Elf Crash Murphy hosted an open chat in Elf Chat on Sunday, May 22nd. He took questions from tracker elves who showed up for the discussion.
A wide range of topics were discussed – from Crash’s new radio program, to snack food he takes with him as he follows Santa around the world on Christmas Eve, and the many changes of clothes he has to take with him, too.
Crash is soon heading out on vacation. And he talked about his Christmas comedy album collection.
Here is the chat transcript:
| Elf Crash Murphy | Hey there, Maxy |
| Elf Ulan | Hi Elf Max! |
| Elf Max | Hi Elf Ulan! |
| Elf Max | Hi Crash – you’re early! |
| Elf Ulan | Hi Elf Radar! |
| Elf Crash Murphy | What are we talking about today? |
| Elf Ulan | Hi Elf Crash! |
| Elf Max | I have no idea. Roger sent me a note saying “open chat” |
| Elf Crash Murphy | Hi Elf Ulan! |
| Elf Crash Murphy | Oh, ok… |
| Elf Crash Murphy | That would explain it. |
| elf radar | Hi Ulan! |
| Elf Max | Explain what? |
| Elf Crash Murphy | Why he didn’t tell me. |
| Elf Max | Hahaha…I think you’re here to talk about whatever is on the minds of those who show up. |
| Elf Ulan | Elf Crash, I’d like to sorry for my wrong post |
| Elf Crash Murphy | What wrong post, Elf Ulan? |
| Elf Ulan | I posted your “second” radio show. But it’s first |
| Elf Crash Murphy | Oh don’t worry about that! |
| Elf Crash Murphy | Thank you for your kind comments. |
| Elf Max | Elf Ulan is always so very kind |
| Elf Ulan | Thank you, I think other elves were confused then |
| Elf Crash Murphy | Yes, Elf Ulan is one very well mannered elf. I need to be more like her. |
| Elf Max | It’s okay, Ulan. Speaking of that, Crash, when does your next radio show post? |
| Elf Crash Murphy | I have them all done. Elf DJ controls when they go up though. I have no idea. |
| Elf Max | Well that first one was a keeper |
| elf radar | Love your show Elf Crash! Just listened to it. Love Stan Freberg |
| Elf Crash Murphy | Between you and me and the fence post, I was nervous |
| Elf Crash Murphy | you do? Most people don’t know who Stan Freberg is anymore |
| Elf Max | You can’t tell you were nervous |
| Elf Crash Murphy | Well I was |
| Elf Max | Who is Stan Freberg? |
| elf radar | I’m old. He was really good |
| Elf Crash Murphy | He did the Dragnet sketch on my first program |
| Elf Max | Grudge? |
| Elf Crash Murphy | Yes |
| Elf Max | I loved that! |
| Elf Ulan | Thank you Elf Max, and Crash. I love listen to your radio show too! There are a lot of songs that I didn’t know! |
| Elf Crash Murphy | I’d like to share his Green Christmas but I’m not sure if I should |
| Elf Max | Stan Freberg did Green Christmas? |
| Elf Max | I have heard of that |
| Elf Crash Murphy | Yes he did |
| Elf Max | I think that would be good on Kringle Radio |
| Elf Crash Murphy | Well, maybe we will do it down the road |
| Elf Ulan | Green Christmas means? |
| Elf Max | By the way, Crash, I thought you were going on vacation |
| Elf Crash Murphy | I am going on vacation. Couple of weeks, I think now |
| Elf Max | Oh…thought it was sooner than that |
| Elf Crash Murphy | Green Christmas was a radio sketch Stan Freberg did in the 1950s about the commercialization of Christmas |
| Elf Crash Murphy | It was quite controversial then – and funny – and it’s still controversial now. |
| Elf Ulan | Will you join the wrestling? |
| Elf Crash Murphy | Yes, I’m still doing the mud wrestling |
| Elf Crash Murphy | Can’t wait for that |
| Elf Max | Is that your only plan for vacation, Crash? |
| Elf Crash Murphy | Oh, I’ll fit some fishing in somewhere |
| elf radar | Green Christmas was a comedy Christmas record if I remember correctly |
| Elf Max | Do you eat what you catch? |
| Elf Crash Murphy | Sometimes. But mostly catch and release. |
| Elf Ulan | Okay, thank you. Sounds fun! |
| Elf Crash Murphy | Green Christmas was satire. I think Freberg originally did it for an album or his radio show. I know it caused a stir |
| Elf Max | Why were people upset? |
