>> WELCOME BACK
EVERYBODY YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE
TO VISIT SANTA CLAUS AT THEM
ALL THIS 2020 HOLIDAY SEASON,
BUT ONE EXPERIENCE IN
LOS ANGELES IS LETTING PEOPLE
CELEBRATE THE SPIRIT OF STAYING
COVID-SAFE THE ALSO ON THE
SHELF DRIVE-THRU EXPERIENCE WAS
DESIGNED BY THE CREATIVE
DIRECTOR AND SET
DESIGNER OF HUGE BROADWAY
PRODUCTIONS LIKE HAMILTON
BEETLEJUICE AND DEAR EVAN
HANSEN THE TWENTY-NINETEEN
OSCARS. VISITORS CAN GO ON A
ONE HOUR
HOLIDAY JOURNEY TO HELP SAVE
CHRISTMAS AFTER SANTA'S SLEIGH
BREAKS DOWN.
>> WITHOUT LEAVING THE COMFORT
OF THEIR
OWN CAR.
>> JOINING US NOW TO TELL US
ALL ABOUT IT IS THE CREATIVE
DIRECTOR OF ELF ON THE SHELF
AND THE JOURNEY VANCE GARRETT
VANCE WELCOME TO THE SHOW YOU I
THINK ARE
OUR FIRST HOLIDAY GASSED
AND I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT THAT
BECAUSE IT'S START YOU KNOW, IT
MEANS WE CAN START DOING THESE
HOLIDAY STORIES SO VERY EXCITED
TO HAVE YOU TELL US
ABOUT THE ELF ON THE SHELF
DRIVE-THRU EXPERIENCE HOW DOES
IT ALLOW PEOPLE TO CELEBRATE
CHRISTMAS. OF COURSE IN THIS
ERA THAT WE'RE LIVING IN WHEN
IT COMES TO SOCIAL DISTANCING.
>> I'M HAPPY TO BE TAKING
CELEBRATING CHRISTMAS WITH YOU
WE STARTED ON
NOVEMBER, 3RD. AND AS YOU SAID
IT'S AN HOUR
LONG DRIVES THROUGH IN WHICH
FRIENDS AND FAMILY CAN GET
TOGETHER AND YOU'RE INVITED
INTO THE WORLD OF THE AISLES AT
THE SHRIMP DOWN TO ACTUALLY ALL
SIDES TO BE ABLE ROUND UP AS
MUCH CHRISTMAS MAGIC AND SPIRIT
AS POSSIBLE IN ORDER TO SAVE
CHRISTMAS.
>> WE HAVE AN ALPHA VISITS OR
HOUSE EVERY YEAR JOB AND I I
DON'T KNOW IF YOU'LL BE COMING
THIS YEAR BUT IS THIS SOMETHING
YOU WOULD HAVE CREATED IF NOT
FOR THE PANDEMIC.
>> MISS YOU MICHAEL SOLUTION
IMMERSIVE AND THE TEAM ELF ON
THE SHELF BE OUR HEADS TOGETHER
EARLIER IN HERE
IN SPRING. YOU KNOW I THOUGHT
ABOUT A LOT RATING AND SURE
ENOUGH AS THE PANDEMIC WHAT YOU
CAN CALL THEM THAT ARE SO MANY
TWISTS AND TURNS IN THE YEAR.
>> AND WE THOUGHT WHAT EXACTLY
DOES THE WORLD NEED
RIGHT NOW. YOU THOUGHT ABOUT
WHAT WHAT THIS KIND OF BRING US
JOY AND INSPIRATION. AND MAGIC
AT THE END OF 2020 AND WE
THOUGHT YOU
KNOW WHAT THERE'S A WAY THAT WE
CAN DO THIS SAFELY THERE'S A
WAY THAT WE CAN DO THIS WITH
THE BEST OF THE BEST DESIGNERS
THERE'S A WAY TO AND THEY THINK
THEY'RE GOING BRING SOMETHING
NEW TO ME THE PUTTING ALL THAT
TOGETHER AND REALLY THINKING
THROUGH IT. THIS IS WHAT WE
CAN SHOW I DON'T
ORIGINAL IDEA WHAT WE'RE TOLD
WE'RE VERY VERY PROUD OF WHAT
WE KNOW. I'M.
>> AS I WATCHED THE VIDEO I
HAVE TO TELL YOU VAN SEEING
SANTA CLAUS THERE DID BRING JOY
TO ME THAT WAS FANTASTIC MY
FIRST GLANCE IT'S AN A FOR
THE YEAR. WHAT IS THE REACTION
YOU'RE GETTING FROM PEOPLE LIKE
YOU MENTIONED YOU OPEN
NOVEMBER, 3RD ARE JUST A FEW
WEEKS AGO, SO WHAT IS THE
REACTION YOU'RE GETTING.
>> THE WRECK AND ANIMATED.
>> YOU KNOW WE STARTED RIGHT
AFTER HALLOWEEN. WE
STARTED NOVEMBER, 3RD WE
STARTED BY INVITING FRIENDS AND
FAMILY AND THEN THE LARGER
LA COMMUNITY AND SURE ENOUGH BY
WAY OF THAT THE CELEBRITIES AND
STARTED BEEN COMING THROUGH AND
WHETHER IT'S OUT
FOR YOU.
