Will Leitch for Bloomberg:
We’ve been watching a magic balancing act, an actor playing a part on the fly every night, for nine years. Colbert says he’s retiring the character after this week: Now we get to see the real guy.
As much as I’ll miss the character Stephen Colbert, I’m looking to foward seeing what he does on The Late Show.
That said, this is still my all-time favorite Colbert appearance: