Friday Night Fights with Thomas Lennon

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  • čas přidán 8. 09. 2024
  • The fight gets extra intense tonight when Gandalf and Optimus Prime face off against Dumbledore and Voltron.
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Komentáře • 134

  • @KingOfMadCows
    @KingOfMadCows Před 8 lety +183

    Must have been painful for Colbert to argue against Gandalf.

    • @tomthomson7367
      @tomthomson7367 Před 8 lety +9

      gandolf alone would win.

    • @SushantThapaliya
      @SushantThapaliya Před 8 lety +10

      You can practically hear Colbert's hopes and dreams shatter at 3:33..

    • @kenzofinucane4057
      @kenzofinucane4057 Před 8 lety

      +Tom Thomson nah dumbledore would win, he could just turn his opponents into something less threatening. harry potter magic is op

    • @SushantThapaliya
      @SushantThapaliya Před 8 lety +11

      dumb gal Actually not really. If it were to be a no-holds barred fight, which FNFs are, then Gandalf/Olorin would win. He's the Wisest of the Istari and post-Balrog, the strongest. And he wasn't allowed to use his powers to its full potential in Middle Earth because they were ordered not to interfere and hence their powers were restricted. If he were to unleash it, his divinity would be far more powerful than Dumbledore's magic. As a Maiar, he's almost similar level as Sauron, who is stronger than Voldemort, who is stronger/equal to Dumbledore. After all, he's only a man. Also, Dumbledore's already dead. Also, I wasted 2mins of my life on a CZcams comment.

    • @tomthomson7367
      @tomthomson7367 Před 8 lety

      +dumb gal
      you do know who Gandalf is do you?

  • @lucagrunenfelder5123
    @lucagrunenfelder5123 Před 8 lety +42

    Gandalf has the upper hand when it comes to death: One wizard comes back to life and the other just becomes a talking painting.

  • @NS1973
    @NS1973 Před 8 lety +12

    Dumbletron for the win.
    However, Stephen saying "Gandalf is a hobo!" must have seriously wounded his soul.

    • @LupineShadowOmega
      @LupineShadowOmega Před 8 lety

      +NS1973 I don't think so, because even if you do love him, it doesn't change the fact that he's the grey wanderer/Odin and thus a hobo. XD

  • @cookieaddictions
    @cookieaddictions Před 8 lety +7

    Colbert defending Dumbledore over Gandalf is the funniest thing ever.

  • @Loganstonez
    @Loganstonez Před 8 lety +4

    Man that's a tough call. Because Gandalf clearly wins in the wizard part of the match up, but Voltron is the clear superior warrior in the robot match up. I'd hate to see Gandalf lose, but I don't think he has anything powerful enough to combat Voltron. I mean five individual lion robots would be powerful enough, but the combined power of them joined up to form Voltron? I don't think it could be beaten by Optimus alone. Not without the help of other Autobots.
    I gotta give this one to Voltron and Dumbledore. Though Dumbledore is likely to be squished pretty quickly, Voltron makes up for it by miles.

  • @freakychee
    @freakychee Před 8 lety +1

    Voltron is a flying space kaiju killing robot with surprising speed and agility. I admit I haven't watch the cartoon in like forever but I remember he was super huge and powerful.

  • @phuse99
    @phuse99 Před 8 lety +6

    This has to be the best line up of FNF yet, I'm actually interested in who wins, but I have to say, I can't go against Mr. Gandolf, he's the best wizard there is.

  • @SigurTibbs
    @SigurTibbs Před 8 lety +2

    Optimus can fly. He had that weapon pack that let him do that.

  • @khun_le
    @khun_le Před 8 lety

    "Optimus Prime has survived four films with Michael Bay."
    LOL!!!! :D

  • @firekid2003
    @firekid2003 Před 8 lety

    Its so awesome that people besides me still remember Voltron, Defender of the Universe

  • @DarthSparhawk
    @DarthSparhawk Před 8 lety +8

    very funny battle, I applaud Colbert for making it. However, nerds will find some things which are not strictly true.
    First, Optimus can fly, as we saw in TF3 and the TF Prime series. Second, Optimus has been much bigger than a truck in the anime TF Energon, he was as big as a mountain actually, to fight Unicron, who is planet-sized. These are big bots pacman emoticon
    Third, I'd add that Prime has been known to defeat combiners such as devastator and in animes has been seen to combine himself with other bots. With all that stated I think that Prime takes this.
    About the wizards, nothing Dumbledore has achieved comes even close to the angelic abilities of Gandalf.
    So - Prime/Gandalf for the win!

