The complete listing of ‘The Colbert Report’ episodes aired during the month of May, 2009.
Episode 5060: Monday, May 4, 2009 - J.J. Abrams
Picking Souter’s Replacement | Code Word - Empathy | The Prescott Group Bailout | Movies That Are Destroying America - Summer Movie Edition | J.J. Abrams (Director - “Star Trek”) | Sign Off - Colbert Nation Home
Episode 5061: Tuesday, May 5, 2009 - Paul Rieckhoff | Cliff Sloan
Intro - 5/5/09 | Cinco de Mayo Precautions | Picking a New Supreme Court Justice - Cliff Sloan (Co-Author - “The Great Decision”) | The Word - Captain Kangaroo Court | Paul Rieckhoff (Executive Director, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America) | Sign Off - iTeam
Episode 5062: Wednesday, May 6, 2009 - Laurie Garrett
Intro - 5/6/09 | Colbert-Branson Duel | Tip/Wag - Forced Smoking & Grizzly Best Man | Where and When Is Stephen Going to the Persian Gulf? - Saudi Arabia | Laurie Garrett (Science Journalist) | Hug Your Television
Episode 5063: Thursday, May 7, 2009 - Mitchell Joachim
Intro - 5/7/09 | Sean Hannity’s Liberty Tree | Clasp Your Hands Say Yahweh | Smokin’ Pole - The Fight for Arctic Riches: Inuit Nation | Mitchell Joachim (Ecological and Urban Designer) | Spay and Neuter Your Pets
Episode 5064: Monday, May 11, 2009 - Jeff Daniels | Tamara Draut
Intro - 5/11/09 | Stephen’s Fancy Feast | Credit Check | Credit Card Industry Regulation - Tamara Draut (Author - “Strapped: Why America’s 20- and 30-Somethings Can’t Get Ahead”) | Alpha Dog of the Week - Erik Slye | Jeff Daniels (Actor - “State of Play”) | Sign Off - Unicorn Dealership
Episode 5065: Tuesday, May 12, 2009 - Ron Howard | Julia Sweig
Intro - 5/12/09 | Howard’s | Our Plan in Havana | Cuba/US Trade Relations - Julia Sweig (Director for Latin America Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations) | Stephen’s Sound Advice - How to Re-Brand the GOP | Ron Howard (Director - “Angels and Demons”) | You Are A Dummy
Episode 5066: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 - Michael Pollan
Intro - 5/13/09 | Robert Gibbs Hates Ringing Cell Phones | Stephen’s Coke Party Protest | Colbert Platinum - $1,000 Dishes | Michael Pollan (Author - “In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto”) | Stephen Colbert Is Awesome
Episode 5067: Thursday, May 14, 2009 - Yusuf Islam
Intro - 5/14/09 | Caveman Porn Stash | Yahweh or No Way - Father Cutie & Miss California | DonorsChoose.org Donations | Yusuf Islam (Album - “Roadsinger”) | Yusaf Islam - “Roadsinger”
Episode 5068: Monday, May 18, 2009 - Meghan McCain
Intro - 5/18/09 | Welcome to the Real World, Obama | The Word - Tough Cell | ThreatDown - Charity, Casual Jesus & Robot Teachers | Meghan McCain (Blogger - McCain Blogette) | Sign Off - Internal Clock
Episode 5069: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 - Walter Kirn
Featured: Stephen Keith
Intro - 5/19/09 | Rumsfeld’s Cover Letter Bible Quotes | The Word - I Know You Are But What Am I? | Difference Makers - Stephen Keith | Walter Kirn (Author - “Lost in the Meritocracy: The Undereducation of an Overachiever”) | Stephen’s Show
Episode 5070: Wednesday, May 20, 2009 - Seth Shostak | Bob Graham
Intro - 5/20/09 | Extra! Extra! Bleed All About It! | She Said, CIA Said - Bob Graham (Former Chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee) | DonorsChoose.org Classroom Projects | Seth Shostak (Author - “Confessions of an Alien Hunter: A Scientist’s Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence”) | Goodnight
Episode 5071: Thursday, May 21, 2009 - Green Day
Intro - 5/21/09 | 47-Million-Year-Old Fossil | Naan-Partisan | Formidable Opponent - Pragmatism or Idealism | Green Day (Album - “21st Century Breakdown”) | Green Day - “Know Your Enemy”
