Stephen Colbert's The Late Show on Wednesday included a sketch with the host and The Daily Show's Jon Stewart selling memorabilia.
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Colbert called it Late Show Home Shopping, and it really exists.
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The last episode is scheduled to air May 21, after CBS announced in July that this was the show's final season.
Stephen Colbertis preparing for the end.
On Wednesday, he and a very recognizable guest,The Daily Show'sJon Stewart, teamed up for a sketch advertising areal charity auctionofLate Showprops and merch before the series airs itsfinal episodeMay 21.
The funny guys sported floral leisure wear as they showed off some of the items up for big event. Colbert did, at least once, require a big gulp of whatever he was drinking from his branded coffee mug.
When Stewart suggested they start bidding for the item at $20, Colbert hilariously spit out the drink in Stewart's face and said there was "no way" they could start bidding so high. Stewart took a swig from his own mug, but Colbert suggested they lower the price to $19.99, which he called "actually a tremendous value."
And the items actually are for sale, with some of them going for a much higher price.
For example, the red carpet that guests walked on as they walk onto the set, as well as a wig that had belonged to Stewart was up to $5,600.
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At one point, Colbert teased a T-shirt that reads "The Last Show" in the font ofThe Late Show, which Stewart got so excited about that he poured his mug on top of his head.
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One of the bigger items: theLate Showsign, which hung in the studio, accompanied by signed mugs from Colbert and Stewart. The bidding for it was up to $10,100 late Wednesday.
Several of Colbert's neckties were among the other items.
In his monologue, Colbert also sent a box labeled "Iran War jokes" to his colleague Jimmy Kimmel, after noting that he was beginning to wonder if U.S. involvement there would be over by the time he left.
The Late Show With Stephen Colbertairs at 11:35 p.m. ET/PT on CBS.
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