- Absolutely. In those days, there was a great stigma to mentioning your, any real-life info. You just kind of kept it all really close to your chest, and you never knew elf . You know, I don't know what you expect at that point.
So it was a really fun process in that respect. An elf in D&D lives 700 years if they're not killed by something else, like a fireball for example.
It prevents us from enjoying life. The elf in "Harry Potter" that smacks his head against the wall because Dobby's a bad elf .
of coffee because he doesn't want his lieutenants going off into people's houses on too much eggnog. So, when this is all over, each lieutenant has an elf handler who kind of, who tracks him as he goes on his mission. But the first thing they do is a jump through the entrance to, you know, the first wormhole. And in basically zero time they get inside the next hou- they get inside the first house. Now, Santa
And on the set every day, Michael Kahn, who is Steven Spielberg's editor, cutting the film. Danny Elfman, from Oingo Boingo, and the composer, it's his second score after Tim Burton's "Pee Wee's Big Adventure." And I stood outside, I think, it was the Pantages Theater, with my script after an Oingo Bongo concert, like, Mr. Elfman, I'm going to direct a movie someday.
I'm only of interest to the Earl of Bryston and his ilk because of my stepdaughter. Princess Elfilda is the most celebrated woman in the kingdom, perhaps in all of history. Commoners line the streets for endless hours even in dark and sleet hoping to glimpse her face through the window of her gilded carriage.
By Christmastide, even the peasant girls wore chokers of beads or ribbon, whatever material they could find to replicate the fashion. Princess Elfilda's popularity derives in large part from her astonishing beauty. There's something else about her nature that attracts the masses.
So it was a really fun process in that respect. A half elf might blend or blur some of those distinctions.
So there are a bunch of elves. And there's one elf , Hermey, who says, "I want to be a dentist." And the head elf says no, you're a toy maker. But I'm really interested in molars and things.
And even right now on Broadway, "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" is you guys. "Bridges of Madison County," "Elf ," the "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" musical that's in London right now, that you guys own. So compared to those-- you keep going on about "Misery," about it was just like, yeah, it's a no-brainer.
And I hope that it allows the actors to then get the right lift-off into each scene. I think with "Elf ," we were very successful.
What else can I tell you? Being an elf is awesome. All right, "Hobbit" question.
moving ice?" "Yeah?" "Is anyone there?" "No" "That's Icewind Dale, leave me alone" And so I spent most of my time hiding, of course from there I went underground to the dark to create the dark elf race in the world and by the way, that was a trip because after I, when I finished the Halflings Gem, which was the third book of that series. The fourth book I had planned was going to send my heroes back to recapture this dwarven homeland. And TSR, it was TSR back then, this was before Wizards of the Coast called me up and said
Well, his shrug was eloquent. They are ugly and Elfilda is beautiful. The Earl frowned and pursed his lips.
Her debut film "Fifty," and her second film "The Wedding Party"-- Yay! --in partnership with the ELFIKE Film Collective both premiered at prestigious international film festivals and broke box office records nationwide. nationwide. I think that deserves a round of applause.
- Absolutely. In those days, there was a great stigma to mentioning your, any real-life info. You just kind of kept it all really close to your chest, and you never knew ... who was this blonde wood elf warrior, Female, who always refused to wear a helmet because they thought their character was
One of the things I was very excited about was we do a lot of musicals. We did "Charlie." We did "Elf ." We were involved with "Madison County." The National Theatre came to us for "Curious Incident." We jumped on that. We wanted to do something else after "Misery." And we said, all right, what movie lends itself to the same-- what is another movie that
you know, the puppet will be like doing drugs, and we're like is this-- not that any of the Squickerwonkers do drugs. I wanted to be an elf all my life.
you know, the puppet will be like doing drugs, and we're like is this-- not that any of the Squickerwonkers do drugs. So he just added an elf .
would be pretty hard for the elves to do it as well 'cause you've got say 300 million kids who need one elf per kid to constantly keep his eye on the screens. So 300 million elves up at the Pole would be pretty tricky, , might be a bit of a reading problem and Santa actually
"Nice job to both of you for getting this feature as far as it is already. Just trying to do my part as a helper elf ." Signed, Jia Tan. For months, Jia has been taking some of the load off Lasse.
So it was a really fun process in that respect. Just think about what it is to be an elf and to live for as long as you do.
I was like I'm going to be a half-elf druid and then go from there.
you know, the puppet will be like doing drugs, and we're like is this-- not that any of the Squickerwonkers do drugs. He told me in 2004 he wanted me to play an elf .
The earl dabbed his crimson lips daintily. That they tried to alienate his affection from Princess Elfilda. You seem amused, my lord.
Her elusive character is a blank parchment upon which any story may be written. And every girl who dreams of becoming a princess can imagine herself in Princess Elfilda's to famously tiny shoes. I know more of the princess's history than anyone else alive, and the true tale is not as fantastical as the one sung
I just actually shared-- if you see me busy at work here, I'm trying to share some imagery to go along with what we're saying here. This is actually one of them for me for sure, the Wood Elf Forest Salad. It's just a gorgeous salad made with raw Brussels sprouts.
