Watch Stephen Colbert End Final Episode with an Epic Celebrity-Soaked Sing-Along

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Stephen Colbert bid farewell to “The Colbert Report” with a joyous sing-along of “We’ll Meet Again,” which saw cameos from nearly every friend of the show you could imagine, from Jon Stewart, James Franco, Samantha Power, Patrick Stewart, Bill de Blasio, George Lucas, Big Bird, and many more. The inimitable Randy Newman played piano.

It was a spectacular moment that concluded with our beloved host riding off into the night in Santa’s sleigh, a unicorned Abraham Lincoln and non-unicorned Alex Trebek in tow.

Earlier on, Colbert managed to actually cheat death by defeating the Grim Reaper in a rousing, violent game of chess. “I just killed death. I’m immortal!” Here’s to hoping there’s more to come from our favorite right-wing blowhard:

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