Elijah Wood (Extended) | Green Day!
The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert
CBS
4.4 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 18 March 2026
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
America’s allies aren’t lining up to join the war against Iran, Stephen shares his enthusiasm for the MarineTraffic app, and President Trump is threatening to “take” the country of Cuba. Actor Elijah Wood won’t confirm or deny rumors that he’s set to play Frodo again in an upcoming project, and shares that he and his Middle Earth cast-mates keep in touch via a long-running text chain. See “Ready or Not 2: Here I Come” in theaters this Friday.
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| 0:35.0 | Welcome. |
| 0:36.5 | Welcome, one and all in here, out there. |
| 0:40.3 | Welcome to the Late Show friends. I'm your host Stephen Colbert, and I want to stop |
| 0:47.3 | by the way. I'm looking out here. I see a sea of green, so let's start off with a happy St. Patrick's Day, everybody. |
| 0:59.4 | Remember, if the road rises to meet you, you fell down. It's not supposed to do that. |
| 1:06.8 | You know what? Let's celebrate the Emerald Isle with some music Irish people love. |
| 1:16.2 | Oh, Irish people can't love Mambo? |
| 1:21.2 | You're a racist. |
| 1:24.6 | Trump celebrated St. Patrick's Day with the annual Friends of Ireland luncheon. |
| 1:30.4 | And when he talked about his golf course in Ireland, his son Eric caught astray. |
| 1:35.6 | I love Ireland. In fact, we're going to have the Irish Open at a property that happens to be owned by years truly. |
| 1:42.6 | But I have nothing to do with it. |
| 1:45.3 | I own it, but I have not. I don't even like to talk to my son. |
| 1:54.6 | Hello, Dad. Dad, it's Eric again. I just want to let you know the golf course is going great, |
| 2:04.3 | but I did get caught in a sand trap, |
| 2:07.2 | and the more I move, the more I sink. |
| 2:10.4 | Please call me back. |
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