| Elf Crash Murphy | It wasn’t his radio audience. It was the radio executives and sponsors who got upset. He squarely targeted them in the sketch and they didn’t like it |
| Elf Crash Murphy | The radio audience loved it. That is why it has endured for more than, what is it? 60 years or so now? |
| Elf weather tracker | Hi everyone, sorry I am late |
| Elf Crash Murphy | I heard it when I was a kid. It is kind of a Christmas tradition to me. |
| Elf Crash Murphy | Hi Elf Weather Tracker, how are you? |
| Elf Max | So you listen to Christmas comedy a lot? |
| Elf Crash Murphy | Yes, I collect it. |
| Elf Max | Interesting. |
| Elf weather tracker | Good, how are you Crash? |
| elf radar | Hi Elf Weather Tracker |
| Elf Max | Do you do an episode about Christmas comedy on your radio show? |
| Elf Crash Murphy | I do! |
| Elf weather tracker | Hi Elf radar |
| Elf Max | Can’t wait to hear that one |
| Elf Crash Murphy | Maxy, you should do a radio show. |
| Elf Max | Not on your life. |
| Elf Crash Murphy | Hahaha, why not? |
| Elf Max | Because I don’t do microphones. Sorry. |
| Elf Crash Murphy | I’m going to talk to Roger. He’ll make you do it. |
| Elf Max | Like heck he will…. |
| Elf Crash Murphy | With your knowledge, you’d be great on a radio show or a podcast. |
| Elf Max | Never gonna happen, Crash. |
| Elf Crash Murphy | Bashful? |
| Elf weather tracker | Hi Elf Max |
| Elf Max | Yes. In the extreme. I hate the sound of my own voice. |
| Elf Ulan | You can try it once! |
| Elf Crash Murphy | You’re saying that to ME? My voice scares cats in the neighborhood. |
| Elf Crash Murphy | If I can do it you can do it. |
| Elf Max | No way. |
| Elf Crash Murphy | I bet if I was a cute girl and begged you’d do it. |
| Elf Max | You’d lose that bet, Crash. |
| Elf Crash Murphy | Ok, Max. Maybe someday |
| Elf Crash Murphy | How’s the weather where you are Elf Weather Tracker? |
| Elf Ulan | I understand it Lol! |
| Elf Max | Are you a big weather watcher, Crash? |
| Elf Crash Murphy | Oh yes sir. I have to be |
| Elf Max | Really? Why? |
| Elf Crash Murphy | I fly in an open sleigh. That matters. |
| Elf Max | Does Santa try to avoid the weather on Christmas Eve? |
| Elf weather tracker | I just got home from spending time with some friends of mine at one of the local lakes and had a picnic |
| Elf Crash Murphy | Heck no. He flies right into it. |
| Elf Crash Murphy | Everytime. |
| Elf Max | So…he must like it? |
| Elf Crash Murphy | I don’t know about that. He’s just on a mission. He does not let weather slow him down. |
| Elf Crash Murphy | But if it were me, I’d decide to fly around it. |
| Elf Max | How come? |
| Elf Crash Murphy | Well, firstly, rain hurts when you’re flying at 35,000 feet |
| Elf Max | Wouldn’t*t be ice or snow at that level? |
| Elf Crash Murphy | Yes, that’s why it hurts |
| Elf Max | But don’t you have goggles or other protective equipment? |
| Elf Crash Murphy | Yes. But it still hurts |
| Elf Max | talk about your job hazards |
| elf radar | Is wind the hardest element to navigate through? |
| Elf Crash Murphy | Yes, and that’s just the start of it |
| Elf Crash Murphy | Yes, Elf Radar the wind is terrible |
| Elf Crash Murphy | Especially in certain places, like Wyoming. |
| Elf Crash Murphy | How does anyone LIVE there? |
| Elf Ulan | You need a clear mask |
| Elf Crash Murphy | They never turn off the wind in Wyoming. |
| Elf Crash Murphy | I have goggles…but they never stay clear, Elf Ulan |
| Elf Crash Murphy | Then Santa goes from North to South so often I have to do a costume change every 30 minutes. It’s exhausing |
| Elf Max | Do you seriously change clothes on the sleigh? |
| Elf Crash Murphy | Change is the wrong word, Max. It’s more like taking layers off and putting them back on again. |
| Elf Max | Doesn’t your sleigh have a heater and an air conditioner? |
| Elf Crash Murphy | Yes, and they work. But switching back and forth as quickly as we do makes it a very busy activity |
| Elf Crash Murphy | Last year we went from the Marshall Islands to Japan – in minutes. |
