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| Author | Stephen Colbert Rich Dahm Paul Dinello Allison Silverman with Michael Brumm Eric Drysdale Rob Dubbin Glenn Eichler Peter Grosz Peter Gwinn Jay Katsir Laura Krafft Frank Lesser Tom Purcell |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Political satire Humor |
| Publisher | Grand Central Publishing |
| Publication date | October 9, 2007 |
| Publication place | USA |
| Media type | Hardback & Audiobook |
| Pages | 250 pp (1st edition) |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-446-58050-3 (first edition, hardback) Parameter error in {{ISBNT}}: invalid character |
I Am America (And So Can You!) is a 2007 satirical bestseller book by American comedian Stephen Colbert and the writers of The Colbert Report. It was released on October 9, 2007, with the audiobook edition released several days earlier. The book is loosely structured around the fictional life story of Stephen Colbert as he appears on The Colbert Report. As of the April 6, 2008 publishing, the book had been on the New York Times Bestseller List in the Hardcover Nonfiction category for twenty-four weeks, ranking number one for fourteen of them.
Description
I Am America (And So Can You!) is described as being a "pure extension" of The Colbert Report, delving into the views of Colbert's "well-intentioned, poorly informed high status idiot" character on what he considers to be the most pressing issues facing America. The book draws some influence from the literary endeavors of the character's pundit models, such as Bill O'Reilly's The O'Reilly Factor (2000) and Sean Hannity's Deliver Us From Evil (2004), which Colbert says he forced himself to read as a reference.
Red margin notes appear throughout the book, providing humorous reactions and counterpoints to Colbert's arguments in a style comparable to the Report's Wørd segment. The cover features a sticker depicting a burning book, declaring I Am America to be a winner of "The Stephen T. Colbert Award for the Literary Excellence." A sheet of twelve similar stickers are provided inside, with which readers are provided to nominate other books for the award. A second sheet of stickers containing positive expressions such as "Hell Yeah!", "Nailed It!" and "It's Morning In Colbert-ica" is included for readers as bookmarks to remind themselves "when you agreed with me most."
Colbert, whose character frequently uses his show to advertise his own fictional products, frequently promoted I Am America on screen prior to and immediately following its release. On October 9, 2007, the day of the book's release, Colbert interviewed himself as the show's featured guest.
Audiobook cast and crew
Starring:
- Stephen Colbert as Himself and as Gil Honeycomb, oldest man in the world (ch. 2, Stephen Speaks For Me)
- Amy Sedaris as Dolores Grierson, old maid (ch. 1, Stephen Speaks For Me)
- Raymond Whitman as Young Stephen (ch. 2, seven-year-old's note)
- Evelyn McGee as Cow #L73NR, a cow (ch. 3, Stephen Speaks For Me)
- Paul Gilmartin as God, maker of all that is seen and unseen (ch. 4, Stephen Speaks For Me)
- Kevin Dorff as The Guy Sitting Next to You at The Stadium (chs. 5 and 13, Stephen Speaks For Me)
- Allison Silverman as Your Soulmate (ch. 6, Stephen Speaks For Me)
- Paul Dinello as Austin, a formerly gay man (ch. 7, Stephen Speaks For Me)
- Brian Stack as Dr. Bernard Brunner, distinguished professor (ch. 8, Stephen Speaks For Me) and as Thomas Bindlestaff, executive assistant to Mr. Stephen Colbert (ch. 11, Stephen Speaks For Me)
- Jon Stewart as Mort Sinclaire, former TV comedy writer and Communist (ch. 9, Stephen Speaks For Me)
- Greg Hollimon as Rev. George A. Lewis, ex-civil rights leader (ch. 12, Stephen Speaks For Me)
Abridged by Paul Dinello, directed by Paul Dinello, produced by Paul Dinello and John McElroy.
Awards
The audiobook won the Grammy for Best Spoken Word Album in 2009 (actually, it didn't).
See also
References
- "New York Times Bestseller List". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-04-02.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - Solomon, Deborah (2005-09-25). "Funny About the News". New York Times Magazine. Retrieved 2008-01-05.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - Colbert, Stephen (October 16, 2007). "Meet the Author" podcast. Retrieved on 2007-10-27.
- Maslin, Janet (2007-10-08). "It May Be a Book, but You Can Read It". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-01-05.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - Colbert, Stephen (2007). I Am America (And So Can You!). New York: Grand Central Publishing. ISBN 0-446-58050-3
External links
| Preceded byMy Grandfather's Son by Clarence Thomas |
#1 New York Times Best Seller Non-Fiction (first run) October 28, 2007–December 2, 2007 |
Succeeded byAn Inconvenient Book by Glenn Beck and Kevin Balfe |
| Preceded byAn Inconvenient Book by Glenn Beck and Kevin Balfe |
#1 New York Times Best Seller Non-Fiction (second run) December 16, 2007–January 13, 2008 |
Succeeded byIn Defense of Food by Michael Pollan |
