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I Am America (And So Can You!) |
| I Am America (And So Can You!) | |
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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 |
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| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Political satire Humor |
| Publisher | Grand Central Publishing |
| Publication date | October 9, 2007 |
| Media type | Hardback & Audiobook |
| Pages | 250 pp (1st edition) |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-446-58050-3 (first edition, hardback) |
I Am America (And So Can You!) is a satirical 2007 bestseller 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 Colbert's (fictionalized) life story; as he claims to be America, this book is supposedly America's story. 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.1
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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"2 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.3
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.4 The cover features a sticker depicting a burning book, declaring I Am America to be the 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."5
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.
Starring:
Abridged by Paul Dinello, directed by Paul Dinello, produced by Paul Dinello and John McElroy.
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| Preceded by My Grandfather's Son by Clarence Thomas |
#1 New York Times Best Seller Non-Fiction (first run) October 28, 2007–December 2, 2007 |
Succeeded by An Inconvenient Book by Glenn Beck and Kevin Balfe |
| Preceded by An 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 by In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan |
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