--- description: One of the show’s final interviews was easily one of its best title: Watch Stephen Colbert Interview the Dragon From 'The Hobbit' image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt796adca5389edc2b/69876e73f887dc107fe88fd1/dragon-hobbit-stephen-colbert.png?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch Stephen Colbert Interview Smaug From _The Hobbit_  by [Denver Nicks](/author/denver-nicks/)  ## Denver Nicks Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 12, 2014 5:16 PM CUT  The Colbert Report/Comedy Central  by [Denver Nicks](/author/denver-nicks/)  ## Denver Nicks Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 12, 2014 5:16 PM CUT Over the years _The Colbert Report_ has hosted some pretty stellar guests but few if any rival the awesomeness of Thursday night’s interview with The Last Great Fire Drake of the Third Age, Smaug, the dragon from _The Hobbit_ movies. Tolkien superfan Colbert, whose show ends Dec. 18, pointed out to his guest that they have a couple things in common. “We both live in gated communities and we’re both fiscal conservatives who sleep on giant piles of gold,” Colbert said. Smaug agrees. We also learn Smaug is a Rand Paul supporter—no [response](https://twitter.com/senrandpaul "undefined") yet from the Kentucky Senator and likely presidential candidate on his latest high-profile endorsement. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3631572/stephen-colbert-smaug-hobbit/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3631572/stephen-colbert-smaug-hobbit/"},"headline":"Watch Stephen Colbert Interview Smaug From The Hobbit","datePublished":"2014-12-12T17:16:45.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T02:48:49.650Z","description":"One of the show’s final interviews was easily one of its best","url":"https://time.com/3631572/stephen-colbert-smaug-hobbit/","keywords":["Television","Comedy","Lord of the Rings"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt796adca5389edc2b/69876e73f887dc107fe88fd1/dragon-hobbit-stephen-colbert.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Denver Nicks","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/denver-nicks/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt796adca5389edc2b/69876e73f887dc107fe88fd1/dragon-hobbit-stephen-colbert.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"dragon-hobbit-stephen-colbert","caption":"","creditText":"The Colbert Report/Comedy Central","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3631572/stephen-colbert-smaug-hobbit/","name":"Watch Stephen Colbert Interview Smaug From The Hobbit"}}]}] ```