The Colbert Report
Katherine Reutter, Snoop Dogg
TV Flash files “Katherine Reutter, Snoop Dogg” as hour 650 of 1447 in the TV Flash guide — The Colbert Report (2005–2014) on Comedy Central, season 2009, episode 159, aired 2009-12-14, 30 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S2009E159: listed hour 650 of 1447 in the The Colbert Report guide, hour 159 of 161 in season 2009. It aired 2009-12-14 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Lara Logan” (S2009E158). Next is “Alicia Keys” (S2009E160). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
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Katherine Reutter wants Stephen to autograph her thigh so she can skate faster. Snoop Dogg works on his acting skills by reading a soap opera script with Stephen.
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Where does Katherine Reutter, Snoop Dogg sit in the The Colbert Report guide?
S2009E159 is listed hour 650 of 1447 — hour 159 of 161 in season 2009, season 2009 episode 159.
When did The Colbert Report S2009E159 air?
Katherine Reutter, Snoop Dogg aired 2009-12-14 and is listed at 30 minutes.
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Helpful context: it spun off in 2005. The Report is its own character-host satire — Colbert playing a pundit until the mask made news.
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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.…
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- 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.…