{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Elf Part 1: Spaghetti Candy, Big Meets Ten Commandments, A Jewish Lover of Christmas and Nearly Chris Farley","description":"\u201cI like to smile, smiling\u2019s my favorite\u201d Robert is back after a brief hiatus to explore the first major Christmas classic of the new millennium, Elf. Even though he\u2019s gone back and forth on it, Robert does consider Elf a great Christmas movie which works thanks to Will Ferrell\u2019s talent. Learn about how writer David Berenbaum was a movie obsessed Jewish child who also happened to love Christmas movies, how his brother Michael would work with Coppola and the Coen Brothers, how David\u2019s loneliness in LA inspired him to write Elf and how the script nearly became both Jim Carey and Chris Farley vehicles. Music credited to Purple Planet, Musicloops Facebook Instagram Patreon *Podcast is for educational purpose only. Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.* ","author_name":"Behind the Bells Podcast","author_url":"http:\/\/behindthebells.com","html":"