The BEST episodes written by Stephen Colbert
#1 - Tim Robbins
The Colbert Report - Season 1 - Episode 20
Stephen Colbert welcomes star of "Zathura", Tim Robbins!
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The Colbert Report - Season 1 - Episode 24
Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of "The Scorpion's Gate", Richard Clarke!
#3 - Matt Taibbi
The Colbert Report - Season 1 - Episode 19
Stephen Colbert welcomes author of "Spanking the Donkey", Matt Taibbi!
#4 - Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Colbert Report - Season 1 - Episode 23
Stephen Colbert welcomes author of "The Dictionary of Republicanisms", Katrina vanden Heuvel!
#5 - Al Franken
The Colbert Report - Season 2 - Episode 34
Stephen Colbert welcomes the host of "The Al Franken Show", Al Franken!
#6 - Greg Kinnear/All Saints
Saturday Night Live - Season 23 - Episode 18
Sketches include ""Martha Stewart,"" ""Name That Dog!,"" ""The Culps,"" ""Restaurant,"" ""House of Dogs,"" ""Nightline,"" ""Pirate Ship,"" and ""The Robin Byrd Show.""
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#7 - Stone Phillips
The Colbert Report - Season 1 - Episode 1
In the premiere episode of The Colbert Report, Stephen starts off the show with a segment called The Word coining the term "Truthiness". Other segments include: The Threat Down rating avian flu, basketball, babies, hurricanes and James Brady. Stephen interviews Stone Phillips, an Emmy award winning journalist and host of Dateline NBC. At the end of the interview, Stephen and Stone Phillips have a competition of gravitas.
#8 - Nancy Grace
The Colbert Report - Season 2 - Episode 1
Stephen Colbert welcomes the host of CNN's "Nancy Grace", Nancy Grace.
#9 - Gov. Mike Huckabee
The Colbert Report - Season 2 - Episode 57
Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of "Quit Digging Your Grave with a Knife and Fork: A 12-Stop Program to End Bad Habits and Begin a Healthy Lifestyle" and the Governor of Arkansas, Gov. Mike Huckabee!
#10 - Rick Reilly
The Colbert Report - Season 2 - Episode 59
Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of "Shanks For Nothing", Rick Reilly!
#11 - Frank Rich
The Colbert Report - Season 2 - Episode 61
Stephen Colbert welcomes editor of the "New York Times", Frank Rich!
#12 - Richard Preston
The Colbert Report - Season 1 - Episode 22
Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of several science books, Richard Preston!
#13 - Brian Greene
The Colbert Report - Season 1 - Episode 21
Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of "The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality", Brian Greene!
#14 - Madeleine Albright
The Colbert Report - Season 2 - Episode 63
Stephen Colbert welcomes the former Secretary of State, Madeleine Albright!
#15 - Barry Scheck
The Colbert Report - Season 2 - Episode 131
Tonight Stephen welcomes lawyer and co-founder of the Innocence Project, Barry Scheck.
#16 - Shere Hite
The Colbert Report - Season 2 - Episode 60
Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of "The Shere Hite Reader", Shere Hite!
#17 - Bill Bastone
The Colbert Report - Season 2 - Episode 62
Stephen Colbert welcomes editor of The Smoking Gun.com, Bill Bastone!
#18 - Markos Moulitsas
The Colbert Report - Season 2 - Episode 47
Stephen Colbert welcomes the owner of TheDailyKos.com and the co-author of "Crashing the Gate: Netroots, Grassroots, and the Rise of People-Powered Politics", Markos Moulitsas!
#19 - Hugh Hewitt
The Colbert Report - Season 2 - Episode 52
Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of "Painting the Map Red: The Fight to Create a Permanent Republican Majority", Hugh Hewitt!
#20 - Ralph Nader
The Colbert Report - Season 2 - Episode 51
Stephen Colbert welcomes author and activist, Ralph Nader!
#21 - Sebastian Junger
The Colbert Report - Season 2 - Episode 54
Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of "A Death in Belmont", Sebastian Junger!
