Stephen Colbert's Long Story Shorts: Tolkien Reading Day
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- čas přidán 31. 05. 2024
- In our first installment of Stephen Colbert’s Long Story Shorts, join us on a tale of epic proportions as Stephen discusses his favorite chapters of "The Lord of the Rings" for #NationalTolkienReadingDay! #Colbert #LOTR #Tolkien
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I LOVE everything about Stephen Colbert - He got me through COVID and I am an ICU doctor. If I could have dinner with one celebrity it would be him. I am moved by his views on grief, religion, and politics. And I have read these books more times than I can count - so there is that😊
If I could have dinner, alone, with a celebrity I would probably pick the Tre45onator.
for obvious reasons
No,you're an escaped mental patient.
@@ThatOpalGuy Are you a bigger fan of KFC or MacDonalds? Asking for a friend.
Did you listen to the Anderson Cooper podcast with Stephen? It was sad but incredibly beautiful
@@spirit9091 it was a beautiful brilliant interview - made me cry (still does) - esp when they talk about losing their dads - that really resonated with me.
I want an hour-long version of this! Stephen talking about Tolkien is the best!!
I would watch that!
Colbert gives me hope in Catholics. I mean, I'll never return to the church or Christianity but it's always nice to see a kind and well-read believer in this day in age.
How fascinating!!!❤
Same!
There's lots of us out there! We just don't yell at people most of the time. 😂
Agreed
a nice perspective
I was sick a lot as a kid, so I spent a lot of time in my room. The Lord of the Rings books were my window to the outside world. Thank you, Stephen, for continuing to encourage others to enjoy these works.😊
Did you ever try any of the Redwall books? Oh man I loved those when I was younger. I can still imagine some of the food they ate 😊
I also read The Lord of the Rings when I was bedridden as a teenager! It really helped forget I was sick.
I want to LARP with Stephen... who else is with me?
@Jay Gatsby I LOVED the Redwall books as a kid. The songs, the feast, the riddles, the adventures and battles in those books were amazing! I read them before reading The LOTR. Back then I thought LOTR was Redwall for human lol 😆
I need to go camping for two weeks in a cedar forest by the ocean while it rains and rains and re-read The Lord of The Rings again. Thank you Stephen for encouraging more people to read.
The sounds magical.
That sounds like a great idea. I wish I could join you!
I hope you hear Ulmos song coming from the shore, while you are there :)
My brother first read the trilogy while hiking across Ireland.
My wife and I are listening to the audio books now narrated by Andy Serkis. What a treat!!! Can't wait for him to narrate the Silmarillion (my favourite).
Did Andy do voices or did he read it in his natural voice?
@@cleverusername9369 Ohhh, he does voices very good ones
Like what Kiama1234 said, he is really good. He does different voices for different people. Really well done.
Andy Serkis is a real treat. A truly extraordinary man. He is also way more than just voice acting. He does like, actual theatrical performances and shit too.
OOO that's a reason to get the audio book ASAP
Tom Bombadil is consistantly one of my favorite characters. The characters I like best change with each reading, but Tom and Goldberry are always there. And frequently, Faramir is too.
Dear Stephen, thanks for the connection to the liturgical calendar. I never thought of that before. Also, in Sweden the day of Annunciation is called Vårfrudagen (Our Lady Day), which sounds almost like Våffeldagen (Waffle Day) so people eat waffles on that day. You're welcome.
Finally some mention of “the feminine“. Thank you!
I'm reading "Lord of the Rings" for the first time now, and I'm smack-dab in the middle of that stretch that Stephen mentions. There is something quite serene and peaceful about those chapters.
If you ever feel like it can you please make this 8 hours long? Asking for a fan.
I've read LOTR every year for the last 60 years. It has affected my life immensely and as an artist it speaks to my very core. Thank you Stephen for talking about and encouraging people to read the trilogy. My oldest son feels the same way and is passing the love of Tolkein's work to his children.
Now I’ve no excuse NOT to read them. You’re creative, so that’s exactly what I needed to hear as I’ve always thought Tolkien’s books were more for the eggheads in my friends circle, egghead I am not. An artist recommending them, I’m starting tomorrow. So thank you from another creative!
