Additionally, smoking cannabis out of a "Gandalf pipe" is something of a stoner rite of passage or bucket list item to be crossed off.

Furthermore, Bilbo explicitly mentions tobacco in The Hobbit, telling Gandalf that it’s “a very fine morning for a pipe of tobacco out of doors.” ...

Outwardly, he doesn’t appear that wise or powerful … just a guy who likes hanging out with hobbits more than he should and smoking his pipe.

Country star Willie Nelson celebrated his 80th birthday with a fake audition for the magical role of Gandalf in the next Hobbit film. The On The Road Again singer hit the eight-decade mark on ...