Stephen Colbert gives a Hunger Games tribute sendoff to Scott Walker

Colbert&#039;s The Hungry for Power Games, Scott Walker edition

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Tuesday night marked the second installment of Stephen Colbert's "Hungry for Power Games," his Late Show tribute to both the Hunger Games franchise and the 2016 presidential race. "Citizens, last week the games lost a brave fighter in Rick Perry," Colbert said, in character as flamboyant Hunger Games MC Caesar Flickerman (though this time, thanks to heavy purple eyebrows, he looked more like Eugene Levy than Stanley Tucci). "I'd like to say he's gone to a better place, but I believe he lives in Houston."

Alas, Cobert/Flickerman added, "tonight the games must bid adieu to yet another promising tribute," Gov. Scott Walker. Walker got the traditional "Hungry for Power Games" sendoff, with cannon boom and name broadcast on the theater dome, plus a plateful of ribbing, often involving dairy jokes. You can watch Walker's farewell ceremony below. Peter Weber

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Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.