Me too!
That’s a very strange coincidence…
I, just today, finished my own very very long journey, of reading The Hobbit, and then all of The Lord of the Rings books for the first time!!!- And then watching all of the movies for the first time, post-reading the books!!!
(It has been quite the amazing experience!!!- and it is a very strange coincidence that it should end on such a day!)
What makes you think its a coincidence?
Wow! So happy you engaged in that experience for yourself. I imagine it feels very enriching. 🎉
@@04nbod as the prophecy foretold.
I don’t believe in coincidences either. Time for me to reread. I was 21 the first time I read the Lord of the Rings. I won’t tell you how long ago that was. Have you ever read the chronicles of Narnia? You might enjoy them also. And the Crystal Cave trilogy by Mary Stewart about Merlin? That’s my personal favorite. 💕
Now go forth and read The Silmarillion for the truth of the world and the knowledge of the Uttermost West. Long may the thrones of the Valar endure! May we meet again in song during the Second Music of the Ainur!
Beautiful! This Oxford Scholar and super Tolkien freak loves this ...I miss Oxford.... Thank you, Stephen...
The Boat Race is tomorrow! FTT!
@@alisonhill3941 Dang! Wish I were there!
I think I was about 10 years old when I first read the Lord of the Rings books. Early 80s anyway. And I fell in love, I wanted to go and live in their world. I still open the pages, go back, and visit my old friends.
I really like The Steward and the King chapter. The ring has been destroyed, or is about to be, but the people of Minas Tirith don't know it yet. And in this moment of uncertainty and fear, suddenly there's a love story. Faramir falls in love with Eowyn and stand with her in the darkness while she watches and waits for either victory or defeat.
And a great eagle comes with the good news, and tells them the Ring has been destroyed, and for all good people to rejoice, and the city is filled with happiness--and I think that is when Eowyn decides to no longer be a shield maiden, and instead to take up healing, and she gives up her hopeless love for Aragorn, and loves Faramir instead.
@@rikk319 I like your username! My dog is named Henry because we figured since Indiana was named after the dog, we'd name our dog Henry. So he's Henry Bones.
@@josiemercier3485 Thanks! My love of Indiana Jones and Star Trek Dr. McCoy :)
Lost my faith years ago but LOTR helped me through my cancer days. I love all things LOTR
Glad you made it through cancer. Good for you! I wish you continued good health. 💕
In one of Colbert's audience questions CZcams videos a couple asks Steven to recommend a LOTR reading for their wedding. He recites a poem from memory with such eloquence it is impossible to doubt his love for Tolkien's life work.
Stephen's love of Tolkien gives me such a sense of cameraderie with him. In junior high, the librarian at my school allowed me to preview the new books she'd ordered over the summer, she know I would love LOTR and she was right, it was the best thing I'd ever read. I've read it many times since then. I would listen if Stephen read the trilogy, or even just those chapters. -A devoted Tolkien fan
I'm by no means a LOTR Geek, like our lovely host, the books did enrich my life and still do, it was because I read all of Tolkien's tomes that i was able to move on to RingWorld, Dune and Heinlein's opus. I found reading was good, it was something I could do, well, and the library had all the books for free. I thank Tolkien for giving me the love of reading.
His love of Lord of the Rings is just so endearing… I love this about him, among so many other things… ❤️
It's good to hear someone else as passionate about these books (and books in general) talk about them. I read (and reread) the Hobbit and LOTR (and other fantasy books, I'm looking at you Terry Brooks😊) in a cabin in the middle of the woods in northwestern Massachusetts, with massive snowstorms howling nightly, without power and just a candle and the woodstove for light and heat. It was basically long term camping but so immersed in the book world and the woods around me, it felt like I was EXPERIENCING middle earth, not just reading it.
I'm telling you, for those of you who are bold enough, reconnect with nature and a good book and life will start to get interesting and better again. LOTR is perfect (in nearly every way) and shows Tolkien's great reverence for the natural world on nearly every page.
