Stephen colbert jrr tolkien quotes

Unless you’ve been living under a rock — or maybe a dark cave under the Misty Mountains, where you’ve been catching fish with your bare hands and cherishing a very small, very precious piece of jewelry — you know that Stephen Colbert is the world’s pre-eminent Tolkien fan.

The Late Show host has practically made a career out of being a Lord of the Ringsnerd, whether he’s demolishing James Franco in a Silmarillion trivia battle, convincing Peter Jackson to let him cameo in The Hobbit movies, or cosplaying as some of his favorite LOTR characters for this very magazine.

But apparently, the Middle-earth super-geek has been hiding a controversial opinion this whole time, the way a certain mild-mannered Hobbit hid a ring of power in Bag End until his 111st birthday.

Stephen colbert jrr tolkien quotes

You see, Colbert has a blistering hot take on J.R.R. Tolkien’s original 1937 fantasy classic The Hobbit.

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