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Colbert: Do you think Meryl Streep could play Rin Tin Tin?
Last night on The Colbert Report, Stephen Colbert asks New Yorker writer Susan Orlean the tough (ruff?) questions about her latest book, Rin Tin Tin, a biography of the German Shepherd who became a movie star.
Among the questions Colbert asks--and Orlean gamely answers--how can a dog found on a battlefield become a silent film star, how Rin Tin Tin made the transition to talkies, and whether Rin Tin Tin was fixed. (Answer: No. He had 44 offspring.)
Watch Orlean, who was played by Streep in the adaptation of her book, The Orchid Thief, reveal whether she thinks Streep could play the role of a German Shepherd. Special treat: clip from a Rin Tin Tin movie. Colbert deems Rin Tin Tin the "Tom Cruise of the 1920s."
| The Colbert Report | Mon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c | |||
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