I remember I was on "Ren and Stimpy" as Jerry, the belly button elf .
you know, the puppet will be like doing drugs, and we're like is this-- not that any of the Squickerwonkers do drugs. Like if he saw you on the street he'd be like, you're an elf .
you know, the puppet will be like doing drugs, and we're like is this-- not that any of the Squickerwonkers do drugs. But then like 10 years later, he was like hey you want to be an elf ?
It prevents us from enjoying life. That's what it's named after, literally the fictitious elf .
age of hockey?" And he looked at the guy and he shrugged and he said "When you were twelve." And I think that's true. Doesn't matter what year it was, when you were twelve. And so for a lot of people I think when they read these books and they open up the next dark elf book it just puts them back to 1989, or 1992, or 1995 or whatever when they were playing Dungeons and Dragons with their friends. So it's almost like a lifeline home for a lot of people and it is for me as well when I'm writing. So it's been it's been a couple cool
I think another example that hits every year and it's going on right now is the "Elf Yourself" program from who knows where? What brand does "Elf Yourself"?
can make an ugly woman beautiful. Ah, my lady, Princess Elfilda that a dazzling star who shines in the royal firmament where she belongs. He did not attempt to conceal his disdain.
I can, a lot of the times identify, Danny Elfman.
you know, the puppet will be like doing drugs, and we're like is this-- not that any of the Squickerwonkers do drugs. He was like, if I had been casting "Lord of the Rings" before you like became an actress, I would have made you an elf .
you know, the puppet will be like doing drugs, and we're like is this-- not that any of the Squickerwonkers do drugs. I mean, I felt like I could have dropped to my knees and bawled my eyes out because I was like I would have died to be an elf .
you know, the puppet will be like doing drugs, and we're like is this-- not that any of the Squickerwonkers do drugs. Yeah, he did. He was like I'm just going to put an elf in this movie.
So inside that door, that little slightly curved, little adorable little elf door, that's where they shovel the coal in.
Announcer: With over 15 million books sold in the United States alone, more thank four dozen books to his credit and numerous game credits, Bob, yes, you can call him Bob, has become one of the most important figures in in modern epic fantasy. He's probably most well known for his iconic forgotten realms character, the dark elf Drizzt Do'Urden, whose story continues in his newest book. I'm getting close, like I said, I'm the Star Wars fan.
for things?" I'm like "Nah, no no." Anyway, it is good to be here. Yeah, I'll tell ya, I'll tell ya a little bit what's going on and really open it up for questions. We could talk about anything, we could talk about Star Wars, we could talk about the Dark Elf books, we could talk about 38 Studios, Big Sad, we could talk a little bit about that before the lawyers get me. This book amazing thing happened to me a couple of years ago, when I was doing the collected stories of Drizzt and all the Forgotten Realm stories
"You know we think people are sick of these characters so just tie it up in this book and we'll go do something else.' And that was 1990; and we're still writing them so they were wrong and so I agreed and I tied it up in that book. And then all of a sudden I got a call "You know we're getting a lot of letters about this dark elf guy, so maybe we should do a series about where he came from." And so I thought that would be great and I had these old modules by Gary Gygax, the Scent of the Depths of the Earth, you're
in youre house, that's a statement about who you are. So people come in and they look at that bookshelf and that's like an icebreaker, you know? If you're a fan of of my books, for example and somebody comes over and they see that, you've got the Crystal Shard and the Dark Elf trilogy and all this, that's like a connection. They're not going to go through your kindle and see what's on there, now that's like an invasion of privacy, right?
it, which is really cool and about time. >> Male 1: So sort of a follow up to that, in addition to fantasy and sci-fi becoming a lot more mainstream, they've also become a lot more standardized as you were saying there's very clear picture now, not just of what a dragon is, but also what a elf is what a dwarf is. It gets emulated almost to the point of esthetic, essentially being identical, do you find that constraining, do you feel that innovation in the genre has gone down? Like what do you feel about the state of the
a familiarity level in fantasy now because there's been so many books over so many years I mean my book signings look like Fleetwood Mac concerts, you've got a grandfather with his son and his granddaughter and they're all reading the books, right? It's multigenerational now. And so there's comfort food in that. There's an elf in a book people have a feeling of what that character is. And every now and then something new will break out, I mean, I know that better than anyone, all of a sudden dark elves became really popular, right? Right
it was back this year called Prep and Landing, the details a lot of the activities that elves do to apparently make things good for the legions of Santas. I was wondering if you could speak a little bit more about career progression and job opportunities in the elf world. Like how is their organizational structure built up?
Danny Elfman, from Oingo Boingo, and the composer, it's his second score after Tim Burton's "Pee Wee's Big Adventure." And I stood outside, I think, it was the Pantages Theater, with my script after an Oingo Bongo concert, like, Mr. Elfman, I'm going to direct a movie someday. And I really want you to do the score, and he did it.
And the first person we met that really took it from joke to like, oh this is going to change everything was Lois Elfman who was a figure skating reporter, journalist.
But a real film composer, a Hollywood composer, when I met uh Danny Elfman or any of these guys I write write or uh
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