“I Am a Pole (And So Can You!), like the best of Colbert’s work, presents a ridiculous concept in a straight-faced unironic way that slyly satirizes politics and pop culture even as it embraces it. Cubas communist government has cancelled Mondays traditional May Day parade because of acute fuel shortages. Stephen Colbert (1964) is an American comedian, TV presenter, actor, producer, author and political commentator. Later, they announced that Tom Hanks would narrate the audiobook version of the story. In February, Colbert and Grand Central Books announced that the book would be published in May.

The book was originally attended as just a joke but fans clamored for a real version. Sendak replied, “You’ve started already by being an idiot.”Ĭolbert proceeded to pitch “I Am a Pole (And So Can You!) about a pole’s search for its identity. What does it take for a celebrity to make a successful book? Sendak was promoting Bumble-ardy, the first new book in thirty years from to feature both his story and drawings together.Ĭolbert observed, “every celebrity is out there cashing in on children’s books and I want in. One of Sudans duelling generals, who leads the paramilitary force fighting the countrys army, has told the BBC he will not negotiate until fighting ends.

I Am a Pole (And So Can You!), Colbert’s Sendak-inspired children’s book arrives in bookstores today.Ĭolbert first pitched the book during a February interview with the legendary children’s writer who passed away on May 8.

I am a pole by stephen colbert