EPISODE NUMBER: 11036 (December 11, 2014)
GUESTS:Smaug The Dragon
SEGMENTS:Scott Walker’s Hanukkah Gaffe | Yahweh or No Way – Epic Casting Controversy | Announcing The Colbert Report Raffle | Smaug | Sign Off-Aftermath of Smaug
SUIT REPORT:Dark Grey Suit | Blue and White Striped Shirt | Purple Dotted Tie
VIDEOS: Thursday, December 11, 2014
Tonight, Middle Earth returns to the Report, as Stephen salutes the final film in the Hobbit trilogy.
Definitely can’t wait for taping reporTs from CN Helper and the others who attended this ep! I want any details you know about the interview!
It’s perfect timing for the final Hobbit movie to come out at the same time that The Report is ending. I am so impressed that everyone at the show is putting in a 100% effort at this point. They could easily just phone it in because it’s the end of the year and the end of the show but they are pulling out all the stops.
As the show winds down it was not too surprising to see that he is raffling off parts of the set. I wonder what will become of the other stuff on the shelves??
Here are a couple shots from Smaug’s interview:
At first when he burst through the set, I thought it was real. (As in, I thought it was a puppet. I know there are no dragons. 😉 It looked pretty real when the set was destroyed. I know it was CGI, but did they actually destroy the set for the bursting through part? I kind of figured, why not since the show is ending.
Scott Walker’s Hanukkah Gaffe
The Governor of Wisconsin is eyeing a run for President in 2016 apparently. He is courting the Jewish vote and when he was a City Executive, he got a Menorah from a Jewish Leader and said he would display it in the courthouse. As bad as that was to do, he then wrote a letter to the leader and said, “Thanks again and Molotov”.
As Stephen points out, Walker probably meant to say “Mazel Tov” which is Yiddish for Congratulations. Which when you think about it is still kinda weird. “Thanks again and Congratulations”…for what?
- In Walker’s defense, 8 Molotov Cocktails would make for a very festive Menorah. They said the gas would burn for only one night.
- There is no greater friend to the children of Israel than yours truly. So let me say a word on Walker’s behalf.
- Jewish Nation, Scott Walker’s a good guy, he’s a real munch. He doesn’t wear a Yamaha or observe the Sherbert, the important thing is that he was ready to display that Menorah. I’m sure, if given a chance, he would also have displayed the Majorah.
- We’re not talking about a major Jewish holiday, this is not Yom Tupac Shakur or Sha Na Na or even Sucrose. If it weren’t the same time as Christmas, no one would even talk about Hanna-Kuna-Matata.
- It’s just a fun family holiday where you eat potato chachkies and you spin the dildo.
- (singing) Dildo dildo dildo I made you out of clay and when you’re dry and ready…
- Tonight I raise a glass of Lenny Kravitz and say a hearty ‘L’Chaim-lich Maneuver’.
Yahweh or No Way – Epic Casting Controversy
- Folks, I don’t want to act like I’m holier than thou, I’m from South Carolina. We say, “Holier than Y’all”.
There is a new movie coming out, another biblical epic called Exodus. It’s a Ridley Scott film starring Christian Bale, about Moses and Ancient Egyptians in biblical times.
- It’s the perfect holiday movie because nothing says Christmas like Passover.
- It stars Christian Bale as BatMoses.
If only we could do sound gifs because I would have one of Stephen’s impression of Christian Bale saying “Let my people go”.
The film also stars Aaron Paul (Breaking Bad) and other white guys which is kind of causing a stir on Twitter. There are those who argue as to why the main cast is white guys and all the slaves are played by Middle Eastern or Black people.
- Is it okay for Biblical movies to depict Egyptians as white? Yahweh or No Way?
“Hallelujah!”
Apparently Ridley Scott was thoughtful enough to explain in such a sensitive way, why he couldn’t cast a Middle Eastern cast:
You stay classy Ridley.
- He’s right. If your star is Mohammed so and so, you’re not going to get financing from Hollywood. But you might get the CIA to finance drone strikes on Such-and-Such-Istan.
Announcing The Colbert Report Raffle
Go to omaze.com/colbert to enter! Go NOW!! This ep guide will still be here when you get back.
Stephen is raffling off his desk and the fireplace and proceeds go to help both the Yellow Ribbon Fund and Donors Choose.
The C desk:
C shape or severely misshapen U
The Fireplace. It includes the portrait, the chair…
…and the TV with the fire.
OH MY GOD! I’m on fire! It burns!
The first place person gets the C desk and the 2nd place person gets the fireplace set.
Interview – Smaug
Does anyone know what Smaug says after he bursts in? All I can make out is “…in the house”
Check it out. These effects are awesome. When Smaug bursts in you can see shadows cast on him as he moves and in the next gif, you can see him casting a shadow on the floor. They took great pains to make it as realistic as possible.
Stephen: I want you to know that I am not intimidated by you even though you have a reputation for being a tough interview because you often eat the host.
Smaug: You needn’t worry, you’re my last interview of the day. I filled up on the ladies of The View and my, weren’t they a feast.
Stephen: You and I have a lot in common. We’re fiscal conservatives who live in gated communities and we both sleep on huge piles of money.
Smaug: Quite right! Time to return to the gold standard. Rand Paul 2016! Yeah!
Stephen asks Smaug if he does his own stunts. He does.
