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 Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 7:15 pm Post subject: I AM AMERICA (And So Can You!) A Book by Stephen Colbert |
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If you've ever seen the entertainment news show 'The Colbert Report', this is the book he wrote. I find it very funny, and if you've seen and enoyed the show, the book is a definate flip through.
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| Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 7:21 pm Post subject: |
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I have seen the show,
"Duck....duck....duck...truth. This is the Colbert Report"
He's got a book? (goes hunting...)
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"There should be something to tell me which camera I should be looking at. What? Oh I thought the light meant it was angry at me."
And now I will give you a random piece from a random page in the book.
| Quote: | Now it's your turn. Since I can't meet face to face with everyone who buys this book (unless the sales projections are drastically off), I'd like to offer my services in the form of this all-purpose counseling session for a family of four. Just circle the choices that apply, and I think you'll find that these are words to live by.*
*Or die by. I've got an all-purpose eulogy that uses the same system. |
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“I can't prove it, but I can say it.”
The guy's got some great material, I wonder if he writes it all himself, or has a team xD
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During the writer's strike, he was just as awesome.
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So he's either brilliant, or well connected xD
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| Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 7:39 pm Post subject: |
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Or possibly both. The book is great, I never stopped laughing. (If not out loud, then even louder on the inside.)
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| 64Cheese wrote: | | (If not out loud, then even louder on the inside.) |
Hmmm, I see that as being slightly painful.....
Naw:P I know what you mean, now i am all tempted to try and find the book
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Since I'm feeling generous tonight, I will share with you the first page of this wonderful documentation.
| Quote: | I am no fan of books. And chances are, if you're reading this, you and I share a healthy skepticism about the printed word. Well, I want you to know that this is the first book I've ever written, and I hope it's the first book you've ever read. Don't make a habit of it.
Now, you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Stephen, if you don't like books, why did you write one?" You just asked yourself a trick question. I didn't write it. I dictated it. I shouted it into a tape recorder over the Columbus Day weekend, then handed it into my agent and said, "Sell this." He's the one who turned it into a book. It's his funeral.
But I get your "drift." Why even dictate?
Well, like a lot of other dictators, there is one man's opinion I value above all others. Mine. And folks, I have a lot of opinions. I'm like Lucy trying to keep up with the candy at the chocolate factory. I can barely put them in my mouth fast enough.
In fact, I have so many opinions, I have overwhelmed my ability to document myself. I though my nightly broadcast, The Colbert Report (check your local listings), would pick up some of the slack. But here's the dirty little secret. When the cameras go off, I'm still talking. And right now all that opinion is going to waste, like seen on barren ground. Well no more. It's time to impregnate this country with my mind. |
That's all you get, ya freeloaders.
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Soooo generous how do you live with yourself? 
Thanks for posting though, (hands up) I am getting it I am getting it
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