{"id":532628,"date":"2026-03-19T10:45:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T10:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/532628\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T10:45:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T10:45:09","slug":"colbert-adds-to-charity-auction-reveals-last-show-tee-you-can-simply-buy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/532628\/","title":{"rendered":"Colbert Adds to Charity Auction, Reveals &#8216;Last Show&#8217; Tee You Can Simply Buy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img width=\"1499\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/late-show-colbert-tee-shirt.jpg\" alt=\"Late Show Shirt Auction\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tPhoto: CBS screenshot\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Now nearly two months out from its  series finale, <a href=\"https:\/\/latenighter.com\/tag\/the-late-show-with-stephen-colbert\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Late Show with Stephen Colbert<\/a> is offering a piece of rather-attainable memorabilia.<\/p>\n<p>During Wednesday\u2019s episode of CBS\u2019 terminal late-night talker, Colbert announced that this season\u2019s recurring \u201cLate Show Home Shopping\u201d segments\u2014which have promoted a \u201cclearance sale\u201d\/charity auction that benefits chef Jos\u00e9 Andr\u00e9s\u2019s World Central Kitchen\u2014have to date raised $406,433.53.<\/p>\n<p>Colbert also shared that it was a \u201cRon from Texas\u201d who had the winning bid to run through the Late Show prop closet and grab as many items as he could in 60 seconds. Ron reportedly came away with a life-size cardboard cutout of Colbert; a stuffed donkey; and a barrel full of (fake) severed limbs. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd yes, I believe he has been put on a watch list,\u201d the host quipped.<\/p>\n<p>Colbert announced a few new items now up for bidding, including the \u201cAir Lithgow\u201d sneakers the show had made for a fake commercial (and which he had signed by actor John Lithgow himself); throw pillows from the recurring \u201cCovetton House\u201d sketch; and the tuxedo he wore to \u201cperfectly pleasant\u201d-ly host the Emmys in 2017, also autographed.<\/p>\n<p>For those who \u201cdon\u2019t want in on the auction but want in on the action,\u201d Colbert revealed a commemorative T-shirt that can simply be purchased at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ebay.com\/str\/thelateshowwithstephencolbert\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ColbertLateShow.com\/EBay<\/a> (though at press time it didn\u2019t seem to be up yet). <\/p>\n<p>The front features a variation of the Late Show logo, rejiggered to say \u201cThe Last Show with Stephen Colbert.\u201d The back reads: \u201cThanks for Watching! (Unless you watched on YouTube, the network couldn\u2019t monetize that.)\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/late-show-shirt-back-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Chef Jos\u00e9 Andr\u00e9s, a guest on Wednesday\u2019s show, then jogged on-stage to help Colbert fire a few shirts into the audience via T-shirt cannons.<\/p>\n<p>Colbert\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/latenighter.com\/news\/stephen-colbert-late-show-auction-charity\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">debuted<\/a>\u00a0the charity auction in December, netting over\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/latenighter.com\/news\/late-show-charity-auction-charity-series-finale-tickets\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">$175,000<\/a>\u00a0in bids across the first 13 items. That round\u2014which saw his COVID-era desk go for $14,800, and two VIP tickets to the\u00a0Late Show\u00a0finale sell for $111,100\u2014resulted in a total payout of $169,727.99 to World Central Kitchen.<\/p>\n<p>A\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/latenighter.com\/news\/late-show-charity-auction-additions-stephen-colbert-suits\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">second leg<\/a>\u00a0of the auction brought in close to $40,000 more. <\/p>\n<p>A third set of items Colbert announced in late January on NBC\u2019s\u00a0Late Night with Seth Meyers\u2014a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/latenighter.com\/news\/late-show-charity-auction-stolen-senate-rug\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">stolen rug<\/a>\u00a0from Capitol Hill, and several\u00a0Late Night\u00a0cue cards\u2014fetched nearly $14,500.<\/p>\n<p>The most recent lot  <a href=\"https:\/\/latenighter.com\/news\/late-show-charity-auction-guest-chair-prop-closet-raid\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">brought in nearly $90,000 worth of bids<\/a>, with several (including the guest chair, and the aforementioned Late Show prop closet raid) fetching five-figure price tags.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo: CBS screenshot Now nearly two months out from its series finale, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":532629,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[88,10675,92],"class_list":{"0":"post-532628","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-the-late-show-with-stephen-colbert","10":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/532628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=532628"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/532628\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/532629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=532628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=532628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=532628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}