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November 01, 2006
Sticky Fingers Owner Buys "Colbert Report" Painting
Three Chattanooga natives have added an extra dash of "truthiness" to their barbecue recipes after winning an auction for a portrait of The Colbert Report host Stephen Colbert.
Colbert announced on his program Tuesday night that Chad Walldorf, co-owner of Sticky Fingers, won the auction, proceeds of which will benefit Save the Children, an international charity. The portrait, which hangs on the show's set, depicts Colbert posing behind another picture of the satirical television show host. It was auctioned off in October to celebrate the one-year anniversary of the program's launch on Comedy Central. Walldorf declined to give the final amount bid in the auction.
"One of my partners said, 'As rib and barbecue guys we don't know much about art, but we figured anytime you can get two portraits for the price of one, it must be a pretty good deal,'" Walldorf said.
Initially, the portrait will hang at the restaurant chain's location in downtown Charleston, S.C., Walldorf said. "We're huge fans of the show and thought it would be neat to bring the portrait to [Colbert's] hometown," he said. Depending on the reception the portrait receives, Walldorf said that the restaurant chain may take it on a "Sticky tour" of its 17 locations, two of which are in Chattanooga.
Walldorf said Colbert has offered to sign the portrait, but he is trying to decide whether he wants Colbert to sign the front or back. The restaurant will receive the portrait in about a week, Walldorf said.
This is not the first time Colbert and Sticky Fingers have worked together. Walldorf and his co-owners are friends with Colbert's sister-in-law. The restauranteurs sent barbecue to the show's first staff meeting, and the show has placed Sticky Fingers barbecue sauce in gift bags, Walldorf said. Walldorf, and his partners, Todd Eischeid and Jeff Goldstein, graduated from the Baylor School in 1986.
-Angela Tant
News | By pulseblogger | 12:57 PM
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