Episode
The Colbert Report: Russell Simmons
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- Series
- The Colbert Report
- Season
- Season 3
- Episode
- Episode 53
- Air date
- 2007-04-23
Episode context
Russell Simmons is Episode 53 in Season 3 of The Colbert Report. It aired on 2007-04-23.
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