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Hark the Herald Heroes, Stephen Sings! It's an Original Musical Holiday Special with Stephen Colbert and Friends When 'A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All!' One-Hour Special Debuts on Sunday,...
Musical Performances By Stephen Colbert, Elvis Costello, Feist, Toby Keith, John Legend, Willie Nelson And Jon Stewart
'A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift Of All!' DVD Hits Stores On Tuesday, November 25 With A Portion Of The Proceeds Benefiting The Charity Feeding America
NEW YORK, Sept. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- A great American holiday tradition will
be born this year, joining the classics that have preceded it ... watching
Stephen Colbert's Christmas special. "A Colbert Christmas: The
Feist, Willie Nelson, Toby Keith To Perform On The Colbert Christmas Special
Something to look forward to after the election: The CC Insider has details and pictures from The Colbert Christmas Special, which will feature songs by Feist, Willie Nelson, Elvis Costello, and Toby Keith and will air November 23.
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Stephen Colbert Christmas Special: Comedy Central “A Colbert Christmas” November 23
A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All! will air November 23, featuring musical performances by John Legend, Elvis Costello, Toby Keith, Willie Nelson, and Feist, Comedy Central announced Tuesday.
The special will also wecome an appearance from Jon Stewart; the host of The Daily Show is slated to sing a duet with Colbert.
A Colbert Christmas will be released on DVD November 25, with part of the proceeds benefitting the Feeding America charity.
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Stephen Colbert Celebrates Christmas With Elvis Costello, Feist, Willie Nelson
Stephen Colbert will spend the holidays with Elvis Costello, Feist, John Legend, Willie Nelson and Toby Keith on the host’s Comedy Central special A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All!. The one-hour special, scheduled to air on November 18th, has a plot about Colbert being snowed in in an upstate New York cabin, so he and his musical friends play tunes to pass the time. All the original songs were written by Fountains of Wayne’s Adam Schlesinger and David Javerbaum, who also collaborate
Stephen Colbert To Host Musical Christmas Special
NEW YORK (AP) - O come, all ye Colbert faithful. Stephen Colbert will host his own Christmas special this year, Comedy Central announced Tuesday.
"A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All!" will air Nov. 23 as a one-hour special.
It will be a musical special featuring John Legend, Elvis Costello, Toby Keith, Willie Nelson, Feist — and "The Daily Show" host Jon Stewart, who's slated to sing a duet with Colbert of a song simply titled "Hanukkah." (The song Colbert is to sing with Nelson appears
Stephen Colbert to host musical Christmas special
AP - O come, all ye Colbert faithful.
Stephen Colbert will host his own Christmas special this year, Comedy Central announced Tuesday.
"A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All!" will air Nov. 23 as a one-hour special.
It will be a musical special featuring John Legend, Elvis Costello, Toby Keith, Willie Nelson, Feist — and "The Daily [...]
Colbert Christmas Special Coming
Like all truly patriotic Americans, we are huge fans of Comedy Central's Stephen Colbert, the only TV commentator brave enough to tell us the Truth. The only thing we love more than Colbert is America's most special holiday, Christmas, where we celebrate the birth of the Savior and get lots of video games--that's a win-win. And here's a win-win-win-win: A Colbert Christmas special is coming this year!
"A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All!" will air November 23 as a one-hour special on
Stephen Colbert to host musical Christmas special
O come, all ye Colbert faithful. Stephen Colbert will host his own Christmas special this year, Comedy Central announced Tuesday. "A Colbert Christmas: The...
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NEW YORK — O come, all ye Colbert faithful.
Stephen Colbert will host his own Christmas special this year, C
Stephen Colbert to host Christmas special
It will be a musical special featuring John Legend, Elvis Costello, Toby Keith, Willie Nelson, Feist — and “The Daily Show” host Jon Stewart, who’s slated to sing a duet with Colbert of a song simply titled “Hanukkah.” (The song Colbert is to sing with Nelson appears to be a version of “The Little Drummer Boy” — called “Little Dealer Boy.”)Most of the special’s songs have been written by “Daily Show” executive producer David Javerbaum and Fountains of Wayne’s bassist Adam Schle
Elvis Costello, Feist, Toby Keith To Join For A Colbert Xmas
Stephen Colbert's very special Christmas Special, the one for which Fountains Of Wayne's Adam Schlesinger is writing all the songs, just got a little more Special. The CC Insider (via Videogum) reports that Adam's tunes will be performed by singers of bloggable (see: Elvis Costello, Feist), excitable (see: John Legend), and jingoistic (Toby Keith) varieties. (Yes, Toby Keith, the Obama supporter.) Here's how the Xmas caroling will go:
"Another Christmas Song" - Stephen Colbert"Have I Got A Present
Why Would Stephen Colbert Host a Musical Christmas Special?
Because he can damnit! The witty host of “The Colbert Report” once again proves that he can do and say whatever the hell he wants, and undoubtedly still be cool.
“A Clobert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All!” will air on November the 23rd as a one hour musical extraviganza on Comedy Central. The “story” will be centered around Colbert snowed in in his upstate New York cabin. Guests will include John Legend, Elvis Costello, Toby Keith, Willie Nelson, Feist, and of
Colbert Putting Together Star-Studded Christmas Musical
Always a fan of incorporating music into his show, Stephen Colbert is taking it to the next level. Adam Schlesinger (Fountains of Wayne) and a Daily Show producer wrote eight songs for Colbert’s holiday musical, A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift Of All, which will air Nov. 23 and be available on DVD.
The show will feature Jon Stewart, Elvis Costello, Feist, John Legend, Willie Nelson and — the strangest selection of all — Toby Keith. Not sure how Keith ended up on this ticket. Maybe he’

















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