Stephen, thank you for being so unabashed about your love for these masterful works. I truly believe that the magic within them, as in all great stories, is a transformational one that occurs within the the heart of the reader. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Edit: I agree that those chapters were some of my favorite especially Bombadil, (which was like the ghost of Christmas past, where all troubles are put on pause for respite from the world and fun and childlike wonder) and should have been included or focused on at least as much or more so over the fixation on some violent aspects of the story.
And yes, I too, would watch a series of Colbert based on Middle Earth. You guys should totally do it. I'm calling it here and now, it would be a great success! Get on the phone with network exec's or Netflix. It needs a pitch asap. Give me a yell, I'll help! Make this happen!😊
I love your comment. I can just see you huddled under the covers reading by candlelight. I agree with you; I thought the movie focused too much on the violent parts of the story and not enough on the magical ones. I would’ve done it differently myself. (As if I’m a more talented director than Jackson, although who knows? I’ve never been given a chance!) Thanks for sharing. 😊
@@whitebirchtarot @WhiteBirchTarot You never know... you're right anything is possible Miss director!
Yes, it could be a bit spooky then as it was somewhat remote! But epic: I have very fond memories of that winter! I always circle back to that time. It was freezing temps sometimes and needed a 0 degree sleeping bag to survive some nights as the woodstove couldn't keep up, ha ha! Thank you for the love and the connection hun!❤💜 🧡💛💚💙💖🤘😊
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Nothing better than this. Thank you, Stephen. You've gotten me through some tough times, and you fill our lives with great humor, thoughtfulness, kindness and insight. Love ya!
I loved this so much, thank you. Was a very, very good day in my life to post this. Not that you knew that, but sometimes the stars align like that.
I like this.
I will watch more of this.
Keep making this! :) 👍🏻👍🏻
Amen what a great positive message and way too bring man closer to God (Universe, Source, Creator,... whatever you want to call IT)
Stephen's LotR nerdery genuinely makes me happy.
Stephen, your character, insight, and happiness represent the best that humanity has within.
I avoided both the books and the movies but listening to Stephen speak about it is surprisingly calming
Yes! These are my favorite chapters also. Nothing else makes sense without their foundation in the shire,
Finally, finally, finally! I have wanted exactly this for the longest time - I used to tell anyone who'd listen that I wished Colbert would just talk about his knowledge of Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings. PLEASE do more, more, more of this!! We/I need it.
March 25 was also the first day of Spring in the old calendar.
Oh Stephen, so happy to see you. Hope you are well now.
Marvelous Mr. Colbert. Thanking You, Dear.😊
"Go read some."
Seriously, kids.. it's like a movie that plays in your head... and you get to cast anyone ya want!
not to you finish the Maple Syrup, treats
YUP! Those six chapters are sooooo important and fun. Someday, someone will make a tv series of the books...
Happy Tolkien Reading day 🧚♀️✨✨
On my way now to "go read some" as recommended by Steve. Cue up the chamber music quartet. Thanx my Tolkienete brother for the reminder. 🙏
By chance, i just read those chapters yesterday and they are simply beautiful.
Happy Tolkien Reading Day.
I read the LoTR trilogy every fall. A tradition of mine since 1977
I am in awe of your intelligence and passion! Thank you!
I like these chapters too, although my favourite part is Lothlorien. This is my go to book whenever I fall on bad times. Thank you, Stephen!
Thanks Stephen, that was just the prompt I needed to get my copy off the shelf and to re-read LOTR😊
Samwise: "I can't carry it for you, but I can carry you!"
Also, Mary of Nazareth: "I can't carry it for you, but I can carry you!"
Happy March 25th! I think I'll have second breakfast.
Wow. This was wonderful! I had no idea that the whole epic story mirrored the biblical cycle. I read TLOR way back in high-school, but have never re-read it (and no, I have no plans in the foreseeable future to do so). I'd love to see Stephen do more of these Tolkien-related shorts!
...or maybe do just what he says and go read some.
@@ericminch maybe because I have too much else to read that I haven't read before.
This is epic. What a man.
I love this man, and his love for Tolkien.
Your enthusiasm is itself magical and alluring, Darrylgorn!!!
Enjoy the read, one and all!
