December 2006
The complete listing of ‘The Colbert Report’ episodes aired during the month of December, 2006.
Episode 2151: Monday, December 4, 2006 - Will Wright
Intro - 12/4/06 | Sherman Wedding | The Word - American Orthodox | Tip/Wag - Christmas | Will Wright (Video Game Designer) | Sign Off - Extra Special Comment - Tie Stain
Episode 2152: Tuesday, December 5, 2006 - Steven Levitt
Intro - 12/5/06 | “Return” to the Moon | Robert Gates’ Confirmation | The Word - Honest Injun | Sport Report - Coach Mancini | Steven Levitt (Author - “Freakonomics”) | Sign Off - Number One Source
Episode 2153: Wednesday, December 6, 2006 - John Sexton
Voice Artists: Scott Adsit (as Admiral Allendorfer) | Allison Silverman (as Juliax)
Staff Cameo: Eric Drysdale (as Bobby the Stage Manager)
Intro - 12/6/06 | Life-Size Nativity | Mary Cheney | The Word - Words | Tek Jansen - Tek the Halls | John Sexton (President of New York University) | sign Off - Cardboard Box
Episode 2154: Thursday, December 7, 2006 - Francis Collins | Elizabeth de la Vega
Intro - 12/7/06 | David Gregory | The Word - Case Closed | Elizabeth de la Vega (Author - “United States v. George W. Bush”) | Green Screen Challenge - Counter Challenge | Alpha Dog of the Week - John Bolton | Francis Collins (Human Genome Project and Author – “The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief”) | Sign Off - TGIT
Episode 2155: Monday, December 11, 2006 - Pete Singer | Jack Kingston
Intro - 12/11/06 | Defending Rosie | Jack Kingston (Representative for Georgia’s 1st Congressional District) | The White Christmas Album | ThreatDown - Christmas Style | Peter Singer (Author - “The Way We Eat”) | Got Your Back
Episode 2156: Tuessday, December 12, 2006 - Dan Savage
Intro - 12/12/06 | Augusto Pinochet’s Coup | Shout Out! - Beef Hammer Flag | The Word - Casualty of War | Who’s Honoring Me Now? - Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Year | Better Know a District - New Members of Congress at the Kennedy School | Dan Savage (Sex Columnist and Author - “The Commitment”) | Sign Off - Post-Show Taco Bell Chalupa Chow-Down
Episode 2157: Wednesday, December 13, 2006 - Doris Kearns Goodwin
Intro - 12/13/06 | Stephen Jr.’s Christmas Miracle | The Word - It’s a Small World | Replenishing the Eggnog Supply | Sea-Tac’s Christmas Trees Restored | Doris Kearns Goodwin (Historian and Author – “Team of Rivals”) | Charge Me Twice for Stephen
Episode 2158: Thursday, December 14, 2006 - Daniel Pinchbeck
Intro - 12/14/06 | Finger Strengthening | The American People Are to Blame | The Word - Clarity | Blood in the Water - Bruce Tinsley’s DUI | Caesar Honeybee or Tyrone Hunnibi? | Daniel Pinchbeck (Advocate of Psychedelic Drugs and Author – “2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl”) | Letter to Representative Jack Kingston
Episode 2159: Monday, December 18, 2006 - Daniel Pinchbeck
Intro - 12/18/06 | DIY Cold Medicine | Profiles in Balls | The Word - The Draft | Tip/Wag - Art Edition | Jack Welch (Former CEO of GE and Author - “Winning”) | The Jingle-Terns
Episode 2160: Tuesday, December 19, 2006 - Deepak Chopra
Intro - 12/19/06 | Person of the Year | The Word - Tit for Tat | Stephen Goes to Harvard | Deepak Chopra (Author - “Life After Death”) | Face-Off Preview
Episode 2161: Wednesday, December 20, 2006 - Rock and Awe: Countdown to Guitarmageddon
Special Guests: Henry Kissinger | Rick Nielsen | Peter Frampton | Robert Schneider | Chris Funk | Anthony DeCurtis | Morley Safer | Eliot Spitzer
Intro - 12/20/06 | Rock and Awe: Countdown to Guitarmageddon | ShredDown | Chris Funk | Peter Frampton | ShredDown - The Judgment