Stephen Colbert Brings Back Conservative Alter Ego to Bid Farewell to Obama, Usher in Trump (Video)
The real Stephen Colbert struggled to find a way to talk about the “scope of Barack Obama’s legacy” on Thursday night, hours before Donald Trump’s inauguration — so he turned to an old friend to help him out. Claiming to be reporting in by satellite to CBS’s “Late Show” from his cabin getaway in the “Mountains of Justice” (which he shares with Jon Stewart), the Comedy Central Colbert suddenly and miraculously appeared in the studio — armed with a Captain America-style shield, and a sword.

