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i love him. >> stephen: and i love you, ian mckellen. (cheers and applause) thank you so much, thank you so much, ian mckellen. the hobbit. we'll be right back. thank you sop much úáé!é!é!é!&íki >> stephen: well, that's it for the report, everybody. good night! (cheers and applause) captioning sponsored by comedy central captioned by media access group at wgbh access from comedy central's world news headquarters in new york, this is the daily show with jon stewart. ( cheers and applause ) captioning sponsored by comedy central >> jon: welcome to the daily show. my name is jon stewart. got a good one for you

i love him. >> stephen: and i love you, ian mckellen.pplause) thank you so much, thank you so much, ian mckellen. the hobbit. we'll be right back. >> stephen: well, that's it for the report, everybody. good night! (cheers and applause) captioning sponsored by comedy central captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org ("jingle bells" tune played on piano) ♪ jingle man, christmas boy... (hums) ♪ ♪ jingle man, christmas boy... (hums) ♪ if only there was something that rhymed with "boy." oh, hi! i didn't see you there along one full wall of my mountain cabin. i'm broadcasting legend stephen colbert. (fake crowd applause) and this is my favorite time of year-- christmas. in fact, i'm so excited right now, i'm sporting a yule log. and i'm just putting the final touches on a new christmas carol before i head down to new york city to tape my big new christmas special. it's going to have it all: carolers, elves, a freshly hobbled tiny tim, and, of course, goats dressed as reindeer.

sir ian mckellen, gandalf the grey. (cheers and applause) we got sir martin freeman, bilbo baggins.pplause) sir peter jackson who played a very convincing film director. and sir andy serkis who is either the man who played caesar in rise of the planet of the aprils or he is a superchimp who plays this man. (laughter) (applause) and we have got for your pleasure we've got an even bigger tolkien name lined up to host our hobbit week, me. (cheers and applause) as peter jackson himself said of me in entertainment weekly, quote, i have never met a bigger tolkien geek in my life. you hear that? you hear that girls from middle school? i'm not a geek. i'm king geek. (cheers and applause) you just, bud heee just handling there for another five years. you want a payoff? of course once it got out on the internet that i had visited the set of the hobbit new zealand last year it touched off a firestorm in the media about my possible involvement in the movie. started with the christian science upon ter's innocent question, will stephen colbert appear in the hobbit? followed by "the hollywood repo

sir ian mckellen, perhaps better known as gandolf. >> another tux. >> another tux. >> something shady's duchess. >>> now, bear with me. we know the catchy stanley steamer carpet jingle, right? sing it. ♪ stanley steamer gets your home cleaner ♪ >> right. >> fantastic. >> that's going to broadway, too, isn't it? >> a theater near you. all right. now -- >> stanley steemer. >> oh, now, it's the hottest video on the internet right now. covered the tune in a variety of styles. like this one. >> very good. >> a pin-up version. ♪ and that voice. okay. this one. how awesome is that? and she created the costume herself. and her own hair and makeup. this has to be our favorite. the latin version. and mia is here to join us. ♪ woo. >> i feel cleaner already. >> fantastic. thank you, mia. >> happy to be on the show. >> why this jingle? >> it's one of those jingles that's always in your head. it's been in my subconscious since i was a little kid. >> all of ours, now. >> it's catchy, mildly annoying, cute, fun. >> it's a star vehicle. >> who knew? it would be my star vehicle. >> thank you so much. >>