Colbert Searches For Shared Bathroom Key On Letterman's Set, Runs Into Katie Couric (VIDEO)

If you caught either "The Late Show" or "The Colbert Report" Wednesday night, you might have gotten to witness a true late-night TV crossover.

While Stephen Colbert was covering the tornadoes in Alabama and encouraging his nation to donate to the cause, all the talk of broken levees and gushing water made him have to go to the bathroom. He then revealed that he actually has to share a bathroom with other employees who work under Viacom Inc., including those at CBS.

Finding himself without the key, Colbert ditched his audience to venture over to David Letterman, the last person he remembered having it. As you can see in both Colbert's adventure below and Letterman's opening segment below that, Colbert runs right through Letterman's set during his monologue and rummages through his desk looking for the key.

Watch both shows' segments below, and make sure to catch the end of Colbert's where he finally gets into the loo, only to find Katie Couric already using it.

WATCH: Colbert's search for the bathroom key

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Comments

[nitwitsRus]

05:36 PM on 05/10/2011

i always thought i gotts along ok with Catholics?

[repugnicansfearme]

04:18 PM on 05/06/2011

The show is s l i p p i n g.........

[Json]

02:12 PM on 05/06/2011

A question for all the HUGE Colbert fans out there...

The whole setup for the joke with the "broken levees and rushing water", was that taken from Wigfield?
I saw the show and the words seemed very similar. I couldn't tell if he was making a deliberate reference to it (like stewart does with smoochy or half-baked) or if it was coincidental.

Any thoughts?

[MadMoll]

07:29 PM on 05/06/2011

Knowing how Colbert likes "Call Backs" quite possible that is a WIGFIELD reference.

[Anabelle Whitepaws]

12:36 PM on 05/06/2011

taheeheehee... that was cute.
stephen colbert wonderful.

[jettymichael]

07:58 AM on 05/06/2011

Ohh liberals with their st00piid acts.

[artist-53]

09:07 AM on 05/12/2011

Ohh Conservatives with their st00piid acts of treason

[manualfordemocracy]

01:43 AM on 05/06/2011

AWESOME BIT but Comedy Central screwed it up though, it was supposed to happen on Letterman and Colbert simultaneously... Letterman's broadcast waited until 11:40 EST but even though Colbert looked at his watch and said it was 11:40, it was actually 11:36.

I saw Colbert walk onto Letterman's set at 11:37 to about 11:40 on Comedy Central then I switched over to Letterman and at 11:40 Colbert walked onto the set on CBS.

It would have been masterful if Comedy Central could have timed it correctly.

(Both shows are filmed in the afternoon and broadcast later in the evening for those of you that don't know)

[tracht47]

11:12 PM on 05/05/2011

That was a funny bit. Completely unexpected. Don't worry Stephen, I'm sure that Scott Pelley will let you share a bathroom.

[Onertwo19]

10:12 PM on 05/05/2011

Katie Couric is HOT!!

[Amadahy]

06:00 PM on 05/06/2011

She is. Had I walked in on her like that, I would've shut the door behind me. LOL

[BayArea24]

09:41 PM on 05/05/2011

I get it. Bathroom humor!

[dwill123]

09:15 PM on 05/05/2011

Dag Katie that was fast. My how fast the once mighty have fallen to such depths.

[gx5000]

09:41 PM on 05/05/2011

Huh ? It was a fantastic bit and she was such a good sport for answering the call when Colbert asked her to give us a chuckle, what are you talking about ya negative nancy ? He's gotten so many to do bits on his show, it's not exactly a sign of being a has been.....

[swabby01]

10:18 PM on 05/05/2011

i love her. she has a great sense of humor and is a good sport.

[RichInSeattle]

12:07 AM on 05/06/2011

Huh?!?

[MichaelMcKLA]

07:42 PM on 05/05/2011

That was funny...but the background over Colbert's shoulder in the bathroom doorway doesn't match his set. Oh well. :)

[johnmorgan]

02:16 AM on 05/08/2011

Very observant.

[provgrays1]

07:20 PM on 05/05/2011

Katie can't get off her anchor chair throne fast enough.

[shylove2]

07:11 PM on 05/05/2011

sure might as well there are product placements everywhere these days and programs are commercials for themselves mostly and like with covert cia operatives sometimes it is more a matter of double crossovers... so it is fitting in a way...

[BadBadKitty]

07:10 PM on 05/05/2011

When I saw that skit, all I could think was "Why didn't Katie take off her jacket before she started brushing her teeth..."

I am turning into my Mom!!!

[imusintheevening]

07:05 PM on 05/05/2011

it was a very clever skit