  • @joegeoghan
    @joegeoghan Před 8 lety

    Even Steven knows in his heart that Gandalf would wreck face. Dude's an immortal Ainur.

  • @this_mind_of_mine
    @this_mind_of_mine Před 8 lety +15

    Gandalf and Optimus Prime > Dumbledore and Voltron

  • @infinix610
    @infinix610 Před 8 lety +2

    If Voltron is really being driven by five Hogwarts students, I'm going to have to give the victory to team Gandalf Prime. Magic kids don't have a lot of experience with electronics. Even if we give them the benefit of the doubt and say they were five muggle-born witches and/or wizards hand-picked by Dumbledore because they're also tech-savvy, they're still five British kids trying to coordinate in a giant robot they can't have too much experience in. Meanwhile Optimus is an experienced veteran of battles and has taken down opponents larger than himself before.

  • @Sfirebolt
    @Sfirebolt Před 8 lety +1

    Oh the pain in Colbert ' s eyes. "you're in my house"

  • @carstereobandits
    @carstereobandits Před 8 lety

    Dude Lennon killed it in this lol

  • @blackmancer
    @blackmancer Před 8 lety +6

    twitter in damage control

  • @JabbaTheYutt
    @JabbaTheYutt Před 8 lety

    this. this is a good direction for friday night fights

  • @lednerg
    @lednerg Před 8 lety +16

    Link to the voting thingy:
    twitter.com/StephenAtHome/status/723625642445533184

    • @hyperion1028
      @hyperion1028 Před 8 lety

      thank you!

    • @01rai01
      @01rai01 Před 8 lety

      +lednerg wow, you would thing they'd put the link in the description,
      cheers dude!

  • @bakon321
    @bakon321 Před 8 lety +2

    best fight yet!!

  • @cellogirl11rw55
    @cellogirl11rw55 Před 8 lety +2

    Gandalf and Optimus Prime!!!!😀

  • @BlueWoWTaylan
    @BlueWoWTaylan Před 8 lety

    You could see the disappointment in Stephen's face when he had to go against Gandalf

  • @drumr828
    @drumr828 Před 8 lety +3

    Damn they really caked the makeup on Colbert's face

  • @The1AndOnlyGoldenboy
    @The1AndOnlyGoldenboy Před 8 lety +1

    This is pretty damn even. I mean Gandalf is obviously a better wizard than Dumbledore, but Voltron is easily more powerful than Optimus Prime. However, since Dumbledore lives in a time with electronics, he probably wouldn't be nearly as freaked out as Gandalf would.

    • @animegandalf8690
      @animegandalf8690 Před 8 lety

      Gandalf basicly being like "what name off eru is happening!"

  • @LordOfTheBored
    @LordOfTheBored Před 8 lety

    If you watch this on a Sunday night the chant "Friday Night Fights" makes you really feel depressed somehow.

  • @MrCreeper1O2
    @MrCreeper1O2 Před 8 lety

    Ross and a saber tooth tiger, vs Joey and a 10 foot scorpion.

  • @Ganjasmith
    @Ganjasmith Před 8 lety +2

    Ganjalf the mighty!!

  • @lemonielala3080
    @lemonielala3080 Před 6 lety

    Gandalf the chartreuse! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @snowboarddude1030
    @snowboarddude1030 Před 8 lety

    Thomas Lennon is very underrated

  • @DrakeyC
    @DrakeyC Před 8 lety

    I'll just toss out, I'd have gone with the Megazord instead of Voltron for this fight, more well-known and still a giant robot piloted by five teenagers.

  • @Buenomars
    @Buenomars Před 8 lety +2

    I wished Gandalf & Voltron were on the same team!

  • @jothonder
    @jothonder Před 8 lety +2

    Definitely first team, just cuz optimus survived four michael bay films

  • @KelvinClone
    @KelvinClone Před 8 lety

    Gandalf is a Maiar. He just looks human, but he's actually like a demigod. He beat a Balrog, so I think he could take on Voltron and Dumbledore combined.

  • @Yesornoization
    @Yesornoization Před 8 lety

    Really good bit.

