May 2012
The complete listing of ‘The Colbert Report’ episodes aired during the month of May, 2012.
Episode 8095: Tuesday, May 1, 2012 — Carne Ross | Thomas Reese
Intro - 5/1/12 | Barack Obama & the Anniversary of Bin Laden’s Assassination | Paul Ryan’s Christian Budget Cuts | Paul Ryan’s Christian Budget - Thomas Reese (Georgetown University) | Carne Ross (Author - “The Leaderless Revolution: How Ordinary People Will Take Power and Change Politics in the 21st Century”) | Sign Off - Goodnight
Episode 8096: Wednesday, May 2, 2012 — Jonathan Haidt
Featured: Erik Frandsen (Hans Beinholtz)
Intro - 5/2/12 | Richard Branson - Shaped Ice Cubes | The Word - Debt Panels | Kermit The Frog’s German TV Offense - Hans Beinholtz | Jonathan Haidt (Social Psychologist and Author - “The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion”) | Sign Off – Stephen Colbert’s 6000K Norway Norwalkathon
Episode 8097: Thursday, May 3, 2012 — Lena Dunham | Buzz Aldrine
Newt Gingrich & Mitt Romney Alliance Analogies | Colbert Super PAC - Search of Mr. Larose | Who’s Honoring Me Now? - National Space Society & Buzz Aldrin | Lena Dunham (Creator, Writer and Actress - “Girls”) | Sign Off - 2012 Space Pioneer Award for Mass Media
Episode 8098: Monday, May 7, 2012 — Andy Cohen
Special Guest(s): Eric McCormack
Intro - 5/7/12 | Hand-Disinfectant-Drunk Teens | Joe Biden’s Same Sex-Sitcom Marriage Gaffe | Stephen’s Straight Sitcom “Pussy Hound”- Eric McCormack | ThreatDown - Newscasting Bears | Andy Cohen (Host - “Watch What Happens Live” and Author - “Most Talkative: Stories from the Front Lines of Pop Culture”) | Sign Off - Sound Effects Box
Episode 8099: Tuesday, May 8, 2012 — Michelle Alexander | Claire McCaskill
Colbert Super PAC SHH! - Corporate Campaign Players & Super Secret “Spooky PACs” | Anonymous Attack Ads – Claire McCaskill (Democratic Senator from Missouri) | Uncensored – Maurice Sendak Tribute & “I Am a Pole (And So Can You!)” Release | Michelle Alexander (Civil Rights Lawyer and Author - “The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness”) | Sign Off – “I Am a Pole (And So Can You!)”
Episode 8100: Wednesday, May 9, 2012 — Anna Wintour
Staff Cameo(s): Paul Dinello
Mexico’s Debate Playmate | Barack Obama vs. North Carolina on Gay Marriage | Jon McNaughton’s “Nation Under Socialism” Artwork | Anna Wintour (Editor-in-Chief of “Vogue” and The Met’s Costume Institute “Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossible Conversations” Exhibition) | Sign Off – “I Am a Pole (And So Can You!)” Audiobook
Episode 8101: Thursday, May 10, 2012 – Dr. Francis Collins
Intro - 5/10/12 | Mother’s Day Shout Out | Barack Obama’s Gay Blasphemy | ThreatDown – Interdimensional Black People, Gay Strokes & Manipulative Sicko Monkeys | Wisconsin’s Fake Democrats | Francis Collins (Director of the National Institute of Health, Leader of the Human-Genome Project and Documentary - “The Weight of the Nation”) | Sign Off – Two Weeks Off & Dry Roasted Peanuts
Episode 8102: Tuesday, May 29, 2012 — Charlize Theron
Intro - 5/19/12 | Who’s Honoring Me Now? – Peabody Awards & Maxim’s Hot 100 | Donald Trump’s Creative Truth & Mitt Romney’s Poll Numbers | Un-American News – Egypt’s Presidential Elections | Charlize Theron (Actress - “Snow White and the Huntsman”) | Sign Off – Goodnight
Episode 8103: Wednesday, May 30, 2012 — Alan Alda
Intro - 5/30/12 | Mexico’s Drug & Potato Chip Wars | Tip/Wag – Gay Bar Bachelorette Bans & Mitt Romney’s iPhone App | Robert Mugabe’s U.N. Tourism Tribute | Alan Alda (Board of Directors - World Science Festival and Flame Challenge) | Sign Off – Stephen’s Matchbox
Episode 8104: Thursday, May 31, 2012 — Jack Hitt
Buy Best-Selling “I Am A Pole (And So Can You!)” | President Obama’s Righteous Drone Strikes | The Word - Two Birds With One Drone | Michael Bloomberg’s Super-Sized Soda Scheme | Jack Hitt (Author - “A Bunch of Amateurs: A Search for the American Character”) | Sign Off - Welcome Baby Gwinn!