# Jon Stewart returns to The Daily Show! (Not for Politics, see P&E thread) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** talk-variety-show\ **Created:** [January 25, 2024, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-stewart-returns-to-the-daily-show-not-for-politics-see-p-e-thread/996614 "2024-01-25T04:03:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2024, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-stewart-returns-to-the-daily-show-not-for-politics-see-p-e-thread/996614/87 "2024-02-20T15:11:31Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Saw the clip on social media, where Tucker is getting badly dragged for gushing about carts with coin locks (as already seen at every Aldi), cart escalators (as already seen at every IKEA) and bread (as seen in every fucking supermarket). And was Tucker Carlson gushing over the smell of _plastic-wrapped_ bread? I’ve seen both the coin locks on carts and cart escalators in American stores. I get the impression that Carlson doesn’t get out much. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2024, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-stewart-returns-to-the-daily-show-not-for-politics-see-p-e-thread/996614/88 "2024-02-20T15:28:56Z")
Tucker’s got people for that of course. Though to be fair, plenty of people don’t go to Aldi. Great opening. The interview went much better this week. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2024, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-stewart-returns-to-the-daily-show-not-for-politics-see-p-e-thread/996614/89 "2024-02-20T15:58:48Z")
The coin locks are standard in many UK supermarket chains. My local Tesco has both the coin-locked carts _and_ a cart escalator. They also have clever gates at the pedestrian exits to the parking lot that lock the cart wheels if you try to take the cart home with you. One can only imagine what Tucker would have made of that. I think Stewart once a week is a good idea - he can do his thing in a more focused manner and we can still get a rotation of other hosts with their own particular perspectives. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2024, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-stewart-returns-to-the-daily-show-not-for-politics-see-p-e-thread/996614/90 "2024-02-20T16:37:46Z")
Brilliant. Vintage Stewart, and what a gift from Carlson to bail him out of last week’s near-disaster. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2024, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-stewart-returns-to-the-daily-show-not-for-politics-see-p-e-thread/996614/91 "2024-02-20T16:57:10Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > I’ve seen both the coin locks on carts and cart escalators in American stores. I get the impression that Carlson doesn’t get out much. I had vibes of the bit when President Bush the Elder went to a grocery store, and was impressed by the laser scanners ringing up the purchases. It was clear he hadn’t done his own shopping for decades, at least. Fucker is the same way. Wow, fresh bread? Coins to unlock carts? Cart escalators? All known in the Western World, and used when appropriate. Of course, with people who lie all the time, it’s hard to tell if this was just Fucker making a really stupid lie, or if he was genuinely impressed by things that are so commonplace, but with which his rich ass is just unfamiliar. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2024, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-stewart-returns-to-the-daily-show-not-for-politics-see-p-e-thread/996614/92 "2024-02-20T16:59:28Z")
Ironically, those carts that impressed him, I hate. I was at another store recently with the same stupid system and it annoyed me. I don’t carry quarters around. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2024, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-stewart-returns-to-the-daily-show-not-for-politics-see-p-e-thread/996614/93 "2024-02-20T17:03:28Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > I was at another store recently with the same stupid system and it annoyed me. I don’t carry quarters around. And it doesn’t really fix the “Taking it to my homeless encampment” problem. 25 cents for a cart that [costs a couple of hundred dollars](https://www.shoppingcartmart.com/shopping-carts/metal-shopping-carts.html), maybe? Sounds like a good deal to me! Plus, once I’m back in camp, I have the time to cut the chain on the thingy that unlocks the coin, and use it to get my coin back. Win win! ---
**Author:** ![CoolHandCox](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coolhandcox/32/16233_2.png) [@CoolHandCox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CoolHandCox)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2024, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-stewart-returns-to-the-daily-show-not-for-politics-see-p-e-thread/996614/94 "2024-02-20T17:30:57Z")
The whole coin in the shopping cart thing (that Tucker did) was the _softest_ this Country is better than Ours comparison I’ve ever heard of between any two countries ever. So bizarre. I never would have thought to compare those two hyper-specific but extremely minimal things in any sort of bragging way. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2024, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-stewart-returns-to-the-daily-show-not-for-politics-see-p-e-thread/996614/95 "2024-02-20T17:40:50Z")
> [@Mijin](#): > > Yep vast improvement. I did cringe briefly when Jon started his “sorry that you’re so partisan” non-apology about his first episode, but overall I think he walked the line well. An actual apology would kill the show, his only options were to ignore the backlash or jokingly confront it. I think it was OK. My feelings too. Good to know he heard the complaints, even if he doesn’t accept the criticism. He certainly knows what’s at stake in November, and I’m sure will dump on Trump as appropriate between now and then. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2024, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-stewart-returns-to-the-daily-show-not-for-politics-see-p-e-thread/996614/96 "2024-02-20T17:42:39Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > > [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > > > I’ve seen both the coin locks on carts and cart escalators in American stores. I get the impression that Carlson doesn’t get out much. > > I had vibes of the bit when President Bush the Elder went to a grocery store, and was impressed by the laser scanners ringing up the purchases. It was clear he hadn’t done his own shopping for decades, at least. Fucker is the same way. Wow, fresh bread? Coins to unlock carts? Cart escalators? All known in the Western World, and used when appropriate. As I remember, [people misinterpreted](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supermarket_scanner_moment) what amazed GHWB. It wasn’t just that there were barcode scanners but that these were somewhat advanced ones not already in use in supermarkets. Though to be fair, at that point he had been president for four years, VP for eight years and a high government official for years prior to that. I would not be surprised to hear that he hadn’t done his own grocery shopping in a long while. ---