| Elf Crash Murphy | And Japan can get REALLY cold. |
| Elf Ulan | So fast! |
| Elf Crash Murphy | Everyone talks about Siberia and that place is cold too. But Japan is surrounded by water….and boy does it get cold there. |
| Elf Max | Santa follow that north-south pattern his whole flight though |
| elf radar | Are there issues with jet lag afterwards? |
| Elf Crash Murphy | Yes, he does – he has to because of the time zones, Max |
| Elf Crash Murphy | Jet lag? Not really. It’s more that we’re in the sleigh for 35+ hours or so. |
| elf radar | or would it be sleigh lag? |
| Elf Crash Murphy | That’s a LONG day |
| Elf Max | It’s usually longer for you, Crash |
| Elf Crash Murphy | Yes, it is |
| Elf Crash Murphy | But I love it |
| Elf Ulan | Wow, too long! |
| Elf Max | How do you do it? |
| Elf weather tracker | Do you have snacks on your slay Crash? |
| Elf Crash Murphy | It’s Christmas. It’s exciting. It just pumps me up. I have the funnest job in the world. |
| Elf Crash Murphy | Yes, I pack a lot of snacks on the sleigh |
| Elf Max | Would you ever consider taking someone else with you? |
| Elf weather tracker | That’s good Crash |
| Elf Crash Murphy | Oh yes, I’ve asked but Santa won’t allow it. |
| Elf Max | Why not? |
| Elf Crash Murphy | Too dangerous, I think. They’d have to get sleigh certified. |
| Elf Crash Murphy | But I think Santa sees the whole thing that I do very dangerous. That’s why he doesn’t take anyone with him ever |
| Elf Max | Well, he picks up Mrs. Claus sometimes |
| Elf Ulan | Rice balls are good too. If you like it |
| Elf Ulan | Ball |
| Elf Crash Murphy | He does. Usually in Hawaii. But Mrs. Claus is also a sleigh pilot, so she’s certified |
| Elf Crash Murphy | Rice bowls? Now you’re getting me hungry! |
| Elf Max | Oh, I forgot about that |
| Elf weather tracker | If you would like me to leave you some healthy and different kinds of cookies out this year for you Crash, I would be happy to |
| Elf Crash Murphy | Besides, by the time we get to hawaii things are pretty much in a low gear. The trip from Hawaii to Alaska at the end is an easy one |
| Elf Crash Murphy | Oh, thank you Elf Weather Tracker. Sadly, Santa gets cookies because he goes into homes. I mostly stay up in the air all night. I never get to get down to where the goodies are! |
| Elf Crash Murphy | There was a dude in New Mexico last year who said he left me some ribs. |
| Elf weather tracker | Ok, I can set something outside on our patio table for you |
| Elf Crash Murphy | Santa said they were great |
| Elf Max | What you need is a support team who could chase some of these things down for you |
| Elf Crash Murphy | THAT’S what I say |
| Elf Crash Murphy | But Roger nixes that idea |
| Elf Crash Murphy | Says we can’t spare the reindeer or the sleighs for food. |
| Elf Crash Murphy | The big meanie. |
| Elf Max | Hahaha |
| Elf weather tracker | Bummer, I’m sorry Crash |
| Elf Max | Doesn’t Frank usually talk on the radio about what food you pack on the sleigh? |
| Elf Crash Murphy | Yes, he gives me a hard time about it every year |
| Elf Crash Murphy | He says I’m a bad example with the things I eat |
| Elf Max | Oh? Like what? |
| Elf Crash Murphy | You know. Doritos. Ding Dongs. Pork rinds. |
| Elf Crash Murphy | All your food group basics |
| Elf Max | Don’t you take eggnog too? |
| Elf Crash Murphy | Of course. |
| Elf Max | How do you feel after that long flight and all that bad food? |
| Elf Crash Murphy | I feel fine. |
| Elf weather tracker | If I could set Santa a note to let him know that donuts and other snacks would be just for you Crash |
| Elf Crash Murphy | I mean, yeah, I take a long nap but who doesn’t on Christmas? |
| Elf Crash Murphy | Elf Weather Tracker…funny you mention that. Santa tells me all the time when people leave food for me. But he never gives me the food. He always teases and says things like “That sure was good!” |
| Elf Max | Do you and Santa talk alot on the flight? |
