The Colbert Report · SEASON 5
Tom Brokaw
Episode 161 · 2009-12-16

- News
- Comedy
Episode overview
Stephen encourages Tiger Woods, sees the ghost of Stephen King and remembers the wacky decade with Tom Brokaw.
Season 5 episodes
1. John King2009-01-05
2. Matt Miller2009-01-06
3. Benicio Del Toro2009-01-07
4. Lawrence Lessig2009-01-08
5. Anthony Romero2009-01-12
6. Niall Ferguson2009-01-13
7. Alan Khazei2009-01-14
8. David Gregory, Shepard Fairey2009-01-15
9. Frank Rich2009-01-19
10. Jabari Asim2009-01-20
11. Elizabeth Alexander2009-01-21
12. Jon Meacham2009-01-22
13. Chris Mooney, Ed Young2009-01-26
14. Philippe Petit2009-01-27
15. Paul McCartney, Denis Dutton2009-01-28
16. John Podesta2009-01-29
17. Dan Zaccagnino2009-02-02
18. Henry Louis Gates Jr.2009-02-03
19. Steve Martin2009-02-04
20. James Surowiecki, Jonah Lehrer2009-02-05
21. TV on the Radio2009-02-09
22. Robert Ballard2009-02-10
23. Eleanor Holmes Norton, Steven Pinker2009-02-11
24. David Ross, Ed Colbert, Adam Gopnik2009-02-12
25. Father James Martin, Helen Fisher2009-02-23
26. Cliff Sloan2009-02-24
27. John Fetterman2009-02-25
28. Kris Kristofferson2009-02-26
29. David Byrne2009-03-02
30. Mark Bittman2009-03-03
31. Carl Wilson2009-03-04
32. Steven Johnson2009-03-05
33. Lisa Hannigan2009-03-09
34. William Gerstenmaier, Dr. Jay Keasling2009-03-10
35. Howard Fineman2009-03-11
36. Simon Johnson, Peter Singer2009-03-12
37. Jonathan Chait, Neil Gaiman2009-03-16
38. David Grann2009-03-17
39. Juan Cole2009-03-18
40. John McCardell2009-03-19
41. Derrick Pitts2009-03-30
42. David Plotz2009-03-31
43. Dambisa Moyo2009-04-01
44. Biz Stone2009-04-02
45. Tom Brokaw, Rich Lowry2009-04-06
46. Queen Noor2009-04-07
47. Phil Bronstein2009-04-08
48. Bart Ehrman2009-04-09
49. Sunita L. Williams, Susie Orbach2009-04-14
50. Jim Lehrer2009-04-15
51. Kanishk Tharoor, Doug Kmiec2009-04-16
52. Ken Quinn, Sheriff Joe Arpaio2009-04-20
53. Coach Mike Kryzewski2009-04-21
54. Ira Glass2009-04-22
55. Elizabeth Bintliff2009-04-23
56. The Decemberists2009-04-27
57. David Gross2009-04-28
58. David Kessler2009-04-29
59. Jonathan Alter, Ethan Nadelman2009-04-30
60. J.J. Abrams2009-05-04
61. Cliff Sloan, Paul Rieckhoff2009-05-05
62. Laurie Garrett2009-05-06
63. Mitchell Joachim2009-05-07
64. Jeff Daniels2009-05-11
65. Ron Howard2009-05-12
66. Michael Pollan2009-05-13
67. Yusuf Islam2009-05-14
68. Meghan McCain2009-05-18
69. Walter Kirn2009-05-19
70. Seth Shostak2009-05-20
71. Green Day2009-05-21
72. Jeffrey Toobin, Sen. Byron Dorgan2009-06-01
73. Katty Kay2009-06-02
74. Eric Schlosser2009-06-03
75. Dag Soderberg, David Byrne2009-06-04
76. General Raymond Odierno2009-06-08
77. Specialist Tareq Salha, Sgt. Robin Balcom2009-06-09
