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♪ ♪ ♪ >> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY BE,
WELCOME BACK TO "THE LATE SHOW."
>> Stephen: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, BIG MOMENT FOR ME.
YOU KNOW MY GUESTS TONIGHT AS MERRY BRANDYBUCK AND PIPPIN TOOK
IN "THE LORD OF THE RINGS" TRILOGY.
NOW THEY'VE STARTED A NEW PODCAST CALLED "THE FRIENDSHIP
ONION."
PLEASE WELCOME DOMINIC MONAGHAN AND BILLY BOYD!
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>> ABSOLUTE PLEASURE.
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>> Stephen: LOVELY TO HAVE YOU GUYS HERE, AS YOU MAY KNOW,
YOU'RE COMPLETING MY HOBT COLLECTION.
>> YES, I LOVE IT.
>> Stephen: I HAVE INTERVIEWED MOST EVERYBODY ELSE.
YOU KNOW, I'M NOT NORMAL.
I'M INCREDIBLY-- I'M INCREDIBLY EXCITED TO-- TO SEE YOU.
NOT THAT OTHER PEOPLE AREN'T EXCITED, BUT I'M-- WHAT I'M
SAYING IS THAT EVERYONE IS EXCITED AS I AM TO SEE TOGETHER.
THAT'S THE THING.
WHEN THEY SEE YOU GUYS TOGETHER, COTHEY GO, "WHAT ARE YOU TWO
DOING TOGETHER?" OR DO THEY GO, "THAT MAKES
SENSE.
>> IT'S A LITTLE KIND OF THE R2 D2 C3 PO THING.
THEY THINK WE COME AS A UNIT AT ALL TIMES.
THEY'RE NOT SURE WHICH ONE IS WHICH.
>> WE GET THAT ALL THE TIME.
>> THE MERRY TYPE THING.
>> Stephen: WHICH ONE IS R2 D2, AND WHEN ONE IS CP30.
>> WHO IS THE MOST HIGHLY STRUNG?
I AM.
I'M CP30.
>> Stephen: WHAT ABOUT SUPER FANS LIKE ME, WHEN THEY SEE YOU
ON THE STREETS, WHAT ARE THEY MOST LIKELY-- WHAT LINE ARE THEY
MOST LIKELY TO YELL AT YOU, "SECOND BREAKFAST?"
>> THAT WAS VERY GOOD, ACTUALLY.
>> Stephen: THANK YOU.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ).
>> YES, "SECOND BREAKFAST" IS A BIG ONE.
BUT IF WE'RE FEELING GOOD, WHICH WE GENERALLY ARE--
>> GENERALLY, WE'RE HAPPY PEOPLE.
>> WE SOMETIMES LIKE TO DO A LITTLE SONG FOR ME.
>> Stephen: CAN I GUESS WHICH ONE IT IS?
IS I GET-- IS THIS-- IS THIS-- THE GREEN DRAGON SONG.
>> YES.
>> DO YOU WANT TO DO IT?
>> WE HAVE TO COME OUT A LITTLE BIT IF WE'RE GOING TO DO IT.
COME ON, LET'S DO IT.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ).
>> Stephen: NO, NO, YOU DO, PLEASE.
I'LL WATCH.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ).
>> COME AROUND.
YOU COME IN THE MIDDLE, STEPHEN.
I DON'T KNOW ALL THE WORDS.
ANYONE JOIN IN IF YOU KNOW IT.
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>> Stephen: WHAT'S "BLESS THIS TOOK?"
>> THAT'S ANOTHER SONG THAT WE DID.
THE -- >> Stephen: THAT'S IN ROHAN.
>> THE ONLY THING...
THAT'S OKAY SONG.
>>ING ARE YOU DRUNK?
>> Stephen: OR-- OR DO YOU NEED TO BE DRUNK TO REMEMBER THE
SONG.
>> THEY ARE BOTH DRINKING SONGS.
YOU KNOW.
YOU'VE READ THE BOOKS A COUPLE OF TIMES, STEPHEN.
>> Stephen: ONCE OR TWICE.
>>THE HOBBITS LIKE TO DRINK.
