Stephen Colbert
Subtitle: a biography
By: Catherine M. Andronik
Series: Greenwood biographies
Publisher: Greenwood
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Santa Barbara, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 151
ISBN-13: 9780313386282; 9780313386299
Subjects: Television personalities; Biography; Comedians
Description: "Stephen Colbert may be "just a comedian"--one not all audiences find funny, especially among those who have been mercilessly lampooned by him--but there is no arguing that the condescending, bombastic, and largely ignorant pundit he plays on Comedy Central has brought awareness of current events and political happenings to a substantially larger portion of the American population...this book examines his life story and details how he became one of the most influential people on current American culture"--Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Timeline: events in the life of Stephen Colbert; title: Studio audience; title: Baby of the family; title: North to Chicago; title: Days and nights at The improv; title: The daily show; title: A show of his own; title: The bump; title: The infamous white house correspondents dinner; title: Hat in the ring; title: Taking the show on the road; title: Spinoffs; title: Restoring sanity (and/or fear); title: Colbert v. Congress; title: Hey, he can act!; title: Who's the man?