| Elf weather tracker | Boy Santa is silly |
| elf radar | LOL! |
| Elf Crash Murphy | We can, yes. It depends on where we are and what he’s doing. Sometimes it’s work related and sometimes it’s just for fun. |
| Elf Crash Murphy | Santa is a fun man to work with. I’ve never known anyone so happy in their work. He’s amazing. |
| Elf Max | Is he ever serious? |
| Elf Crash Murphy | Oh yes. But he never worries. |
| Elf weather tracker | That’s good Crash |
| Elf Crash Murphy | He’s a worker though. Very competitive. He is always trying to beat his previous records. |
| Elf Crash Murphy | I’ve never seen anyone who can think on his feet like Santa. He can do a million things at once and remember things at an incredible level of detail. |
| Elf Ulan | Amazing! |
| Elf weather tracker | What is your favorite State here do you like to visit Crash? |
| Elf Max | I think that is part of what makes him Santa |
| Elf Crash Murphy | In the United States? |
| Elf weather tracker | Yes Crash |
| Elf Crash Murphy | Golly, I don’t know. You have to remember, we get to places at night time so I don’t really get to see them on Christmas. Every place is the same in the dark |
| Elf Crash Murphy | Plus, I’m from the United States. My home state is Georgia, so I guess I’m partial to that place |
| Elf weather tracker | That’s true, you should come visit Oklahoma sometime Crash |
| Elf Crash Murphy | But I like everywhere we go. |
| elf radar | How did the trike work in the sand? |
| Elf Crash Murphy | Really, really good in the sand. I loved it. |
| Elf Crash Murphy | There’s the place in Utah I want to go to with it called the Coral Sand Dunes. Friend told me about it. I’m thinking of heading there towards the end of my vacation with the trike |
| Elf Crash Murphy | It’s PINK sand. |
| Elf weather tracker | That’s Awesome Crash |
| Elf Crash Murphy | Google it, the pictures of the place are crazy |
| Elf Max | Do you ride ATVs? |
| Elf Ulan | Pink sand! |
| Elf Crash Murphy | Nope I’ve never done that |
| Elf Max | If you go can we see pictures? |
| Elf Crash Murphy | Sure, if I remember to take them |
| elf radar | Excellent! People here use them in the snow here in the winter but I’ve never seen them on the beach! |
| Elf Max | I want to see pictures of you mud wrestling too |
| Elf Ulan | Me too!, |
| Elf Crash Murphy | Hahaha…dream on, Maxy |
| Elf Crash Murphy | When you get on the radio, I’ll show you mud wrestling pictures |
| Elf Max | Not fair! |
| Elf Ulan | Lol |
| Elf Crash Murphy | My trike, Elf Radar…isn’t normal |
| Elf Max | Look at the time, Crash. I totally lost track |
| Elf Crash Murphy | Yeah, it’s alright. I’ve had fun here today. Nothing too serious. that’s good for a Sunday |
| Elf Max | I think we should do more open chats |
| Elf Crash Murphy | I agree |
| Elf Crash Murphy | Keeps things light! |
| Elf weather tracker | Have fun on your vacation Crash |
| Elf Max | Well thanks for taking the time with us today, Crash |
| Elf Max | And Elf Weather Tracker is right – enjoy your vacation! |
| Elf Max | We expect a full report. |
| Elf Ulan | Yeah, It was fun! Thank you Elf Crash and everyone! |
| elf radar | Thank you for your time Elf Crash and Elf Max. This was certainly enjoyable |
| Elf Crash Murphy | Ok, we can do that. Maybe we’ll try an open chat during Christmas in July sometime |
| Elf weather tracker | Don’t forget the pictures Crash please |
| Elf Max | That’s a great idea! |
| Elf Crash Murphy | Ok, I’ll do my best |
| Elf Crash Murphy | Bye everyone! |
| Elf Max | Bye Crash! |
| Elf Max | Thanks everyone for being here! |
| Elf Ulan | Bye! |
Thank you, elves Max and Crash, and Radar and weather Tracker! I think open chat is fun too, and exciting! There are a lot of topics, and we can continue to extend them in the next chat. I’ll think about the Santa and Elf Crash flight circumstance… goggles and snacks lol! I hope we can see pictures that Elf Crash took, and also listen to his second radio show! Please have a nice vacation and merry Christmas to everyone!