--- description: Goodbye nation title: Watch Highlights From the "Colbert Report" Finale image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf029b049273d0f28/69877016cd1bba24cb6f44dc/460161352.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch Stephen Colbert End _The Colbert Report_ With Help from Celebrity Pals by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 19, 2014 1:27 PM CUT  WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 8: (AFP OUT) Television personality Stephen Colbert during a taping of Comedy Central's "The Colbert Report" with U.S. President Barack Obama in Lisner Auditorium at George Washington University on December 8, 2014 in Washington, DC. This is President Obama's third appearance on "The Colbert Report" that will broadcast its final show on Dec. 18\. (Photo by Andrew Harrer-Pool/Getty Images) WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 8: (AFP OUT) Television personality Stephen Colbert during a taping of Comedy Central's "The Colbert Report" with U.S. President Barack Obama in Lisner Auditorium at George Washington University on December 8, 2014 in Washington, DC. This is President Obama's third appearance on "The Colbert Report" that will broadcast its final show on Dec. 18\. (Photo by Andrew Harrer-Pool/Getty Images)Pool—Getty Images by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 19, 2014 1:27 PM CUT An era ended Thursday night when Stephen Colbert signed off on Comedy Central for the last time, but as he and dozens of celebrity guests sang from the stage, “We’ll Meet Again.” Colbert did one last round of his segment The Word, cheated death against “Grimmy” the grim reaper and finally flew off in Santa’s sleigh. Now all that’s left to do is start the countdown until Colbert takes over for David Letterman in 2015. **MORE:** [Review: The Colbert Report Is Dead. Long Live Stephen Colbert!](http://time.com/3641534/colbert-report-final-episode-review/ "undefined") Watch the full episode [here](http://thecolbertreport.cc.com/full-episodes/q0f0hx/december-18--2014---grimmy "undefined"). ### See 13 Stephen Colbert Cameos You Might Have Missed  The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug - Lake-town Spy Todd Eyre—Warner Bros.  Exit 57 - Various Characters (pictured top left) Comedy Central  Dana Carvey Show - Various Characters ABC  Strangers With Candy - Chuck Noblet Comedy Central  Missing Persons - Chet Davies ABC  Saturday Night Live - Ace, The Ambiguously Gay Duo (pictured left) NBC  Spin City - Frank ABC  Simpsons - Colby Krause (pictured right) Fox  Curb Your Enthusiasm - Tourist HBO  American Dad! - Dr. R. Dandliker (pictured left) Fox  Bewitched - Stu Robinson (pictured left) Columbia  Mr. Peabody & Sherman - Paul Peterson 20th Century Fox  Monsters vs Aliens - President Hathaway Dreamworks ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3641722/colbert-report-finale/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3641722/colbert-report-finale/"},"headline":"Watch Stephen Colbert End The Colbert Report With Help from Celebrity Pals","datePublished":"2014-12-19T13:27:33.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:06:34.377Z","description":"Goodbye, nation","url":"https://time.com/3641722/colbert-report-finale/","keywords":["Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf029b049273d0f28/69877016cd1bba24cb6f44dc/460161352.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Begley","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf029b049273d0f28/69877016cd1bba24cb6f44dc/460161352.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"President Obama Tapes An Interview For The Colbert Report with Stephen Colbert","caption":"President Obama Tapes An Interview For The Colbert Report with Stephen Colbert","creditText":"Pool—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3641722/colbert-report-finale/","name":"Watch Stephen Colbert End The Colbert Report With Help from Celebrity Pals"}}]}] ```