10/10/07
It was only a matter of time until Stephen Colbert wrote a book. And it promises to be just as good
as the show (take that as you will, depending on your opinion of the show). The good folks at NPR
have graciously reprinted - with permission, we assume - the
introduction to Colbert's book. Click, visit, see how a master craftsman takes pen to paper. It
is worth it, if only for the baby carrots.
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The Rumsfeld Diaries is a calculated, satirical, pseudo-fictitious ebook account of the scandalous, sexy relationship between Donald Rumsfeld and Saddam Hussein, set against the backdrop of real historical events of the last 25 years. Toeing the line between education and entertainment, it exposes the political machinations of the two Iraq wars, the personalities involved, and the conspiracy theorists trying to understand it all.
Author Allen Voivod runs Deadbrain US, which joined HumorFeed in 2004; he is also the Features Editor for Check Please! and the main writer at The Bitter Cup.
One State, Two State, Red State, Blue State is a well-received parody that "crosses all boundaries of political ideology". It's a "mad mélange of social commentary" endorsed by the well-known political satirists Art Buchwald, Will Durst, and former speechwriter for President Clinton, Mark Katz.
Author Don Davis, attorney/satirist, is the mind behind Satirical Political, a site which joined HumorFeed in 2006.
The BIGFib Book of Bollocks is that rarest of breeds: a book designed specifically for the bathroom. With all the best stories and photos published on BIGFib in 2005, the book is a must-have for your bathroom library. Plus, 10% of the purchase price will go to the Kashmir UNICEF Children's Fund.
BIGFib is a British site that joined HumorFeed in 2003. Writers Nick Alexander, Lee Camp and Alan Lord also have a number of non-satirical works of fiction available at the BIGFib Bookstore.
Cracked Magazine has been lurking around newsstands since 1958. But it's no longer the preadolescent pulp humor mag you remember: Cracked today is a sharp, slick parody and humor magazine with both original humor and interviews. Read about the relaunch of the magazine here!
Cracked Entertainment publishes both the magazine and the Cracked.com website, which joined HumorFeed in 2006. Contributors to Cracked.com include a range of writers, including the famed Jay Pinkerton (formerly of National Lampoon) as well as a suspicious character in white overalls.
Recoil Magazine is a monthly, 70-page publication with satire, parody, and articles on West Michigan entertainment. Recoil has been a fixture in Michigan for five years. Subscribe today!
Recoil publishes some of its material on its website, which joined HumorFeed in 2006. Kim and Cliff Frantz are the creative team steering Recoil in both its on and offline incarnations.
88% of Americans Are Abnormal: The Bentinel Takes a Skewed Look At The News offers some of the best work from The Bentinel, bringing author Dave Oatley's gently sophisticated dry wit to bear on topics ranging from U.S. foreign policy to celebrity culture.
Oatley has been crafting profanity-free, yet extremely sharp satire since 2003. The Bentinel (originally The Eschalot) joined HumorFeed in 2004.
Mentally Incontinent is a unique collection of short stories by author Joe Peacock chosen with the help of over 3,000 registered members at the Mentally Incontinent website. These tales from Peacock's life and imagination are candid, keenly observational, and funny as hell.
Joe Peacock is a freelance columnist and journalist with a dozen books to his name, "none of which are available at a store near you." His help was instrumental in building HumorFeed.com in 2003.
Britain: What a State is a complete and indispensable guide for anyone interested in learning how to navigate life in the United Kingdom these days, containing everything from tax forms from the Indolent Revenue Service to a handy graduated tea strength color-matching chart. Author Ian Vince has brought this splendidly tongue-in-cheek Orwellian handbook to life with a combination of searing wit and amazing artwork.
The book is based on the Department of Social Scrutiny, which won the Channel 4 Comedy Circuit website competition in 2003; the site joined HumorFeed in 2004. Vince is also the creative force behind the surreal Cornish virtual village Trepanning.
Postcards from the Pug Bus is the only pug book written by someone who was actually raised by pug dogs. This freewheeling ride contains thirty humorous essays that describe author Phil Maggitti's experiences as the omega member of a pack of pug dogs ranging in size from two to eight. Maggitti's book is living proof of the adage: if life sends you iron-willed dogs, you might as well make irony.
Maggitti named his website, which joined HumorFeed in 2005, after the book. Postcards is his latest in a long string of pug-related publications.
The Semi-Complete Guide to Sort of Being a Gentleman might be the most irresponsible book written since The Bible. And a bible it is, in its own right, for the billions of men alive today who have no clue how to behave in public or private situations.
Author Brock LaBorde is one of the minds behind Studio 8, one of the founding HumorFeed websites. This is his first book.
Is That True or Did You Make It up? is a collection of wide-ranging humor and satire from Bill Stockton's Satirium, and skewers everyone from presidential candidates and pompous Washington insiders to Martha Stewart, those who perpetrate wardrobe malfunctions and a Utah polygamist who marries himself.
Author Bill Stockton was an editor at the New York Times for almost 20 years; he has written several books and magazine articles. Satirium has been a HumorFeed member since 2004.
Everything Is Everything is a "mockumentary" film about three hopeless misfits who exhaust their meager resources to realize their dreams - dreams which are vastly different, though equally insignificant and impossible to accomplish.
The film was written and produced by the gentlemen who run Studio 8, a founding HumorFeed website. The film won the Silver Outhouse Award at the Outhouse Film Festival in 2004. It's available on DVD and as dowloadable video.
An entry in the Check Please! historical perspectives series, with an introduction to Juvenal,
the angriest satirist ever to take up a pen against the sins of the Roman Empire.
Studio 8 co-founder Chris Trew has released his first solo rap album. Terp 2 It: The Freshest Dude Not quite gangster rap (depending on who you ask) and not quite nerd-core rap (depending on who you ask). Two tracks have videos posted on YouTube, accessible from the album page. Learn more!
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