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I've been a fun of Colbert of a long time, and think his show has surpassed the Daily Show from whence it sprang.
But after seeing this video, I like him even more.
It's Stephen Colbert on the Conan O'Brien show, and at about 4:40 in that video, he starts talking about what a D&D and Tolkien nerd he was in high school.
I think I might have a teeny tiny man crush on him now.
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BTW, here's the video of the 6/6/06 episode where Colbert talks about Middle Earth and the Balrog. It's still hilarious. Any pundit who has read, and for that matter has a freakish recollection of, The Silmarillion, gets extra points in my book. His frequent D&D talk cracks me up too.
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Okay, Click on the Viggo Mortensen interview. Back when Stephen was on the Daily Show, and Viggo came a calling, Jon asked Stephen to tell everyone who Aragorn was in a recording, which he did, at length, and Viggo, who'd already heard of Stephen, actually sent him a platter of LOTR characters carved out of chocolate. Solidifying Viggo's status as a class act, and Stephen's status as a dorkgasm waiting to happen. He's had the figures on the Colbert Report before I believe.
He cracks me up, and seriously, SERIOUSLY knows his Tolkien. And I thought I'd read the Histories of Middle Earth one too many times, he puts me to shame.
This, by the way, will always be my favorite summary of Stephen Colbert's sense of humor and personality. Enjoy.
It's a short storyish thing about Stephen Colbert meeting Gandalf in Middle Earth and taking down a Ringwraith. It's pretty funny.
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That's great! Christopher Lee has to be a guest on "The Report" one day, just so the two of them can have a tolkien-off.
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I agree that the Report has surpassed The Daily SHow. Mainly, this is because it is still a comedy show. I still love Stewart, and would follow Rob Corddry on a groupie train, but Stephen Colbert's show makes me laugh harder these days.
If Colbert is a fantasy geek, I am pretty sure Corddry is a Deadhead. He knows way too much about following musicians around.
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quote:BTW, here's the video of the 6/6/06 episode where Colbert talks about Middle Earth and the Balrog.
What's great is that he clearly conveys the irony (i.e., that Tolkien was intentionally creating direct analogs between Satan/Morgoth, Devils/Balrogs, etc.) while still making it funny as hell.
It's the second half that many of us LOTR geeks don't do well.
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I didn't catch the mistake right away, I haven't read the Silmarillion recently enough, all the names sounded like they were placed about right, but I should have picked up on the lack of Angbad. For shame Lyrhawn, for shame.
A friend of mine speaks a bit of Sindarin, but then as I understand it, Sindarin is the lesser fleshed out language anyway.
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When I saw it, there was a link on the right side for a video entitled "Ted Hitler". It was Colbert and Stewart, and I was laughing so hard it hurt. Which, I'll grant you, isn't tough at the moment.
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