book out called Elf Unwrapped, Behind the Scenes of a Modern Christmas Classic.
speaker_6UNKNOWN
Oh, that's cool.
speaker_6UNKNOWN
Okay, that's cool.
Kyle UnfugHOST
So, apparently, there was once an Elf 2 script written by none other than The Edge from U2.
Kyle UnfugHOST
So, Andy Richter.
Kyle UnfugHOST
Mm-hmm.
Kyle UnfugHOST
He actually opened up about it and said that Shawna Robertson, she's worked on a lot of Will Ferrell movies.
Mark HalperinHOST
Both great stories.
Mark HalperinHOST
Andy Richter, Jodie Foster, and Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Mark HalperinHOST
Which of the three of us does the best Schwarzenegger? Kevin? I'm
Larry O'ConnorHOST
sure it's Larry.
Bo ThompsonHOST
Ever.
Bo ThompsonHOST
According to Andy Richter, U2's The Edge... penned a script for a sequel to the movie Elf.
speaker_4UNKNOWN
Like, what?
Bo ThompsonHOST
What? But fans will never get to see or read it because apparently it's staying banished and nobody involved with the project ever plans to allow it to see the light of day.
Beth TroutmanHOST
Well, that's what's so shocking to me about all of this.
Beth TroutmanHOST
And these things, you know how podcasts now, every celebrity goes on different podcasts all over the nation, all over the world for that matter.
Beth TroutmanHOST
Andy Richter went on Obsessed, the podcast, and basically was just talking about this.
Beth TroutmanHOST
This was probably just some kind of offhanded story that he knew.
Kelly JordanHOST
Oh, I bet it's hot.
Kelly JordanHOST
So Andy Richter, we were talking about him last week.
Kelly JordanHOST
He's been making the rounds with his new behind-the-scenes book about the movie Elf.
Kelly JordanHOST
Right.
Kelly JordanHOST
In a recent interview, he revealed that Edge actually wrote a script for Elf 2, but for some reason, it kind of petered out.
Kelly JordanHOST
Well, is somebody else going to pick it up? Is Andy Richter going to pick up the script and see if he can't punch it up a little bit and we would get an Elf 2? Now, I'm going to say this.
Kelly JordanHOST
I'm listening.
Kelly JordanHOST
I don't think they should make an Elf 2.
ErinGUEST
although i would almost argue it's kind of accurate in some respects because i'll get to that when i get to my thoughts sorry
JennHOST
that's all right uh what i says about this movie i says word choices matter bear bear All right, this movie was written and directed by Curry Barker and stars Indy Navarette, Michael Johnston, Cooper Tomlinson, Megan Lawless, Andy Richter, and more.
JennHOST
It is streamable on Peacock.
JennHOST
You can rent or buy on other streamers, but most importantly, it is free at your local library.
1 HR 26 MINS LATER
JennHOST
Why? Why the fuck not? Aaron, how'd you do?
ErinGUEST
Well, I was very lazy about this.
ErinGUEST
Yeah, I used Andy Richter.
ErinGUEST
I didn't like, you know, and I used Oracle of Bacon to help me along.
Mat Bradley-TschirgiHOST
Yeah, and it's not altogether uncommon for movies to start as one thing and turn into something completely different.
Mat Bradley-TschirgiHOST
I had just finished reading Elf Unwrapped by Andy Richter and Aaron Caro.
Mat Bradley-TschirgiHOST
And the original concept for Elf was pretty far removed from what the movie ended up being.
Mat Bradley-TschirgiHOST
And it was something they worked on for 10 years, just like with Anchorman.
Charlie HoupertHOST
His brilliance was to upend that expectation, do everything you're not supposed to do, and finish with a pun you might hear from your dad.
Charlie HoupertHOST
Upsetting contextual expectations makes this a meta-joke, and in Andy Richter's words,
Andy RichterSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Somebody said, I gotta show you something.
Andy RichterSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
They take you on a four-mile hike to show you a dog turd.
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