Comedy Central

• Charlie Rose: Rob Portman, Office of Management and Budget, and John Mellencamp
• The Daily Show: John Mellencamp
• The Colbert Report: Chris Hedges
• The Late Show With David Letterman: Jack Hanna, Katherine Heigl, and Patty Griffin
• Jay Leno: Mark Wahlberg, Sarah Silverman, and Mat Kearney
• Jimmy Kimmel Live: Gwen Stefani, Justin Chambers, and Fall Out Boy
• Tavis Smiley: Ayaan Hirsi Ali and James McAvoy
• Late Night With Conan O'Brien: Bob Costas, Josh Groban, and Ashley Tisdale
• The Late, Late Show With Craig Ferguson: Thandie Newton and The Game
• Last Call With Carson Daly: Eric Balfour and Andy McKee

Ahh...the scorned heart.

It leads us to do crazy things like wear diapers and drive cross-country. Let's face it, if you're an astronaut the distance between Houston and Orlando is peanuts compared to the distance you've travelled to the stars. We will get to what Jon Stewart said about that later..

Maybe Astronaut Nowak just needed to wait for Lost like the rest of America to learn how to best come up with revenge for your scorned heart. Sometimes all you have to do on Lost is ask for it.

(If you haven't watched last night's episode I highly suggest you stop reading and clicking on this post now.)

• Charlie Rose: Tom Stoppard
• The Daily Show: Ralph Nader
• The Colbert Report: Steven Pinker
• The Late Show With David Letterman: Chris Elliott, Kelly Ripa, and John Mellencamp
• Jay Leno: Hugh Grant, Julie Scardina, and Norah Jones
• Jimmy Kimmel Live: Dane Cook, Albert Reyes, and Katharine McPhee
• Tavis Smiley: Senator Norm Coleman and Frank Luntz
• Late Night With Conan O'Brien: Cuba Gooding Jr., Joy Behar, and Jonathan Katz
• The Late, Late Show With Craig Ferguson: Bob Saget, Jonny Lang, and Kaylee Defer
• Last Call With Carson Daly: Timothy Busfield and Cobie Caillat

• Charlie Rose: Senator Jack Reed, David Brooks, EJ Dionne, and Josh Groban
• The Daily Show: Mike Rowe
• The Colbert Report: Charlie LeDuff
• The Late Show With David Letterman: Harry Connick Jr. and Randy Jackson
• Jay Leno: Penelope Cruz, Tyler Perry, and James Hunter
• Jimmy Kimmel Live: Dominic Monaghan, Paul Weller, and Donatella Versace
• Tavis Smiley: Neil DeGrasse Tyson and Hank Klibanoff
• Late Night With Conan O'Brien: Dr. Phil, Emily Deschanel, and Colexico
• The Late, Late Show With Craig Ferguson: Mena Suvari, Naked Truker, and Lawrence Block
• Last Call With Carson Daly: Lizzy Caplan and Taking Back Sunday

• Charlie Rose: Martin Amis and John Mellencamp
• The Daily Show: Walter Scheib
• The Colbert Report: Wendy Kopp
• The Late Show With David Letterman: Dr. Phil and Fall Out Boy
• Jay Leno: Clint Eastwood, Jennifer Hudson, Alison Krauss, and John Waite
• Jimmy Kimmel Live: Donald Trump, Carrot Top, and Radiant (repeat)
• Tavis Smiley: P.J. O'Rouke
• Late Night With Conan O'Brien: Mindy Kaling and The Slip
• The Late, Late Show With Craig Ferguson: Danny Bonaduce, Hank Williams, and Lynyrd Skynrd
• Last Call With Carson Daly: Zach Braff and Gov't Mule (repeat)

See that robot on the right? Does he look familiar at all? Does he perhaps resemble a certain womanizing, hard-drinking robot from a certain recently-resurrected animated series that rhymes with "Futurama," and is, coincidentally, also called "Futurama?" And didn't I essentially give away the answer in the title of this post?

Internet scuttlebutt has it that the robot featured on the old comic book cover, drawn by artist Alex Schomburg, is what inspired the design of Bender from Futurama. The Web site Samuel Design seems to have conclusive proof that Bender did in fact spawn from this cover. It has a screenshot from the season four episode "Crimes of the Hot" that features a "bending unit" with very similar head features of the nameless robot on the cover.

This sci fi and comic book stuff gets into territory I'm not completely familiar with, so I give the floor to you readers who know more about this than I do. Is it obviously the inspiration for Bender, or is everyone reading too much into it?

Thanks to Wild Bill for the link.

• Charlie Rose: Senator Chuck Schumer
• The Daily Show: Sienna Miller
• The Colbert Report: Senator Chuck Schumer
• The Late Show With David Letterman: Bill Murray and LeBron James
• Jay Leno: Christina Aguilera, Abigail Breslin, and Julie Scardina
• Jimmy Kimmel Live: Felicity Huffman, Damian Marley, and Stephen Marley
• Tavis Smiley: Reverend Jesse Jackson
• Late Night With Conan O'Brien: Serena Williams and Kevin Brennan
• The Late, Late Show With Craig Ferugson: Henry Winkler, Jet, and Zoe Saldana
• Last Call With Carson Daly: Dylan McDermott and Ludacris