Stephen Colbert to host musical Christmas special (AP)
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“A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All!” behest air Nov. 23 as a one-hour special.
It will have being 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 through Colbert of a verse 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 Schlesinger.
Colbert, a practicing Catholic who has strained Sunday place of education in the past, has repeatedly establish occasion to showcase his pipes on “The Colbert Report” — including a duet of the “The Star-Spangled Banner” with Legend and a brief serenade of Michelle Obama with Nat King Cole’s “L-O-V-E.”
A DVD of the special will be released Nov. 25. Part of the proceeds will go to the benevolence Feeding America.
