The Colbert Report

The Colbert Report (2005 – 2014)

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Episode 31 — Ian McKellen

Season 9 • The Colbert Report

Released: 2012-12-03 • News/Comedy

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The Report hosts Hobbit Week, safer streets weaken a Republican wedge issue, medical grade sheds replace nursing homes, and Sir Ian McKellen prefers Gandalf the Grey.

Episodes

Episode 1
Ben Folds Five
2012-10-01

Episode 2
Jorge Ramos
2012-10-02

Episode 3
Kenny Rogers
2012-10-03

Episode 4
Dr George Church
2012-10-04

Episode 5
Mark Kelly
2012-10-08

Episode 6
Morrissey
2012-10-09

Episode 7
Naomi Wolf
2012-10-10

Episode 8
Chrystia Freeland
2012-10-11

Episode 9
Evan Thomas
2012-10-15

Episode 10
Cory Booker
2012-10-16

Episode 11
Tyler Perry
2012-10-17

Episode 12
The Killers
2012-10-18

Episode 13
Donald Sadoway
2012-10-22

Episode 14
John Grisham
2012-10-23

Episode 15
Anthony Everitt
2012-10-24

Episode 16
Mitch Daniels
2012-10-25

Episode 17
Lilly Ledbetter
2012-10-31

Episode 18
David Byrne & St. Vincent
2012-11-01

Episode 19
Nate Silver
2012-11-05

Episode 20
Election 2012: A Nation Votes, Ohio Decides; The Re-Presidenting of America: Who Will Replace Obama? '12
2012-11-06

