


Sure, Colbert and his writing staff come up with plenty of hilarious assertions: Senior citizens do kind of look like lizards, and, yeah, it would be sexy if a woman ordered a side of bacon on the first date. Unfortunately, Colbert’s brand of satire is better suited for half-hour episodes of the Colbert Report than 230 pages of cringe-inspiring satire.Īs consistently amusing as the Colbert Report is, I Am America (And So Can You!) beats the joke into the ground, digs it up, has it taxidermied, and then takes it out and shoots it. He is an unrelenting fighter for the soul of America, and in this book he fights the good fight for the traditional values that have served this country so well for so long.Stephen Colbert, or more accurately his right wing alter ego developed on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart, has released “his” first book, I Am America (And So Can You!).

I Am America (And So Can You!) showcases Stephen Colbert at his most eloquent and impassioned. You may not agree with everything Stephen says, but at the very least, you'll understand that your differing opinion is wrong.

I Am America (And So Can You!) contains all of the opinions that Stephen doesn't have time to shoehorn into his nightly broadcast.ĭictated directly into a microcassette recorder over a three-day weekend, this book contains Stephen's most deeply held knee-jerk beliefs on The American Family, Race, Religion, Sex, Sports, and many more topics, conveniently arranged in chapter form.Īlways controversial and outspoken, Stephen addresses why Hollywood is destroying America by inches, why evolution is a fraud, and why the elderly should be harnessed to millstones. Congratulations-just by looking at this webpage, you became 25% more patriotic.įrom 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.
