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I Am America (And So Can You!)
''I Am America (And So Can You!)'' is a 2007 satirical 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''. , 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 is influenced by the literary endeavors of the character's pundit models, such as Bill O'Reilly's book, ''The O'Reilly Factor'' (2000) and Sean Hannity's '' Deliver Us From Ev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Colbert
Stephen Tyrone Colbert ( ; born May 13, 1964) is an American comedian, writer, producer, political commentator, actor, and television host. He is best known for hosting the satirical Comedy Central program ''The Colbert Report'' from 2005 to 2014 and the CBS talk program ''The Late Show with Stephen Colbert'' beginning in September 2015. Colbert originally studied to be a dramatic actor, but became interested in improvisational theater while attending Northwestern University, where he met Second City director Del Close. Colbert first performed professionally as an understudy for Steve Carell at Second City Chicago, where his troupemates included Paul Dinello and Amy Sedaris, comedians with whom he developed the sketch comedy series ''Exit 57''. He wrote and performed on ''The Dana Carvey Show'' before collaborating with Sedaris and Dinello again on the television series ''Strangers with Candy''. He gained attention for his role on the latter as closeted gay history teacher ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greg Hollimon
Greg Hollimon (born May 2, 1956) is an American actor best known for his work on Comedy Central's ''Strangers with Candy''. Hollimon grew up in the Chicago housing projects of Cabrini–Green, growing up alongside Ozone from ''Breakin'''. In 1986, he began taking improvisation classes at The Players Workshop, where he met Paul Dinello and, some time later, Amy Sedaris. Hollimon then began doing stand-up at a few local comedy clubs and dabbled in comedy writing, while honing his craft of improvisation at Players Workshop. Hollimon graduated from The Players Workshop in 1988 and enrolled in classes at Chicago's famed The Second City. While still taking classes, he was hired into Second City's National Touring Company, where he met Stephen Colbert. A year later, Sedaris, Dinello, Colbert & Hollimon were all touring together, performing nightly improvisational theatre at colleges & universities all over America. After leaving Second City in 1993, he then wrote and performed in a two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jon Stewart
Jon Stewart (born Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz; November 28, 1962) is an American comedian, political commentator, and television host. He hosted ''The Daily Show'', a satirical news program on Comedy Central, from 1999 to 2015 and now hosts ''The Problem with Jon Stewart'', which premiered September 2021 on Apple TV+. Stewart started as a stand-up comedian but branched into television as host of ''Short Attention Span Theater'' for Comedy Central. He went on to host ''You Wrote It, You Watch It'' (1992–1993) and then ''The Jon Stewart Show'' (1993–1995), both on MTV, until ''The Jon Stewart Show'' was retooled, dropped by the network and moved to syndication. He has also appeared in several films, including '' Big Daddy'' (1999) and '' Death to Smoochy'' (2002), but did few cinematic projects after becoming host of ''The Daily Show'' in 1999, where he also was a writer and co-executive producer. After Stewart joined it, ''The Daily Show'' steadily gained popularity and critic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Stack (comedian)
Brian Stack (born August 18, 1964) is an American actor, comedian, and writer best known for his sketch comedy work. He worked on all three late-night talk shows hosted by Conan O'Brien including ''Late Night with Conan O'Brien'' and ''The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien'' on NBC, and '' Conan'' on TBS. Stack left ''Conan'' in April 2015 to join the writing staff of the CBS series ''The Late Show with Stephen Colbert''. Career Stack got his start in comedy with the improv comedy troupe The Second City in Chicago, working alongside fellow comedians such as Amy Poehler. ''Late Night with Conan O'Brien'' Stack became a sketch writer on ''Late Night with Conan O'Brien'' in 1997, and served as a writer and actor on the show. The first sketch he wrote for the show was the inaugural iteration of the running gag "Andy’s Little Sister, Stacy," in which Stack's former Chicago improv colleague Amy Poehler portrayed the 13-year-old younger sibling of O'Brien's sidekick, Andy Richter, wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Dinello
Paul E. Dinello (born November 28, 1962) is an American comedian, actor, and writer, best known for his collaborations with Stephen Colbert and Amy Sedaris. He portrayed Geoffrey Jellineck on Comedy Central's ''Strangers with Candy'', and later became a writer and supervising producer for ''The Colbert Report'' and then ''The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.'' Early life Dinello was born in Oak Park, Illinois to Frank Anthony Dinello, the head of DePaul University's Mental Health Clinic, and Ann Lee Dinello (née Zeiler). He's the fourth of five siblings: Donna, Lori, Linda and David. His uncle Dan Dinello, who piqued his interest in directing, is an independent filmmaker and professor emeritus at Columbia College Chicago. Dinello graduated from Oak Park River Forest High School and later attended DePaul University where he graduated from its College of Communications in 1985. He is also an alumnus of Chicago-based The Second City, Improv Institute, and Annoyance Theatre. Career ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allison Silverman
