Comedy Central’s “The Colbert Report” will bring its Emmy-winning blend of news and satirical comedy to the nation’s capital, taping a special episode at the George Washington University’s Lisner Auditorium on Monday, Dec. 8. Free tickets to the event, “Stephen Colbert Presents: Mr. Colbert Goes to Washington D.C. Ya Later, Legislator: Partisan is Such Sweet Sorrow: A Colbert Victory Lap, ‘014,” will be available by lottery only to GW students.

“Washington has been the Report’s second home, and I will be returning on Monday to show it the same affection the British did in 1812,” Mr. Colbert said.

To enter the ticket lottery, students should register online.

Lisner Auditorium also hosted Mr. Colbert in 2007, when the satirist discussed his life, career and book, “I Am America (And So Can You!),” with NBC’s Tim Russert.