Unless you're at home mainlining Benefiber, you probably aren't too upset that the Winter Olympics are drawing to a close this weekend. But you should still take a moment to honor Stephen Colbert's entertaining Olympic coverage, even if it was mostly taped inside his New York studio this week. Still, Bob Costas can't say that he played fondue pong, psychologically assisted Olympians to gold or smuggled a storage-size Ziploc bag with low-cost Canadian prescription meds across country lines. After the jump, catch up on Colbert's last night of Olympic coverage and the other late night highlights you missed while sleeping off that TMI-bender on Oprah.
5. What's Wrong with This Seann William Scott Interview?
And it's not the intentional awkward pause that concludes the segment. Or maybe there is nothing wrong with the gratuitous use of the word "dude" and the erratic energy bursts that pick up around the 3:00 mark. Maybe it just has to do with the dramatic difference between the Cop Out actor and Ferguson's glorious Tuesday night guest Stephen Fry, who aided the Late Late Show's experiment in audienceless format.
4. Chelsea Celebrates Her Birthday
With Letterman, Fallon, Lopez and Leno dark this week, Handler was left to provide most of the current-event-themed rants for late night viewers, even if last night's current event was just her birthday.
3. A Morgan Freeman Guide to the Olympics
Even Craig Ferguson got in on the tail-end of the Olympic excitement with this pre-taped sketch about bears, hockey and a Freeman (imposter) voice-over.
2. Gary Busey's Bedtime Stories
In honor of Gary Busey's new son, Jimmy Kimmel Live pieced together a bedtime story for the child from tabloid shows just in case anything tragic happens to the the 65-year-old actor.
1. Cheer Up, Canada
The hosting city may not have performed as well as it wanted but Stephen Colbert was there to make Vancouver feel like Saskatchewinners.
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