Cooper Allen

USA TODAY

Bernie Sanders took a break from the campaign trail Thursday, dropping by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as the host's "mystery guest."

The Vermont senator appeared during the show's "Wheel of News" segment, a takeoff on Wheel of Fortune. Toward the end of the bit, Colbert's giant wheel — again, think Wheel of Fortune — landed on "mystery guest." The guest turned out to be none other than Sanders, who strode onto the stage through fog as the crowd cheered.

The Democratic presidential hopeful sat down for a few brief questions with Colbert, who explained that the rules of "mystery of guest" required that he first answer a policy or campaign question.

Colbert: "Right now, you are trailing in delegates behind Secretary Clinton. You say that superdelegates will switch from Ms. Clinton to you as you start winning more states. Why do you want the Democratic Party to be thrown into the kind of chaos you see on the Republican side, where they will have a contested convention?"

Sanders responded by noting his recent string of wins, some by large margins. "And I think that superdelegates should listen to the will of their people."

After a bit more discussion on the role of superdelegates, Colbert tried to bring the segment to a close. But first, Sanders made a request: "I would like to spin that damn wheel!"

The Vermont senator walked around Colbert's desk to get in position, then yelled out as he looked down: "Hey, there is a human being down here. What is going on? What are you doing to this worker?"

"Help me, Bernie," the worker said. After a bit more banter, Sanders finally spun the wheel, and it landed on "T-shirt cannon."

Sanders then fired a few t-shirts into the crowd as if he were running the half-time show at an NBA game.

Running for president does have its perks.