--- title: Stephen Colbert Hosts Version of Westminster Dog Show: Video description: With dogs belonging to his staffers canonical: https://time.com/4228902/westminster-dog-show-late-night-stephen-colbert/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-02-18T16:08:17.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:30:12.752Z og:title: Watch Stephen Colbert Host His Own Westminster Dog Show og:description: Starring a "long-tongued mostly pug" og:url: https://time.com/4228902/westminster-dog-show-late-night-stephen-colbert/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Stephen Colbert Host His Own Westminster Dog Show twitter:description: Starring a "long-tongued mostly pug" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch Stephen Colbert Host His Own Version of the Westminster Dog Show by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Feb 18, 2016 4:08 PM UTC by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Feb 18, 2016 4:08 PM UTC On Tuesday, a German Shorthaired Pointer called CJ [was named](http://time.com/4226990/westminster-dog-show-best-cj-german-pointer-pets-dogs-dog/) Best In Show at the prestigious Westminster Dog Show. The next day, [Stephen Colbert](http://time.com/4227244/stephen-colbert-kanye-west-late-show-taylor-swift-grammys/) decided to host his own version of Westminster on _The Late Show_, because he really loves the event. (“It’s like the [Grammys](http://time.com/4224932/grammys-2016-winners-list-nominees/), but with dogs, and less public urination.”) Colbert explained that his office allows staffers to bring their dogs to work, so he invited two of his employees and their pups to compete. First up was Riley, whose breed class was described as “none of the above.” Her greatest strength is that she’ll put anything in her mouth. Her weaknesses include her matted hair and frequent gassiness. Next up is the glorious Dexter, described as “a long-tongued mostly pug.” He’ll be 15 in April, making him 105 in human years. In the end, Colbert awards Dexter “Best in Tongue” and awards Riley “Most In My Office After Paul Has Left, Evidently Forgetting He Has a Dog.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4228902/westminster-dog-show-late-night-stephen-colbert/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4228902/westminster-dog-show-late-night-stephen-colbert/"},"headline":"Watch Stephen Colbert Host His Own Version of the Westminster Dog Show","datePublished":"2016-02-18T16:08:17.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:30:12.752Z","description":"Starring a \"long-tongued mostly pug\"","url":"https://time.com/4228902/westminster-dog-show-late-night-stephen-colbert/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","animals"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4228902/westminster-dog-show-late-night-stephen-colbert/","name":"Watch Stephen Colbert Host His Own Version of the Westminster Dog Show"}}]}] ```