The complete listing of ‘The Colbert Report’ episodes aired during the month of April, 2009.
Episode 5043: Wednesday, April 1, 2009 - Dambisa Moyo
Intro - 4/1/09 | G-20 Summit | French Worker Protests | The Word - Fine Line | Cheating Death - Sperm Sale & Colonoscopies | Dambisa Moyo (Author - “Dead Aid: Why Aid is Not Working and How There is a Better Way For Africa”) | Hide-and-Seek
Episode 5044: Thursday, April 2, 2009 - Biz Stone
Intro - 4/2/09 | Cheney’s Secret Assassination Squad | Cold War Update - Russia, Cuba & Space | Merriam-Webster’s Word’s Worth | Biz Stone (Co-founder and Creative Director of Twitter) | Let Your GPS Be Your Guide
Episode 5045: Monday, April 6, 2009 - Rich Lowry
Intro - 4/6/09 | Body Loss | Un-American News - Rest of the World | Obama’s European Trip - Tom Brokaw (Television Journalist and Author - “Boom!: Voices of the Sixties Personal Reflections on the ’60s and Today”) | Space Module: Colbert - Urine Recycling Room | Rich Lowry (Editor - “National Review”) | Make Lemonade
Episode 5046: Tuesday, April 7, 2009 - Queen Noor | Dan Maffei
Intro - 4/7/09 | Queen Noor’s Royal Treatment | The Word - Morally Bankrupt | Better Know a District - New York’s 25th - Dan Maffei | Queen Noor of Jordan | Hiccup-Free
Episode 5047: Wednesday, April 8, 2009 - Phil Bronstein
Staff Cameo: Peter Grosz (as Moses)
Intro - 4/8/09 | Birkat Hachama - Stephen Frees His Jews | Where and When Is Stephen Going to the Persian Gulf? - Bahrain | Alpha Dog of the Week - Ted Stevens | Phil Bronstein (Editor - “The San Francisco Chronicle”) | Electronic Edition
Episode 5048: Thursday, April 9, 2009 - Bart Ehrman
Workers’ Comp Temptation | ThreatDown - Robert Gates, Dog Seders & Obama | The Enemy Within - Hedgehogs | Bart Ehrman (Author - “Jesus, Interrupted”) | Stephen’s Severed Head
Episode 5049: Tuesday, April 14, 2009 - Susie Orbach | Sunita Williams
Cameo: Justin Purnell (as Justin)
Intro - 4/14/09 | Clarence Thomas’ New Job | The Word - Have Your Cake And Eat It, Too | Space Module: Colbert - Sunita Williams (NASA Astronaut) | Susie Orbach (Author - “Bodies”) | Goodnight, Helen
Episode 5050: Wednesday, April 15, 2009 - Jim Lehrer | Aaron Schock
Intro - 4/15/09 | Obama Denies Habeas Corpus | Tax Atax | Better Know a District - Illinois’ 18th - Aaron Schock | Jim Lehrer (News Anchor - “The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer”) | Homework Assignment
Episode 5051: Thursday, April 16, 2009 - Douglas Kmiec | Kanishk Tharoor
Staff Cameo: Peter Grosz (as Gay Husband)
Intro - 4/16/09 | Teabagging Protests | The Colbert Coalition’s Anti-Gay Marriage Ad | Indian Elections - Kanishk Tharoor (Associate Editor - OpenDemocracy.net) | Douglas Kmiec (Professor of Constitutional Law at Pepperdine University School of Law) | Goodnight Salute
Episode 5052: Monday, April 20, 2009 - Joe Arpaio
Intro - 4/20/09 | Castro Death Wish List | Anger’s Aweigh | Maersk Alabama - Ken Quinn (Second Mate) | Tip/Wag - Texas Secession & MACA | Joe Arpaio (Sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona) | Stephen’s Only Regrets
Episode 5053: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 - Mike Krzyzewski
Intro - 4/21/09 | George Will’s Demon Denim | The Word - Stressed Position | Who’s Riding My Coattails Now? - Blown Away by the USA | Mike Krzyzewski (Coach of Duke University Men’s Basketball) | Special DVD Commentary
Episode 5054: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 - Ira Glass
Intro - 4/22/09 | “The Price Is Right” Goes Green | Summit of All Fears | Where and When Is Stephen Going to the Persian Gulf? - Qatar | Ira Glass (Host - “This American Life”) | Never Go to Bed Angry
Episode 5055: Thursday, April 23, 2009 - Elizabeth Bintliff
Intro - 4/23/09 | America Does Not Swear On Camera | The Word - Brunt Double | Illegitimate Grandson of an Alligator | Elizabeth Bintliff (Heifer International) | Goodnight, Daisy
Episode 5056: Monday, April 27, 2009 - The Decemberists
Intro - 4/27/09 | Days of Swine and Doses | Shout Out - Kids Edition | Craziest F#?king Thing I’ve Ever Heard - Fir Tree Lung | A Rare Correction - Stephen Eats an Ewok | The Decemberists (Album - “The Hazards of Love”) | The Decemberists - “The Wanting Comes in Waves”
Episode 5057: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - Daniel Gross | Richard Engel
Intro - 4/28/09 | Arlen Specter Contracts Donkey Flu | Where and When Is Stephen Going to the Persian Gulf? - Correspondents | Who’s Not Honoring Me Now? - Emmys | Foreign Reporting - Richard Engel (NBC News’ Chief Foreign Correspondent) | Daniel Gross (Author - “Dumb Money: How our Greatest Financial Minds Bankrupted the Nation”) | No Animals Were Harmed
Episode 5058: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 - David Kessler
Intro - 4/29/09 | Ahmadinejad Steals Obama’s Slogan | I’s On Edjukashun - Textbooks, AmeriCorps & Strip-Search | Enemy Swine: A Pigcalypse Now | David Kessler (Author - “The End of Overeating”) | Feet Teeth
Episode 5059: Thursday, April 30, 2009 - Ethan Nadelmann | Jonathan Alter
Intro - 4/30/09 | President Obama - The First 14 Mondays | Obama’s First 14 Mondays - Jonathan Alter (Senior Editor - “Newsweek” Magazine) | Ethan Nadelmann (Executive Director, Drug Policy Alliance) | The After Show
