Going Out In Style

It's a fun watch!

Stephen Colbert concluded his final show with a star-studded rendition of "We'll Meet Again."  It begins with Stephen joined by Jon Stewart, with Randy Newman at the piano.  Then everybody and his brother show up, and by the end there are maybe 100-plus people on the stage singing along.  How many do you know?



I was able to identify the following, more or less in order of appearance, but I know I missed a bunch:

1. Willie Nelson, musician
2. Doris Kearns Goodwin, historian/author
3. Bryan Cranston, actor
4. Dr. Francis Collins, NIH Director
5. Tom Brokaw, TV newsman/author
6. Mandy Patinkin, actor/singer
7. Yo Yo Ma, cellist
8. Neil Degrasse Tyson, physicist/author
9. Sam Waterston, actor
10. Jeff Daniels, actor
11. Cyndi Lauper, musician
12. Big Bird
13. Keith Olbermann, TV commentator/sportscaster
14. Andrew Sullivan, author
15. Katie Couric, TV journalist
16. Ken Burns, film maker
17. Ric Ocasek, musician
18. Gloria Steinem, founder of NOW and Ms magazine
19. Charlie Rose, TV journalist/interviewer
20. Samantha Power, U.N. Ambassador
21. Michael Stipe, musician
22. James Franco, actor
23. Toby Keith, musician
24. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, NBA Hall of Famer
25. Andrew Young, civil rights leader/politician
26. Gen. Ray Odierno, U.S. Army Chief of Staff
27. Barry Manilow, musician
28. Bill DeBlasio, New York City mayor
29. David Gregory, TV reporter/commentator
30. Jeff Tweedy, musician
31. Christiane Amenpour, TV journalist
32. Patrick Stewart, actor
33. Andy Cohen, TV host
34. Cookie Monster
35. Stone Phillips, TV reporter
36. Peter Frampton, musician
37. Ariana Huffington, publisher
38. Alan Aldo, actor
39. Cory Booker, U.S. Senator
40. George Lucas, film maker
41. Alexei Lalas, soccer analyst
42. Jon Batiste, band leader/musician
43. Elijah Wood, actor
44. Henry Kissinger, former U.S. Secretary of State
45. Mike Huckabee, politician
46. Bob Costas, sportscaster
47. Tim Meadows, actor/comedian
48. Pussy Riot, musicians
49. Bill Clinton, former U.S. President
50. J.J. Abrams, film/TV director/producer
51. Smaug the Dragon
52. Lesley Stahl, TV journalist
53. Claire McCaskill, U.S. Senator
54. Terry Gross, NPR radio host
55. Matt Taibbi, author/journalist
56. Eliot Spitzer, former New York Gov.
57. Nate Silver, statistician/election analyst
58. Eleanor Holmes Norton, U.S. Congresswoman
59. Grover Norquist, anti-tax political activist
60. Dan Savage, gay rights activist/author
61. Thomas Friedman, columnist/author
62. Paul Krugman, economist/columnist/author
63. Mark Cuban, Dallas Mavericks owner
64. Jeffrey Toobin, TV commentator/legal analyst
65. Richard Clarke, national security expert/author

(Feel free to add to the list by leaving a comment.)