mr. colbert. >> stephen: hey, brendan, now was the big game? >> not so good, mr. colbert, i kind of ran out of energy. >> stephen: sounds like you need to drink some more sunny d. (laughter) sunny d is packed with vitamins and minerals and the bold intense taste kids just love. >> radical! >> stephen: hey, you know who else drinks sunny d? new jersey governor chris christie. isn't that right, chris? >> everyday i hope you can see how much i love being the governor of the state where i was born and raised. (laughter) >> i love you, mr. colbert. >> stephen: i know. (cheers and applause) so hats off to mr. tom emmer for showing us a brand new way to cross-promote candidates and products. thanks to this ad, i will forever associate your campaign with things that need major renovation. (laughter) we'll be right back. (cheers and applause) (cheers and applause). >> stephen: welcome back, everybody. my guest tonight is tom hanks. please welcome tom hanks! (cheers and applause) hey, tom! good to see you again, thanks for coming back. always nice to have you in the house. >

mr. colbert. and there at the other end was-- and stephen won.cheers and applause) >> you cheer. >> yes, they do cheer. >> you cheer but do think of the implication. between the ages of 13 and 17 he probably didn't know he had a penis. you were just locked in a tragic world of walking trees. >> no, no, i had one, i had a golden ring on it. (laughter) >> very good. >> and i never wanted to put it down. now okay, as i said before, you're an actor, screenwriter, best selling author, playwright, activist, you're a poor man's james franco. >> but i know my limbs. >> thank you so much for being here, and thank you for being so very english right now. >> yes. i am rather, not deliberately. tweed. >> nothing matches, it's perfect. now you're in 12th night right now on broadway. >> that's right. >> and you are playing the character of malvolio. >> yes. >> stephen: he's the hero of that play, isn't he. >> of course he is, absolutely. >> stephen: because he is the fundamentalist christian who is telling everyone to stop having fun. >> exactly right. he burs

mr. colbert might be having the most prominent friendship and catholicism today. st month, cardinal dolan made his debut on the colbert report. colbert declared himself america's most famous catholic. he said i know what the cardinal is thinking, stephen, pride is a sin. we are even. this is a 1500 a plate dinner. here are some of his jokes on mayor michael bloomberg. tiny, tiny man. drown in ad he might 16 ounce cup. new york city is the only place in the world where the lesbian canada is too conservative. raymond kelly, are you here alone or did you bring the whole biker gang? those are some of the jokes that he told at the dinner last night. dj is in wisconsin, republican line. listened to the last caller talking about the wars and the debt. that burned me up. problemspeople to 60 and when everyone -- to fix the problems. when everyone elected obama, he --e in doing what he wanted bring the deficit down, bring the debt down. get our finances in order, mr. president. put us on the right track. that is why he was elected. he comes in here doing what he wants and h

mr. louis. >> good morning. let's start with stephen colbert who's found the one congressman who has a little different perspective of the u.s. defaulting on its debt. >> defaulting on our debts could -- just could -- be beneficial. according to florida congressman ted yoho who i believe represents the pirates of the caribbean ride. jim? >> congressman ted yoho, republican of florida, says that by refusing to raise this so-called debt limit, congress would have the reverse effect of bringing stability to world markets. >> yes, a government default could bring stability to world markets. just like if it you cut off both your legs, it brings stability to your torso. because it lowers your center of gravity. >> now, jimmy fallon fans are used to seeing the late-night host perform with his guests. and last night he and miley cyrus showed off a version of her hit "we can't stop" with a little help from the roots. ♪ it's our party we can do what we want ♪ ♪ it's our party we can say what we want ♪ ♪ it's our party we can love who we want ♪ ♪ we can kiss who we want ♪ we can say what we want ♪ go miley ♪ sweaty bodies ev

mr. crabs can save a nickel by letting sponge bob go. we hear sponge bob makes out just fine. so you can be relieved. to the late nights, where big changes at mcdonald's has stephen colbertget of mcnews. supersized my anger and made me grimace. >> america's favorite fast food joint says between by to its dollar menu. >> mcdonald's dollar menu is getting a new name, dollar menu and more. it will include everything on the current dollar menu along with pricier items like a 20 piece mcnuggets for 5 bucks. >> dollar menu and more, or what other restaurants call, the menu. and it's all due to climate change. melting ice caps and florida getting swallowed up by rising seas is one thing. but from when the mcdouble goes from $1 to $1.12, the [ bleep ] just got real. >> all right. we're getting our first look at what happened when scandals start. kerry washington will host "saturday night live" this week and it's promising to be naturally scandalous. >> hi, i'm kerry washington and i'm hosting with eminem. >> it will be a great show. >> no, a wonderful show. >> i don't follow the rules. ooh, scandal. >> now you're talking about my show. >> no, i'm talking about your body. >> ooh,