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Title: I Am America (And So Can You!)
ISBN: 0446580503
Author:
Stephen Colbert
Publicate Date: 2007-10-09
Publish: 2007-10-09
List Price: $26.99
Average Customer Rating: 4.0
Format: Hardcover
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1: not that funny
i WANTED to like it more than i actually did. it was funny at first, but it had no legs. by the end of it, i just thought he sounded stupid. i gave it to my friend, and she thought the same thing. david sedaris is way funnier than stephen colbert, imo.
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2: Stephen Colbert is Funny, As Always.
I had never read a book by a comedian before, but this was definitely a good first experience. I laughed, I cried, and I laughed some more.
There's one thing that you should keep in mind, though: Know that this is satire. If you don't watch the show and are unaware of Colbert's method, then you probably won't like this.
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3: You are America and you don't know that Pilgrims are not Puritans?
Those lovable, Indian hugging, blunderbust shooting candyasses, with big buckles, never torched a witch. The Pilgrims died out. The Puritans came to America later and morphed into our modern, pie baking, Congregationlists, who are now indistinguishable from other, dying-out, Protestant hymn singers. They will not like having their Bible thumping ancestors outed but I am stuffed with turkey and on a roll.
How can a frog-eating person of French descent be America? We do not eat fussy pastry or horses here. His next book should be --I Am France --and he should get a proofreader who paid attention (around Thanksgiving) in fifth grade. Little Stephen must have been spanking his monkey in the back of the classroom. Great book though. I spanked, I blasted away and I stuffed until I laughed.
This review is by Mary's husband, Goldenrod, who is still living what is left of the American dream. Yes, the rod is less golden but the dream is still there. Just ask Mary.
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4: This was a great book!
This was a great book! I highly recommend it! Have fun!
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Merry Christmas!!!
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5: I was sad to see this book end!
This book is incredibly hilarious, if you "get" Stephen Colbert's type of humor. If you like his show, you'll love this book. His tongue-in-cheek, extreme rightwing pundit character is just as politically incorrect as ever, and just so so funny. Complete with his opinion everywhere, including in the margins, it encompasses everything we love about "The Colbert Report." Aside from a few distracting typos (which, according to one sentence in the end of the book, may or may not have been put there on purpose), I found this an easy read and unbelievably fun way to spend my time, and I kept wishing the book was longer, or -- better yet-- that there was a sequel. I hope he writes another. I liked it so much, I bought some as gifts for friends.
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