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I am America (And So Can You!)

by Stephen Colbert (Contributor/Editor), Richard Dahm (Contributor/Editor), Jay Katsir (Contributor), Laura Krafft (Contributor), Frank Lesser (Contributor), Tom Purcell (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Paul Dinello (Contributor/Editor), Allison Silverman (Contributor/Editor) , more…

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Congratulations--just by opening the cover of this book you became 25% more patriotic.

From Stephen Colbert, the host of television's highest-rated punditry show The Colbert Report, comes the book to fill the other 23½ hours of your day. I Am America (And So Can You!) contains all of the opinions that Stephen doesn't have time to shoehorn into his nightly broadcast.

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Published October 9th 2007 by Grand Central Publishing (first published January 1st 2007)

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Nov 10, 2007 Nathan rated it 5 of 5 stars Recommends it for: South Carolinians

Shelves: humor, biography, pop-culture

Most Americans are familiar with Stephen Colbert and his viciously partisan antics. He makes Ann Coulter, that hateful, Republican attack-hermaphrodite, look like a kindly grandmother. More recently, this lifelong right-winger attempted to subvert and sabotage both the democratic process and the Democratic Party by running as a Democrat for president in the state of South Carolina. Colbert has proven himself, time and again, to be a self-satisfied stooge less concerned with reality than with his...more Most Americans are familiar with Stephen Colbert and his viciously partisan antics. He makes Ann Coulter, that hateful, Republican attack-hermaphrodite, look like a kindly grandmother. More recently, this lifelong right-winger attempted to subvert and sabotage both the democratic process and the Democratic Party by running as a Democrat for president in the state of South Carolina. Colbert has proven himself, time and again, to be a self-satisfied stooge less concerned with reality than with his ratings and status amongst the Republican elite. His "logic" extends to asking such unanswerable non-questions as "Don't you want to win the war on terror?" He sees the world in black and white, with no shades of color or gray, and he expects the world to answer to his limited understanding of it. In I Am America (And So Can You), Colbert attempts to translate the uniquely twisted logic of his TV rants into a book of socio-political commentary. That he should write a book is shocking, if for no other reason than its hard to imagine he even reads them. (First sentence of the book: "I'm no fan of books.") From the start, his ego is the boat with his partisan agenda at the helm. The introduction is more like an instruction list, guiding the reader in how to "read" the book. (Don't highlight anything; it comes with Colbert approved stickers to notate moments of utter worship.) He then proceeds to lecture about the family. As one can expect from the admitted sexist, Colbert's view of the family is right out of the 1850s. As with any political tome, one eventually stumbles upon moments of seeming coherence amid all the partisan stupidity. Colbert may be absolutely correct in his suggestions for dealing with the elderly, and whether one agrees with the end result or not, he does issue the most coherent argument yet provided by the right on why homosexuality is dangerous. Most times, however, Colbert veers toward hysteria. He attempts to make the absurd case that God loves America more than he loves anyone else, and proves it by covering God's involvement in America's foreign wars. He also pushes an agenda of views that could only come from Colbert's deep involvement with the American quack right: abstinence, anti-abortion, the homosexual recruitment agenda (he even gives page space to a testimonial from a religiously "reformed" homosexual), and the long-held Christian Conservative view that bears are a vehicle for demons. And of course Colbert misses the irony in his hateful ridicule of actors who promote "liberal" causes. He viciously attacks Sean Penn, Tim Robins and Barbra Streisand without even acknowledging that he, with his TV show, brewing publishing empire and Republican connections, is absolutely no different from the celebrity activists he attacks. Overall, a loosely held-together quilt of facts taken out of context, Republican talking points, opinion packaged as news and prejudicial ignorance. And it's not even written very well. Colbert makes up for what he lacks in literacy by inventing whole new words. The result is both accidentally hilarious and utterly confusing, but certainly not literary or substantive. One need go no further than the title to learn that Stephen Colbert is someone who talks first, and thinks later. Expect his show to move to the FOX Network very soon, and expect many, many more books like this.

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Mar 04, 2011 Kat Kennedy rated it 3 of 5 stars

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Stephen Colbert is the highly entertaining comedian that has been mocking Republicans relentlessly at every turn. Not that they don't kind of take themselves seriously and could sometimes benefit from a good mocking.

I can say this because I'm not a liberal either. I'm Australian. I have no vested interest in American politics. You know what I do have a vested interest in? Funny.