  • @allardov4880
    @allardov4880 Před 8 lety

    i thought this debate was settled on EPIC RAP BATTLES of HISTORY

  • @sigilofthevoid
    @sigilofthevoid Před 8 lety +7

    Relatively early, but not necessarily first.

  • @fabes89
    @fabes89 Před 8 lety

    On his own, Optimus prime gets wrecked by Voltron, but Gandalf is wearing Narya, and will give Optimus Prime unbelievable courage. But that doesn't matter because Gandalf is so freaking powerful.
    Dumbledore was just a wizard who stumbled upon some good kit. So he has an "Elder wand", big deal. Gandalf was sent as Olórin by the Valar to defeat Sauron, the champion of the Dark Lord Morgoth. Dumbledore couldn't even handle Voldemort (given the name "dark lord", but really no more than a crazy genocidal wizard).
    Colbert: ask yourself who would win in a fight between Voltron and a Balrog. Gandalf doesn't even need Optimus Prime to school Voltron's ass.

  • @dustinmarvin6900
    @dustinmarvin6900 Před 8 lety

    That picture is of Gandalf the White. I expect more from you.

  • @khkmisterraptor4668
    @khkmisterraptor4668 Před 8 lety

    Good point, no one survives a micheal bay movie

  • @spermario6470
    @spermario6470 Před 8 lety

    I loved this

  • @Abdullah34610
    @Abdullah34610 Před 8 lety +2

    both last week and this week he only announced one of the winners

  • @jazzingirl
    @jazzingirl Před 8 lety +9

    so much nerd

  • @emilioasis
    @emilioasis Před 8 lety

    It was the taste of betrayal

  • @pseudonayme7717
    @pseudonayme7717 Před 8 lety

    My Mom wins,she sent all the naughty wizards and robots to bed. Thanks Mom,now I can sleep =)

  • @perfectlyMessy
    @perfectlyMessy Před 8 lety

    Aww Stephen, don't be a sellout by arguing against Gandalf!

  • @CROSSFADEEDAFE
    @CROSSFADEEDAFE Před 8 lety

    It depends, if we're talking about Gandalf The Grey, Dumbledore would win. After Sauron, the Valar would no longer risk sending Maiar to Middle-Earth with unchecked power so they had send the Istari to Middle-Earth in bodies of old men both not to seem intimidating to Middle-Earth's inhabitants but to also be held back power wise. Gandalf could not match Dumbledore because Dumbledore has as much power as he is willing to conjure up. Gandalf is basically handicapped power wise. Voltron though would crush Optimus, so it's a tie.

  • @rahlmaclaren1478
    @rahlmaclaren1478 Před 7 lety

    Any diesel experts here? Would the issue that diesels don't use carburetors be good or bad against a fight with Voltron?

  • @pmf98
    @pmf98 Před 8 lety

    Someone get Screwattack over here. We have some deathbattles on our hands!

  • @hrishitelcontar
    @hrishitelcontar Před 8 lety

    forged in Gondolin, beater to Orcrist's biter

  • @braedonroller9015
    @braedonroller9015 Před 8 lety

    Optimus Prime can fly. come on now.

  • @undeny
    @undeny Před 8 lety +1

    Did Patton Oswalt ever do one of these??

  • @BIGFOOT.766
    @BIGFOOT.766 Před 8 lety +1

    screw attack should sort this one out

  • @BettyBonkers
    @BettyBonkers Před 8 lety

    OP can fly

  • @ASarneck108
    @ASarneck108 Před 8 lety

    Gandalf never shows how powerful he really is in The Hobbit or The Lord of the Rings. He only gets semi-involved. Gandalf the White is the second most powerful figure residing in Middle-Earth, if I'm not mistaken. Only Sauron with the Ring is more powerful (maybe even without it).

  • @real0arsenal
    @real0arsenal Před 8 lety +1

    You're showing a picture of Gandalf the White yet you're calling him Gandalf the Grey... I expected more from you Colbert.

    • @LupineShadowOmega
      @LupineShadowOmega Před 8 lety

      +real0arsenal Grey is the one in the battle, white is just the picture. Not really his fault. XD

  • @maxhess3151
    @maxhess3151 Před 8 lety

    and the winner is DEFINITELY Gandalf.

  • @Phi1618033
    @Phi1618033 Před 8 lety

    Gandalf is actually the incarnation of a god, so he essentially can't be killed. Game. Set. And match.

