{"id":48904,"date":"2014-12-12T11:59:29","date_gmt":"2014-12-12T18:59:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/12\/12\/colbert-gets-all-the-big-stars-on-his-show.html"},"modified":"2014-12-12T11:59:29","modified_gmt":"2014-12-12T18:59:29","slug":"colbert-gets-all-the-big-stars-on-his-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/12\/12\/colbert-gets-all-the-big-stars-on-his-show.html","title":{"rendered":"Colbert gets all the big stars on his show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Including, apparently, Smaug.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#39;s see you do your eagle scream <i>now,<\/i> Stephen &#8230;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"sm2wp\"><p>\n<a style='display:inline;' href='http:\/\/thecolbertreport.cc.com\/videos\/509747\/smaug'><br \/>\n<img src='https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/MRYrb0cbB9Rfs_OBt68e5JF2xDHLgI0Ts14mgohGzYuBbzqjN5qL3opJjvotAudhoVX5I_jASNS9BY1aK1WEJ9VCHggCAJbALYyp6zGkgzFoHq44kaY6C6JAdetZQ9g6ckSjAA2G-nFYHlfnqVLlnG4rxbLa5SdvlS--PYlftQ=w506-h303' border='0' style='max-width:650px;'\/><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<span style='font-size:large;'><a href='http:\/\/thecolbertreport.cc.com\/videos\/509747\/smaug'>Smaug<\/a><\/span><br \/>\nThe fearsome Smaug discusses Hollywood&#8217;s liberal bias and shares a clip from &#8220;The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies.&#8221;\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style='font-size:small;'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/ZdcuTAngmcw'>View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Including, apparently, Smaug. 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