August 2010
The complete listing of ‘The Colbert Report’ episodes aired during the month of August, 2010.
Episode 6096: Monday, August 2, 2010 - Jimmy Cliff
Staff Cameo(s): Jay Katsir (as Jay the Intern)
Intro - 8/2/10 | Stephen Might Be Gay | Sport Report - London Olympics & Illegal Bullfighting | Alpha Dog of the Week - David H. Brooks | Jimmy Cliff (Musician) | Jimmy Cliff - “The Harder They Come”
Episode 6097: Tuesday, August 3, 2010 - Laura Ingraham | Barney Frank
Brett Favre Retires Again | Consumer Protection Agency - Barney Frank | Republican Gubernatorial Primary Battle Watch ‘010 - Basil Marceaux.com | Laura Ingraham (Host, Author and Conservative Political Commentator) | Sign Off - Credit Card Agreement
Episode 6098: Wednesday, August 4, 2010 - Michael Posner
Cameo(s): Tim Meadows (as P.K. Winsome)
Basil Marceaux.com & Obama’s Birthday | P.K. Winsome - Black Viewer Ratings | Threat StandDown - Monkey Terrorism | Michael Posner (Human Rights First’s founding Executive Director) | Sign Off - Nielsen Mandela
Episode 6099: Thursday, August 5, 2010 - Savion Glover
Intro - 8/5/10 | How to Ruin Same-Sex Marriages | Pope’s Baseball Cap & CatholicTV | Savion Glover (Tap Dancer) | Sign Off - Tap Dancin
Episode 6100: Tuesday, August 5, 2010 - Dylan Ratigan | Akhil Amar
Intro - 8/10/10 | Honoring Martin Luther King | Citizenship Down - Akhil Amar | Alpha Dog of the Week - Steven Slater | Dylan Ratigan (Host - “Dylan Ratigan Show”) | Sign Off - Goodnight
Episode 6101: Wednesday, August 5, 2010 - David Finkel
Moral Compass 5000 Action Center | Current Events - Oklahoma Grandma, Dazer Laser & Bears | David Finkel (Author - “The Good Soldiers”) | Sign Off - Goodnight
Episode 6102: Thursday, August 5, 2010 - Chuck Close
Intro - 8/12/10 | Happy Ramadan | The Word - Weapon of Mass Construction | Senior Moment | Chuck Close (Painter and Photographer) | Sign Off - Chuck Close Books
Episode 6103: Monday, August 16, 2010 - John Fetterman
Growing Intelligence Community - Richard Clarke | Invasion of the Country Snatchers | John Fetterman (Mayor of Braddock, Pennsylvania) | Sign Off - Starbucks Latte
Episode 6104: Tuesday, August 17, 2010 - Barry Levine
Intro - 8/17/10 | Newsweek Ranks the World’s Best Countries | Better Know a Lobby - American Meat Institute | Fox News and Republican Party Make It Official | Barry Levine (Editor, National Enquirer) | Sign Off - Newsweek
Episode 6105: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 - Thomas French
Intro - 8/18/10 | Brett Favre Returns to Football | The Word - Borderline Personality | Don’t Shoot the Schlessinger | Thomas French (Author - “Zoo Story: Life in the Garden of Captives”) | Sign Off - Sharpened Broom Handle
Episode 6106: Thursday, August 19, 2010 - Jon Krakauer
Intro - 8/19/10 | The Word - What If You Threw a Peace and Nobody Came? | All’s Well That Ends Oil Well - Michael Blum | Jon Krakauer (Author - “Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman”) | Sign Off - Goodnight
Episode 6107: Monday, August 23, 2010 - Leslie Kean
Stephen Wins an Emmy | The Word - Losing His Religion | Aqua ThreatDown - Oyster Sluts, Japanese Hackers & Israeli Regulators | Leslie Kean (Author - “UFOs: Generals, Pilots and Government Officials Go On the Record”) | Sign Off - Balloon
Episode 6108: Tuesday, August 24, 2010 - Jeffrey Goldberg
Intro - 8/24/10 | Terror Bunker 5200 | The Word - Control-Self-Delete | Mahmoody Blues | Jeffrey Goldberg (Journalist - “The Atlantic”) | Sign Off - Sanitized Goodnight
Episode 6109: Wednesday, August 25, 2010 - Heidi Cullen | Andrew Hacker
John McCain’s Victorious Defeat | Stephen Colbert University - Andrew Hacker | Mysteries of the Ancient Unknown - King Tut’s Penis Pt. 2 | Heidi Cullen (Interim CEO and Lead Correspondent for Climate Central) | Sign Off - Calculator
Episode 6110: Thursday, August 26, 2010 - Richard Engel
Intro - 8/26/10 | Fox News Job Opening | Glenn-Livid | You Mosque Be Kidding | Richard Engel (NBC News’s Chief Foreign Correspondent) | Sign Off - Speaking Fee