And Nothing But the Truthiness: The Rise (and Further Rise) of Stephen Colbert

by Lisa Rogak

Paperback, 2012

Status

Available

Call number

792.702

Publication

St. Martin's Griffin (2012), Edition: Reprint, Paperback, 304 pages

Description

A funny and personal portrait of the comedian who became the headline-making, ground-breaking star of The Colbert Report.

User reviews

LibraryThing member LizPhoto

Oh, Stephen how much do I love you ? So much that I read a book about you not one you wrote. "And Nothing But The Truthiness: The Rise (and further rise) of Stephen Colbert" is a highly engaging book about the life of the man behind The Colbert Nation. The story follows Stephen from birth to about

2011. For someone who has been thru so much tragedy it's nice to see that he is a happy, semi-well adjusted man. He a comedian with a heart and that shows thru in everything he does. If you don't love Colbert after reading this book than you should be put on THe Threat Down List.

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LibraryThing member Sullywriter

If you're already a fan and faithful follower of Colbert's show, you won't find anything revelatory here. Most interesting to me was information about the pre-Daily Show years.

LibraryThing member HadriantheBlind

Turns out Colbert is a nice guy after all, relatively untainted by the temptations of success and celebrity. He comes across as a pleasant, smart, really funny guy who just wants to make people laugh.

Good portrait, although you might not learn too much if you're already a fan.

LibraryThing member 2wonderY

I'm not impressed by the quality of the writing. I was struck in the first half of the book by the lack of punch to the story. I might even call it boring. How can you make Stephen Colbert boring?! This did improve towards the middle and I am glad I read it.

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