While a lot of the show was indeed hilarious -- mostly due to Colbert's dancing -- and I'm really not interested in tearing down such a well-meaning and perfectly likable effort, I still have to wonder: why did virtually no one from this decade participate in it? I mean other than Daily Show staffers, Stephen Colbert himself and the guys from Mythbusters. The O'Jays? Yusuf Islam? Kareem Abdul-Jabbar? Ozzy? R2-D2? Tony Bennett closing the show? Father Guido Sarducci, for crissakes? The Roots are awesome, but not even ?uestlove is cool enough to balance out all that antiquation. Where were the current artists, celebrities, comedians and politicians? For something that generated so much media coverage beforehand, the absence of anybody relevant (other than the hosts) made it kind of feel like no one cared much about it -- at least not enough to get on a plane for it.

But other than that weirdness, the show was truly a delight. Stewart can't sing, and is adorable about it. Stephen Colbert is the ultimate showman and worked his shtick as exceptionally as he always does, even if he was aided by a comically oversized puppet. People's crowd signs were humorous. The media-eviscerating clip packages were brilliant. Even when the show stumbled, as it did every few minutes, to be honest, it was too good-natured and optimistic to really fault. And Stewart's speech at the end preached to the choir, sure, but I can't really criticize someone simply for getting onstage and eloquently making sense. Nice job, guys. It ain't going to change anything, but it was a lovely day. And it made me crave Reese's peanut butter cups like whoa, so even better job on that on-screen branding.

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