Episode
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee: February 17, 2022
Overview
Sam calls out the GOP for freaking out over non-existent crack pipes and leaning into that classic racist rhetoric: the War on Drugs. Also, we explore Earth’s most valuable (and sexy) resource: sand, and Allana Harkin heads to the Super Bowl in an attempt to unite the country.
Details
- Series
- Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
- Season
- Season 7
- Episode
- Episode 5
- Air date
- 2022-02-17
- Runtime
- 21 min
Episode context
February 17, 2022 is Episode 5 in Season 7 of Full Frontal with Samantha Bee. It aired on 2022-02-17. The runtime is 21 min.
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