Los Angeles, Sept. 20 -- Stephen Colbert brought back one of his most famous characters to stand up for his late-night colleague and friend, Jimmy Kimmel.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Colbert, on Thursday's episode of The Late Show, revived his old Comedy Central persona from The Colbert Report, the satirical political pundit.

Colbert entered the segment with his trademark greeting, "Hello, nation. Daddy's home."

The return of his iconic act was marked by the familiar bald eagle sound and the satirical bit "The Word."

The segment saw Colbert mocking what he called a "free-speech crisis," as he joked that the solution was simple: everyone should just stop talking and "certainly not aloud."

"You can have your rights just as lon...