We’ll Never Meet Colbert’s Like Again—Or Probably, We Will

Somewhere out in this vast Internet terrain, someone with a quick-trigger-finger DVR and the freedom to show up at work today around noon is going to put together the definitive list of celebrities (and journo non-celebrities) who appeared with Stephen Colbert to sing “We’ll Meet Again” with him on his final episode of “The Colbert Report” last night. Every final episode of a talk show has celebrity cameos, of course, but the last “Colbert Report” was remarkable for just how many it fit in. Pretty much everyone you know, or have ever met, even at the grocery story one time, was there for a split second: I was watching the show from Georgia, and I still kind of think I saw myself on there.

It’s the sort of random “Where’s Waldo?” convocation that you can watch a dozen times and still catch people you missed the first go-around. Sure, you can’t miss Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, or Big Bird, or Samantha Power (with some impressive dance moves!). But each scan through the crowd surprised more. Wait, is that Eliot Spitzer? Jeffrey Toobin! A clearly uncomfortable Paul Krugman!