On Thursday nights episode of the Colbert Report, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, and John Edwards all made surprise appearances.

The Colbert Report spent the week broadcasting from Philadelphia to cover the Pennsylvania primary (which actually matters this election season). They did a really great job, and fans of the show most definitely would like to see it happen again.

It all started like this: Stephen’s screen started to fail (rainbow bar style), and Jimmy couldn’t fix it because all of the Report’s tech guys were back in New York… Out of nowhere, Hillary Clinton pops in and offers her help. She telly Jimmy to toggle the switch of the ox[something], and what do you know — Hillary Clinton fixes the screen! She also calls some of the staff to fix Stephen’s makeup, and than walks away. Colbert praises Clinton on the fact that she’s always prepared for any situation. Before she goes, she tells Stephen to call her anytime — “even at 3:00 am.” They didn’t really have any campaign related discussion, so Hillary might have just been in it for a quick Colbert bump.

Fast forward a little bit further into the episode: Stephen Colbert begins discussing how important the white male demographic of voters is to the election. He starts off about how there used to be a candidate that embraced the values of and represented that demographic, but he is long gone from the election. He’s talking about John Edwards. All the sudden, Edwards pops up from back stage, and begins about how he is the most sought after white-male voter by each of the active Democratic Presidential campaigns. He starts off with a segment called Ed-Words, like Colbert’s popular “The Word” segment, but with John Edwards as a host. He goes on about how the Clinton and Obama campaigns are courting him in for an endorsement, and how he’s not ready to commit. He is also apparently very fond of Jet-skis.

At the end of the show, just as Colbert is about to wrap up, Barack Obama’s head pops up on screen (he comes on via a video feed from outside the studio). After all, he’s not one to miss out on all the action. Together, they change The Colbert Report’s ‘Watch List’ to include distractions by the media towards irrelevant and silly situations such as Obama’s lapel pin ordeal.

Well, The Colbert Report did a fantastic job with their Doritos Presidential campaign coverage, and they ended the week in style with a politician-studded episode.

Also, be sure to vote for Stephen Colbert as the most influential person of 2008 at Time.com. This is proof of his growing influence in politics and entertainment.

[NOTE: Videos are now available.]

UPDATE: The videos are now available online [via Comedy Central]! Here they are:

Clinton:

Edwards:

Obama:

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