Baristaville's Stephen Colbert may very well be the next member of MEWS as he jumps into the celeb book-writing, I mean book-dictating, club. Colbert claims his political tome, "I Am America (And So Can You!)" is the result of a three-day weekend encounter with a tape recorder. The oeuvre hits the bookstands next Tuesday, Oct. 9.
And if you can't wait for the book, a downloadable, audio-version, which is an "adaptation" with a cast of 14 including Jon Stewart and Amy Sedaris, goes on sale at midnight tonight on Audible.com and iTunes.
We've been wondering if Colbert's book tour will include a stop on Oprah's couch, or a signing in his home town. Watchung Booksellers tells us "his people" are looking for a date to schedule him for an appearance in Baristaville.
Colbert's answered some questions from USA Today about his new book, like:
Q: There's a chapter in your book about what you call the homosexual agenda. Are you more homosexual, metrosexual or heterosexual?A: I'm 100% heterosexual because I'm only attracted to women, and when I am attracted to gay men, I get very angry. That's how I know I'm not gay.
So, who's got this one on their shopping list? ...If you're wondering when, or if, Mr.C ever goes out of character, check out his story in Vanity Fair.
Comments (6)
Je l'aime quand Annette �crit en fran�ais.
I wonder if Colbert would sniff Oprah's coach before sitting on it after the "which hole?" remark to the women admitting to spicing it up by "doing it" with her husband on the golf course behind their house.
The u-tube video clip was unfortunately removed.
Colbert is a clever fellow, but what I find truly amazing is that this book is being published--as a parody of superficial books by pundits--on the expectation that it will actually sell. But who would buy the book, except someone on whom the irony is lost? And what satisfaction would such a person get out of a book by Colbert? The whole thing seems to me to be a contradiction, unless there's some wrinkle of irony I'm missing.
why wouldn't a parody sell? Mad Magazine has been running that stick for over 50 years.
Because it's billed as a book dictated in three days--ie, one not worth reading. Now, one could interpret that as merely posturing, and assume that Colbert working mightily in his garret crafting fine prose, but... the layers of irony are just too thick!
Irony can be spread on too thick? I never read that in the recipe.
This book will fly off the shelves, as Colbert's fans are numerous and lovers of satire have been around at least since the age of Aristophanes.
I'm pretty sure the publishers (and Colbert) know what they're doing.