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Whose Boat Is This Boat? Comments That Don't Help in the Aftermath of a Hurricane
100% of The Late Show’s proceeds from this book go to hurricane relief.Whose Boat Is This Boat? Comments That Don’t Help in the Aftermath of a Hurricane is a picture book made entirely of quotations from President Donald Trump in the wake of Hurricane Florence. It is the first children’s book that demonstrates what not to say after a natural disaster. On September 19, 2018, Donald Trump paid a visit to New Bern, North Carolina, one of the towns ravaged by Hurricane Florence. It was there he showed deep concern for a boat that washed ashore. “At least you got a nice boat out of the deal,” said President Trump to hurricane victims. “Have a good time!” he told them. The only way his comments would be appropriate is in the context of a children’s book—and now you can experience them that way, thanks to the staff of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Whose Boat Is This Boat? is an excellent teaching tool for readers of all ages who enjoy learning about empathy by process of elimination. Have a good time!
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November 8, 2018
Yes, too short, but there is much to like--such as the ideas for future books. A fine example of making orange lemonade that aids some good causes!
November 6, 2018
It's funny until you realize it really isn't.
February 20, 2023
I expected more from the Stephen Colbert team. It’s very short and could have had more content but perhaps that would have been even more disheartening. The fact that 100% of the proceeds go to help victims of Hurricane Florence boosted my rating.
November 20, 2023
PS: Just fondly recalling our deeply human former President, imagining how he might handle the crises of the present and future were he to be re-elected. Recommend you all check it out, but it won't be pleasant.
"At least you got a nice boat out of the deal."
- Donald J. Trump, speaking to a victim of Hurricane Florence
The staff of the Late Show with Stephen Colbert just took actual ludicrous and totally insensitive things 45 said about a boat he saw when surveying the damage from the hurricane and made it into a picture book for adults.
It's not drawn all that well, and as Rod Brown said, it is just too sad to be as funny as they tried to make it. To have the President of the United States be so oblivious in speaking to people who are in shock after a disaster, people who are actually suffering, that's not funny. That's offensive. But I'm glad we recorded all the things he said there so we can always say: This is not fake news. Multiple media outlets, depicted in the book as getting all his words said there on tape are now "memorialized" in this sad book, the kind of book that looks like it would ordinarily be written for children, as in oh, wow, a president's words, meant to inspire and make you proud to be an American! Or not.
"At least you got a nice boat out of the deal."
- Donald J. Trump, speaking to a victim of Hurricane Florence
The staff of the Late Show with Stephen Colbert just took actual ludicrous and totally insensitive things 45 said about a boat he saw when surveying the damage from the hurricane and made it into a picture book for adults.
It's not drawn all that well, and as Rod Brown said, it is just too sad to be as funny as they tried to make it. To have the President of the United States be so oblivious in speaking to people who are in shock after a disaster, people who are actually suffering, that's not funny. That's offensive. But I'm glad we recorded all the things he said there so we can always say: This is not fake news. Multiple media outlets, depicted in the book as getting all his words said there on tape are now "memorialized" in this sad book, the kind of book that looks like it would ordinarily be written for children, as in oh, wow, a president's words, meant to inspire and make you proud to be an American! Or not.
November 5, 2022
Interesting touchstone book that illustrates the wide disconnect between the public an all politicians. It is clear that there is a widening gap between the people and their elected officials; this gap seems to be widening with each election cycle. There is a visceral feeling that 'the ties that bind' are frayed - and we need to mend those ties before they unravel completely.
May 5, 2019
The animated version is slightly better.
But only slightly :
https://youtu.be/GBE5V_kwW_M
But only slightly :
https://youtu.be/GBE5V_kwW_M
November 9, 2018
It's silly and sobering at the me time, like politics these days. It's a fundraiser for victims of Hurricane Florence. I hope this becomes a series where sound bites are formed into children's books that raise money. It's a great way to turn words that help no one, into donations that will help someone.
December 1, 2018
How to comment if you have no soul!
Whose Boat is This Boat? is not a book about you Donald, sorry! It is about your sorry soulless heart. His comments show he is totally unable to understand and show empathy. One of probably a few people in the world to truly lack a soul and we have him as the leader of our country! The rest are in the GOP House and Senate!
