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By: Chris Lawrence

Chris Lawrence — Tue, 05 Oct 2004 06:14:13 +0000

Yes, teaching an American government course based on a typical, “by the numbers” textbook greatly enhances the parody value of “America (The Book)”. I think the “dress the Supreme Court” exercise is supposed to be a parody of some of the inane exercises that high school civics books have students do (“Pretend you’re Congress passing a bill”, etc.)

By: nhayhoe

nhayhoe — Mon, 04 Oct 2004 15:09:53 +0000

Eszter, I emailed you the info you wanted RE: attending The Daily Show…but I added some attachments (pictures of us in the studio) so perhaps you didn’t recieve it. -Nate

By: nick

nick — Mon, 04 Oct 2004 10:38:22 +0000

As a filthy furriner, I wouldn’t have appreciated much of the format jokes, had I not read my (now-) wife’s Government and Civics textbook while she was at class back in the summer of ‘99. There’s no real equivalent in the UK, but the inanities of the real textbook certainly made it ripe for parody.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Mon, 04 Oct 2004 04:39:43 +0000

The book is just the best. It’s everything The Onion seems to fall short of, lately. I didn’t know about the textbook layout of it either, but the “book condition stamp” on the inside cover was a fantastic touch.

By: eszter

eszter — Mon, 04 Oct 2004 04:13:27 +0000

Hmm.. I hadn’t heard about the Supreme Court justices and hadn’t seen that page until I read your comment. That’s definitely not my kind of humor. I guess the book has different types of humor in it. Much of it is witty in the way that’s characteristic of the show.

By: KCinDC

KCinDC — Mon, 04 Oct 2004 02:17:33 +0000

I was on the verge of buying it but then had doubts about whether it was the sort of book I thought it was after I heard about the naked Supreme Court justices. It’s still sitting in my shopping cart.

By: DeAnn

DeAnn — Mon, 04 Oct 2004 00:39:37 +0000

I LOVE The Daily Show and I cannot wait to read the book!