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”)
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”)
