The Happy Elf is a 3D-animated family holiday special, which first aired December 2, 2005 on the NBC television network in the USA. Based on Grammy-winner Harry Connick, Jr.’s original song, The Happy Elf. Production on the special is by Film Roman, an IDT Entertainment company, the same animation company known for producing The Simpsons. The story centers on the lovable Eubie the Elf , whose quest is to bring Christmas joy to an entire town of naughty children in a gloomy little town called Bluesville. Bluesville is a dark miserable town completely surrounded by cliffs on all sides,... completely blocking the sun so that it only shines on Bluesville for a short time, when it's directly over the town. Because the town is so dark and gloomy, people never smile, and are put off by seeing Eubie smiling all the time, as his optimistic happiness makes him stick out in the gloomy town. Because people are so miserable in Bluesville, nobody knows how to tell a joke properly. Most of the people work at a place known as "The What Factory", where all the world's question marks are manufactured .
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| Release date: | 2005 |
| Directed by: | John Rice |
| Runtime: | 45 Minutes |
| Producer: | Scott D. Greenberg, Sidney Clifton, Starz Media, HC Productions |
| Screenplay by: | Andrew Fishman, Scott Landis |
| Estimated budget: | $2,500,000 |
| Genre: | Musical, Children's, Animation |