"The final results are in for an auction launched on the 2025 finale of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver to benefit public media. As reported by , items including a record-setting Bob Ross painting and a bidet signed by GWAR's Blöthar the Berserker raised a total of nearly $1.54 million dedicated to assisting local public broadcasters by the time bids closed on Monday night."
"Much of the total money raised came from a winning $1.04 million bid on "Cabin at Sunset," a Bob Ross painting from Season 10 of his PBS show, The Joy of Painting. This set a new auction record for one of Ross' works, zooming past the $318,000 that "Winter's Peace" fetched earlier this month. A recent Heavy Consequence interview with Blöthar, where he extolled the virtues of public broadcasting, was featured in the episode."
An auction tied to the 2025 finale of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver raised nearly $1.54 million to support local public broadcasters through the Public Media Bridge Fund. The sale followed a November 16 segment criticizing the Trump administration's $1.1 billion cut to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. The largest single bid was $1.04 million for Bob Ross's Cabin at Sunset, setting a new auction record for Ross works. Other notable lots included a bidet signed by GWAR's Blöthar, a graphic placement over Oliver's shoulder sold for $100,025, a New York meet-and-greet for $51,600, gold-plated Lyndon B. Johnson balls for $25,500, and Russell Crowe's jock strap for $21,000.
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