My husband & I always watch your show on CZcams right before we go to sleep. Now we can’t see you here anymore 😮we LOVE your opening monologue (sheer genius writing & presentation) and , of course, MEANWHILE. We enjoy your banter, the music, the talks….we actually don’t know HOW you do it! You can NOT BE REPLACED! That said, you deserve a true break…so we’re both hoping you’re just “on a needed well deserved breather”.
OMG! I love this!
Can Stephen have Tolkien reading day every week?
Please....
I was just rereading those chapters. I love them too.
I 💜 Tom Bombadil most of all! Thank you for showing him the respect he deserves.
I need to go read the books again. It’s been so long since I’ve read one of his but I do read every day because I enjoy learning about different times and countries. I hope children are learning to read and appreciate books 📚 be a shame if that art is lost.
fictional times and countries*
not that there is anything wrong with that
Thank you for your positivity, Stephen. You bring light into our lives.
Happy Tolkien Reading Day, empathy and love to all. 😄👍💙🕊
One of the funniest things I have ever seen and heard was Stephen reading 'The Three Billy Goats Gruff" and I can't find it on CZcams anymore. His final comment that he is available for children's parties was as close to dying of laughter as I ever care to come. Bring back the Billy Goats please.
Hey Mr Colbert. My dad started reading Tolkien to me when I was 6 years old and I've been in love ever since. I am currently fifteen and I still can't get over his works. Personally the Silmarillion is my favorite but the chapters you talked about are all just perfection.
Thank you for everything you do on your show.
Your biggest fan from Japan
I love how Stephen Colbert is such a Nerd on the LOTR, and you can tell he's not reading from a script or prompter, but citing from memory.
Also, is it really True that the Crucifixion happened on the 25th of March? If so, i wasn't aware... Always learning new things!
Who else is waiting for Colbert to go full Mr. Rogers?
I think he already has.
I love Colbert's love for LOTR. I can't relate because I never found the same love myself. But I admire his passion for this mythology and it's lovely to hear him and see his face as he relishes in this beautiful landscape of legends.
OK, must admit that the chapters in LOTR that Stephen cited are among my favorites, too! Thanks!
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Definitely lot of Christian themes in Tolkein throughout the virtues and arcs of the characters.
Done in such a natural way. The comraderie of LOTR will always be epic
If you read the Silmarillion you will see more. The first part is about God and his angels and the downfall of the devil and the demons that followed him.
Athrabeth in Morgoth's Ring talks about God entering his creation to remove the original sin of man.
The ages of the World and the Elves' sexual nature comes from St Augustine.
The story of Finwe and Miriel is anti Divorce. The Elves are the most Catholic Catholics ever.
But I think what is the most amazing thing Tolkien did is write this world, rooted in English culture and history and he made it Catholic after 400 years of Anti-Catholic persecution. Tolkien said Catholicism is in the foundations of this country.
As with CS Lewis, Tolkien's good (non-Catholic) friend. My later realization of the strong Christian influence on both writers (and GK Chesterton) really tainted them for me.
@@davidyohalem629 Why would you let the Christian belief of an author taint your opinion of their work?
Yes, Stephen. I will read.
Though I enjoy Tom Bombadil's parts in The Fellowship of the Ring, Fog on the Barrow-Downs has such an atmosphere to it. I know that the film had to be whittled down for length, but that chapter and The Old Forest would've added much to the early film. Oh, well.
I read Hobbit and LoTR at least twice before it ever became an 'in' thing to do, and decided that when I had children one, at least, would have the name of the two most inspiring people: Aragorn and Arwen. With the birth of my second child, Aragorn became his middle name. Your knowledge of Tolkien is stupendous, Stephen. Thank you for being you.
You're the best, Stephen. Thanks for promoting JRRT's masterworks.
I so love watching someone geek out over their passions.
I love learning from Stephen about what we loves. My husband and I love LOTR and I love getting more information
i wish peter jackson would add and extension for those lost chapters and slot it in the fellowship of the rings, there is a great reason for the guys to hitch up again
Listening to Andy Serkis’s narration of the Fellowship (amazing btw) for the first time. Just finished the chapters you mentioned and they really are wonderful. Setting the scene for how beautiful and mostly peaceful the world was.
