July 2009
The complete listing of ‘The Colbert Report’ episodes aired during the month of July, 2009.
Episode 5090: Wednesday, July 1, 2009 - Kevin Mattson
Intro - 7/1/09 | The Second Coming of Ronald Reagan | Tip/Wag - Cynthia Davis & Fox News | The Clinton Curse | Judge, Jury & Executioner - Firefighters, Gold Waste & Strip Search | Nicholas Kristof (Columnist - “The New York Times” and Author - “It’s Time to Learn From Frogs”) | Sign Off - Get Your Illegal Fireworks
Episode 5091: Thursday, July 2, 2009 - Ed Viesturs
Intro - 7/2/09 | CNN Finds Bubbles the Chimp | The Word - Ban de Soleil | Re-Report - Lost Treasures of Babylon | Ed Viesturs (Mountaineer) | Sign Off - See You at the Bar
Episode 5092: Monday, July 13, 2009 - Paul Krugman | Paul Rieckhoff
Intro - 7/13/09 | Remembering Remembering Michael Jackson | Stephen’s Sound Advice - How to Bork a Nominee | VA Backlog - Paul Rieckhoff (Founder, IAVA)| Paul Krugman (Writer - “The New York Times”) | Goodnight
Episode 5093: Tuesday, July 14, 2009 - Leymah Gbowee
Intro - 7/14/09 | Senator Wences Questions Sonia Sotomayor | The Word - Guns, Credit, and Corn | Raise High the Rage Beams | Leymah Gbowee (Executive Director of the Women Peace and Security Network Africa) | Sign Off - The Pitcher in the Oat
Episode 5094: Wednesday, July 15, 2009 - Douglas Rushkoff
Featuring: Doug Jackson
Intro - 7/15/09 | Stephen Wants to Be the Worst Person in the World | Tip/Wag - Assassination Squads, Biblical History & Gay Penguins | Difference Makers - Doug Jackson | Douglas Rushkoff (Author - “Life, Inc.”) | Sign Off - No Man Is a Failure
Episode 5095: Thursday, July 16, 2009 - Ed Andrews
Intro - 7/16/09 | The Memy Awards | The Word - Neutral Man’s Burden | Cheating Death - Diabetes Dogs, Chocolate Milk & Swearing in Pain | Edmund Andrews (Author - “Busted”) | Sign Off - Stephen Wins
Episode 5096: Monday, July 20, 2009 - Bob Park | Geoffrey Canada
Walter Cronkite Remembered | Reverse Racism | Reverse Racism - Geoffrey Canada (Harlem Children’s Zone) | Sport Report - Jessica Simpson, Olympic Brothel & Bud Light | Bob Park (Emeritus Professor of Physics at the University of Maryland) | Sign Off - Goodnight
Episode 5097: Tuesday, July 21, 2009 - Aaron Carroll | Bertha Lewis
Intro - 7/21/09 | 40th Anniversary of the Moon Landing | The Word - A Perfect World | Better Know a Lobby - Acorn | Aaron Carroll (Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine) | Sign Off - Stephen’s Chip
Episode 5098: Wednesday, July 22, 2009 - Chris Anderson | Matthew Waxman
Intro - 7/22/09 | The Longest Solar Eclipse of the Century | Sniper Trifle | Sniper Trifle - Matthew Waxman (Columbia Law School) | Pope Wrist Watch | Chris Anderson (Wired Magazine) | Sign Off - Goodnight
Episode 5099: Thursday, July 23, 2009 - Ed Andrews
Health Care Reform Is the Matrix | Health Care Hell-Scare - Die-agnosis: Mur-DR | ThreatDown - Henry Louis Gates Jr., Bill Gates & Wilford Brimley | Zev Chafets (Author - “Cooperstown Confidential”) | Sign Off - TiVo
Episode 5100: Monday, July 27, 2009 - Movits!
Intro - 7/27/09 | Sarah Palin Will Be Missed | Current Events - Tasers | Nailed ‘Em - Library Crime | Movits! (Album - “Äppelknyckarjazz”) | Movits! - “Fel Del av Gården”
Episode 5101: Tuesday, July 28, 2009 - Arianna Huffington | Orly Taitz
President Obama’s Teachable Moment | Womb Raiders - The Fight for the Truth Behind Obama’s Birth | Womb Raiders - Orly Taitz (Birther MOvement) | Arianna Huffington (Huffington Post) | Sign Off - Devil’s Tricks
Episode 5102: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 - Kevin Baker
Intro - 7/29/09 | Frank the Roommate | The Word - He Who Smelt It, Dealt It | Sport Report - Tour de France & Robotic Baseball | Kevin Baker (Contributing Editor - “Harper’s” Magazine) | Sign Off - Watch Without Blinking
Episode 5103: Thursday, July 30, 2009 - Kathryn Bigelow
Staff Cameo: Frank Lesser (as Stephen’s Roommate Frank)
Intro - 7/30/09 | White House Beer Summit | MeTunes - Hit of the Summer | Tip/Wag - Man-Words & Movits! | Kathryn Bigelow (Director - “The Hurt Locker”) | Sign Off - Taco Bell Spokesdog