#22 - Douglas Brinkley
The Colbert Report - Season 2 - Episode 79
Tonight Stephen welcomes the author of "The Great Deluge", Douglas Brinkley.
#23 - Dean Kamen
The Colbert Report - Season 2 - Episode 142
Tonight Stephen welcomes the founder of "FIRST" and President of DEKA Research and Development Corporation, Dean Kamen.
#24 - Bill Kristol
The Colbert Report - Season 2 - Episode 55
Stephen Colbert welcomes the editor of "The Weekly Standard", Bill Kristol!
#25 - Carl Bernstein
The Colbert Report - Season 2 - Episode 2
Stephen Colbert welcomes the author of "The Secret Man: The Story of Watergate's Deep Throat",Carl Bernstein.
#26 - Michael Brown
The Colbert Report - Season 2 - Episode 41
Stephen Colbert welcomes former FEMA director, Michael Brown!
#27 - Dermot Mulroney
The Colbert Report - Season 1 - Episode 31
Stephen Colbert welcomes actor and star of "The Family Stone", Dermot Mulroney!
#28 - Don Cheadle
The Daily Show - Season 10 - Episode 2
Actor Don Cheadle talks about his role in the film "Hotel Rwanda".
#31 - Samuel L. Jackson
The Daily Show - Season 10 - Episode 5
Actor Samuel L. Jackson talks about his new film and the many other films he's made this year.
#32 - Dennis Quaid
The Daily Show - Season 10 - Episode 6
Actor Dennis Quaid! Plus, Lewis' "Back In Black"!
#35 - Jim Wallis
The Daily Show - Season 10 - Episode 9
Author of "God's Politics: Why the Right Gets It Wrong and the Left Doesn't Get It", Jim Wallis!
#37 - Joe Lieberman
The Daily Show - Season 10 - Episode 11
Senator Joe Lieberman! Democratic Senator Joe Lieberman talks about his secret to getting along with the Republican party.
#38 - Richard Viguerie
The Daily Show - Season 10 - Episode 12
Author of "America's Right Turn: How Conservatives Used New and Alternative Media to Take Power", Richard Viguerie!
#39 - Seymour Hersh
The Daily Show - Season 10 - Episode 13
Author of "Chain of Command: The Road from 9/11 to Abu Ghraib", Seymour Hersh!
#40 - John Leguizamo
The Daily Show - Season 10 - Episode 14
Actor John Leguizamo! John Leguizamo talks about Sundance, skiing, and being named a sexy hombre.
#41 - Christine Todd Whitman
The Daily Show - Season 10 - Episode 15
Former head of the EPA, Christine Todd Whitman! Christine Todd Whitman talks about her new book "It's My Party Too."
#42 - Fareed Zakaria
The Daily Show - Season 10 - Episode 16
Author of "The Future of Freedom", Fareed Zakaria!
#44 - Anderson Cooper
The Daily Show - Season 10 - Episode 18
Host of "Anderson Cooper 360", Anderson Cooper!
#47 - Senator Byron Dorgan
The Colbert Report - Season 2 - Episode 125
Tonight Stephen welcomes North Dakota Senator Byron Dorgan, author of "Take This Job and Ship It: How Corporate Greed And Brain-Dead Politics Are Selling Out America".
#48 - Toby Keith
The Colbert Report - Season 4 - Episode 95
Tonight Stephen welcomes country music superstar Toby Keith and star of Beer for My Horses, plus Keith performs the song of the same name.
#49 - Scott McClellan
The Colbert Report - Season 4 - Episode 107
Tonight Stephen welcomes former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan, author of What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's Culture of Deception, Scott McClellan. Also, Stephen talks with former Georgia Representative and Libertarian Presidential candidate Bob Barr about the Libertarian party's "green" efforts.
#50 - Paul Giamatti
The Daily Show - Season 10 - Episode 1
Star of "Sideways", Paul Giamatti! Paul Giamatti talks about what it's like to appear in an intelligent, well-acted film.