This nailed it for me... I have read LotR annually since discovering it in 8th grade (45 years ago) - always in Autumn - but the first half of Fellowship far more often for the same reasons Steven gives. The first black rider encounter on September 24th; waking beneath the standing stone from 'a sleep they never meant to take' - these moments thrill me more than any battle or wizard's spell. Finding my favorite part of the entire story omitted from the movie entirely was a fell blow, alas. Now I know I did not bear it alone. Thank you for this, Steven Colbert.
Thank you, for expressing my thoughts, feelings, and love for The Ring Trilogy. It's nice to know someone feels about the book the same way I do.
I’ve been a Tolkien and Colbert fan for years. Having been a daily consumer of Colbert on CZcams, I’ve only in the last year been regularly watching Tolkien-based content. Seeing these two worlds combine is certainly no surprise, but was a good joy.
The chapters you noted are fantastic. I understand the selection of the first two chapters as it goes a long way to helping understand what it is the Hobbits are trying to save. However, In the House of Tom Bombadil is so fantastic. It shows the risks Tolkien is willing to take in his writing - something that radically diverges from the primary story and potentially risks plot schisms - but is able and willing to do so because life is full of tangents and radical schisms from our intended narrative. If you’re new to LOTR, obviously read all of it. But the 6 chapters highlighted by Colbert are excellent and worthwhile because they are not in the amazing movies by PJ. It will help you quickly understand the depth of content the books provide beyond the movies.
What a coincidence, this guy making such a fuss about a ring when I myself found a wonderful ring yesterday ! We were hiking with my best friend through some ancient Bulgarian volcanoes. He, sadly, died the same day by falling three times on a pointy rock headfirst (RIP), but when he found it he gave it to me right away. It is absolutely marvellous, so shiny and round. Very precious. Very precious to me at least. I feel so much better in my life now that I have my ring. I feel like I could do anything. I'm actually working on a project, a start-up that would deliver good and happiness on Earth, on family at a time, right on your doorstep. Don't try to take my ring. It's mine.
*LOVE* this - so happy every time Stephen gets to 'geek out' over Lord of the Rings/The Hobbit. Stephen, from one kiwi to another (being a kiwi is a state of mind, not a piece of paper...) arohanui (an abundance of love) from Aotearoa/New Zealand. ❤💖❤
I loved reading the lord of the rings. I read it in Dutch, a long time ago. I think I am going to try to read it in English. But I will reread it for sure.
😃 Oh this is cool! He sounds almost as nerdy as me! 😂
1. Three is Company
2. A Shortcut to Mushrooms
3. A Conspiracy Unmasked
4. The Old Forest
5. In the House of Tom Bombadil
6. Fog on the Barrow-Downs
I love Stephen Colbert! If I could have any celebrity at my dinner table, he would be my first choice ❤️
March 25 is also Elanor's birthday, one year later. She's Sam's first kid.
Clearly the novellization of LotR left out that part which was written for Robin Williams, i.e Tom Bombadil. It really is a shame that he chose not to do it as it could only have enhanced his legacy.
How many days did it take for them to get from the Shire to Rivendel? From the Assumption to Christmas?
By the by... my father (who we called Sharky - from the Orcish Sharku for 'old man') bought and read LotR when it was first printed in the US (1954-56). Our household copies became so worn that he, after retirement, took a class in bookbinding. While destroying a valuable first edition (with fold out maps!), he might have learned his lesson, but did not. The same fate fell to Dickens, Hardy and others among his favorites. He never became what one might call an accomplished restorer of books. Oh, well. My brother and I were founding members of the Tolkien Society of America, which is where I met an aged WH Auden in 1965. We chose names from LotR. I chose Silmaril (double translation) although my brother always called me Gorbag.
It's only a month, 23rd September to 23rd October. Don't think those days have any particular meaning.
Well, I hope you called your brother Shagrat.
I was part of the commission of Johan De Meij for his symphony "Return to Middle Earth", which I had the honor of playing in the group that performed the world premiere in Valparaiso, IN.
