The complete listing of ‘The Colbert Report’ episodes aired during the month of December, 2008.
Episode 4153: Monday, December 1, 2008 – Roland Flyer | Khaled Hosseini
Intro – 12/1/08 | Operation Humble Kanye | War in Afghanistan | Khaled Hosseini (Author – “A Thousand Splendid Suns”) | Tip/Wag – All Wag Christmas Edition | Roland Fryer (Professor of Economics, Harvard University and Opportunity NYC Project) | Good Night
Episode 4154: Tuesday, December 2, 2008 – Jeffrey Goldberg
Intro – 12/2/08 | Operation Humble Kanye – Buy Stephen’s Album | The Word – A Man Named Plaxico | Colbert Platinum – Christmas Edition | Jeffrey Goldberg (Staff Writer – “The Atlantic Monthly”) | Buy Stephen’s Boots on eBay
Episode 4155: Wednesday, December 3, 2008 – Barbara Walters
Intro – 12/3/08 | NASA Spider Escapes | The Word – Barack-Handed Compliment | Nailed ‘Em – Radical Knitting | Barbara Walters (Co-Host – “The View”) | The End, Not the Beginning
Episode 4156: Thursday, December 4, 2008 – Nicholas Wade | Bob Graham
Intro – 12/4/08 | Operation Humble Kanye – Stephen Beats Kanye | Pakistani Threat – Bob Graham (Former Sentator, D-FL) | Movies That Are Destroying America – Holiday Movie Edition | Nicholas Wade (Science Writer – “The New York Times”) | Returning Monday
Episode 4157: Monday, December 8, 2008 – Geoffrey Canada
Intro – 12/8/08 | Bush Kisses Streisand | The Word – Season of Giving | Barry & the Stump | Geoffrey Canada (Harlem Children’s Zone) | Stephen on Conan
Episode 4158: Tuesday, December 9, 2008 – Charlie Kaufman
Special Guest(s): Kevin Bacon Intro – 12/9/08 | Rod Blagojevich Is Arrested | Nixmas Tree Trimming – Kevin Bacon | Tek Jansen – Beginning’s First Dawn: Episode Two Revisited | Charlie Kaufman (Director – “Synedoche, New York”) | Nixon Angel
Episode 4159: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 – Richard Haas
Intro – 12/10/08 | Rod Blagojevich’s Birthday | ThreatDown – Happiness | On Notice – Forgiveness | Richard Haass (President of the Council on Foreign Relations) | Good Night
Episode 4160: Thursday, December 11, 2008 – Michael Phelps
Intro – 12/11/08 | The Word – The Unbearable Lightness of Supreme Being | The Ghost of Stage Manager Bobby | Michael Phelps (Olympic Swimmer) | Stephen Eats Ghost Ribs
December 2008
The complete listing of ‘The Colbert Report’ episodes aired during the month of December, 2008.
Episode 4153: Monday, December 1, 2008 – Roland Flyer | Khaled Hosseini
Intro – 12/1/08 | Operation Humble Kanye | War in Afghanistan | Khaled Hosseini (Author – “A Thousand Splendid Suns”) | Tip/Wag – All Wag Christmas Edition | Roland Fryer (Professor of Economics, Harvard University and Opportunity NYC Project) | Good Night
Episode 4154: Tuesday, December 2, 2008 – Jeffrey Goldberg
Intro – 12/2/08 | Operation Humble Kanye – Buy Stephen’s Album | The Word – A Man Named Plaxico | Colbert Platinum – Christmas Edition | Jeffrey Goldberg (Staff Writer – “The Atlantic Monthly”) | Buy Stephen’s Boots on eBay
Episode 4155: Wednesday, December 3, 2008 – Barbara Walters
Intro – 12/3/08 | NASA Spider Escapes | The Word – Barack-Handed Compliment | Nailed ‘Em – Radical Knitting | Barbara Walters (Co-Host – “The View”) | The End, Not the Beginning
Episode 4156: Thursday, December 4, 2008 – Nicholas Wade | Bob Graham
Intro – 12/4/08 | Operation Humble Kanye – Stephen Beats Kanye | Pakistani Threat – Bob Graham (Former Sentator, D-FL) | Movies That Are Destroying America – Holiday Movie Edition | Nicholas Wade (Science Writer – “The New York Times”) | Returning Monday
Episode 4157: Monday, December 8, 2008 – Geoffrey Canada
Intro – 12/8/08 | Bush Kisses Streisand | The Word – Season of Giving | Barry & the Stump | Geoffrey Canada (Harlem Children’s Zone) | Stephen on Conan
Episode 4158: Tuesday, December 9, 2008 – Charlie Kaufman
Special Guest(s): Kevin Bacon Intro – 12/9/08 | Rod Blagojevich Is Arrested | Nixmas Tree Trimming – Kevin Bacon | Tek Jansen – Beginning’s First Dawn: Episode Two Revisited | Charlie Kaufman (Director – “Synedoche, New York”) | Nixon Angel
Episode 4159: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 – Richard Haas
Intro – 12/10/08 | Rod Blagojevich’s Birthday | ThreatDown – Happiness | On Notice – Forgiveness | Richard Haass (President of the Council on Foreign Relations) | Good Night
Episode 4160: Thursday, December 11, 2008 – Michael Phelps
Intro – 12/11/08 | The Word – The Unbearable Lightness of Supreme Being | The Ghost of Stage Manager Bobby | Michael Phelps (Olympic Swimmer) | Stephen Eats Ghost Ribs