I DON’T THINK THIS SONG MEANS WHAT YOU THINK IT MEANS

I went to a taping of The Daily Show on Tuesday afternoon. I had no intention of going — a friend invited me at the last minute, and the last time I was at a taping of that show, Craig Kilborn was the host, so I figured, “Yeah, why not?” And it was fun, but not “Wait on line for three hours” fun. I mean, if I wait on line for something that long, it had better be a blowjob from Kiera Knightley, y’know?

ANYWAY, I mention it ’cause before the taping started, Jon Stewart came out to answer some crowd questions, and his intro music was… “Mr. Tinkertrain” by Ozzy Osbourne.

Now, I’m sure whomever selected that particular song has never paid attention to the lyrics and just digs the energy of Zakk Wylde’s riff — either that, or said music supervisor has a sick sense of humor. This poor choice got even poorer when a woman asked Stewart how fatherhood has changed him, and he replied that whereas he never used to think he could kill someone before, he can now see such a scenario — and used a story about how he once cosidered murdering a little girl who stole his son’s favorite toy by way of example.

So, to review: Jon Stewart comes out to a song about a child molestor, and tells a story about envisioning himself offing a little girl. Oy!

And then I found twenty bucks.

-AR