April 2012
The complete listing of ‘The Colbert Report’ episodes aired during the month of April, 2012.
Episode 8078: Monday, April 2, 2012 — Gary Johnson
Intro - 4/2/12 | Colbert Super PAC – Super Fun Pack Treasure Hunt | The Beefstate Governors | Yahweh or No Way – Christian Card Counters, Pope Benedict on Marxism & Pope Cologne | Gary Johnson (Former Governor of New Mexico and Advocate for Legalising Marijuana) | Sign Off – Goodnight
Episode 8079: Tuesday, April 3, 2012 — Governor Nikki Haley | Trevor Potter
LFTB Colbology | Colbert Super PAC – Super Fun Pack Not-Legal Advice & Certificate of Presidenthood | Colbert Super PAC SHH! – 501c4 Disclosure | Colbert Super PAC SHH! - 501c4 Disclosure - Trevor Potter | Rick Santorum Speaks from His Heart – California Colleges | Nikki Haley (Governor of South Carolina) | Sign Off - Helmeted Ham Rove
Episode 8080: Wednesday, April 4, 2012 — Robert Ballard
Intro - 4/4/12 | Peabody Award for Colbert Super PAC | Settling for Mitt Romney | Colbert Super PAC – Republicans & the Latino Vote | Wilford Brimley Calls – Quaker Oats Makeover | Robert Ballard (National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence and Documentary - “Save the Titanic”) | Sign Off – Second Peabody Award
Episode 8081: Thursday, April 5, 2012 — Anne Rice
Bad News About Good Unemployment News | Colbert’s Very Wanted – Manatee Mailbox | Dirt Bike Badass in the Lincoln Tunnel | Anne Rice (Author - “The Wolf Gift”) | Sign Off – Lincoln Tunnel
Episode 8082: Monday, April 9, 2012 — Bob Lutz
Easter Under Attack - Bunny Vs. Bilby | Searching for Mr. Right – Mitt Romney & Iowa’s Steve King | Stephen Colbert’s Shame Spiral – Senior Citizen Gymnasts | Bob Lutz (Author - “Car Guys Vs. Bean Counters: The Battle for the Soul of American Business”) | Sign Off – Remembering Mike Wallace
Episode 8083: Tuesday, April 10, 2012 — Richard Hersh
Intro - 4/10/12 | Rick Santorum Leaves Presidential Race | I Got the Tweets Like Grassley | Tip/Wag – Coal Industry Crackdown & Box Spring Bunker | Stephen Colbert’s Lady Heroes – Glen Grothman | Richard Hersh (Co-Author - “We’re Losing Our Minds: Rethinking American Higher Education”) | Sign Off - Goodnight
Episode 8084: Wednesday, April 11, 2012 — Michelle Obama | Sgt. Bryan Escobedo
Amped Up for Michelle Obama |The Word – Whuw How? | Employing a Veteran - Sergeant Bryan Escobedo | (First Lady) Michelle Obama Pt.1 (Joining Forces) | Michelle Obama Pt. 2 | Sign Off - Goodnight
Episode 8085: Thursday, April 12, 2012 — James Cameron
Intro - 4/12/12 | The Other War on Women | Stephen Colbert’s End of the World of the Week – Survivalist Singles & Tsunami Food | Cold War Update – Alleged Congressional Communists | James Cameron (Director - “Titanic” 3D) | Sign Off- Goodnight
Episode 8086: Monday, April 16, 2012 — Bonnie Raitt
Exclusive(s): Bonnie Raitt and Stephen Colbert - “Angel from Montgomery”
Secret Service Sex Scandal | A Beautiful War for Women | Newt Gingrich & Gun Rights | Bonnie Raitt (Album - “Slipstream”) | Bonnie Raitt - “Right Down the Line”
Episode 8087: Tuesday, April 17, 2012 — Jonah Lehrer
Intro - 4/17/12 | Mitt Romney’s Dinner Table Pranks | Thought for Food – Bug Food Coloring, Hot Dog Stuffed Crust & Drugged Poultry | GSA Spending Scandal | Jonah Lehrer (Contributing Editor - “Wired”, Writer - “The New Yorker” and “The Wall Street Journal”, and Author - “Imagine: How Creativity Works”) | Sign Off - Goodnight
Episode 8088: Wednesday, April 18, 2012 — Arianna Huffington
Intro - 4/18/12 | Searching for Mr. Right - Mitt Romney & Ohio’s Rob Portman | The Word - Gateway Hug | Stephen Colbert’s End of the World of the Week - Doomsday Preppers | Arianna Huffington (Co-Founder of The Huffington Post) | Sign Off - Goodnight Kiss
Episode 8089: Thursday, April 19, 2012 — Tavis Smiley & Cornel West
Intro - 4/19/12 | Stephen’s 4/20 Message | Alpha Dog of the Week – Cory Booker | The Enemy Within – Bologna Border Bust | Time’s 2012 Top 100 Most Influential | Tavis Smiley & Cornel West (Co-Authors - “The Rich and the Rest of Us”) | Sign Off - Time’s Top 100
Episode 8090: Monday, April 23, 2012 — Don McLeroy
Intro - 4/23/12 | Steve Doocy’s Silver Spoon Subtext Reporting | Tip/Wag: Pheromone Parties & “Pre-life” Laws | Mitt Romney’s Picnic Gaffe | Don McLeroy (Former Texas Board of Education Chairman and Documentary - “The Revisionaries”) | Sign Off - Goodnight
Episode 8091: Tuesday, April 24, 2012 — Magnus Carlsen | Julie Andrews
Super Tuesday II: Election Boogaloo - Death Match in Hellaware | “I Am a Pole (And So Can You!”) | Grim Colberty Tales with Julie Andrews (Singer, Actress and Children’s Book Author”) | Canadas Currency Coup | Magnus Carlsen (Chess Grand Master) | Sign Off - iPad
Episode 8092: Wednesday, April 25 — Michael Sandel
Intro - 4/25/12 | NASA Retires Discovery & Drops Spacebook | The Word — United We Can’t Stand Them | Cheating Death – Crash Diet Feeding Tubes & Scrotal Gel Injections | Michael Sandel (Robert M. Bash Government Professor at Harvard and Author - “What Money Can’t Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets”)| Sign Off - Goodnight
Episode 8093: Thursday, April 26, 2012 — Jack White
Intro - 4/26/12 | Barack Obama’s Slow Jam Backlash | Colbert Super PAC – Super Fun Pack 1st Treasure Hunt Clue | Jack White (Album - “Blunderbuss”) | Jack White – “Freedom at 21″ | Sign Off – Montclair Film Festival
Episode 8094: Monday, April 30, 2012 — Diane Keaton
Intro - 4/30/12 | Delicate Advice for Chen Guangcheng | The Word – Don’t Ask, Don’t Show & Tell | Concealing Weapons in Style | Diane Keaton (Author - “Then Again”) | Sign Off – Stephen’s Fashionable Firearm