**Author:** ![Tatterdemalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2024, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-stewart-returns-to-the-daily-show-not-for-politics-see-p-e-thread/996614/97 "2024-02-20T17:46:40Z")
I first saw those coin locks on shopping carts at a Pathmark in New Jersey, back in the last century. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2024, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-stewart-returns-to-the-daily-show-not-for-politics-see-p-e-thread/996614/98 "2024-02-20T17:48:53Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > And it doesn’t really fix the “Taking it to my homeless encampment” problem. 25 cents for a cart that [costs a couple of hundred dollars](https://www.shoppingcartmart.com/shopping-carts/metal-shopping-carts.html), maybe? Sounds like a good deal to me! Plus, once I’m back in camp, I have the time to cut the chain on the thingy that unlocks the coin, and use it to get my coin back. Win win! The coin is an incentive for random people to do the job of the store employee charged with retrieving loose shopping carts and returning them to the corral. I think those paid luggage carts at the airport had a similar thing where you could get a quarter back by returning them to the machine. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2024, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-stewart-returns-to-the-daily-show-not-for-politics-see-p-e-thread/996614/99 "2024-02-20T17:49:56Z")
If you’re willing to go into a homeless encampment to earn a quarter, more power to you! ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2024, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-stewart-returns-to-the-daily-show-not-for-politics-see-p-e-thread/996614/100 "2024-02-20T17:52:08Z")
Maybe not that but at least collect the carts that are loose in the parking lot. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2024, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-stewart-returns-to-the-daily-show-not-for-politics-see-p-e-thread/996614/101 "2024-02-20T17:53:19Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > at least collect the carts that are loose in the parking lot. See, you’re talking about the actual function of these things, while Fucker was making up a stupid reason for them, so he could bash America for having homeless people. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2024, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-stewart-returns-to-the-daily-show-not-for-politics-see-p-e-thread/996614/102 "2024-02-20T17:56:04Z")
And Mother Russia does not? Somehow I doubt that, though I can’t imagine being homeless in a Russian winter. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2024, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-stewart-returns-to-the-daily-show-not-for-politics-see-p-e-thread/996614/103 "2024-02-20T17:59:00Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > And Mother Russia does not? Of course not! Field Marshal Potemkin fixed that problem years ago! ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2024, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-stewart-returns-to-the-daily-show-not-for-politics-see-p-e-thread/996614/104 "2024-02-20T18:13:34Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > The coin is an incentive for random people to do the job of the store employee charged with retrieving loose shopping carts and returning them to the corral. It also works with airport luggage carts: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Gz-QYN_Kl6g/hqdefault.jpg "The Terminal (2004) "Quarters and Burger King scene" HQ") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gz-QYN_Kl6g) ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2024, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-stewart-returns-to-the-daily-show-not-for-politics-see-p-e-thread/996614/105 "2024-02-20T20:25:31Z")
> [@CoolHandCox](#): > > The whole coin in the shopping cart thing (that Tucker did) was the _softest_ this Country is better than Ours comparison I’ve ever heard of between any two countries ever. So bizarre. I never would have thought to compare those two hyper-specific but extremely minimal things in any sort of bragging way. That’s because Tucker is profoundly stupid. All the more so when his example of Russia’s greatness is an old and trivial mechanical gadget that around here anyway **has mostly been eliminated** because it’s unpopular and conveys a sense that customers are untrustworthy jerks, and it doesn’t actually work – if I’m going to be a jerk and leave my shopping cart in the middle of the parking lot I don’t care if I lose a quarter. Remember that this is the guy who also bragged that Russian supermarkets have bread! ---
**Author:** ![CoolHandCox](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coolhandcox/32/16233_2.png) [@CoolHandCox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CoolHandCox)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2024, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-stewart-returns-to-the-daily-show-not-for-politics-see-p-e-thread/996614/106 "2024-02-20T20:42:42Z")
I’m mildly obsessed with it. I wonder what comparisons were made that got cut and _didn’t_ make it into that segment? I imagine he was just walking around the grocery store riffing on a lot of comparisons that were not used. I’m trying to think of examples, but just can’t. I’m not dumb or witty enough. Maybe like…Russia doesn’t put any useless health information on the packaging and that uses less ink and that’s better for the environment. Something like that, but funny. I know there is an evilness to Tucker, but this segment was profoundly banal but humorous to me. Anyways… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-stewart-returns-to-the-daily-show-not-for-politics-see-p-e-thread/996614.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-stewart-returns-to-the-daily-show-not-for-politics-see-p-e-thread/996614.md?page=6)