What The Daily Show is to evening news, The Colbert Report is to personality-driven pundit shows. 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. I AM AMERICA the audiobook, features an all-American cast that includes Paul Dinello, Kevin Dorff, Greg Hollimon, Evie McGee, David Pasquesi, Amy Sedaris, Allison Silverman, Bryan Stack, and Jon Stewart. Stephen Colbert describes his audiobook as a simple audiobook from a simple mind–Stephen Colbert. It is one man's attempt to wedge his brain between hardback covers—in this case CD jackets. 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: the Mother's Day card he made at age six, disputed credit card bills, putt-putt score cards–all the major milestones. Oh and don't buy this if you don't have any balls! But if you do buy it, you will get them, and then you can buy another copy with a clean conscience.
Summary
I Am America (And So Can You!)
Narrarated by: Evie McGee, Bryan Stack, Kevin Dorff, Jon Stewart, David Pasquesi, Amy Sedaris, Greg Hollimon, Allison Silverman, Stephen Colbert, Paul Dinello
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01.09.09
Stephen Colbert, I Am America (And So Can You!)
2009 | Label: Grand Central Publishing
Comedy Central’s conservative superpatriot tells you how to live
Stephen Colbert is never at loss for opinions, but still the sheer scope and pace of his first book might surprise you. I Am America (And So Can You!) is a huge, insane send-up of those scattershot book-length rants Bill O’Reilly and Glenn Beck keep crapping out — sometimes by mimicking their wingnut worldviews to the letter. Colbert is just as qualified to tell you how to raise your kids, get a date, choose a religion or tie a bowtie as those omni-pundits. And so he does. Seriously, he spends a couple minutes talking you through the tying of a bowtie, with predictably miserable results.
Why is it so funny? Why does it work? Because Colbert has that sneakily unaware charm that makes you forget sometimes he’s just a liberal playing a character. It’s a neat trick, making you believe he believes that it’s time to take the word “homosexual” back from the gays, or that the wallpaper industry is part of the liberal media, or that performance-enhancing drugs are really enjoyment-enhancing drugs. And is it wrong when you find yourself, you know, agreeing with him? “If you’re wondering whether you’re in a cult,” he says, “the answer is yes.” That actually makes a lot of sense. Colbert almost makes you wanna shut off your brain and live in his simple, fascist America. “I look back fondly on the memories I haven’t repressed,” he says like he means it. And maybe, so can you.
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Fantastic
In regards to the below review by Coolrockboy: if you cannot muster the logic to realize that Stephen Colbert is playing a role, and that his real personality is actually quite liberal, you have obviously not been paying attention to his show. This book is entertaining in typical Colbert comedy style- great entertainment.
Wasted A Credit On This.
Now, I have to admit that I was a fan of his TV show, but it soon became apparent after listening to this book that it is not much more than a 3 hour homophobic diatribe. He starts out by saying that "baby carrots are trying to turn me gay" which, I also admit, caused me to chuckle a bit. But this guy is a racist, homophobic Republican who thinks the world should return to the good old days of the 50s. It's not 1955 anymore...deal with it.
Great Recording... Wish the files were complete
I was so excited to finally see this hit Emusic. And Colbert Delivers on his end, but much to my dismay I discovered a number of the tracks to be incomplete. Hope this is gets fixed and I'll re-download, but it really disappointing when you set off on a road trip and discover halfway down the road that you have a faulty recording.
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