"I watched Tucker Carlson buying chopsticks"

[underpants]

Said my daughter on the way home from picking her up at my Mom's. She'd been there a week. My folks watch Fox News. Tucker is a matter of fascination with my daughter, in a comical way.

Tucker was in Japan promoting Trump at the G20.

My daughter (age 13) marvels at why Tucker is on the air and she is a great critic of his nonsense.
As she puts it - if he agrees with his guest he nods, if he disagrees and is about to throw a fit he has this confused look on his face until he goes into a prepared tantrum. Me:"He looks like a confused Muppet". She laughed.

"...oh and he spent 30 minutes on one show going on and on about how ONE movie critic said Toy Story 4 wasn't diverse enough." The term "heteronormative" was apparently used by the critic. This took several minutes to discuss. My daughter explained what that meant to me.
"I mean, it's ONE critic. He then had on a African-American man on who ended up laughing at Tucker because he was so upset about this. Tucker didn't like that but he ended up realizing, I guess, that this whole thing made him look stupid so he went into this whole thing about why this critic didn't get a REAL JOB... well why did he spend HALF HIS SHOW on it?" We were cracking up about the whole thing "I didn't want to embarrass them and I didn't want to have to explain how I saw this so I just laughed inside".




Anyway heres 51 seconds (after the ad) of this magical TV moment with Tucker.
http://video.foxnews.com/v/6053705414001/

[MuseRider]

1. She sounds like a very

mature 13 year old. (I can still hardly imagine she is 13, I remember the pool for when she would be born!)

[underpants]

2. No kidding.

I joined DU about 4 years before she was born.

She's a good kid. Good heart and soul. Old soul. Smart too. Cute too 🥺.

Long strange trip.

[MuseRider]

3. You were here when I got here in 2002.

I remember the dancing banana and the underpants. I miss those.

[hedda_foil]

4. Underpants -- I got here toward the end of 2001 and I'm pretty sure you were here first.

I'd forgotten about the betting pool, but this brought it all back. Your daughter's critical thinking skills are considerably better than most adults'.

Sorry, muserider. I meant to respond to underpants.

[underpants]

6. She's pretty smart

As I say "she's pretty smart...considering the gene pool she crawled out for"

[hedda_foil]

7. You're given to understatement, I see

[riversedge]

5. Bravo for your daughter.

[VOX]

8. Most Surreal Subject Line Award for June, 2019

Your daughter is pure gold. Thanks for posting!

[underpants]

9. She said that to me at a Sheetz

We stopped for some food. As we were waiting she said that to me. The 90 minute ride home was a hoot.

[VOX]

10. She sounds brilliant.

And highly observant. The details that resonate in a bright young mind can be hilarious.

[renate]

11. Lol... that Tucker Carlson face

I know exactly that confused look she’s talking about.