{"id":95636,"date":"2014-12-12T12:55:08","date_gmt":"2014-12-12T17:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=95636"},"modified":"2014-12-12T14:31:32","modified_gmt":"2014-12-12T19:31:32","slug":"stephen-colbert-interviews-smaug-the-magnificent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2014\/12\/12\/95636-stephen-colbert-interviews-smaug-the-magnificent\/","title":{"rendered":"Stephen Colbert interviews Smaug the Magnificent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"intro\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www-images.theonering.org\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/smaug-colbert.png\" class=\"no-lazyload\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-95638 no-lazyload\" src=\"http:\/\/www-images.theonering.org\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/smaug-colbert-300x199.png\" alt=\"smaug colbert\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/smaug-colbert-300x199.png 300w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/smaug-colbert-600x398.png 600w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/smaug-colbert.png 681w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>In a rare move, Stephen Colbert was granted an interview (er&#8230;audience) with none other than Smaug himself on his American television show &#8220;The Colbert Report&#8221;. 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