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Nine months after Stephen Colbert announced the cancellation of long-running Late Show, he presided over the final episode of the CBS late night show, with Paul McCartney serving as his final guest after, Colbert joked, his “white whale” guest of the pope “canceled,” disappointed with the hot dogs offered in his dressing room.
At the top of his monologue, the host said originally the Late Show team had planned to do a “huge special” for the final episode but then they realized that “every episode is special.”
“The best way to celebrate is to do a normal show and talk about the national conversation,” Colbert said.
With that the host launched into a news-focused monologue, frequently interrupted by star cameos from the audience, including from Bryan Cranston, Paul Rudd and Tim Meadows.