Allison Silverman (born February 17, 1972) is an American comedy writer and producer, known for her work on Russian Doll, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, and Late Night with Conan O'Brian. She was the head writer and executive producer for ''The Colbert Report'' until 2009. In 2011, she was an executive producer and writer of ''Portlandia''. She is co-creator of the comedy series Schmigadoon!, and was a writer for the television series At Home with Amy Sedaris, The Office, and The Daily Show. Early life Silverman graduated from Buchholz High School in Gainesville, Florida in 1990 and from Yale University in 1994. Professional career Silverman has written for ''The Daily Show with Jon Stewart'' and ''Late Night with Conan O'Brien''. She has received several Emmy nominations for her work on these three shows, including two wins for her work on ''The Daily Show'' and ''The Colbert Report''. Silverman attended Yale University in the early 1990s, where she was involved in one of the colle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Dorff
Kevin Dorff (born August 2, 1966) is an American actor and comedian known for his work as a writer and sketch performer on ''Late Night with Conan O'Brien'' and ''The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien'', the former of which he won a Primetime Emmy for in 2007. Dorff co-starred as "Mike the Federal Agent" on the first season of the Adult Swim series '' Delocated'' with his former '' Late Night'' colleague Jon Glaser. His character was written off the show at the start of season two, as Dorff was in Los Angeles writing for ''The Tonight Show'' at the time, while '' Delocated'' is filmed in New York City. Dorff returned to work on '' Delocated'' as a writer in season three. He has recently been a writer for ''Review'' and has made one appearance on the show. Dorff has made guest appearances on television programs such as '' TV Funhouse'', ''Nick Swardson's Pretend Time'', ''Important Things with Demetri Martin'', '' 30 Rock'', '' Parks and Recreation'', ''The Office'', '' Detroiters ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Gilmartin
Paul R. Gilmartin (born January 9, 1963) is an American stand up comedian, podcast host and television personality best known as the longtime host of TBS's ''Dinner and a Movie''. Since 2011, he has been the host and executive producer of the podcast ''The Mental Illness Happy Hour''. Early life Paul Gilmartin was born in South Holland, Illinois, and attended St. Joseph's school in Homewood. He is an alumnus of Indiana University at Bloomington. While there, he majored in theater and was a member of the academic honor society Phi Beta Kappa. He also studied at Chicago's famed Second City. Before his foray into stand-up comedy in 1987, Gilmartin regularly appeared in several plays around Chicago. Career ''Dinner and a Movie'' In 1995, Gilmartin assumed hosting responsibilities for TBS cooking and entertainment show, ''Dinner and a Movie'', a position he held for more than 16 years from the show's premiere to its eventual finale in 2011. While at the helm, Gilmartin was best know ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evelyn McGee
Stephen Tyrone Colbert ( ; born May 13, 1964) is an American comedian, writer, producer, political commentator, actor, and television host. He is best known for hosting the satirical Comedy Central program ''The Colbert Report'' from 2005 to 2014 and the CBS talk program ''The Late Show with Stephen Colbert'' beginning in September 2015. Colbert originally studied to be a dramatic actor, but became interested in improvisational theater while attending Northwestern University, where he met Second City director Del Close. Colbert first performed professionally as an understudy for Steve Carell at Second City Chicago, where his troupemates included Paul Dinello and Amy Sedaris, comedians with whom he developed the sketch comedy series ''Exit 57''. He wrote and performed on ''The Dana Carvey Show'' before collaborating with Sedaris and Dinello again on the television series ''Strangers with Candy''. He gained attention for his role on the latter as closeted gay history teacher C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amy Sedaris
Amy Louise Sedaris (; born March 29, 1961) is an American actress, comedian, and writer. Most recently, she has appeared in both ''The Mandalorian'' (2019–2020) and ''The Book of Boba Fett'' (2022) as Peli Motto. She played Jerri Blank in the Comedy Central comedy series ''Strangers with Candy'' (1999–2000) and the prequel film ''Strangers with Candy'' (2005), which she also wrote. Sedaris appeared as Hurshe Heartshe in the Adult Swim comedy series ''The Heart, She Holler'' (2013–2014), as Princess Carolyn in the Netflix animated comedy series '' BoJack Horseman'' (2014–2020), and as Mimi Kanasis in the Netflix sitcom ''Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt'' (2015–2020). She received further critical acclaim as the creator and star of the TruTV surreal comedy series ''At Home with Amy Sedaris'' (2017–2020) which earned her two nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Sketch Series. Sedaris appeared in various films, including ''Maid in Manhattan'' (200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meet The Press
''Meet the Press'' is a weekly American television news/interview program broadcast on NBC. It is the longest-running program on American television, though the current format bears little resemblance to the debut episode on November 6, 1947. ''Meet the Press'' specializes in interviews with leaders in Washington, D.C., across the country, and around the world on issues of politics, economics, foreign policy, and other public affairs, along with panel discussions that provide opinions and analysis. In January 2021, production moved to NBC's bureau on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. The longevity of ''Meet the Press'' is attributable in part to the fact that the program debuted during what was only the second official "network television season" for American television. It was the first live television network news program on which a sitting president of the United States appeared; this occurred on its broadcast on November 9, 1975, which featured Gerald Ford. The program has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
