This Week in God

This Week in God (also known as TWiG) is a segment run periodically on The Daily Show featuring the "God Machine" and a satirical run-down of "everything God did this week."

Stephen Colbert has historically done this sketch, though occasionally it has been done by other correspondents. Due to the spin-off of The Colbert Report, the sketch was handed off to Rob Corddry. Said Colbert of the hand-off: "God has an exclusive licensing agreement with The Daily Show. We're trying to get the Devil for our show."

One of the loudest responses in terms of audience laughter during a segment of "This Week in God" occurred when Colbert missed the God Machine entirely when he tried to smack it, and then in an immediate improvisation, gazed upward and started wagging his finger, playfully telling God "I'm too fast for you, old man."

In one of the last appearances of the God Machine with Mr. Colbert, he revealed an upgraded God Machine 2.0, "Now, with chalice holder! I no longer have to search for my holy grail," from which he then took a sip before replacing the chalice in its holder and giving the God Machine its usual smack.

Incidentally, although Colbert made the God Machine famous as an icon for irreverent and sometimes seemingly dissidently provocative examination of religious issues, in his private life he is an actively practicing Roman Catholic.