After the first couple of chapters, this book really started to become bland. Colbert talks about topics like religion, sports, Hollywood, and animals to name a few. Within the first chapter about his childhood and family in general Colbert's bias came across a lot funnier and less rude than his jokes have progressed to become. He set such a high bar for himself within the first few pages that it just went downhill from there. With that said, there is no denying that Colbert can be funny at times but he needs to make sure he does not wear out the joke by taking it too far. The jokes almost get annoying.
Besides the first chapter and the introduction, the funniest section was where Colbert talked about animals. Colbert tells how he was unimpressed with the zoo when he went. If he went to another event where what was paid for to see was asleep, he would get a refund. His solution for boring zoos was to put all of the animals in one big enclosure. He also gives a list of endangered animals and explains why God made them endangered. Almost ironically at times, Colbert uses God a lot in this book. The first few times he uses God as a support to his argument it was funny but got old fast. The way he writes little sayings and comments in a smaller font in the margin is an interesting writing style that works for this type of book. The only problem with that I have is that you can have too much of a good thing. Only the really funny and necessary lines should be put in the margin instead of having two or three on every page. Since I have read the assigned number of pages for the week, I do not think I will end up wanting finishing this book.
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