Stephen Colbert’s Final Sign Off Brought Everything Back Full Circle To ‘The Daily Show’

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In what may have been a preemptive strike at The Simpsons, Stephen Colbert’s final Colbert Report sign off closed with a classic Colbert toss back to Jon Stewart, who then closed the show with a nostalgic Moment of Zen.

Did The Colbert Report standalone program even happen? Was it all just one long Daily Show remote? Some questions just don’t have answers. But the answer is yes, of course it happened, because “Stephen Colbert” is immortal and said farewell from the back of Santa’s sleigh alongside Alex Trebek after an all-star singalong to close out his final show.

And in case you missed how he gained immortality, here’s the clip from earlier in the evening. For shame anyone who speculated this great American hero would die in his final show. Death never stood a chance…

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