The BEST episodes of The Colbert Report season 4
Every episode of The Colbert Report season 4, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Colbert Report season 4!
Tune in to The Colbert Report, as Stephen Colbert gives his own take on the issues of the day, and more importantly, to tell you why everyone else's take is just plain wrong. The series is a variety/news show revolving around Colbert's TV persona, a parody of opinionated cable news personalities like Bill O'Reilly, Sean Hannity, and Joe Scarborough.
#1 - Rep. Patrick Murphy
Season 4 - Episode 51 - Aired 4/17/2008
Tonight Stephen welcomes Pennsylvania Congressman Rep. Patrick Murphy.
#2 - Neil DeGrasse Tyson
Season 4 - Episode 85 - Aired 6/25/2008
Tonight Stephen welcomes astrophysicist and director of the Hayden Planetarium, Neil DeGrasse Tyson. Also, Stephen talks with architecture critic and author of Up from Zero: Politics, Architecture, and the Rebuilding of New York, Paul Goldberger.
Watch Now:Amazon#3 - Barbara Ehrenriech
Season 4 - Episode 83 - Aired 6/23/2008
Tonight Stephen welcomes political satirist and author of This Land Is Their Land: Reports from a Divided Nation, Barbara Ehrenriech.
#4 - Indecision 2008: America's Choice
Season 4 - Episode 143 - Aired 11/4/2008
Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart report live from Indecision World Headquarters where Comedy Central has rounded up the best researchers and consultants (that it can afford) to provide shallow analysis, obscure factoids, random guesses and pointless sound.
#5 - The Roots
Season 4 - Episode 49 - Aired 4/15/2008
Tonight Stephen welcomes Grammy Award winning musical group The Roots.
Watch Now:Amazon#6 - Junot Diaz
Season 4 - Episode 81 - Aired 6/18/2008
Tonight Stephen welcomes the author of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, Junot Diaz.
#7 - Will Smith
Season 4 - Episode 84 - Aired 6/24/2008
Tonight Stephen welcomes rapper, actor and star of Hancock, Will Smith.
#8 - Sen. Claire McCaskill
Season 4 - Episode 69 - Aired 5/28/2008
Tonight Stephen welcomes Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill.
#9 - Leonard Nimoy
Season 4 - Episode 24 - Aired 2/14/2008
Stephen begins with "Who's Riding my Coattails now?", putting German comedian Oliver Pocher on notice for stealing his pose that he used on the front cover of GQ magazine. He then talks about the Roger Clemens hearing, defending Brian McNamee collecting used medical waste by claiming that he does it also. He then interviews John Feinstein about the use of steroids in sport. In "People Destroying America", Stephen talks about Susan Pagan, who refused to give his daughter a free Happy Meal for getting good grades. He then interviews Leonard Nimoy about a book featuring nude photos of overweight women.
#10 - Alex Ross
Season 4 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/29/2008
#11 - Matt Taibbi
Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/9/2008
#12 - George Johnson
Season 4 - Episode 62 - Aired 5/7/2008
Tonight Stephen welcomes science writer and author of The Ten Most Beautiful Experiments, George Johnson.
#13 - Jason Riley
Season 4 - Episode 88 - Aired 7/15/2008
Tonight Stephen welcomes journalist and author of Let Them In: The Case for Open Borders, Jason Riley. Also, Stephen talks with Julia Sweig, author of Friendly Fire about the rise of Venezuela and other South American nations rise out of poverty.
#14 - Jonathan Zittrain
Season 4 - Episode 80 - Aired 6/17/2008
Tonight Stephen welcomes the co-founder of the Berkman Center for Internet & Security and author of The Future of the Internet--And How to Stop It, Jonathan Zittrain.
#15 - Dixon Despommier
Season 4 - Episode 78 - Aired 6/12/2008
Tonight Stephen welcomes professor of environmental health sciences at Columbia University, Dixon Despommier.
#16 - David Sirota
Season 4 - Episode 70 - Aired 5/29/2008
Tonight Stephen welcomes journalist and author of The Uprising: An Unauthorized Tour of the Populist Revolt Scaring Wall Street and Washington, David Sirota.
#17 - Grover Norquist
Season 4 - Episode 66 - Aired 5/14/2008
Tonight Stephen welcomes the president of Americans for Tax Reform and author of Leave Us Alone: Getting the Government's Hands Off Our Money, Our Guns, Our Lives, Grover Norquist.
#18 - James Kunstler
Season 4 - Episode 59 - Aired 5/1/2008
Tonight Stephen welcomes social critic and author of World Made by Hand, James Kunstler.
#19 - Shashi Tharoor
Season 4 - Episode 28 - Aired 3/3/2008
Tonight Stephen welcomes the former UN undersecretary general for communications and public information, and author of The Elephant, the Tiger, and the Cell Phone: The Emerging 21st Century Power, Shashi Tharoor. Also, Stephen talks with the conductor for the New York Philharmonic, Maestro Lorin Maazel about their recent concert in North Korea.
#20 - Lisa Randall
Season 4 - Episode 22 - Aired 2/12/2008
Stephen begins with a discussion on Mike Huckabee's running mate. Stephen claims that via obligation, he should be the running mate. He also displays his dislike of John McCain, due to other right-wing political pundits, such as Rush Limbaugh, disliking McCain. He then talks to superdelegate Eliot Spitzer about superdelegates. He then talks to Eleanor Holmes Norton, another superdelegate, about her support of Barack Obama. Finally, Stephen interviews Lisa Randall about other dimensions.
#21 - Jared Cohen
Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 1/15/2008
#22 - Philip Zimbardo
Season 4 - Episode 21 - Aired 2/11/2008
Stephen begins with congratulating Barack Obama winning a Grammy award for "Best Spoken Word Album" for The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream. He then talks about Mitt Romney dropping out of the race for President. He then interviews Aubrey de Gray about defeating aging and trying to make John McCain young. Stephen then talks about his portait to Marc Pachter (over the telephone). Pachter tells him that the portait has increased the number of visitors to the museum and that it will now be displayed in the National Portrait Museum until April 1. He then interviews Philip Zimbardo about "The Lucifer Effect" and how people become evil.
#23 - Mark Moffett
Season 4 - Episode 20 - Aired 2/7/2008
Tonight Stephen welcomes naturalist Mark Moffett, author of Face to Face with Frogs. Also, Presidental candiate and former Arkansas Governaor Mike Huckabee stops by to discuss, and play air hockey with Stephen, about which state he hopes to win next.
#24 - Jacob Weisberg
Season 4 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/4/2008
Tonight Stephen welcomes Slate editor in chief Jacob Weisberg, author of The Bush Tragedy. Also, Stephen talks with Tony Campolo, author of Red Letter Christians, about the Chrisitian right's influence on politics.