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I Am America (And So Can You!)

By: Stephen Colbert
Narrated by: Stephen Colbert
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What The Daily Show is to evening news, The Colbert Report is to personality-driven pundit shows. Stephen Colbert brings his sarcastic charm to a half-hour report, tackling the important issues of the day and telling his guests why their opinions are just plain wrong. Stephen stands for "truthiness" and his American right to copyright that word and claim ownership of it.

The author describes his audiobook as a simple audiobook from a simple mind: Stephen Colbert's. In plain conversational language, not to mention the occasional grunt and/or whistle, Stephen explains his take on the most pressing concerns of our culture: faith, family...hygiene.

Why now? Stephen fears America has lost its balls and he hopes to re-ballify us...even the ladies. Ladies can have balls: lady-balls too. Stephen likes to call those "Thatchers". Stephen will show how he got his mammoth swinging sack with tales of courage and vital documents from his own life, including the Mother's Day card he made at age six, disputed credit-card bills, and putt-putt score cards - all the major milestones.

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Funny, but disappointing.

As a long fan of the Daily Show, and the Colbert Report, I was excited to see that the Daily Show team had made the book "America The Book". I downloaded the audio and have since listened to it dozens of times. I was, is, and always will be, overwhelmingly funny. So when I saw that Colbert had released his own version of a comedic audiobook, I didn't hesitate. To be fair, the book is entertaining, more entertaining I think if you have not seen too much of the Colbert Report show. But it falls way short of the comedic genius that was "America the book". It is my opinion that the Colbert character, while funny, is best served in doses with other characters mixed in. The thing that made "America the book" so good was the collaboration of the various Daily Show comedians, Stewart, Colbert, Bee, Black, Cordery, etc. "I am america" is basically Colbert in a monologue with a few interruptions, it consists of a rehashing of much of Colberts hilarious stereotypes of a right winger into book form. If you think the Colbert Report is better than the Daily Show, this book is definitely for you, buy it now! Personally, I have always preferred the more balanced comedy that only Stewart and his team or comedic personas can create.

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Perfection

Stephen Colbert is the greatest American who ever lived and this is the greatest book ever written.

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Amazing

BUY THIS BOOK!

(I am not Stephen Colbert.)

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Full-Tilt Colbert

This is probably the funniest book I've ever run across. It has something to offend everyone, including me, but enough really hilarious comments to more than compensate. Unless watching the Colbert Report gives you massive indigestion, I highly recommend this book. It is guilty, as some have accused, of seeming like it may have been done on-the-fly (in between presidential campaign speeches, possibly), but that's part of its appeal.

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Colbert- enough said

Colbert is always entertaining to me. If you are unsure, watch a little of his show. If you like him, get this- if not, skip it.

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Creative Colbert

Stephen Colbert's dissertation on life as he knows it really is laugh-out-loud funny. While this is not as unrelentingly hilarious as his TV show, his views on parenting, sex, and relgion are bullseye Colbert.

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    3 out of 5 stars

OK, but...

He's a very funny guy, but better in smaller doses. Sounded like he was in a hurry to get through this audiobook. I would recommend you watch the 1/2 hour TV show, and spare yourself the audio book.

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Classic Colbert

If you like The Colbert Report, you will love this book. It is dripping with sarcasm, and satire.

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Colbert at his best

This book is typical Colbert style laugh out loud funny. I listened to it on the train and I am sure people around me thought I was crazy for just laughing to my self.

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Manna from the heavens

This is the book everyone should read. Very easy listen, educational, life changing.

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