The complete listing of ‘The Colbert Report’ episodes aired during the month of April, 2008.
Episode 4041: Tuesday, April 1, 2008 – Van Jones
Featured: Brent Glass (Director of the Smithsonian’s National Treasure Exhibit)
Intro – 4/1/08 | Portrait Update | The Word – Pick Sicks | Bears & Balls – Rat Rakes | Van Jones (Environmentalist – Green-Collar Jobs Campaign) | Portrait Displayed
Episode 4042: Wednesday, April 2, 2008 – R.E.M.
Intro – 4/2/08 | Stephen Wins a Peabody | ThreatDown – Nipples | R.E.M. (Album – “Accelerate”) | R.E.M. – “Supernatural Superserious”
Episode 4043: Thursday, April 3, 2008 – Clay Shirky
Special Guest(s): Jason Baker – “You Are the Best”
Intro – 4/3/08 | Peabody Credit | The Word – Let The Games Begin | Tek Jansen – Beginning’s First Dawn: Episode Two | Clay Shirky (Author – “Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations”) | Tek Jansen – You Are the Best
Episode 4044: Monday, April 7, 2008 – Jesse Ventura | Trevor Paglen
Intro – 4/7/08 | R.I.P. Charlton Heston | Trevor Paglen (Author – “I Could Tell You But Then You Would Have to Be Destroyed by Me: Emblems from the Pentagon’s Black World”) | Democralypse Now – 3am | Jesse Ventura (Author – “Don’t Start the Revolution Without Me!”)
Episode 4045: Tuesday, April 8, 2008 – Madeleine Albright
Intro – 4/8/08 | Pope Coming to NYC | Children’s Drawings | Wilford Brimley Calls – Donation | Madeleine Albright (Former Secretary of State)
Episode 4046: Wednesday, April 9, 2008 – Jeff Gore
Intro – 4/9/08 | Olympic Torch | The Word – Starter Country | Cheating Death – Sexual Health | Jeff Gore (Founder – Citizens for Retiring the Penny)
Episode 4047: Thursday, April 10, 2008 – Robin Wright
Intro – 4/10/08 | Petraeus Hearings | More Drawings from Kids | The Word – Black and White | Tip/Wag – Rain | Robin Wright (Author – “The Future of the Middle East”)
“The Colbert Report: Doritos Spicy Sweet Pennsylvania Primary Coverage from Chili-Delphia — The City of Brotherly Crunch.”
Episode 4048: Monday, April 14, 2008 – Chris Matthews | Michael Nutter
Special Guest(s): John Legend
Cameo: Ralph Archbold (as Benjamin Franklin)
Intro — 4/14/08 | From Philadelphia | Pennsylvania Primary History | Michael Nutter (Mayor of Philadelphia) | Chris Matthews (Host – “The Chris Matthews Show”)
Episode 4049: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 – Michelle Obama
Special Guest(s): The Roots – “Star Spangled Banner”
Cameo: Ralph Archbold (as Benjamin Franklin)
Intro – 4/15/08 | Nice Roomba | The Word – Tradition | Independence Park | Michelle Obama
Episode 4050: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 – Ed Rendell
Special Guest(s): Philadelphia Eagles Cheerleaders
Cameo: Ralph Archbold (as Benjamin Franklin)
Intro – 4/16/08 | Jackie O. Amendment | Democralypse Now – The Boss | National Constitution Center | Ed Rendell (Governor of Pennsylvania) | Benjamin Franklin’s News
Episode 4051: Thursday, April 17, 2008 – Patrick Murphy
Special Guest(s): Hillary Clinton | John Edwards | Barack Obama (Democratic Presidential Nominees)
Cameo: Ralph Archbold (as Benjamin Franklin)
Benjamin Franklin’s Latest Invention | Hillary Clinton Takes on Technical Difficulties | Clinton vs. Obama Philadelphia Debate Review | Patrick Murphy (Congressman) | The Ed Words – Valued Voter | On Notice – Barack Obama Against Distractions
Episode 4052: Monday, April 21, 2008 – Bernie Sanders | Father James Martin
Staff Cameo: Eric Drysdale (as Bobby the Stage Manager)
Intro – 4/21/08 | Philly Loves Colbert Nation | Global Food Shortage | Father James Martin | Bernie Sanders (Senator from Vermont) | Farewell to Bobby