Whose Boat is This Boat? is not a book about you Donald, sorry! It is about your sorry soulless heart. His comments show he is totally unable to understand and show empathy. One of probably a few people in the world to truly lack a soul and we have him as the leader of our country! The rest are in the GOP House and Senate!
January 9, 2019
Too sad to be funny, and maybe the execution was a little too rushed. It's not well drawn, and some of the pictures make very little sense.
December 5, 2022
Whose Boat Is This Boat was originally featured as a gag book on The Tonight Show that was styled into a children's book using the former president's (at the time fresh) comments while visiting an area affected by a devastating hurricane. You can probably find his original reading on YouTube. After the book was a hit to the audience it was printed for purchase so they can use 100 percent of the profits to help the survivors of the hurricane.
I still find the comments absurdly funny (and terrible) to this day. I saw the audiobook on my library's digital catalogue and checked it out for a slight chuckle. It was only five minutes after all. It was read by Stephen Colbert himself as well.
Really not much else to say about such a short book. Still good.
I still find the comments absurdly funny (and terrible) to this day. I saw the audiobook on my library's digital catalogue and checked it out for a slight chuckle. It was only five minutes after all. It was read by Stephen Colbert himself as well.
Really not much else to say about such a short book. Still good.
November 8, 2018
Way too short. Love that the proceeds go to a good cause.
November 14, 2018
"To see what we're seeing - this boat, I don't know what happened, but this boat just came here."
-President Donald J. Trump
It's better to laugh than cry.
-President Donald J. Trump
It's better to laugh than cry.
November 7, 2018
Finally! A book actually written by Donald Trump! His words! All 60 or so of them. A children's book without a moral written by an amoral person.
Created by the staff of the Late Show with Stephen Colbert, all proceeds go to hurricane relief in South Carolina. So there's that.
Created by the staff of the Late Show with Stephen Colbert, all proceeds go to hurricane relief in South Carolina. So there's that.
November 3, 2018
Humorous and short. A lot of effort and production for really one joke but then I saw proceeds go to hurricane victims or something so that's good.
November 6, 2018
Too short!
You mean this is the only idiotic thing that 45 said in SC??? He must have been off his game that day! You should have written a book on Puerto Rico's visit by 45 and all the doozies he said! You could have ended up with a 400-page bestseller!
We do appreciate your very generous donation to rebuild the Island!
You mean this is the only idiotic thing that 45 said in SC??? He must have been off his game that day! You should have written a book on Puerto Rico's visit by 45 and all the doozies he said! You could have ended up with a 400-page bestseller!
We do appreciate your very generous donation to rebuild the Island!
March 7, 2019
"At least you got a nice boat out of the deal."
- Donald J. Trump, speaking to a victim of Hurricane Florence
"Oy, vey!"
- Me, slapping my head at that fact that this asshole is somehow President of the United States
- Donald J. Trump, speaking to a victim of Hurricane Florence
"Oy, vey!"
- Me, slapping my head at that fact that this asshole is somehow President of the United States
December 26, 2018
Silly, stupid book that takes all of a minute to read - but an automatic 5 stars for just sticking another pin in the overinflated orange balloon that is (and I still cannot believe I'm saying this) the current president of the United States. Sigh...
Every time we saw Stephen Colbert flogging this on his show, Jennifer would say "we should buy that - the money's going to a good cause;" and so we surprised her with it for Christmas. It will now take a place of honor (and probably never be looked at again) next to the equally hilarious if considerably more substantial The Donald J. Trump Presidential Twitter Library.
Every time we saw Stephen Colbert flogging this on his show, Jennifer would say "we should buy that - the money's going to a good cause;" and so we surprised her with it for Christmas. It will now take a place of honor (and probably never be looked at again) next to the equally hilarious if considerably more substantial The Donald J. Trump Presidential Twitter Library.
February 29, 2024
A short somewhat silly book about what not to say after a natural disaster especially by the leader of the country experiencing that disaster. Best part all proceeds go to hurricane relief.
January 20, 2019
Guys I'm gonna get a little political here. Brace yourselves.
Man if there was ever a time I felt like I was cheating on my Goodreads book challenge it is now. In the interest of full disclosure I will say I did not know the story behind this before I read it so my initial impression has changed with a bit more information.
