title: I Am A Pole (And So Can You!)
author:  Stephen Colbert 
description: Stephen Colbert was <em>The Daily Show's</em> longest-running and most diverse correspondent. His personality, insight and overall rightness could only lead to <em>The Colbert Report</em>, a half-hour nightly platform for him to give his take on the issues of the day, and, more importantly, to tell you why everyone else's take is just plain wrong. The show has been hugely successful.
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  ![Cover, a smiling pole](images/graphics_1.jpg)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ![A pole](images/graphics_2.jpg)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ![A pole](images/graphics_3.jpg)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ![A pole reading a book](images/graphics_4.jpg)
  
  
  
  
  
  THIS BOOK BELONGS TO:
  
  
  BUT HE HOPES
  
  
  YOU,
  
  
  
  
  
  ,
  
  
  READ AND ENJOY IT.
  
  
  AFTER ALL, YOU’RE
  
  
  THE GREATEST
  
  
  
  
  
  POLE
  
  
  IN THE WORLD
  
  
  !
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ![A thinking pole](images/graphics_5.jpg)
  
  
  
  
  
  I AM A POLE
  
  
  (AND SO CAN YOU
  
  
  !
  
  
  )
  
  
  by STEPHEN COLBERT
  
  
  New York Boston
  
  
  with illustrations by
  
  
  PAUL HILDEBRAND
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  I AM A POLE
  
  
  (AND SO CAN YOU
  
  
  !
  
  
  )
  
  
  
  
  
  WRITTEN AND EDITED BY
  
  
  Stephen Colbert and Aaron Cohen
  
  
  WITH CONTRIBUTIONS FROM
  
  
  Paul Dinello, Rob Dubbin, and Scott Sherman
  
  
  ILLUSTRATIONS BY
  
  
  Paul Hildebrand
  
  
  SPECIAL THANKS TO
  
  
  Liz Russomanno-Doyle and Maurice Sendak
  
  
  BOOK DESIGN BY
  
  
  Aaron Cohen and Paul Hildebrand
  
  
  Cover based on design by Doyle Partners
  
  
  BACK COVER PHOTOGRAPH BY
  
  
  Andrew Matheson
  
  
  Copyright © 2012 by Spartina Prod