Smaug: Motion capture can be so tedious. I spent most of the movie reciting my lines to a tennis ball on a stick and I’m not even talking about Orlando Bloom.
Stephen starts to get Smaug riled up by talking about how Martin Freeman (Bilbo) got the best of him in the second movie.
Stephen: You know there’s that moment in the second movie when you rear back and you’re like, ‘How do you choose to die?’
Smaug: That’s not how I did it but carry on.
Stephen: (smiling and gleeful) Yes it was! Then he pops on the ring and disappears. (laughter)
Smaug: (angrily) Stephen, did my people not tell you?
Stephen: (laughing) Tell me what?
Sign-Off-Aftermath of Smaug
Stephen thanked the people who put the interview together. It was a very lengthy list of names and may I say well done!
December 11, 2014 — Stephen Salutes the Final Hobbit Film
EPISODE NUMBER: 11036 (December 11, 2014)
GUESTS:Smaug The Dragon
SEGMENTS:Scott Walker’s Hanukkah Gaffe | Yahweh or No Way – Epic Casting Controversy | Announcing The Colbert Report Raffle | Smaug | Sign Off-Aftermath of Smaug
SUIT REPORT:Dark Grey Suit | Blue and White Striped Shirt | Purple Dotted Tie
VIDEOS: Thursday, December 11, 2014
Tonight, Middle Earth returns to the Report, as Stephen salutes the final film in the Hobbit trilogy.
Definitely can’t wait for taping reporTs from CN Helper and the others who attended this ep! I want any details you know about the interview!
It’s perfect timing for the final Hobbit movie to come out at the same time that The Report is ending. I am so impressed that everyone at the show is putting in a 100% effort at this point. They could easily just phone it in because it’s the end of the year and the end of the show but they are pulling out all the stops.
As the show winds down it was not too surprising to see that he is raffling off parts of the set. I wonder what will become of the other stuff on the shelves??
Here are a couple shots from Smaug’s interview:
At first when he burst through the set, I thought it was real. (As in, I thought it was a puppet. I know there are no dragons. 😉 It looked pretty real when the set was destroyed. I know it was CGI, but did they actually destroy the set for the bursting through part? I kind of figured, why not since the show is ending.
Scott Walker’s Hanukkah Gaffe
The Governor of Wisconsin is eyeing a run for President in 2016 apparently. He is courting the Jewish vote and when he was a City Executive, he got a Menorah from a Jewish Leader and said he would display it in the courthouse. As bad as that was to do, he then wrote a letter to the leader and said, “Thanks again and Molotov”.
As Stephen points out, Walker probably meant to say “Mazel Tov” which is Yiddish for Congratulations. Which when you think about it is still kinda weird. “Thanks again and Congratulations”…for what?
Yahweh or No Way – Epic Casting Controversy
There is a new movie coming out, another biblical epic called Exodus. It’s a Ridley Scott film starring Christian Bale, about Moses and Ancient Egyptians in biblical times.
If only we could do sound gifs because I would have one of Stephen’s impression of Christian Bale saying “Let my people go”.
The film also stars Aaron Paul (Breaking Bad) and other white guys which is kind of causing a stir on Twitter. There are those who argue as to why the main cast is white guys and all the slaves are played by Middle Eastern or Black people.
“Hallelujah!”
Apparently Ridley Scott was thoughtful enough to explain in such a sensitive way, why he couldn’t cast a Middle Eastern cast:
You stay classy Ridley.
Announcing The Colbert Report Raffle
Go to omaze.com/colbert to enter! Go NOW!! This ep guide will still be here when you get back.
Stephen is raffling off his desk and the fireplace and proceeds go to help both the Yellow Ribbon Fund and Donors Choose.
The C desk:
C shape or severely misshapen U
The Fireplace. It includes the portrait, the chair…
…and the TV with the fire.
OH MY GOD! I’m on fire! It burns!
The first place person gets the C desk and the 2nd place person gets the fireplace set.
Interview – Smaug
Does anyone know what Smaug says after he bursts in? All I can make out is “…in the house”
Check it out. These effects are awesome. When Smaug bursts in you can see shadows cast on him as he moves and in the next gif, you can see him casting a shadow on the floor. They took great pains to make it as realistic as possible.
Stephen: I want you to know that I am not intimidated by you even though you have a reputation for being a tough interview because you often eat the host.
Smaug: You needn’t worry, you’re my last interview of the day. I filled up on the ladies of The View and my, weren’t they a feast.
Stephen: You and I have a lot in common. We’re fiscal conservatives who live in gated communities and we both sleep on huge piles of money.
Smaug: Quite right! Time to return to the gold standard. Rand Paul 2016! Yeah!
Stephen asks Smaug if he does his own stunts. He does.
Smaug: Motion capture can be so tedious. I spent most of the movie reciting my lines to a tennis ball on a stick and I’m not even talking about Orlando Bloom.
Stephen starts to get Smaug riled up by talking about how Martin Freeman (Bilbo) got the best of him in the second movie.
Stephen: You know there’s that moment in the second movie when you rear back and you’re like, ‘How do you choose to die?’
Smaug: That’s not how I did it but carry on.
Stephen: (smiling and gleeful) Yes it was! Then he pops on the ring and disappears. (laughter)
Smaug: (angrily) Stephen, did my people not tell you?
Stephen: (laughing) Tell me what?
Sign-Off-Aftermath of Smaug
Stephen thanked the people who put the interview together. It was a very lengthy list of names and may I say well done!