Today's show began with a hearty rendition of "Oh, Canada."

Colbert Olympic Special Taping

If not for the group of people about 7 seconds ahead of everyone else, it was a pretty cool moment.  After the impromptu anthem, Colbert told the crowd who he planned on interviewing, called Bob Costas "bite-sized" and when asked why he wasn't talking to Wayne Gretzky, said something to the effect of, "Gretzky? Isn't he in LA now?"

Finally, the security detail consisted of a pair of park rangers and a plastic penguin diverting people away from a slippery, muddy bog in the middle of the park.  It was pretty comical, especially since the penguin worked.  There was at least a fifteen-foot radius of no people surrounding that plastic sentry.

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