Hi Gorbag! 😊 You met W H Auden! Wow, you’re lucky. That’s amazing. Thanks for sharing your interesting story.
I love this piece, Stephen! Love the correlations with the Liturgical calendar!!
I really enjoyed this, Stephen.
I read all those books while in high school back in the ‘70s.
It’s about time I read them again.
Whenever I read a book for the second time, I always get more out of it.
Thank you so much!
The fact that Colbert appreciates Nienna makes him my favorite
Really loved this. Thank you Mr Colbert.
I'll listen to Colbert nerd out about Tolkien any day of the week. If I ever got to meet and just sit down and chat with a celebrity, I'd love it to be him (and Evie too!)
I not only love reading Lord of the Rings, I love reading it aloud. I read a portion every evening before I go to sleep, and at the moment I’m up to Pippin and Gandalf in Minas Tirith. Tolkien’s command of the language is so incredible that it just rolls off your tongue like liquid gold (from Smaug, of course 🐉). A wonderful way of ending the day.💖
Oh my! What a joy to find this today - thank you so very much, Steven!
Thank you Coal’ Bare’ Its always nice to hear from lights’ of Writings i have yet to read. eternally grateful to have others help me
Those were beautiful chapters that I had no idea about when I saw the movies but LOVED when I read the books.
Love this man. I only wish our politicians had this much wisdom, sensitivity, creatively and foresight.
Stephen, you'll be young forever because of the wonder you still hold for the entire MiddleEarth Lore! May you and your lady, commune with Tom Bombadil and dwell in *_his_* wondrous extension of this Magical land!🧙🏻♂️🪄🪄
I listen to the LOTR to sleep at night. Love the voice of the reader!
Agreed! Go read them! Happy Tolkien Reading Day!
i just love how insightful and well spoken and passionate he is
Bonjour Stephan. Plaisir de vous voir chez vous ❤
Have you come to Britain to follow the book history, rather than just the film locations .His home in Birmingham. Crick Hollow as you describe sounds very much like Crickhowell in Wales close to the Breacon Beacons (where the SAS train) or the Black Mountains (having a hidden abbey) and could certainly be thought of as a rolling shire
A lot of the place names in the Shire are borrowed from English village or town names. There's a Bamfurlong in Gloucestershire and a Woodhall (Spa) in Lincolnshire, for example.
The marriage of right wing politics with faith never made sense to me. Especially having grown up reading LotR. I mean, put on the ring of power and escape the vision of men, but be clearly visible to Sauron. Poignantly metaphorical.
I half expect Dnesh Dsouza to do a LoTR remake and make cheeto sauron but he ends up getting the ring.
I used to re-read them, beginning with The Hobbit, about every 5 years. At 75 years of youth I just finished painting the interior of my newly purchased down sized condo. After all the pictures are up and the books put away, I'm going to start at "In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit," and go all the way to the end of LOTR. Every reading reveals something new. Just as you can never cross a stream in the same place twice (you and the stream have both changed), so you can never return to Tolkien the same way twice. Thank you Steven for sharing the calendar symbolism.
My exact same favorite part of the entire LOTR. I adore because it because the action is still in a safe world -- or you feel that it is safe, even though it isn't -- and we get the first big jolt of wonder when Frodo, Pippin, and especially Sam (our emotional point of view character for the entire trilogy, imo) are taken by wandering elves for a night of elvish feasting, singing, and star-gazing. It is also that point when the larger world begins to unfold revealing humorous oddities (Bombadil) and dangers (barrow-wights), both of which expand that sense of wonder in different ways. At the same time, this is when the deep friendship and commitment of Frodo's companions is understood. Even Fatty Bolger, too scared to leave the Shire though he is, commits to helping as best he can, little realizing what it could mean to be a stand-in for Frodo. (Fatty eventually grows too, having led a group of Hobbits to rebel against Sharkey's evil depravations, as revealed in the 'Scouring of the Shire' when Fatty, who had been captured and imprisoned in the Lockholes, is freed by Frodo & friends; Fatty is a much thinner but still devoted friend of them all who did all that he could, too.) I could live in these chapters for all of my days quite happily.