NEW YORK AUTO SHOW: Stephen Colbert Drops In And Sails With The Four Rings

At an auto event it isn't standard fare to have a comedian come by in character. Even rarer is an announcement having to deal with sailing. Don't they have a boat show for a reason?

Easily one of the buzzier events of the day was Stephen Colbert's appearance at the Audi press conference. Colbert challenged Richard Branson, known for Virgin, and Mark Allen, of Microsoft, to a sail boat race. This is where Audi comes in -- Audi is sponsoring Colbert's boat.

Johan de Nysschen, Audi US President, then presented Colbert with a little gift from the four rings. Some may say its over engineered but that's how Audi rolls.

**Watch it all unfold below, thanks to TFLcar.com


Stephen Colbert made a surprise appearance at the New York Auto Show and challenged Virgin's Richard Branson and Microsoft's founder Mark Allen to a sail boat race to Bermuda. Audi is sponsoring Colbert's sail boat and the Comedy Central comedian used the occasion to not only one-up the man-child millionaires, but to announce the partnership with Audi....



[Source: TFLcar]


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lexusrox123 - 4/20/2011 7:24:12 PM

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People still listen to Stephen Colbert?

internationalmanofmystery - 4/21/2011 12:16:55 PM

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No, I think they just watch him now.

atc98092 - 4/20/2011 11:34:54 PM

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Um, the Microsoft co-founder was Paul Allen, not Mark Allen.

Dustbuster - 4/21/2011 2:35:27 PM

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That video is hilarious! Stephen knows his Audi and it comes across as very genuine, as much as comedy can be. It's probably the type of celebrity sponsorship I'd go for if I had a car company (and not necessarily Justin Timberlake).