Stephen Colbert Gives Back With eBay Auction 11/23

Stephen Colbert Gives Back by Holding a PayPal/MySpace Fundraising Contest and Sweepstakes and an eBay Giving Works Auction of Items Worn and Donated From His Original Musical Holiday Special 'A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All!' Premiering on Sunday, November 23 at 10:00 P.M. ET/PT

Heroes Can Log Onto ColbertNation.com For Info And Links For A Chance To Win His Sweater, Boots As Well As 'Stephen' And 'Colbert' Stockings With 100% Of Net Proceeds Benefiting Feeding America

The PayPal/MySpace Fundraising Contest And Sweepstakes Launch On Sunday, November 16 At 10:00 P.M. And End On Wednesday, December 3 At 10:00 P.M. EST - Fans Can Donate Through The PayPal/MySpace IMPACT Badge At ColbertNation.com And MySpace.com And Be Entered In A Sweepstakes To Win The Stockings Or Contest To Win The Sweater*

The eBay Giving Works Auction For The Boots Begins On Sunday, November 23 At 10:00 P.M. EST And Bidding Ends Wednesday, December 3 At 10:00 P.M. EST

By helping yourself to a "priceless piece" of Stephen Colbert you also help feed America's hungry.  The host is donating the sweater he wore and the "Stephen" and "Colbert" Christmas stockings from "A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All!" for a PayPal/MySpace fundraising contest and sweepstakes, and he will donate his boots for an eBay Giving Works Auction.  100% of the net proceeds will benefit the charity Feeding America.  Fans can log onto ColbertNation.com for full contest, sweepstakes and auction details; links to the donated items; and to view specially made videos produced by Colbert for the PayPal/MySpace fundraising contest and sweepstakes and eBay Giving Works Auction.  "A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All!" is a one-hour original musical holiday special premiering on Sunday, November 23 at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT on COMEDY CENTRAL.

Colbert said of his donating boots for the eBay Giving Works Auction, "You can literally walk a mile in my shoes, which is more than I've ever done.  I have weak ankles."

By going to ColbertNation.com, fans have the chance to win the three donated items through PayPal/MySpace and the one donated item through an eBay Giving Works Auction:

 --  "PayPal/MySpace Fundraiser Contest" - starting on Sunday, November 16
     at 10:00 p.m. EST and ending on Wednesday, December 3 at 10:00 p.m.
     EST, the person who donates the most money through the PayPal/MySpace
     IMPACT badge at ColbertNation.com and MySpace.com will win the
     sweater.  Complete contest details are available at ColbertNation.com.
 --  "PayPal/MySpace Fundraiser Sweepstakes" - starting on Sunday, November
     16 at 10:00 p.m. and ending on Wednesday, December 3 at 10:00 p.m.
     EST, donate ($5 minimum) through the PayPal/MySpace IMPACT badge at
     ColbertNation.com and MySpace.com for automatic entry into the PayPal
     sweepstakes.  On Friday, December 5, two winners will be selected by
     random drawing to win one "Stephen" stocking and one "Colbert"
     stocking.  Alternate method of entry available. Visit
     ColbertNation.com for full sweepstakes details.
 --  "eBay Giving Works Auction" - starting on Sunday, November 23 at 10:00
     p.m. EST, the boots will be on the eBay Giving Works auction block
     with bids accepted through Wednesday, December 3 at 10:00 p.m. EST.


COMEDY CENTRAL's holiday special "A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All!," features Colbert on his way to perform with Elvis Costello in New York City but is trapped at his cabin in upstate New York (bear country).  Luckily, his friends Feist, Toby Keith, John Legend, Willie Nelson and Jon Stewart stop by to help him celebrate the season.  "A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All!" features original songs written by David Javerbaum (executive producer, "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart") and composer Adam Schlesinger (Fountains of Wayne), who recently collaborated on the Tony(R)-nominated Broadway musical "Cry Baby."  "(What's So Funny 'bout) Peace, Love And Understanding" was written by Nick Lowe.  The songs were produced by Schlesinger and Steven M. Gold.  Theme music and score were also by Schlesinger and Gold.

For everyone in Colbert Nation, "A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All!" DVD is the perfect stocking stuffer.  It will hit stores on Tuesday, November 25 to be released via COMEDY CENTRAL Home Entertainment and Paramount Home Entertainment.  The bonus features include a book burning Yule log, video advent calendar, alternate endings and more.  COMEDY CENTRAL Records will also release the songs from the special as a digital album available exclusively on iTunes on Tuesday, November 25.  A portion of the proceeds from both the DVD and iTunes will also benefit the charity Feeding America.

Feeding America, (formerly known as America's Second Harvest), feeds America's hungry through a nationwide network of member food banks and engages the country in the fight to end hunger.  It is the nation's largest charitable hunger-relief organization, with a network of more than 200 Member food banks and food rescue organizations serving all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.  For more information, visit www.feedingamerica.org.

"A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All" was produced by Spartina Productions, Inc.  Colbert and Allison Silverman are the executive producers with Meredith Bennett and Richard Dahm as co-executive producers.  Jim Hoskinson is the director.  Lou Wallach and Dan Powell are the executives in charge of production for COMEDY CENTRAL.

COMEDY CENTRAL, the only all-comedy network, currently is seen in more than 95 million homes nationwide.  COMEDY CENTRAL is owned by, and is a registered trademark of, Comedy Partners, a wholly-owned division of Viacom Inc.'s (NYSE:VIA)(NYSE:and)(NYSE:VIA.B) MTV Networks.  COMEDY CENTRAL's Internet address is www.comedycentral.com.  For up-to-the-minute and archival press information and photographs visit Press Central, COMEDY CENTRAL's press Web site at www.comedycentral.com/press.

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* For complete sweepstakes and contest details including methods of entry and eligibility requirements, log onto www.myspace.com/colbertnation

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