{"id":36954,"date":"2025-11-17T22:20:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T22:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/36954\/"},"modified":"2025-11-17T22:20:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T22:20:10","slug":"hbos-john-oliver-shows-support-for-public-media-with-erie-moon-mammoths-gear-at-auction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/36954\/","title":{"rendered":"HBO’s John Oliver shows support for public media with Erie Moon Mammoths gear at auction"},"content":{"rendered":"

To support the Public Media Bridge Fund, John Oliver, host of \u201cLast Week Tonight with John Oliver<\/a>\u201d and the creator of the iconic Erie SeaWolves<\/a> rebrand promotion the Erie Moon Mammoths<\/a>, is auctioning off show memorabilia through Nov. 24.<\/p>\n

The memorabilia include game-used Moon Mammoths<\/a> items including signed bats, balls, batting helmets, jerseys and more.<\/p>\n

Here are the items that are up for auction and what your bid is benefiting.<\/p>\n

What is the Public Media Bridge Fund?<\/p>\n

As the American Public Media system is facing funding challenges after the elimination of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting<\/a> funding, the Public Media Bridge Fund<\/a> created a response with a strategic philanthropic initiative. This initiative is designed to guide the public media system through crisis to a more sustainable and impactful future.<\/p>\n

The Public Media Bridge is using the approach of securing local service, protecting vulnerable infrastructure, assisting local organization, pursuing system-level opportunities and helping stabilize public media\u2019s national network.<\/p>\n

At the hall: John Oliver’s Erie Moon Mammoths jersey on display at National Baseball Hall of Fame<\/a><\/p>\n

The goal for the Public Media Bridge Fund is to raise $100 million over a two-year horizon. Learn more at publicmedia.co<\/a>.<\/p>\n

What Moon Mammoth\u2019s items are up for bid?<\/p>\n

At e.givesmart.com<\/a>, Erie Moon Mammoth fans and others can find signed memorabilia from John Oliver. Some items have been used on the show, others are game used.<\/p>\n

The full list of memorabilia and leading bids through Nov. 17 as of 2:20 p.m. includes:<\/p>\n

A signed John Oliver jersey: $3,078 through 25 bids;<\/p>\n

Signed Moon Mammoths cap: $1,025 through 29 bids;<\/p>\n

Signed game-used baseballs: $1,325 through 37 bids, and $1,425 through 31 bids;<\/p>\n

Signed Moon Mammoths bats: $1,030 through 27 bids, and $1,025 through 20 bids;<\/p>\n

Fuzz E. Mammoth jersey signed by Oliver: $1,000 through 31 bids;<\/p>\n

Signed Moon Mammoths jersey: $1,500 through 25 bids;<\/p>\n

Moon Mammoths game package with mini helmets, shirts, stickers, plush toy and a jersey: $1,525 through 41 bids;<\/p>\n

Signed bat boy helmet: $800 through 20 bids;<\/p>\n

Signed batting helmet: $1,050 through 31 bids;<\/p>\n

Traveler package with Oliver merchandise and Moon Mammoths socks; $1,550 through 31 bids, and $1,525 through 35 bids;<\/p>\n

Cozy packages with Oliver merchandise and Moon Mammoths socks: $2,000 through 36 bids, and $1,750 through 80 bids;<\/p>\n

Beach package with Moon Mammoths tote bag: $1,010 through 64 bids.<\/p>\n

As of Nov. 17, the lowest bid was $800 for a signed bat boy batting helmet. The highest bid after 25 bids on a single item was for more than $3,070 on the signed Moon Mammoths jersey.<\/p>\n

Other notable John Oliver memorabilia up for auction<\/p>\n

Alongside the Moon Mammoths items up for auction, Oliver and his team are offering over 60 items.<\/p>\n

Some notable items include:<\/p>\n

Signed giant Reese\u2019s mug;<\/p>\n

A chance for your photo to appear on \u201cLast Week Tonight\u201d;<\/p>\n

A signed bidet, and more.<\/p>\n

Mammoths appearance: John Oliver recounts, “Looking happier than I’ve ever been,” in Erie visit during “Last Week Tonight” segment<\/a><\/p>\n

All items are up for bid until Nov. 24 at e.givesmart.com\/events\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Nicholas Sorensen can be contacted at Nsorensen@gannett.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This article originally appeared on Erie Times-News: What is John Oliver auctioning to support Public Media Bridge Fund?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"To support the Public Media Bridge Fund, John Oliver, host of \u201cLast Week Tonight with John Oliver\u201d and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":36955,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[22767,136,138,137,8389,4660,22766,22769,22768],"class_list":{"0":"post-36954","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-erie","8":"tag-american-public-media","9":"tag-erie","10":"tag-erie-headlines","11":"tag-erie-news","12":"tag-erie-seawolves","13":"tag-john-oliver","14":"tag-public-media-bridge-fund","15":"tag-signed-memorabilia","16":"tag-the-public-media-bridge-fund"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36954","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36954"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36954\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}