SNL Alum Will Ferrell Crashes Andy Richter's Jimmy Kimmel Live Interview in Buddy the Elf Costume

Former Saturday Night Live cast member Will Ferrell made an unannounced appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Monday night, November 9, 2026, heckling former Late Night with Conan O'Brien sidekick Andy Richter from the studio audience while wearing his full green-and-yellow Buddy the Elf costume, according to a November 10, 2026 report by Jed Rosenzweig on LateNighter.

Richter was onstage promoting his behind-the-scenes book Elf Unwrapped: Behind the Scenes of a Modern Christmas Classic—chronicling the making of the 2003 holiday comedy in which both actors appeared—when Ferrell shouted 'Boooooring!' from the crowd. When host Jimmy Kimmel identified him as Buddy the Elf, Ferrell shot back, 'I'm not Buddy the Elf, you fopdoodle! I'm Will Ferrell, from The Land of the Lost movie,' claiming he wore the tunic because his doctor advised him to avoid zippers after elective surgery.

Ferrell proceeded to feign ignorance of Richter ('Andy Richter from the Olsen twins' movie New York Minute?'), plugged a fictional competing memoir titled My Years Sitting Next to Conan O'Brien: The Will Ferrell Story, and sprinted backstage after claiming he had been working Hollywood Boulevard in costume when he heard earlier guest Bill Murray was in the building.