The complete listing of ‘The Colbert Report’ episodes aired during the month of October, 2012.
Episode 9001: Monday, October 1, 2012 - Ben Folds Five
Mitt Romney’s Tax Plan Math | The Word - Supply Chained | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s UN Entourage | Ben Folds Five (Album - “The Sound of the Life of the Mind”) | Ben Folds Five - “Do It Anyway”
Episode 9002: Tuesday, October 2, 2012 - Jorge Ramos
Intro - 10/2/12 | “America Again” Release | Pulpit Freedom Sunday | Pulpit Freedom Sunday - Jim Garlow (Pastor of Skyline Church, California) | Debate Hype & Mitt’s Straregy | Jorge Ramos (Anchor - “Noticiero Univision”) | Sign Off - “America Again” Release
Episode 9003: Wednesday, October 3, 2012 - Kenny Rogers
Intro - 10/3/12 | Presidential Debates & Mitt Romney’s Re-Introduction | George Will’s Political Post-Radical Journalism | Cheating Death - Low T | Kenny Rogers (Country Musician and Author - “Luck or Something Like It: A Memoir”) | Sign Off - Banana Phone
Episode 9004: Thursday, October 4, 2012 - George Church
Obama’s Debate Apathy & PBS | Chris Matthew’s Impotent Rage | Mitt’s Socialist Rhetoric & Body Language | Mitt’s “Etch a Sketch” Behaviour | Voter Fraud Alert - Halloween & Pennsylvania | George Church (Molecular Geneticist and Author - “Regenesis: How Synthetic Biology Will Reinvent Nature and Ourselves”) | Sign Off - Rabbit Food
Episode 9005: Monday, October 8, 2012 - Mark Kelly
Intro - 10/8/12 | Unemployment Below Eight Percent | The Word - It’s Not Easy Having Green | Koch Brothers & Orc Senate Candidate | Mark Kelly (Former Astronaut and Author - “Mousetronaut”) | Sign Off - Welcome Baby Brumm!
Episode 9006: Tuesday, October 9, 2012 - Morrissey
Exclusive(s): Morrissey - “I’m Throwing My Arms Around Paris”
Intro - 10/9/12 | President Obama’s Obsessiveness Plea | Smokin’ Pole - The Quest for Arctic Riches - China & Russia | Mitt Romney’s Vague, Long-Winded Foreign Threats | Morrissey (Musician) | Morrissey “People Are the Same Everywhere”
Episode 9007: Wednesday, October 10, 2012 - Naomi Wolf
Intro - 10/10/12 | Beverage-Based Polling & Pizza Toppings Town Hall | The Word - Meducation | ThreatDown - Apple Fan-Bears, Drunk Cars & Bears | Naomi Wolf (“Vagina: A New Biography”) | Sign Off - “Vagina: A New Biography”
Episode 9008: Thursday, October 11, 2012 - Chrystia Freeland
Featured: William Shatner
Intro - 10/11/12 | The Vice-Presidential Debate | This Changes Everything - Obama’s Martian Gayness | Formidable Opponent - Mitt Romney | Chrystia Freeland (“Plutocrats: The Rise of the New Global Super-Rich and the Fall of Everyone Else”) | Sign Off - Goodnight
Episode 9009: Monday, October 15, 2012 - Evan Thomas
Intro - 10/15/12 | Supersonic Space Jump | Tip/Wag - Norway & American Family Association | Monkey on the Lam - Florida - Monkey on the Gram | Evan Thomas (Author - “Ike’s Bluff: President Eisenhower’s Secret Battle to Save the World”) | Sign Off - Goodnight
Episode 9010: Tuesday, October 16, 2012 - Cory Booker | Emily Bazelon
The Wealth Edge & “Cool” Debate Technology | Affirmative Action Supreme Court Case | Affirmative Action Supreme Court Case - Emily Bazelon (Legal Expert and Senior Research Fellow at Yale Law School) | Paul Ryan’s Phony Campaign Photo | Cory Booker (Mayor of Newark, New Jersey) | Sign Off - iPhone
Episode 9011: Wednesday, October 17, 2012 - Tyler Perry
Second Presidential Debate Showdown | Libya-Gate Scandal | Stupid Town Hall Topics | Mitt’s Greatest Debate Triumph | Alpha Dog of the Week - Scott DesJarlais | Tyler Perry (Actor “Alex Cross”) | Sign Off - Loose Teeth
Episode 9012: Thursday, October 18, 2012 - The Killers
Exclusive(s): The Killers - “All These Things That I’ve Done”
Celebrity Campaign Endorsements | Mitt’s First Day | Junk Food Feed | Special Report - A Shucking Disaster - Nightmare at the Mitchell Corn Palace | The Killers (Album - “Battle Born”) | The Killers - “Miss Atomic Bomb” | Sign Off - “Battle Born”
Episode 9013: Monday, October 22, 2012 - Donald Sadoway
Virginia’s Voter Fraud Fighter | CEO Blackmail & FEC Consent | Governor Magorium’s Ganja Emporium | Donald Sadoway (Professor of Materials Chemistry at MIT) | Sign Off - Goodnight
Episode 9014: Tuesday, October 23, 2012 - John Grisham
Stephen Colbert’s Debate 2012 Coverage | Elusive, Mysterious, Undecided Voters | Lance Armstrong’s Doping Scandal | John Grisham (Author - “The Racketeer”) | Sign Off - Manischewitz
Episode 9015: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 - Anthony Everitt
Intro - 10/24/12 | Donald Trump’s October Surprise | Nonstop Libya-Gate Questions | Richard Mourdock’s Rape Comment | Anthony Everitt (Historian and Author - “The Rise of Rome: The Making of the World’s Greatest Empire”) | Sign Off - GOP Rape Mention Tally
Episode 9016: Thursday, October 25, 2012 - Mitch Daniels
Special Guest(s): Tom Hanks | Matt Damon | John Colbert
Intro - 10/25/12 | Voting & Hormones | Stephen Ghoulbert’s Spooky-Time Halloween Fun Guide - Tom Hanks | Mitch Daniels Pt. 1 (Governor of Indiana and Author - “Keeping the Republic: Saving America by Trusting Americans”) | Mitch Daniels Pt. 2 | Sign Off - Murderer Skull Model
Episode 9017: Wednesday, October 31, 2012 - Lilly Ledbetter
Hurricane Sandy’s Aftermath | Hurricane Sandy & Election Day | Flamboyant Sandy & Federal Relief Debate | Donald Trump’s October Surprise Extension | Lilly Ledbetter (Author - “Grace and Grit: My Fight for Equal Pay and Fairness at Goodyear and Beyond”) | Sign Off - American Red Cross - Hurricane Sandy