    • @LyricalDJ
      @LyricalDJ Před 8 lety

      +Tal Moore Not quite. The god has his back, though.

    • @Phi1618033
      @Phi1618033 Před 8 lety

      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gandalf#Internal_biography

    • @LyricalDJ
      @LyricalDJ Před 8 lety

      Tal Moore
      Yup. He's a maia, not a god.

    • @JormungandrTheWorldSerpent
      @JormungandrTheWorldSerpent Před 8 lety

      +Tal Moore The Istari are not God. they are basically the Arch Angels

    • @LupineShadowOmega
      @LupineShadowOmega Před 8 lety

      +Tal Moore Considering the actual god had to send him back, I'm going to say that he can and has in fact been killed.

  • @tower5855
    @tower5855 Před 8 lety +1

    Voltron equals a like

  • @Zafervaim
    @Zafervaim Před 8 lety

    I was a rebel and voted as a Finnish person from Finland even though only America was asked to vote. I suppose this leads to furry hats declaring stricter voting laws in the future episodes.

  • @Saidriak
    @Saidriak Před 8 lety

    that fog looks so sexy

  • @No0n3890
    @No0n3890 Před 8 lety

    actually, Stephen, optimus prime did fly in the second transformers movie

  • @daus975
    @daus975 Před 8 lety +5

    cmon son..voltron alone will win this battle..

  • @runningtangerine
    @runningtangerine Před 8 lety

    The picture is of Gandalf the White...

  • @JordanAthemusiclover
    @JordanAthemusiclover Před 8 lety

    Ah Stephen burned Tom good at 6:12!

  • @VicDealio
    @VicDealio Před 8 lety

    Steven Colbert, you disappoint me. I expected better of one of the most knowledgeable Tolkien nerds alive. You know better than almost anyone how quickly Gandalf could end this. Optimus Prime wouldn't even get a chance to fly/jump. The amount of sheer power wielded by even the weakest of the Istari is enough to destroy almost anyone, and certainly some mortal and a robot. Come on, Steven, surely you can do better.

  • @SmileyFaces114
    @SmileyFaces114 Před 8 lety

    This must've been hard for Stephen

  • @guitarman0365
    @guitarman0365 Před 7 lety

    haaaaa colbert mistook gandalf for a vagabond...i'll imagine he will come to regret that.

  • @charleskidd2028
    @charleskidd2028 Před 8 lety +1

    I mean, obviously dumbletron wins

  • @homeralyami
    @homeralyami Před 8 lety

    Voltron hands down.

  • @bromeliad11
    @bromeliad11 Před 4 lety

    Lt Dangel

  • @zevfeitelson
    @zevfeitelson Před 8 lety

    oh God Gandalf Dumbledore don't make me choose this is like asking somebody to choose between their the two kids except on a much greater scale please for the love of God Don't Make Me choose I can't choose they're both so awesome (God I'm actually serious here I'm a nerd yeah I'm a nerd)

    • @SlipperyTeeth
      @SlipperyTeeth Před 8 lety

      If you were truly a nerd it would be obvious to you. Gandalf the Gray

    • @zevfeitelson
      @zevfeitelson Před 8 lety

      +Phoenix Fire Test at your house sometime this weekend and or this weekend

  • @jandreid1056
    @jandreid1056 Před 8 lety

    One of the best FNF!!!

    • @crewsadist
      @crewsadist Před 8 lety

      +Jason Gordon Oh, I think we'd all be pretty, pretty safe in picking this one as the standard-bearer for FNFs.
      A lot of the credit for that has to go for the smothering level of nerd brimstone T-Lennon brings to the already simmering non-stop flow of nerd lava constantly threatening to overflow the banks of The Late Show and consume Manhattan, Ecol-Bert.
      Lennon was, admittedly, caught under-wanded for Ecol-Bert's possibly Universe-wide superiority in nerd-pop-quiziology (NB being caught out for the extraneous article added to the name of Gandalf's steed - rookie mistake there), and suffered a [quite possibly] fatal strategic gaff in conceding wizard parity in this particular tag-team battle.
      Yet nonetheless, T-L's nerd cred is, at this time in human history, objectively strong, pulsatingly powerful, and set on as a high a number as anyone not already actually on The Late Show, or otherwise currently employed on the cast of The Big Bang as it works its way thru the Later Syndication Epoch.

