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Title: I Am America (And So Can You!)
ISBN: 1600240364
Author:
Stephen Colbert
Publicate Date: 2007-10-09
Publish: 2007-10-09
List Price: $24.98
Average Customer Rating: 4.0
Format: Audio CD
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Amazon Lowest New Price: $12.50
Amazon Lowest Used Price: $9.50
Amazon Merchant Price: $16.49
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1: So far so good....
Read the first few chapters and it is very Stephen Colbert. Whitty, funny, in depth, blunt...good book so far
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2: Funny book
Good price and got what I ordered. The book is funny. Not very informative but an easy read and great way to pass time
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3: Don't waste your time or money
Downloads in 15 seconds, and takes about as long to figure out that he was simply capitalizing on his celebrity. I THOUGHT I would enjoy a light, funny read but instead subjected myself to a long run-on disjointed and runaway thought train that seemed to have no real destination. I eventually stopped reading after giving him some room to be funny or interesting, or SOMETHING. But now I have a new resentment in my life... that he's taking up room on my Kindle, plus it's a frequent reminder that I was hoodwinked out of 9.99 when 1.99 might have left me feeling chagrinned, but at least not ripped off.
Stephen, stick to TV. You ARE funnier there and it costs us nothing.
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4: Don't Waste Your Money
I am glad I got this from my local library rather than waste good money. While entertaining at times, this mishmash of nonsense has the feel of Colbert's appearance - a deer caught in the headlights, and wired out on caffeine.
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5: More of the same from the TV Show
I'm a huge fan of Colbert, but unfortunately I felt a little robbed after buying this book. The book is undoubtedly amusing but it mainly illicits chuckles and grins from the reader rather than genuine laugh-out-loud moments, which you would come across infrequently throughout the entire book.
This stems from the fact that the entire book is more or less the same diatribes from his show (mainly "The Word" segment), just converted to text and far more lengthy. And its other significant flaw is that it is just not insightful enough to be memorable.
Don't get me wrong, if you're a Colbert fan this is a book worth reading - just not to be bought as a pricey hardcover.
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