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# Late-Night Highlight: Stephen Colbert Bids Farewell To TV, For Now

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## Video: Late-Night Highlight: Stephen Colbert Bids Farewell To TV, For Now

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_Published 2014-12-19. For your late-night highlight, Thursday marked the very last night of “The Colbert Report.” And Stephen Colbert bid farewell to his audience with an epic song._


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## Transcript

For your late night highlight, Thursday mark the very last night of the Colbert Report and Steven Colbert bid farewell to his audience with an epic song. [ MUSIC ] Yes Colbert belted out a rendition of We'll Meet Again with dozens of his celebrity pals including Jon Stewart, Willie Nelson and even Big Bird. But that's not where the episode ended. No. Colbert opted to make his final exit by flying off to immortality in Santa's sleigh along with Abraham Lincoln and Alex Trebek. As a writer for Time put it, his final Colbert Report was both a sweet ending and a perfect summation of the show's spirit, smart and surreal, sly and sincere.

And we'd like to add spectacular to that list. Though this isn't the last we'll be seeing of Stephen Colbert. He's set to take over for David Letterman when he retires from the Late Show next year. Exactly when Colbert will assume his new hosting position is unclear.

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