Episode 4053: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 – Susan Jacoby | Joe Sestak
Exclusive: Better Know a District – Pennsylvania’s 7th – Joe Sestak
Intro – 4/22/08 | Earth Is Awesome | Obama Copycattery | Indecision Cheesesteaks | Better Know a District – Pennsylvania’s 7th – Joe Sestak | Susan Jacoby (Author – “The Age of American Unreason”)
Episode 4054: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 – Mitch Albom
Intro – 4/23/08 | Rain Rivalry Challenge | The Word – Iraq the Vote | Colbert Platinum – Cat-Pooped Coffee | Mitch Albom (Author – “For One More Day”) | The Lost O’Reilly Tapes Pt. 1
Episode 4055: Thursday, April 24, 2008 – Maria Shriver
Intro – 4/24/08 | Petraeus’ Promotion | ThreatDown – Juicing Bulls | Difference Makers – BumBot | Maria Shriver (First Lady of California and Author – “Just Who Will You Be?: Big Question, Little Book, Answer Within”)
Episode 4056: Monday, April 28, 2008 – Feist
Intro – 4/28/08 | Miley Cyrus Photo Shoot | Electability | The Word – Kernel of Truth | Sport Report – Timbersports | Feist (Album – “The Reminder”) | Feist – “I Feel It All”
Episode 4057: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 – Anne Lamott
Intro – 4/29/08 | Obama Breaks With Wright | McCain’s Superstitions | The Word – Separation of Church & Plate | Tip/Wag – Barbie | Anne Lamott (Author – “Grace (Eventually): Thoughts on Faith”)
Episode 4058: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 – Noah Feldman | Donna Brazile | Madeleine Bordallo
Intro – 4/30/08 | Salinger Watch | Donna Brazile on the Democratic Campaign | Better Know a Protectorate – Guam – Madeleine Bordallo Update | Noah Feldman (Author – “The Fall and the Rise of the Islamic State”)
April 2008
The complete listing of ‘The Colbert Report’ episodes aired during the month of April, 2008.
Episode 4041: Tuesday, April 1, 2008 – Van Jones
Featured: Brent Glass (Director of the Smithsonian’s National Treasure Exhibit)
Intro – 4/1/08 | Portrait Update | The Word – Pick Sicks | Bears & Balls – Rat Rakes | Van Jones (Environmentalist – Green-Collar Jobs Campaign) | Portrait Displayed
Episode 4042: Wednesday, April 2, 2008 – R.E.M.
Intro – 4/2/08 | Stephen Wins a Peabody | ThreatDown – Nipples | R.E.M. (Album – “Accelerate”) | R.E.M. – “Supernatural Superserious”
Episode 4043: Thursday, April 3, 2008 – Clay Shirky
Special Guest(s): Jason Baker – “You Are the Best”
Intro – 4/3/08 | Peabody Credit | The Word – Let The Games Begin | Tek Jansen – Beginning’s First Dawn: Episode Two | Clay Shirky (Author – “Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations”) | Tek Jansen – You Are the Best
Episode 4044: Monday, April 7, 2008 – Jesse Ventura | Trevor Paglen
Intro – 4/7/08 | R.I.P. Charlton Heston | Trevor Paglen (Author – “I Could Tell You But Then You Would Have to Be Destroyed by Me: Emblems from the Pentagon’s Black World”) | Democralypse Now – 3am | Jesse Ventura (Author – “Don’t Start the Revolution Without Me!”)
Episode 4045: Tuesday, April 8, 2008 – Madeleine Albright
Intro – 4/8/08 | Pope Coming to NYC | Children’s Drawings | Wilford Brimley Calls – Donation | Madeleine Albright (Former Secretary of State)
Episode 4046: Wednesday, April 9, 2008 – Jeff Gore
Intro – 4/9/08 | Olympic Torch | The Word – Starter Country | Cheating Death – Sexual Health | Jeff Gore (Founder – Citizens for Retiring the Penny)
Episode 4047: Thursday, April 10, 2008 – Robin Wright
Intro – 4/10/08 | Petraeus Hearings | More Drawings from Kids | The Word – Black and White | Tip/Wag – Rain | Robin Wright (Author – “The Future of the Middle East”)
“The Colbert Report: Doritos Spicy Sweet Pennsylvania Primary Coverage from Chili-Delphia — The City of Brotherly Crunch.”