Episode 21
Doris Kearns Goodwin
2012-11-07

Episode 22
Rachel Maddow
2012-11-08

Episode 23
Ken Burns
2012-11-12

Episode 24
Newt Gingrich
2012-11-13

Episode 25
Tony Kushner
2012-11-14

Episode 26
Chris Stringer
2012-11-15

Episode 27
Jake Tapper
2012-11-26

Episode 28
Dolly Parton
2012-11-27

Episode 29
Frank Oz
2012-11-28

Episode 30
Sean Carroll
2012-11-29

Episode 31
Ian McKellen
2012-12-03

Episode 32
Martin Freeman
2012-12-04

Episode 33
Andy Serkis
2012-12-05

Episode 34
Peter Jackson
2012-12-06

Episode 35
Diana Krall
2012-12-10

Episode 36
Malcolm Gladwell
2012-12-11

Episode 37
Mandy Patinkin
2012-12-12

Episode 38
Simone Campbell
2012-12-13

Episode 39
Jimmy Wales
2013-01-07

Episode 40
Chris Kluwe
2013-01-08

Episode 41
Neil Shubin
2013-01-09

Episode 42
Ben Gibbard
2013-01-10

Episode 43
Piers Morgan
2013-01-14

Episode 44
Jared Diamond
2013-01-15

Episode 45
Tom Brokaw
2013-01-16

Episode 46
Akhil Reed Amar
2013-01-17

Episode 47
Ta-Nehisi Coates
2013-01-21

Episode 48
Kathryn Bigelow
2013-01-22

Episode 49
Sally Field
2013-01-23

Episode 50
Tavi Gevinson
2013-01-24

Episode 51
Michael Shellenberger
2013-01-28

Episode 52
George Saunders
2013-01-29

Episode 53
Bill Gates
2013-01-30

Episode 54
Matthew Guerrieri
2013-01-31

Episode 55
Sonia Sotomayor
2013-02-04

Episode 56
Julie Andrews
2013-02-05

Episode 57
Lawrence Wright
2013-02-06

Episode 58
Benh Zeitlin
2013-02-07

Episode 59
Garry Wills
2013-02-11

Episode 60
Roger Hodge
2013-02-12

Episode 61
Dave Grohl
2013-02-13

Episode 62
Gavin Newsom
2013-02-14

Episode 63
Emily Bazelon
2013-02-19

Episode 64
David Goldhill
2013-02-20

Episode 65
Lil Buck
2013-02-21

Episode 66
Simon Garfield
2013-02-25

Episode 67
Dr. Michio Kaku
2013-02-26

Episode 68
Paola Antonelli
2013-02-27

Episode 69
Jon Favreau
2013-02-28

Episode 70
Kirk Bloodsworth
2013-03-04

Episode 71
James Franco
2013-03-05

Episode 72
Brendan O'Connell
2013-03-06

Episode 73
John Sexton
2013-03-07

Episode 74
Junot Diaz
2013-03-25

Episode 75
Eric Topol
2013-03-26

Episode 76
Carl Edgar Blake II
2013-03-27

Episode 77
Robert Lustig
2013-03-28

Episode 78
Sigourney Weaver
2013-04-01

Episode 79
Jim McGreevey
2013-04-02

Episode 80
A.C. Grayling
2013-04-03

Episode 81
Francis Collins
2013-04-04

Episode 82
Bill Clinton
2013-04-08

Episode 83
Charlie LeDuff
2013-04-09

Episode 84
Shane Smith
2013-04-10

Episode 85
Cass Sunstein
2013-04-11

Episode 86
Caroline Kennedy
2013-04-16

Episode 87
Alan Cumming
2013-04-17

Episode 88
Richard Engel
2013-04-18

Episode 89
Michael Pollan
2013-04-22

Episode 90
Eric Schmidt
2013-04-23

Episode 91
Danica Patrick
2013-04-24

Episode 92
Gene Robinson
2013-04-25

Episode 93
Iggy & the Stooges
2013-04-29

Episode 94
Evan Spiegel & Bobby Murphy
2013-04-30

Episode 95
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
2013-05-01

Episode 96
Ben Kingsley
2013-05-02

Episode 97
Robert Caro
2013-05-06

Episode 98
Douglas Rushkoff
2013-05-07

Episode 99
Richard Besser
2013-05-08

Episode 100
Baz Luhrmann
2013-05-09

Episode 101
Jessica Buchanan & Erik Landemalm
2013-05-13

Episode 102
Dan Brown
2013-05-14

Episode 103
Cyndi Lauper
2013-05-15

Episode 104
Daniel Lieberman
2013-05-16

Episode 105
David Sassoon
2013-05-20

Episode 106
Noah Feldman
2013-05-21

Episode 107
The National
2013-05-22

Episode 108
Christopher Chivers
2013-05-23

Episode 109
John Dingell
2013-06-03

Episode 110
Alex Gibney
2013-06-04

Episode 111
Jonathan Alter
2013-06-05

Episode 112
Stephen King, John Mellencamp, & T Bone Burnett
2013-06-06

Episode 113
Dan Savage
2013-06-10

Episode 114
Daniel Bergner
2013-06-11

Episode 115
Paul McCartney
2013-06-12

Episode 116
The Postal Service
2013-06-19

Episode 117
Joss Whedon
2013-06-20

Episode 118
Andrew Solomon
2013-06-24

Episode 119
Peniel Joseph
2013-06-25

Episode 120
Bill Moyers
2013-06-26

Episode 121
Chuck Schumer
2013-06-27

Episode 122
Jeremy Scahill
2013-07-15

Episode 123
David Karp
2013-07-16

Episode 124
Jerry Seinfeld
2013-07-17

Episode 125
Jeff Bridges
2013-07-18

Episode 126
Kjerstin Gruys
2013-07-22

Episode 127
Kenneth Goldsmith
2013-07-23

Episode 128
Anant Agarwal
2013-07-24

Episode 129
Olympia Snowe
2013-07-25

Episode 130
The Lumineers
2013-07-29

Episode 131
Atul Gawande
2013-07-30

Episode 132
Emily Matchar
2013-07-31

Episode 133
Bryan Cranston
2013-08-01

Episode 134
Hugh Laurie
2013-08-05

Episode 135
Robin Thicke
2013-08-06

Episode 136
Ashton Kutcher
2013-08-07

Episode 137
Colum McCann
2013-08-08

Episode 138
Sheldon Whitehouse
2013-08-12

Episode 139
John Lewis
2013-08-13

Episode 140
Kevin Spacey
2013-08-14

Episode 141
Richard Brodhead
2013-08-15

Episode 142
Timothy Cardinal Dolan
2013-09-03

Episode 143
Gary England
2013-09-04

Episode 144
John Prine
2013-09-05

Episode 145
Billie Jean King
2013-09-09

Episode 146
Shane Salerno
2013-09-10

Episode 147
Sheryl Crow
2013-09-11

Episode 148
Philip Mudd
2013-09-12

Episode 149
Andrew Bacevich
2013-09-16

Episode 150
Arne Duncan
2013-09-17

Episode 151
Nicholson Baker
2013-09-18

Episode 152
Jack Johnson
2013-09-19

Episode 153
Metallica
2013-09-24

Episode 154
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
2013-09-25

Episode 155
Chris Fischer
2013-09-26

Information

Creator	Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert
Episode air date	03.12.2012
Episode runtime	—
Episode rating	0.00
Genres	News / Comedy
TMDB series rating	6.9
IMDb series rating	8.4
Series status	Ended
Age rating	14+
Country	US

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