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"My giant face looming over the convention in every CNN wide shot for a week? Please picture it," Samantha Bee says. | AP Samantha Bee wants to sponsor the RNC

TBS "Full Frontal" host Samantha Bee would like to become an official sponsor of the Republican National Convention this summer. She just needs, oh, a cool $100,000.

Luckily, TBS parent company Turner Broadcasting held its upfront presentation in New York Wednesday morning, where 3,000 or so media buyers and advertisers were looking for places to spend their cash.

"If there is one thing that this peyote hallucination of an election has taught us, it is that absolutely anything can happen. No one is officially the nominee until July," Bee told the assembled crowd at the Theater at Madison Square Garden. "So now I’m going to say something that no one has ever said before: I am dying to go to Cleveland... here is where I make my specific appeal to you, the lovely, intelligent, sexually appealing people holding the money. For only $100,000 I can become an actual sponsor of the Republican convention, and get banner space on the convention floor. I want this."

"My giant face looming over the convention in every CNN wide shot for a week? Please picture it," Bee added, pulling up mockups of potential billboards. "I will incorporate your brand right onto my poster on the RNC convention floor, if you want, I will plaster my body with your logo like a NASCAR," she said. "The entire world will be watching Cleveland. I know you think I’m joking, but I am not. We are going to talk at the cocktail party after."

Bee also discussed the reaction her show has received since launching in February. As the only female late night comedy host, her program has tackled issues that other shows haven't, even as the election remains the unifying theme of the year so far.

"Premiering our political satire show during an election year was very smart. Premiering it during this election was a f------ gift from heaven," Bee said. "So thank you Jesus, or Satan, whoever it is responsible for this, please enjoy my eternal soul."