Episode 4048: Monday, April 14, 2008 – Chris Matthews | Michael Nutter
Special Guest(s): John Legend
Cameo: Ralph Archbold (as Benjamin Franklin)
Intro — 4/14/08 | From Philadelphia | Pennsylvania Primary History | Michael Nutter (Mayor of Philadelphia) | Chris Matthews (Host – “The Chris Matthews Show”)
Episode 4049: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 – Michelle Obama
Special Guest(s): The Roots – “Star Spangled Banner”
Cameo: Ralph Archbold (as Benjamin Franklin)
Intro – 4/15/08 | Nice Roomba | The Word – Tradition | Independence Park | Michelle Obama
Episode 4050: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 – Ed Rendell
Special Guest(s): Philadelphia Eagles Cheerleaders
Cameo: Ralph Archbold (as Benjamin Franklin)
Intro – 4/16/08 | Jackie O. Amendment | Democralypse Now – The Boss | National Constitution Center | Ed Rendell (Governor of Pennsylvania) | Benjamin Franklin’s News
Episode 4051: Thursday, April 17, 2008 – Patrick Murphy
Special Guest(s): Hillary Clinton | John Edwards | Barack Obama (Democratic Presidential Nominees)
Cameo: Ralph Archbold (as Benjamin Franklin)
Benjamin Franklin’s Latest Invention | Hillary Clinton Takes on Technical Difficulties | Clinton vs. Obama Philadelphia Debate Review | Patrick Murphy (Congressman) | The Ed Words – Valued Voter | On Notice – Barack Obama Against Distractions
Episode 4052: Monday, April 21, 2008 – Bernie Sanders | Father James Martin
Staff Cameo: Eric Drysdale (as Bobby the Stage Manager)
Intro – 4/21/08 | Philly Loves Colbert Nation | Global Food Shortage | Father James Martin | Bernie Sanders (Senator from Vermont) | Farewell to Bobby
Episode 4053: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 – Susan Jacoby | Joe Sestak
Exclusive: Better Know a District – Pennsylvania’s 7th – Joe Sestak
Intro – 4/22/08 | Earth Is Awesome | Obama Copycattery | Indecision Cheesesteaks | Better Know a District – Pennsylvania’s 7th – Joe Sestak | Susan Jacoby (Author – “The Age of American Unreason”)
Episode 4054: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 – Mitch Albom
Intro – 4/23/08 | Rain Rivalry Challenge | The Word – Iraq the Vote | Colbert Platinum – Cat-Pooped Coffee | Mitch Albom (Author – “For One More Day”) | The Lost O’Reilly Tapes Pt. 1
Episode 4055: Thursday, April 24, 2008 – Maria Shriver
Intro – 4/24/08 | Petraeus’ Promotion | ThreatDown – Juicing Bulls | Difference Makers – BumBot | Maria Shriver (First Lady of California and Author – “Just Who Will You Be?: Big Question, Little Book, Answer Within”)
Episode 4056: Monday, April 28, 2008 – Feist
Intro – 4/28/08 | Miley Cyrus Photo Shoot | Electability | The Word – Kernel of Truth | Sport Report – Timbersports | Feist (Album – “The Reminder”) | Feist – “I Feel It All”
Episode 4057: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 – Anne Lamott
Intro – 4/29/08 | Obama Breaks With Wright | McCain’s Superstitions | The Word – Separation of Church & Plate | Tip/Wag – Barbie | Anne Lamott (Author – “Grace (Eventually): Thoughts on Faith”)
Episode 4058: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 – Noah Feldman | Donna Brazile | Madeleine Bordallo
Intro – 4/30/08 | Salinger Watch | Donna Brazile on the Democratic Campaign | Better Know a Protectorate – Guam – Madeleine Bordallo Update | Noah Feldman (Author – “The Fall and the Rise of the Islamic State”)