Here’s hoping that when Stephen Colbert leaves Comedy Central for CBS next year, he doesn’t leave behind his bookish allusions. Last night, in a bit mocking the latest CNN coverage of the missing Malaysia Airlines plane, he quoted a familiar line from Macbeth, then upped the literary ante by noting the impending report from correspondent Godot.

He even pronounced the correspondent’s name in the original manner. If there is a more apt way to highlight the absurdity of CNN’s latest round of reports, I can’t think of it.