Now, I generally find John Stewart funnier and I appreciate Colbert's moronic, dead-pan Republican act. I just can't ta...more

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Kat Kennedy Thank you, Lisa. Yes, I'm up on the economical hoodoo of what's going on in America. It's hard not to be because our media also reports on your politi...more
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Lisa Good point, Kat. Even though I have input through voting, I often feel like I have no impact. I can't change it, effect it, move it, or help it. So I...more
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Feb 15, 2010 FlibBityFLooB rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: non-fiction, read-in-2010, made-me-laugh, loved-the-audiobook-narration, witty-i-am-not, male-author

Things I learned from listening to this audiobook:

- Dos/Don’ts for defrosting Stephen Colbert’s cryogenically frozen head.
- Why ice hockey is training for the eventual war with glaciers
- Red means stop. Green means go. Purple means Wednesday.
- Why Kittens really don’t wear mittens.
- What to say to the evil robot overlord to explode its hive mind when it takes over

WARNING: Do not attempt to listen to this book on headphones in public while drinking anything. Not only will you laugh-out-loud mania...more

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Feb 23, 2008 Stuart rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: humor

Rachel and I were in the audience for the Colbert Report a week before the writers went on strike. I highly recommend seeing it live! Before the show Stephen takes questions from the audience. Rachel's question was "what are you reading right now?" Stephen said "A Jesuit of Broadway". Rachel asked "what is it about?" Stephen said "it's about a Jesuit on Broadway". Stephen then asked Rachel "what are you reading?" Rachel stammered "uh, your book!" Stephen said "oh, don't waste your time on that g...more

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Dec 11, 2008 Annalisa rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: audiobook, humor

If you like the Colbert Report, you'll probably like this book. Since Stephen Colbert is one of my favorite celebrities, I did very much enjoy the listen. I listened to it audio knowing that most of Stephen Colbert's comedic humor is the delivery. I found myself laughing out loud a lot. So yes imagine we wandering aisles as I shop or sitting amidst the cheering parents of a soccer game laughing to myself. Colbert has a rare gift of making something funny he doesn't believe in without making it a...more

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May 27, 2008 Steven rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: addiction

Full disclosure, I am a huge fan of “The Colbert Report.” If I am awake at 11:30 p.m., I have to watch the show. Upon its first few viewings I thought that I might not like it as much as “The Daily Show,” but after a little bit of time in warming up to the character of Stephen Colbert, I quite frankly think that “Colbert Report” is in many ways the much funnier show.

Much to Mr. Colbert’s dismay, I checked this book out from the library and was unable to avail myself to the full extent of its fe...more

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Feb 28, 2008 Tracy rated it 5 of 5 stars Recommends it for: everyone

Recommended to Tracy by: Stephen Colbert

Shelves: read-and-liked-it

I suspect that Stephen Colbert, the relentlessly egotistical headlining author of I Am America (And So Can You!), would protest if you called his book funny, but it most definitely is funny. In his mind, however, the book is an indispensable work of truth and advice about how to navigate your life. In the directions for how to read the book, Colbert mentions that his book can be used to swear in people about to give testimony in the extraordinary absence of the Bible. This sums up the esteem wit...more I suspect that Stephen Colbert, the relentlessly egotistical headlining author of I Am America (And So Can You!), would protest if you called his book funny, but it most definitely is funny. In his mind, however, the book is an indispensable work of truth and advice about how to navigate your life. In the directions for how to read the book, Colbert mentions that his book can be used to swear in people about to give testimony in the extraordinary absence of the Bible. This sums up the esteem with which this work should be regarded, according to the author.

I Am America (And So Can You!) opens with Colbert’s declaration that he does not like books. He also hopes that his readers have not read any books before, presumably so that their minds will be pure and therefore most receptive to his truth.

The 230-page hardcover goes on to reveal Colbert’s wise opinions about such topics as the family, religion, sex and dating, higher education, the media, and science. In each chapter a multi-layered satire of right wing conservative values and points of view are presented in cleverly hysterical detail. The chapter titles easily decant the savory flavor of the book’s humor. (Please don’t add water!) For example the chapter about Sports is called “When It’s Okay to Shower With Men” and the chapter on Class War is named “Let Them Buy Cake For A Change.”

In addition to the American-as-apple-pie insight imparted by no less than 14 writers, I Am American (And So Can You!) is so fundamentally funny that the actual design of the book often made me laugh. The photography is truly brilliant, both in composition and the acting skill of the subject. Colbert’s distinctive facial expressions and flair for wholesomeness combined wonderfully with a variety of props ranging from a bouquet of flowers to dog poop. My personal favorite is the photograph of Colbert in front of Applebees, where he presumably became disillusioned with life. (I understand). Another nice touch with the book design are the red-dyed edges of the pages, so as to advertise its Biblical quality.

