America (The Book)
LC Class | PN6231.P6 S84 2004 | |
Followed by | America (the Book) Teacher's Edition: A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction |
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Author | Jon Stewart Ben Karlin David Javerbaum with Samantha Bee Rich Blomquist Steve Bodow Tim Carvell Stephen Colbert Rob Corddry Eric Drysdale Ed Helms Chris Regan Brendan Hay ISBN 0-446-69186-0 | |
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Preceded by | America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction | |
Followed by | Earth (The Book): A Visitor’s Guide to the Human Race |
America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction is a 2004
An updated
Description
America (The Book) was written and edited by
People affiliated with The Daily Show during publication in 2004, such as Stephen Colbert, Samantha Bee, and Ed Helms, contributed small articles. Bee's articles related the "Canadian view point" on topics, such as "We have media in Canada, too!" Stephen Colbert gives heavily biased viewpoints on topics such as Warren G. Harding (who is often considered one of the worst American presidents).
One page contains mock campaign stickers for various candidates. These include "Lifelong Democrat Retired
Appearing shortly before the
Controversy
The fifth chapter contains obviously doctored photographs with the heads of then-current
Cartoonist Bruce Tinsley objected to the book's parody of his comic strip Mallard Fillmore, which appears among six other cartoon parodies, captioned as dating from 1998. Tinsley referenced the parody in the July 5–8, 2005 editions of Fillmore, with the title character stating that Jon Stewart "tried to deceive people into thinking" that the book's phony Fillmore was real. The strip went on to imply that Stewart was a pedophile.[5] Stewart responded in the Teacher's Edition by having Schultz note that although it is not a real Mallard Fillmore strip, it shows about the same level of humor as Tinsley.
Table of contents
- Study Guide
- Foreword: by Thomas Jefferson
- Ch. 1: Democracy Before America
- Ch. 2: The Founding of America
- Ch. 3: The President: King of Democracy
- Ch. 4: Congress: Quagmire of Freedom
- Ch. 5: The Judicial Branch: It Rules
- Ch. 6: Campaigns and Elections: America Changes the Sheets
- Ch. 7: The Media: Democracy's Guardian Angels (retitled two pages later as "The Media: Democracy's Valiant Vulgarians")
- Ch. 8: The Future of Democracy: Four Score and Seven Years from Now
- Ch. 9: The Rest of the World: International House of Horrors
- Afterword
- Acknowledgments
- Credits
- Election 2004 (unlisted bonus section, not included in post-election printings)
Cultural impact
Denise Dresser and Jorge Volpi co-wrote Mexico, lo que todo ciudadano quisiera (no) saber de su patria[6] ("Mexico, what every citizen would [not] like to know about his fatherland"). The book is heavily based on Stewart's book. Jon Stewart is thanked in the book "for giving the authors the idea".
The book appears in the background of a bookstore scene of the film Mr. Woodcock.
See also
- Earth (The Book)
- I Am America (And So Can You!)
- I Am a Pole (And So Can You!)
- America Again: Re-becoming The Greatness We Never Weren't
References
- ^ Carson, Tom (October 3, 2004). "'America (The Book)': Last Comic Standing". The New York Times – via NYTimes.com.
- ^ "Stanley Schultz with America: The Book". University of Wisconsin–Madison. 2006. Archived from the original on July 23, 2012.
- ^ Bob Minzesheimer (October 19, 2004). "Behind the robes, Stewart finds controversy". USA Today. Retrieved August 20, 2008.
- ^ "Mississippi Library Board Puts Stewart's Best Selling "America (The Book)" Back on Shelves". Associated Press. January 11, 2005. Archived from the original on August 19, 2007. Retrieved July 25, 2008.
- ^ Bruce Tinley (July 5, 2005). "Mallard Fillmore". Jewish World Review. Retrieved July 22, 2009.
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Denise Dress and Jorge Volpi (2006). México: Nuevo Siglo Aguilar. ISBN 970-770-401-2.