[enlarge image]   Lot #: 02 Title: 2 VIP Tickets to THE COLBERT REPORT Description: Be a VIP for a taping of one of America's funniest television personalities (and biggest Winter Olympics fan!) Includes tickets for two to a taping in New York City and a photograph of you behind Colbert's desk. Restrictions:Bidding on this item will finish in a silent auction at the Story Pirates benefit on March 21st. Place your high bid by March 20th or contact auction@storypirates.org to have a proxy bidder assigned to you for the night of the benefit. Minimum Bid: $50

Stephen Colbert is the host and executive producer of the Emmy and Peabody Award-winning series on Comedy Central, "The Colbert Report." Touted by The New York Times as "one of the best television shows of the year" and praised as "The Best Show of the Year" by Entertainment Weekly, "The Colbert Report" has garnered ratings and critical success as one of the top shows on television.