I recommend this book to people who do not read books and like to be told how to think by a male authority figure. Studies indicate this would be a large audience, which accounts for the best-selling success of this book.
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Oct 09, 2007 Mattomic rated it 5 of 5 stars

Thanks to MY secret librarian powers, I didn't get my hands on this before it was released, but I did get it before anyone else had the chance to check it out. My rating is premature and probably too generous, and it reflects my near-blind devotion to anything and everything Colbertian. That being said, from the bits and pieces I've read, it's utterly hilarious. Sure, there's a little something missing when you read his word (I have to imagine Colbert reading it in his unmistakable vocal style);...more

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Jan 24, 2008 Dwight rated it 3 of 5 stars

My loving life partner & soul mate gave me this for Christmas. Perhaps she's hoping that it might rub off a bit and I might attain the same kind of twinkle in my eye that Stephen Colbert has. Alas, unlikely.

I had to give a presentation to a room full of local union leaders last weekend in Austin TX. These are mostly elected leaders of teacher union locals. So activist by nature. But all from western states, so you don't know exactly what to expect. I used a take-off on the title of this book...more

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Apr 26, 2008 Jeff rated it 2 of 5 stars

It's always an experiment when a comedian with no literary history writes (or collaborates to write) a book. Everyone knows that the 80/20 rule even applies to humor: 20% is the joke and 80% is the timing or delivery. With someone like Stephen Colbert - who I have endless respect for after delivering his famous White House Correspondents Dinner speech, which is wisely reprinted in this book - whose humor is predicated on physical, visual humor, it can be quite precarious treading into the waters...more

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Dec 19, 2007 Joseph rated it 4 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Patriots and Colbert-lovers

Shelves: fiction

Don't get me wrong; this is a good book. It's a hoot. It's a lot of fun. It's ... exactly the book you think it is. If you've seen The Colbert Report, you're not going to find any new material. Stripped of current events, Colbert is forced to just play up all the generic jokes he uses all the time on his show. He hates facts and books and scientists and Hollywood. He loves the President and Bill O'Reilly and Catholicism and FoxNews. But there's not a lot that's particularly fresh. He even tries...more

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May 23, 2008 treehugger rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: not really anyone, even if you love Colbert....just a lame-o book in general!

Shelves: audiobooks

Ok, so I was totally let down by this book, and I can't remember the last time I just wished the author who was reading the book to me on my commute would just SHUT THE HELL UP. I wasn't expecting that, being as how I'm a huge Jon Stewart fan, have loved the books of his I have read, and like the Colbert Report (although since I haven't had cable for years, I only see it sporadically while housesitting for other, more affluent individuals :)).

Anyway, it had no coherent plot, made not good point...more

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Jun 22, 2008 Colleen rated it 4 of 5 stars

There were a number of times in this book I was laughing out loud, not just a little chuckle, but a full belly laugh. I wouldn't recommend this book to someone who is P.C. sensitive (mom!) or you might just have a stroke before you get to chapter three; and maybe not for the uber-conservative, but even the moderate conservative thinker might find this amusing considering the state of politics today. If you like a good political farce, you are in for a good laugh. A warning on some of the languag...more

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Sep 24, 2008 Tara rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: own, humour

This is certainly not a literary masterpiece, but it is a good book to have beside the bed. I liked to read a few pages before going to sleep as it was the perfect non-committal, good for a chuckle book.

I also like that Colbert's speech to the White House Correspondents Dinner was included at the end of the book. That was a great speech and proved that Colbert's got big ones!

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Apr 25, 2010 Griffin Betz rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: read-fiction

First, I want to thank Mr. Colbert for saving me from a dim and meaningless life as a book-reading, thought-having, liberal. "I AM AMERICA (And So Can You)" showed me the light (not that I'm a fan of The Enlightenment) and released me from my prison of 'reality' and 'facts.'

Even better, Mr. Colbert taught me that books are useless objects that only make you think. Think of all the money I'll save now that I can stop reading! (Note to Amazon: Maybe you shouldn't carry this book, if too many peopl...more

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Mar 26, 2008 Philitsa rated it 3 of 5 stars

This book took me forever to read. Imagine 240 pages of The Colbert Report's "The Word" segment. There's a reason why it's only a minute or so long -- that's only as much as a sane person can digest at a time.

