Stephen Colbert (and his chair) at the 9/11 Memorial Benefit Dinner. | Colbert News Hub

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Last night at the 9/11 Memorial Benefit Dinner, Stephen Colbert told guests they’d be eating “sub-prime rib, a meal bundled from other dinners.”

The main course for almost 1,000 guests at Cipriani Wall Street turned out to be braised short ribs and a bundle of asparagus with leeks — accompanied by the emcee’s convention humor.

Colbert gestured toward an empty chair to introduce his co- host, Clint Eastwood. He also teased guests eager to watch Michelle Obama at the Democratic National Convention.

“All of us here tonight share the same noble purpose of not watching the DNC,” Colbert declared.

Source: Bloomberg News.

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