End of Eras

The Colbert Report ended with a gigantic sing-a-long with guests from the likes of Jeff Daniels to Henry Kissinger to the Cookie Monster. Nice and self-indulgent, but the add-on with Santa Claus and Alex Trebek was silly and not really funny. Craig Ferguson ended the next day with an opening that had a bunch of people and a takeoff of the dream ending of Newhart. The latter is a bit derivative (homage?), but he did his lesser job well.