Now, I don't want imply that I didn't enjoy reading the book. I just had to do it in very... small... doses. Otherwise, I'd get frustrated and want to claw my eyes out. That's all.

There were a few pages that made me chortle, but it took me so long to read the book that I can't remember wha...more

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Dec 05, 2007 The Millman rated it 4 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Anyone who watches the Colbert Report.

This book is funny. Just by reading the title and the back cover (which incidentally only had about 15 words on it) I knew that this book would be funny. And it is, but it's not much else. The character that Colbert plays on his show (intensely-conservative-right-wing-republican) is not actually him. It's almost like this alter ego he has created. In real life, Colbert is a left-wing-liberal. But on his show, he's completely the opposite. So being a regular watcher of his show, and knowing what...more

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Feb 05, 2008 Amy Galaviz rated it 3 of 5 stars Recommends it for: anyone who watches The Colbert Report

I absolutely love The Colbert Report and refuse to miss an episode. There were a few very funny sections in the book. His pompous sarcastic masquerading as a far-right Catholic republican is always funny, and I enjoy his ability to elevate himself to God-like status and make fun of himself at the same time. However, the wittiness he does so well on his show has its limits in book form, and his "shouting" tone does get old after a while. He tried to create the mood of The Word by inserting notes...more

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Dec 07, 2007 Angel rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: humor

I have been looking forward to reading this for a while. Our library finally got the new bestsellers collection processed, so I have checked it out. I just started it.

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Actually, the book is a bit disappointing. It has its funny moments, but there is a lot of fluff in between the funny parts. It does capture the tone of any pundit book out there, and that may actually work against it as well; pundit books suffer from the problem of just going on too long to make their point. And I think th...more

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Jun 09, 2008 Derrith rated it 4 of 5 stars

Not sure why it took me so long to finish this book. I would pick it up, read a bit, put it down and move on to something else. Maybe it's like when you save your Halloween candy and your siblings (who scarfed theirs before their costumes even came off) are jealous when you still have a Snickers fun size with your lunch well into December.
Now that I'm done, and my sides ache from laughing, I'm glad I doled it out to myself in small doses. It was less about savoring and more about the fact that...more

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Jun 27, 2008 Graceann rated it 5 of 5 stars Recommends it for: All fans of humor/Colbert

Shelves: humor

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Stephen Colbert is hilarious, as I expected him to be, and there was never any doubt that I would be buying this book. I usually pass books along when I'm done reading them, and there's plenty of demand for this one, but I'm not giving it up for love or money. The rest of the Heroe...more

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Dec 31, 2007 piraterie rated it 4 of 5 stars Recommends it for: truthiness seekers

Shelves: read2007, satire

I'm probably being a bit generous with my rating; my mad Colbert love compels me to add probably a star more than this actually deserves. There's nothing new here, after all; it's what you see on the show, minus most references to current events. It's exactly what you'd expect from the "Stephen Colbert" character. But it is funny, and I like the Fun Zones and charts and stickers and pictures. And I appreciated the inclusion of the transcript of the 2006 White House Correspondents' Dinner which r...more

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Feb 04, 2008 Jack rated it 4 of 5 stars

Hilariously funny. Obviously, this isn't the kind of book to read if you're looking for a deep, thought provoking political analysis of modern America-- it's the kind of book to provoke hysteric contractions of your vocal chords and occasionally a rightist joke.

The only thing about this book is that the whole work is satire of the right-wing of politics. And if you don't know Stephen Colbert's style, you'll probably think he's a serious nutjob with the self-absorbency of a 3m sponge in a bucket...more

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Feb 25, 2008 Kelly rated it 4 of 5 stars

Recommended to Kelly by: stephen colbert - he says great things about it

you can learn everything you need to know from this book - 1001 abstinence positions, how homosexuals are ruining our country, how all religions are okay (there are several paths towards accepting jesus christ as your savior), how to fix the immigration problem, and why fox news is the only fair and equal news source. it's like a really long episode of the colbert report, but it turns out that actually seeing and hearing stephen colbert are all part of the experience. still worth the read. i lau...more

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Sep 27, 2007 Nicole Pugh rated it 4 of 5 stars

Thanks to my secret librarian powers, I got a sneek-peek read of this book before its street date. Don't worry; you'll love it just as much as you hoped. Chock full of Colbert's signature smart-ass humor, readers will laugh (and cry) from beginning to end, and in the true style of "The Report", Colbert leaves no political leader unjabbed and no celebrity untaunted. Sure to be a best-seller (that is, if everyone that wants to read it buys the book... "no libraries, okay? Libraries are for cowards...more

