The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

The Bare Necessities

Season 5 • 06/12/2001

Americans must be ready to sacrifice the basic necessities, like the electronic coffee scoop.

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05:02

Boxer Rebellion/Milk of Tunisia
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Costumed Disney employees win right to wear own underwear after company issued underpants spread pubic lice and scabies.
06/11/2001
00:14

Moment of Zen - Selling Homosexuality
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Robert Knight states that Abercrombie and Fitch ads clearly sell homosexuality.
06/11/2001
03:36

Joe Queenan
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Joe Queenan would prefer his wife to twist his neck for nothing instead of paying a chiropractor.
06/11/2001
03:23

Lord Viper Scorpion on Internet Dating
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If you like the gals who keep their Halloween decorations up all year long, the Goth dating websites are for you.
06/12/2001
02:41

National Lampoon's European Vacation
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If we can just get these developing countries to stop trying to improve their standard of living, everything will be fine.
06/12/2001
01:57

E.T. Sing Standards
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Have you ever been sitting next to someone on the bus and said to yourself, "I wish this jackass with the cell phone would stop talking and start singing 'Wichita Lineman'?"
06/12/2001
00:46

Stay in School
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Gene Simmons' tongue is bigger and drier than Jon Stewart's body.
06/12/2001
00:37

Karaoke Cell Phone Technology Exists
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David Duchovny will be on the Daily Show tomorrow because Jon Stewart told him they were on a network.
06/12/2001
00:14

Moment of Zen - Let It Be
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A middle aged man sings "Let It Be" from his Karaoke cell phone.
06/12/2001
05:21

Gene Simmons
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Gene Simmons met the mother of his children at the Playboy Mansion and Jon Stewart met his wife at a bar mitzvah.
06/12/2001
04:03

The Bare Necessities
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Fear not America, we've made it through inconvenience before and we'll make it again, with or without our digital pasta fork.
06/12/2001
02:15

Bush's First European Trip
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Bush's handlers tell him he's in Mexico because it seems to have a calming effect on him.
06/13/2001
02:56

Back in Black - Summer Vacation
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Black won't be reading hieroglyphics off a tomb, using the Brooklyn Bridge as a jungle gym, skydiving in Australia, or bullfighting in Spain
06/13/2001
00:13

Moment of Zen - Bush Speaks Spanish
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President Bush makes a speech in Spanish.
06/13/2001
01:59

Rhyme Scene
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You can't talk about rose petals and daffodils if all you grew up around was bottle tops and soda cans.
06/13/2001
03:26

European Vacation
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President Bush and the First Lady arrive in Europe to Belgians protesting all the things President Bush defends.
06/13/2001
01:26

Easy Listening Summit
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The key note speaker of the Easy Listening Summit is currently caught between the moon and New York City.
06/13/2001
05:20

David Duchovny
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David Duchovny talks about the great conversations he has with his two-year-old daughter.
06/13/2001
01:11

News Recap - Bush in Europe
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Jon recaps the top stories including Bush's European trip and the Hip-Hop summit in New York.
06/13/2001
04:03

I on News - First Family Privacy
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The media felt so bad about devoting so much coverage to Jenna and Barbara Bush, they devoted an enormous amount of coverage to that overcoverage.
06/14/2001
05:34

Jeff Greenfield
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Jeff Greenfield talks about the draw of reality shows, his time as Robert Kennedy's aide and the best way to get people interested in news again.
06/14/2001
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