78. Lieutenant General Charles Jacoby2009-06-10
79. Stephen broadcasts from Iraq, Command Sgt. Major Frank Grippe2009-06-11
80. Austan Goolsbee2009-06-15
81. Karim Sadjadpour, Jim Rogers2009-06-16
82. Joshua Micah Marshall2009-06-17
83. Paul Muldoon2009-06-18
84. Simon Schama2009-06-22
85. Howard Dean, David Kilcullen2009-06-23
86. Matthew Crawford2009-06-24
87. Jim Fouratt2009-06-25
88. Neil DeGrasse Tyson2009-06-29
89. Alexi Lalas, Kevin Mattson2009-06-30
90. Nicholas Kristof2009-07-01
91. Ed Viesturs2009-07-02
92. Paul Rieckhoff, Paul Krugman2009-07-13
93. Leymah Gbowee2009-07-14
94. Douglas Rushkoff2009-07-15
95. Edmund Andrews2009-07-16
96. Geoffrey Canada, Bob Park2009-07-20
97. Dr. Aaron Carroll2009-07-21
98. Matthew Waxman, Chris Anderson2009-07-22
99. Zev Chafets2009-07-23
100. Movits!2009-07-27
101. Arianna Huffington2009-07-28
102. Kevin Baker2009-07-29
103. Kathryn Bigelow2009-07-30
104. General Anthony Zinni2009-08-03
105. Kurt Andersen2009-08-04
106. Kris Kobach2009-08-05
107. Meryl Streep2009-08-06
108. Sen. Barbara Boxer2009-08-10
109. Jonathan Cohn2009-08-11
110. Mark Johnson2009-08-12
111. Mark Devlin2009-08-13
112. Bill McKibben2009-08-17
113. Robert Wright2009-08-18
114. Ang Lee2009-08-19
115. Chris Matthews2009-08-20
116. Cory Booker2009-09-14
117. Christiane Amanpour2009-09-15
118. Tony Danza2009-09-16
119. Frank Bruni2009-09-17
120. Tue, Sep 22, 20092009-09-22
121. AJ Jacobs2009-09-23
122. Ken Burns2009-09-24
123. Sheryl WuDunn2009-09-28
124. Matt Latimer / Out Of The Closet2009-09-29
125. Wed, Sep 30, 20092009-09-30
126. Francis Collins2009-10-01
127. Arne Duncan2009-10-05
128. The Mountain Goats2009-10-06
129. Alison Gopnik2009-10-07
130. Thu, Oct 8, 20092009-10-08
131. Shashi Tharoor, Dr. Sanjay Gupta2009-10-12
132. David Javerbaum, Sylvia Earle2009-10-13
133. Amy Farrell, The RZA2009-10-14
134. Jerry Mitchell2009-10-15
135. Cornel West2009-10-26
136. Tue, Oct 27, 20092009-10-27
137. Brian Cox2009-10-28
138. Bill Simmons2009-10-29
139. Nicholas Thompson2009-11-02
140. Andrew Sullivan2009-11-03
141. Harold Evans2009-11-04
142. Thu, Nov 5, 20092009-11-05
143. Mon, Nov 9, 20092009-11-09
144. Maria Shriver2009-11-10
145. Christopher Caldwell2009-11-11
146. Woody Harrelson2009-11-12
147. Mon, Nov 16, 20092009-11-16
148. Malcolm Gladwell2009-11-17
149. Norah Jones2009-11-18
150. Thu, Nov 19, 20092009-11-19
151. Dan Esty, Cevin Soling2009-11-30
152. Tue, Dec 1, 20092009-12-01
153. Wed, Dec 2, 20092009-12-02
154. Thu, Dec 3, 20092009-12-03
155. Mon, Dec 7, 20092009-12-07
156. Senator Bernie Sanders, Andy Schlafly2009-12-08
157. Wed, Dec 9, 20092009-12-09
158. Thu, Dec 10, 20092009-12-10
159. Snoop Dogg2009-12-14
160. Alicia Keys2009-12-15
161. Tom Brokaw2009-12-16