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Jan 17, 2013 Kurtti rated it 3 of 5 stars

1.I Am America (And So Can You!)
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4. This book is basically comedian Stephen Colbert’s traditional, republican, and often satirical view on all of today’s social, economic, and political issues. He covers a new topic in each of his chapters. Whether it's religion, race, the media, or immigrants, Colbert has something to say about everything.
5/6. Motifs present in this book include collective over the individual and strong traditional values trump all. "It is the duty...more 1.I Am America (And So Can You!)
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4. This book is basically comedian Stephen Colbert’s traditional, republican, and often satirical view on all of today’s social, economic, and political issues. He covers a new topic in each of his chapters. Whether it's religion, race, the media, or immigrants, Colbert has something to say about everything.
5/6. Motifs present in this book include collective over the individual and strong traditional values trump all. "It is the duty of all Americans to respect and cherish our elders" (22) demonstrates the first motif that if we all work together, America will be a stronger, more successful country. Though he does contradict this motif often by valuing the individual, usually himself, over everyone else. "'I celebrate myself, and sing myself, and what I assume, you shall assume.' That 'I' he was talking about? It's me. Bottom line: Read this book. Be me."
His second motif can be summed up in his first chapter titled "The Family". The best way to explain his stance is to quote: "We are at war. And I'm not talking about the war in Iraq, the war in Afghanistan, or the war on drugs. I'm talking about a war with higher stakes than all of those other wars combined and then divided by three. The battleground I'm talking about? The American Family" (5) His reasoning for wanting the nuclear families back in America was, understandably, because America was its strongest when that was the norm. Whether it is satirical or not, he does make a good point that as the American family has changed, so too has America while it similarly has grown weaker on the global stage.
7. These quotes have helped me enjoy the book more because you have to read this book lightly and with good-humor. If you have ever seen his show, The Colbert Report, you know his personality and how you can't take him too seriously. He does do a good job of bringing issues to light through his satire and usually ridicules one side of a debate by being a sort of human hyperbole.
8. People that would enjoy this book will be anyone who enjoys his show, or Jon Stewart's The Daily Show. His audience is typically people ages 15-30 though anyone who likes a good laugh on social issues would likely find this book entertaining. I recommend anyone who doesn't know Stephen Colbert already watch his show before opening this book to get a sense of how his personality develops the text. Likewise, I believe this book should be read using Colbert's voice as that little narrator that reads the book to you because if it isn't, some of the jokes can be rather dry. (less)

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Jan 08, 2013 Dave marked it as to-read

Shelves: calibre, non-fiction

EDITORIAL REVIEW:

Congratulations--just by looking at this webpage, you became 25% more patriotic.

From Stephen Colbert, the host of television's highest-rated punditry show *The Colbert Report*, comes the book to fill the other 23¿ hours of your day. *I Am America (And So Can You!) *contains all of the opinions that Stephen doesn't have time to shoehorn into his nightly broadcast.

Dictated directly into a microcassette recorder over a three-day weekend, this book contains Stephen's most deeply hel...more

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Nov 26, 2012 Chris Sprayberry rated it 5 of 5 stars

I Am America and So Can You by Stephen Colbert is a truly funny book. His antics from his popular show, “The Colbert Report,” really shine through in his book. The majority of the book is written in a tongue in cheek style. However, it is portrayed in such a way that the author “believes” his statements to be true. The book is also politically relevant and often satirizes conservative views. The book is meant to appeal to fans of the “The Colbert Report” and younger people. However, I think any...more

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Sep 12, 2012 Chimney rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: books-i-own, media-personalities

Original review can be found at Inconceivable Book Reviews

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After seeing Stephen Colbert’s interview with Neil Gaiman on The Colbert Report about his children’s novel ‘The Graveyard Book,’ I just knew I had to get Colbert’s own book, ‘I Am America (And So Can You!). I originally got this in ebook format, but found that I did not like how the format transferred over to my Nook and ended up purchasing a paperback copy. Now, I bought this book with the hopes that it would make me laugh and...more

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Aug 08, 2012 Daniel Lugano added it

As a longtime fan of the Colbert Report, I welcome any opportunity to experience more of Colbert's comedic brilliance. So when I found his book, promoting itself as a method of "filling the other 23 1/2 hours of my day," I was all too delighted. Containing Colbert's commentary on a wide variety of subjects from pro sports to the theory of evolution (seriously, he goes back to that a lot), I am America gives exactly the kind of one-sided fear-mongering monologues we've come to know and love from...more

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