    • @jandreid1056
      @jandreid1056 Před 8 lety

      Wow, you my friend have been using the thesaurus overzealously.

    • @crewsadist
      @crewsadist Před 8 lety

      +Jason Gordon Actually, that's about normal for this cowboy. If you start reading early enough...

  • @maxhess3151
    @maxhess3151 Před 8 lety

    u so shoulda left the robots out of this

  • @StriderZessei
    @StriderZessei Před 8 lety

    Gandalf alone destroys Dumbledore. Fact.
    Also, Stephen saying that Dumbledore has the power of Hogwarts' students to bear opens the door to outside help. Ergo, Optimus has the right to call in the Autobots for assistance who, when led by an untrained rookie, were able to defeat Unicron. To the Autobots, led by Optimus Prime wielding the Matrix of Leadership, Voltron would be cake.

    • @gia257
      @gia257 Před 8 lety +1

      +VJStrife just imagine one of them saying all that with a straight face :3

    • @StriderZessei
      @StriderZessei Před 8 lety

      ***** I was shouting it at the computer while I watched it like they would stop and consider my point. >_

  • @emily-8252
    @emily-8252 Před 6 lety

    Why did they stop doing this bit?

  • @johnpauluzumaki3418
    @johnpauluzumaki3418 Před 8 lety +1

    Wizard canceling each other, because Dumbledore and Ian McKellen are both gay, so they would just start playing with theirs "magic staffs".

  • @Scientist_Salarian
    @Scientist_Salarian Před 8 lety

    Does Colbert think that by saying every sentence twice in a row he'll get two times the debate points?

  • @juanc2606
    @juanc2606 Před 8 lety

    NEEEERDS!!!!

  • @TheTusharkalhan
    @TheTusharkalhan Před 8 lety +1

    gandalf win

  • @MrCreeper1O2
    @MrCreeper1O2 Před 8 lety

    Get Matthew Perry on

  • @michaeljacksin9367
    @michaeljacksin9367 Před rokem

    I just wanna say Elvis would one piece Michael Jackson

  • @drpoliticallyincorrect6335

    does me vs this pint i have count? and i mean sorbet not alchohol

  • @khas246
    @khas246 Před 8 lety

    prime will win because voltron hasn't had a movie remake yet and so is not as present in minds of the viewers who would hence default to prime - which is not to dissimilar to CNN's tactic of not showing Sander's footage in the hopes that their viewers will default to Clinton out of familiarity.

  • @synthspence
    @synthspence Před 8 lety

    hi guys

  • @mikehillenbrand2559
    @mikehillenbrand2559 Před 8 lety

    steve im disappointed, but you loseeeeeeee

  • @michaeljacksin9367
    @michaeljacksin9367 Před rokem

    Michael bay vs peak fame George Lucas

  • @JoshMarshain
    @JoshMarshain Před 8 lety +2

    bull crap, Stephen would defend LOTR anyday of his life

    • @ASarneck108
      @ASarneck108 Před 8 lety

      He's playing devil's advocate then.

  • @vicmartone
    @vicmartone Před 8 lety

    dude really craping on his gigs

  • @zevfeitelson
    @zevfeitelson Před 8 lety +3

    first hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha I win hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha I got here first hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

  • @jmatthess1
    @jmatthess1 Před 8 lety

    Nerdgasm alert

  • @jarrettfinney4882
    @jarrettfinney4882 Před 5 lety

    This show ain’t half bad when they aren’t in the middle of crying about trump

  • @studentuploads-l7y
    @studentuploads-l7y Před 8 lety

    Hé try mâke bad show yes? Why

  • @drumsallday19
    @drumsallday19 Před 8 lety

    wtf is wrong, when this started there used to be like 3 matches. lazy!!!

    • @HadiAhmed098
      @HadiAhmed098 Před 8 lety

      people started to complain, so they cut it down.

    • @drumsallday19
      @drumsallday19 Před 8 lety

      well now let's complain that it's too short

    • @HadiAhmed098
      @HadiAhmed098 Před 8 lety

      dafuq i dont think that will do anything. too many people hate this segment to make it longer. i think those people are crazy

  • @kangamagic1206
    @kangamagic1206 Před 8 lety

    this crap is dull as hell. Why does he keep doing it?