The Colbert Report
Andrew Sullivan, Richard Freeman
TV Flash files “Andrew Sullivan, Richard Freeman” as a desk essential hour — The Colbert Report (2005–2014) on Comedy Central, season 2008, episode 1, aired 2008-01-07, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S2008E01: listed hour 332 of 1447 in the The Colbert Report guide, first listed hour of season 2008. It aired 2008-01-07 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Walter Kirn” (S2007E138). Next is “Chris Beam, Gary Rosen” (S2008E02). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Essential hour: “Andrew Sullivan, Richard Freeman”. Andrew Sullivan, Richard Freeman opens an election year on the Report: pundit mask as civic sport, the desk now a second Daily Show time zone.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Stephen tells Richard Freeman that capitalists are the chickens and workers are the eggs that we have the right to scramble.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Andrew Sullivan, Richard Freeman sit in the The Colbert Report guide?
S2008E01 is listed hour 332 of 1447 — first listed hour of season 2008, season 2008 episode 1.
When did The Colbert Report S2008E01 air?
Andrew Sullivan, Richard Freeman aired 2008-01-07 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Do I need Stewart's Daily Show first?
Helpful context: it spun off in 2005. The Report is its own character-host satire — Colbert playing a pundit until the mask made news.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Stephen Colbert plays a billowing cable pundit until the mask starts making real news. The Colbert Report coined truthiness, ran Super PAC stunts as performance art, and spun off from Stewart into Emmy-winning character satire that took the bluster more seriously than the bluster did.
Comedy Central spun a correspondent into a full-time pundit mask in 2005 and watched the character leak into real campaigns. The Colbert Report, Stephen Colbert with Ben Karlin and Jon Stewart among the architects, ran through 2014 and ended when Colbert moved to network late night. Right-wing blowhard as performance art. Truthiness as Merriam-Webster's Word of the Year 2006 — **a dictionary metric, not a vibe.** Super PAC stunts as performance art. The mask making actual news. Ten seasons, 1,447 episodes.…
Filed against
- Stephen Colbert as Stephen Colbert
Stephen Colbert farmed correspondent heat on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart — fake newscast as civic classroom, Crossfire-takedown legend — then played a billowing cable pundit on The Colbert Report until the mask made real news.…