[ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ frodo don't wear the ring i know it's very tempting frodo don't wear the of the conchords" for you, yeah. >> i love it. every time, i'm surprised. >> jimmy: yeah. >> they never fail. >> jimmy: they never fail. the roots do not disappoint. they never disappoint. neither do you. >> thank you, sir. >> jimmy: welcome back to our show. >> it's very good to see you. >> jimmy: it's always good to see you. >> it's a pleasure being in. >> jimmy: i want to talk about the short film thing that you did. >> yeah. >> jimmy: well, first of all, why are you doing short films? 'cause you're already a big movie star. you're in "lord of the rings." yeah. you know that, right? >> i was. yeah, i was. i also like short films. >> jimmy: you do, yeah. >> yeah, a friend of mine wrote the shorts. david schlussel, molly's husband. >> jimmy: i love david schlussel. >> yeah. >> jimmy: oh, my gosh. yeah. >> so, david used to do stand-up. >> jimmy: i do know this guy. he's a very funny human being, yeah. molly -- >> david used to do stand-up. >> jimmy: yeah. >> he actually did this thin

frodo's 3'6" and lives in a shire.'m always looking for a new challenge and a new experience. and the notion of doing a television show was also kind of an exciting thing for me as well. i've never been on television. i love where television's going in terms of story-telling. and the opportunity to do something in the comedy space was exciting. >> it's interesting you say that. what do you mean about where television has gone in story-telling? >> well, i mean, i'm a huge fan of things like "game of thrones" or "breaking bad," "madmen" -- >> i love "breaking bad." >> just incredible story-telling with amazing writers and actors that have -- >> indeed. >> episodic television becoming, you know, having an art. >> absolutely. whereas with the film, you've only got 2 1/2 hours to tell a character's journey. and obviously in a television show, you can tell, you know, much more in-depth stories over a longer period of time. >> was the relationship with peter jackson a great relationship for you? >> wonderful, yeah. hugely inf

i want to be frodo. i want to be sam, luke. years back, i was watching my kids be all in on these huge clashes and end of the world type stories and i'm like, i'm not teaching them what i teach everyone else? the power of god to transform? what's my problem? i'm cheating my kids, and, by the way, when they can learn the language of -- whatever the languages of the elves, they learn "star trek" languages and i'm think, i'm not teaching them the language of scripture, and telling them, you are frodo. the world is coming to an end and you're going to have to battle against forces that are going to be difficult. but stay away from -- don't put the ring of power on. stay focused on jesus. okay. i'm not following all that. i understand we got age range issues and stuff. it's all good the point is, i think we're cheating our children. i think we are acting as though they don't get -- they don't want to be in a spiritual battle. but what is interesting, my brother-in-law is a missionary in brazil, and he wife is brazilian, and they're