The good folks over at the Late Show With Stephen Colbert thought they'd have a spot of fun with President shit for brains over some of his, shall we say (because we are for some reason feeling super, super generous today), ill considered words during the aftermath of hurricane Florence. He was apparently making brainless comments relating to a boat that had washed ashore near a survivor's house. He like got completely obsessed over this boat and who owned and what it was doing there. Among other things that boggle the mind he congratulated the family with "at least you got a nice boat out of the deal."
Excuse me for a second my eyes have just rolled so far back in my skull I've gone blind.
Where were we? Right the boat and its super lucky new owners. So, interested in actually doing something to help the people affected by the storm the good folks at Mr. Colbert's show have put together this book, entirely written by el presidente (in the sense that they've taken his quotes and put them in a book) and then donate 100% of the proceeds to the survivors and victims who are, incidentally, a looooonnnnggg way from getting back to normal.
Knowing that I think I can let it slide that this is neither the funniest nor cleverest lambasting of the dipshit in the Whitehouse that I have seen. It's also not the worst and its for a good cause.
Do yourself a favor and read a few articles about this before you grab the book. Because I was confused as all get out when I read it the first time. Also while giving to charity is very nice this is NOT worth buying. It's silly and the illustrations are terrible, which I think might be on purpose though what that purpose is beyond "boy is the president stupid" I'm not sure. Everything looks very "Saturday T.V. Funhouse" like the pictures were dashed off on someone's coffee break and I'm pretty sure it's set in very, very large comic sans.
But hey, its for a good cause.
Man if there was ever a time I felt like I was cheating on my Goodreads book challenge it is now. In the interest of full disclosure I will say I did not know the story behind this before I read it so my initial impression has changed with a bit more information.
The good folks over at the Late Show With Stephen Colbert thought they'd have a spot of fun with President shit for brains over some of his, shall we say (because we are for some reason feeling super, super generous today), ill considered words during the aftermath of hurricane Florence. He was apparently making brainless comments relating to a boat that had washed ashore near a survivor's house. He like got completely obsessed over this boat and who owned and what it was doing there. Among other things that boggle the mind he congratulated the family with "at least you got a nice boat out of the deal."
Excuse me for a second my eyes have just rolled so far back in my skull I've gone blind.
Where were we? Right the boat and its super lucky new owners. So, interested in actually doing something to help the people affected by the storm the good folks at Mr. Colbert's show have put together this book, entirely written by el presidente (in the sense that they've taken his quotes and put them in a book) and then donate 100% of the proceeds to the survivors and victims who are, incidentally, a looooonnnnggg way from getting back to normal.
Knowing that I think I can let it slide that this is neither the funniest nor cleverest lambasting of the dipshit in the Whitehouse that I have seen. It's also not the worst and its for a good cause.
Do yourself a favor and read a few articles about this before you grab the book. Because I was confused as all get out when I read it the first time. Also while giving to charity is very nice this is NOT worth buying. It's silly and the illustrations are terrible, which I think might be on purpose though what that purpose is beyond "boy is the president stupid" I'm not sure. Everything looks very "Saturday T.V. Funhouse" like the pictures were dashed off on someone's coffee break and I'm pretty sure it's set in very, very large comic sans.
But hey, its for a good cause.
November 23, 2018
Oh my. It's a two minute read but, I laughed out loud several times. As the back cover says, "It's an excellent teaching tool for readers of all ages who enjoy learning about empathy by process of elimination."
November 7, 2018
The illustrations were really clear cut and added to the humor of his odd quotes. Also in the last part, the hotdog throwing just added to how ridiculous his comments were in the wake of such a tragedy!!!
Wonderful read!!
Wonderful read!!
November 6, 2018
Buy this book!
Help hurricane victims with this short silly satire of Trump....turn something bad, into something good. God bless America and Stephen Colbert! LOL
Help hurricane victims with this short silly satire of Trump....turn something bad, into something good. God bless America and Stephen Colbert! LOL
November 6, 2018
Ugh to the words...but definitely worth buying for a good cause. And yeah...none of those comments help in the aftermath of a hurricane.
November 9, 2018
The illustrations will have you laughing out loud at the absurdity of the text.
A true story.
Proceeds benefit hurricane relief.
A true story.
Proceeds benefit hurricane relief.
December 27, 2018
It’s a good thing this is so short, because cringe-laughing is painful. As is reminding myself that the man who said these things is running our country.
November 12, 2018
Great way to raise much needed money for hurricane survivor, plus add a few smiles.
