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