THEY LIKE TO PARTY.
>> Stephen: THE AMAZON "LORD OF THE RINGS" PREQUEL THEY'RE
DOING FROM THE SECOND AGE.
THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE WITH PETITIONS TO SAYING, "DON'T HAVE
ANY NUDITY.
DON'T HAVE ANY NUDITY.
THE.
THEY'RE AFRAID THEY'RE GOING TO ADULT IT UP A LITTLE BIT--
>> AND HAVE A LITTLE "GAME OF THROWNS."
>> Stephen: HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THE NUDITY-NONNUDITY THING
IN TOLKIEN?
>> THERE WAS ALMOST NUDITY.
ME AND DOM -- >> Stephen: TRUE STORY?
>> TRUE.
PHILIP, WONDERFUL WRITER, ONE OF THE WRITERS ON --
>> Stephen: AND THE EXPERT.
I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO IT.
>> OKAY.
BUT SHE DID A GAG, AND SHE WROTE A SCENE-- BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN
KIND OF DOING SOME GAGS AND WINDING PEOPLE UP, HAVING A BIT
OF FUN.
AND SHE WROTE A SCENE THAT SHE SAID, "OH, IT'S A NEW SCENE
WE'RE FILMING NEXT WEEK WITH THE ANTS, WITH TREE BEARD.
WHEN MERRY AND PEPIN ARE UP TREE BEARD, HE GETS AFRAID AND SHAKES
HIS BRANCHES WHICH MAKES YOU GUYS FALL.
THIS HAS ALL BEEN PRINTED ON THE SCRIPT.
IT MAKES YOU GUYS FALL, AND AS YOU HIT THE BRANCHES ON THE WAY
DOWN, BY THE TIME YOU HIT THE GROUND, YOU'RE NAKED.
( LAUGHTER )
SAYS, "IT'S COLD, ISN'T IT?"
AND PIPPIN SAYS, "HOLD ME, MARY."
THIS WAS-- SO I CALL UP DON, AND I SAID HAVE YOU SEEN THIS NEW
SCENE?
AND HE'S LIKE, "YEAH, YEAH."
I WAS LIKE, "WE'RE NAKED."
AND HE-- >> WELL, I WAS-- I WAS KIND OF
INTO IT.
BECAUSE I--
I HAVE A REALLY FANTASTIC ASS.
( LAUGHTER )
IT OUT.
YOU LOOK GREAT WITHOUT ANY CLOTHES ON.
>> Stephen: GL I WANT TO POINT OUT SOMETHING FOR THE PEOPLE OUT
THERE WHO DON'T THINK THERE SHOULD BE ANY NUDITY IN TOLKIEN.
THE HOBBITS GET NUDE IN THE BOOK.
>> IT'S TOM BABOMBADIL.
>> I TOLD YOU THAT.
>> Stephen: IT'S NOT IN THE MOVIE BUT IN THE BOOK, TOM SAYS
TO THEM, LET'S SEE, BA-BA-BA, "s CAST OFF THESE COLD RAGS,
RUN NAKED ON THE GRASS WHILE TOM GOES A-HUNTING.
THE HOBBITS RAN AROUND ON THE GRASS AS HE TOLD THEM THEN LAY
THEM THERE BASKING IN THE SUN WITH DELIGHT."
I DON'T WANT TO HEAR IT FROM THE PRUDZ WHO DON'T THINK THERE
SHOULD BE NUDITY IN "LORD OF THE RINGS."
>> WE DON'T THINK ANY NEFARIOUS WENT ON THERE WITH TOM.
>> Stephen: OR WONDERFUL.
OR ANYTHING WONDERFUL.
>> JUST ALL ENJOYING EACH OTHER'S COMPANY AND BODIES.
>> Stephen: AS WELL THEY SHOULD.
AS WELL THEY SHOULD.
WE HAVE TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK, GENTLEMEN.
BUT WHEN WE COME BACK, DOMINIC AND BILLY WILL TRY TO STUMP ME
WITH "LORD OF THE RINGS" TRIVIA.
STICK AROUND.
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