When 45 and Colbert ( unknown to 45) combine to write a book did you really expect great literature ? This is a true reality show! The leader of our country said these things to people who had just had there life as they knew it destroyed.
Colbert was very up front that it was short, what it was about, he even read the entire book on his show. No one was forced to buy it, jobs were produced to create it. Brought a few much needed laughs during a difficult time and raised money for a good cause. No fake media, no misquote , no quotes out of context just what was said. A win win deal.
When 45 and Colbert ( unknown to 45) combine to write a book did you really expect great literature ? This is a true reality show! The leader of our country said these things to people who had just had there life as they knew it destroyed.
Colbert was very up front that it was short, what it was about, he even read the entire book on his show. No one was forced to buy it, jobs were produced to create it. Brought a few much needed laughs during a difficult time and raised money for a good cause. No fake media, no misquote , no quotes out of context just what was said. A win win deal.
November 11, 2018
Humorous yet sad because the comments were all actually made in the aftermath of Hurricane Florence and show absolutely no empathy or ability to console. I mainly bought this because the proceeds are going to assist the victims of both Hurricane Florence and Hurricane Michael. And to taunt my in-laws.
November 8, 2018
Too short.
No real content. Only saving grace is that the money went to charity. I wish there was more in the book.
No real content. Only saving grace is that the money went to charity. I wish there was more in the book.
February 6, 2019
When Stephen Colbert read this book on his show, I thought, how funny but how sad and horrifying. These are the words of a psychopath, a man who cannot empathize or barely even pretend to show concern for the victims of a hurricane. And not just this one--his response to the devastation of Puerto Rico was (if possible) even more disgusting and cruel. These comments by President Trump betray his unorganized and shallow thoughts; he focuses on a boat blown onto someone's property and how it got there (um, a hurricane) and even considers it possibly someone's good fortune: "At least you got a nice boat out of the deal!" It's no surprise that this psychopath cannot recognize the pain and sorrow around him as he is incapable of doing so and can only recognize a solid object in front of him (the boat). He is emotionally unable to comprehend the widespread effects the hurricane has and will continue to have on the lives of those affected: family and friends may have died, homes destroyed, pets killed/missing, and livelihoods lost.
While this book is funny and one of the defenses we have is to laugh at our monster of a president, it's also a reminder of how little empathy this man has for the people he supposedly governs. The laws he will enforce or enact, the actions he takes now and will continue to take, betray his complete disinterest in the welfare of not just American citizens, but human beings in general. I'd say the moral of this story is perhaps for his confidantes, supporters and family members--as soon as you disagree with him, criticize him or fail to support him, he will throw you to the wolves. Donald Trump and his immediate family are as close to a real-life season of The Sopranos as we have ever experienced in the White House. Let's try not to let it happen again.
Very happy that the money I spent I spent on this book went to those various charities, and I think Colbert and Co. should perhaps do a series of these books and continue to donate the money to charity.
While this book is funny and one of the defenses we have is to laugh at our monster of a president, it's also a reminder of how little empathy this man has for the people he supposedly governs. The laws he will enforce or enact, the actions he takes now and will continue to take, betray his complete disinterest in the welfare of not just American citizens, but human beings in general. I'd say the moral of this story is perhaps for his confidantes, supporters and family members--as soon as you disagree with him, criticize him or fail to support him, he will throw you to the wolves. Donald Trump and his immediate family are as close to a real-life season of The Sopranos as we have ever experienced in the White House. Let's try not to let it happen again.
Very happy that the money I spent I spent on this book went to those various charities, and I think Colbert and Co. should perhaps do a series of these books and continue to donate the money to charity.
November 21, 2018
It takes a lot to eviscerate the Orange Stain that is the president in 24 pages. But taking his nonsensical statements and positioning them with simple pictures in a children’s book exposes the complete absurdity that is American politics today.
A children’s book format speaks volumes more than a deep study of the insanity of Trump. He deserves simplicity because he’s simple, lacking any form of critical thought or empathy. So he’s a children’s book villain. Simplistic, one sided, and easily mocked by his own words. Yay for the Daily Show for this.
A children’s book format speaks volumes more than a deep study of the insanity of Trump. He deserves simplicity because he’s simple, lacking any form of critical thought or empathy. So he’s a children’s book villain. Simplistic, one sided, and easily mocked by his own words. Yay for the Daily Show for this.
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