American freak show
Subtitle: the completely fabricated stories of our new national treasures
By: Willie Geist
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Hyperion
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 214
ISBN-13: 9781401323943
Subjects: Celebrities; Popular culture; Humor
Description: The host of "Way Too Early with Willie Geist" skewers America's ongoing parade of giant pop culture personalities, including Sarah Palin, Bernie Madoff, Rod Blagojevich, Miley Cyrus, Jon and Kate Gosselin, and the "Balloon Boy."
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: President Palin: the inauguration address; title: I'm Tiger Woods; title: and I'm an addict; title: "They think he's Jesus": Hillary's private campaign e-mails; title: Lindsay Lohan: twitter from a Santa Monica jail; title: Obama vs. Cheney: late night in the White House kitchen; title: Cable news cool: the hip-hop glossary; title: The Bachelorette: a vote for love; title: Blago: the raw, unedited FBI tapes; title: The longest yard: Guantánamo Bay; title: Oprah is God; title: Bernie Madoff: welcome to Hell; title: Go-karts and waterslides: The George W. Bush Presidential Library; title: Parenting magazine: five questions with Kate Gosselin; title: The Kim Jong-il celebrity golf tournament; title: The Neverland Ranch yard sale; title: Operation Pick 'n Pair: the way forward in Afghanistan; title: Levi Johnston: the college essay; title: The People of Heaven v. John Edwards; title: Snooki and the Salahis: the 15 Minutes Hall of Fame.