John Oliver tackled the Trump Administration’s defunding of public media for his final “Last Week Tonight” episode of 2025, detailing how the decision to eliminate $1.1 billion from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting earlier this year has severely impacted radio and TV stations, particularly in rural areas. So Oliver and “Last Week Tonight” are doing their part to help: The show has launched an auction website, John Oliver’s Junk , where 65 items are currently up for bid — including an original 1987 painting by late PBS icon Bob Ross , “Cabin at Sunset,” which at press time was fetching $51,000.

The idea for the auction actually came from the Bob Ross estate, which recently sold three Ross original paintings at auction to support public broadcasting, raising $662,000.

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