ELF: Buddy’s Musical Christmas
Music by Matthew Sklar
Lyrics by Chad Beguelin
Teleplay by Thomas Meehan, Bob Martin, Aaron Horvath, and Michael Jelenic
Score and Music Direction by Matthew Sklar and Christopher Guardino
Directed by Mark Caballero and Seamus Walsh
Produced by Warner Bros. Animation
2015 Primetime Emmy® Award Nomination for Outstanding Music Direction
Broadcast Dates
Premiere broadcast:
December 16, 2014 @ 8pm, NBC
Encore presentations:
December 25, 2014 @ 9pm, NBC
December 16, 2015 @ 8pm, NBC
Variety
Brian Lowry
“Using stop-motion animation to cleverly create the feel of a holiday-special throwback, 'Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas' turns out to be a whole lot of fun”
“The songs are great fun, and work particularly well juxtaposed with animation”
The Los Angeles Times
Robert Lloyd
“This puppetoon turn on the Will Ferrell contemporary holiday classic is both apt and welcome - all the more so for being so well done.”
The New York Daily News
David Hinckley
“Delightful animated hour... ☆☆☆☆ ”
“It positively rings with jingle bells and silver bells, and this is a case where several songs work even better with animated characters than they do with humans.”