>> WORLD OR A PARENT OR A DAD
WOULD ENTER A 4TH LOVED ONES.
I
WANT THAT.
>> AND THEY'RE RIGHT WHEN THEY
DRIVE THROUGH IT AND THEY SEE
YOU KNOW AND SEE THE CAN.
EVEN SEE SANTA AND SO.
>> VERY VERY EXCITING YOU'VE
DIRECTED IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCES
LIKE SLEEP. NO MORE
29 ROOMS BUT THOSE ARE USUALLY
EXPERIENCE BY FOOT WAS IT LIKE
TO WORK ON A DRIVE-THRU
EXPERIENCE WAS IT MUCH HARDER
TO CREATE AN IMMERSIVE
EXPERIENCE WITH IN THAT WAY.
>> THEY HAVE FOR FROM MY
PRODUCING PRODUCTS IN FROM THE
DIRECTOR AND A LOT OF THINGS.
>> AND AND AND
YOU KNOW EACH ONE IS
DIFFERENT, BUT YOU KNOW CARLOS
US SO ONE COMMUNITY SAFE.
THEY ALLOWED.
>> I WANT TO SHARE THE
EXPERIENCE WITH THEIR CLOSEST
FAMILY AND FRIENDS, THERE'S A
LEVEL OF INTIMACY THERE.
AND TRUTHFULLY YOU KNOW, WE
SOLD OUR OR OR WHAT IT'S FOR A
GREAT FEAR WHICH IS GREAT STORY
ACTUALLY WRITTEN BY A SHOT A
BALL AND
AND GREAT HE POSED BY 4 MORTARS
AND
THE AWARDS. ALL THE POLLS OR
FROM OUR LIST MRS. MAY'S ALSO
YOU KNOW EVEN THOUGH BECAUSE
PART
OF IT. WE STILL REALLY EMBRACE
WHAT WHAT WE'VE ALL BEEN SO
LONG FOR WITH
LIVE THEATER. NOT BEEN PRESENT
THAT YOU THINK I THINK FOR THEM
OR NOT AND ROAD SO SURE BECAUSE
DIFFERENT, BUT YOU KNOW WE'RE
STILL GIVING PEOPLE WHAT THEY
WANT MONEY.
>> SPEAKING OF LIVE THEATER
DAVID KORINS DESIGNED THE SET
HE OF COURSE WORKED ON EVAN
HANSEN IN HAMILTON
DID THAT. SHOWS INFLUENCE HOW
YOU CREATED THIS ELF ON A SHELF
EXPERIENCE.
>> YEAH, I
WE WERE ABLE TO WORK WITH THE
BEST OF THE BEST AND SO DAVID
KORINS WHAT COMES WITH ALL OF
THAT
KNOWLEDGE ABOUT.
>> WHAT WAS REALLY REALLY
MAKES PEOPLE.
>> JUST WONDER WHEN
>> A PIECE OF SIENA OR LIGHTING
HOW
DOES THE MUSIC ACTUALLY
INTERSECT WITH US AT SO SURE
FOR TONIGHT, IT'S IMPOSSIBLE
FOR IT'S NOT TO BE INFLUENCED
OR TOMORROW.
>> OF 4.
>> LESSON BACK IN 2020 WE'RE
ACTUALLY ABLE BILL ON TOP OF
THOSE LEARNINGS AND DELIVER GOT
A WHOLE OTHER PROJECT AT ALL
HOPEFULLY MOVE THE NEEDLE SHOW
PEOPLE OFF.
>> I'VE GONE BY THEN.
>> I HOPE SO TO ADVANCE THEY'RE
ALL THERE WILL ALSO BE A TOY
DRIVE FOR TOYS FOR TOTS AND A
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL IN
L A THIS IS A TIME WHEN SO MANY
PEOPLE ARE STRUGGLING TALK TO
US ABOUT WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT
TO HAVE CHEER. ESPECIALLY THIS
YEAR OF
2020.
>> YEAH MEDIA WERE HUMAN
BEINGS, WE NEED TO PLAY WE NEED
TO HAVE.
>> THOSE
THINGS SO WE HANG OUR YOU KNOW
THIS THESE ARE THE RIGHTS OF
PASSAGE OF THE THINGS THAT WE
LOOK FORWARD TO EVERY YEAR.
CHRISTMAS.
IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE
TO HAVE A SHARED EXPERIENCE
WITH
ONE ANOTHER. IT'S REALLY THE
BUILDING BLOCK FOR COMMUNITY
AND IT'S A BUILDING BLOCK FOR
FAMILY IS THE BUILDING BLOCK
FOR YOU KNOW ALL THE GOOD THING
MIKE'S SO.
>> FOR
DELIVERING THAT.
>> IT LOOKS PRETTY INCREDIBLE.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S TOO EARLY
TO SAY, BUT I I'M PROMPTED TO
SAY
HAPPY HOLIDAYS. YOU'RE FROM MY
FIRST HA