After watching the show since its inception, I was looking forward to the book. My expectations were set far too high.

It is, as the other reviewer said, a 230-page episode of the Colbert Report. Whereas Colbert’s program has fantastic nuance and spontaneity, the same shtick doesn’t work as well in book form (which itself is a self-referential irony), even with the abundant snarky side notes. (These are much like The W0rd ).

Overall, I was disappointed.