Stephen Colbert's "Hungry For Power Games: Iowa Cornucopia Bloodbath"

[Miles Archer]

[onwardsand upwards]

1. God, this guy's funny ...

... especially in character.

[Agnosticsherbet]

2. Oh, Colbert, you've done it agan.

[Jim Lane]

3. Is his costume something from "Hunger Games"?

I sometimes miss pop cultural references and I haven't seen any of those films (or read the books).

[Neoma]

5. He's pretending to be Caesar Flickerman in the Hunger Games. *spoiling with basis of story*

So, in the Hunger Games there's districts that provide everything for the capital. Everyone in the capital are shallow idiots and everyone in the other districts are separated into specific groups. Farmers, coal miners, masonry, etc. The Capital, in punishment for uprising once before, takes two children from each district every year, and they have to slaughter each other in a very large arena. Only one from all the districts can survive, and everyone in each district has to watch all this happen. Katniss did something in the arena that started another uprising. Caesar Flickerman is from the capital and interviews all the children before they go off to slaughter each other.

[Jim Lane]

6. Thanks! You're forgiven for your spoiler, given that I obviously asked for it. (n/t)

[ybbor]

4. He is one funny man

I love that his shtick has stayed almost the same.