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Al Gore's Live Earth: Has Global Warming Hysteria 'Jumped the Shark'
The American Thinker ^
| July 6, 2007
| John Berlau
Posted on 07/06/2007 3:02:03 PM PDT by Eric Blair 2084
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To: Eric Blair 2084
please help me understand what “jump the shark” means I’ve never gotten it? How does it differ from “getting a tiger by the tail?”
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posted on
07/06/2007 3:05:49 PM PDT
by
gusopol3
To: gusopol3
in the show Happy Days, fonzi jumped a shark in the latter shows.
it was stupid and the show died shortly after that.
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posted on
07/06/2007 3:07:55 PM PDT
by
postaldave
(republicans need spending rehab before trying to control congress again.)
To: Eric Blair 2084
sorry, I should have read first and asked questions later.
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posted on
07/06/2007 3:08:10 PM PDT
by
gusopol3
To: gusopol3
To: gusopol3; postaldave
postal beat me to it. There is a website called
Jumptheshark.com They essentially debate the exact moment that your favorite TV show, celebrity, politician, band, singer "jumped the shark" like Fonzie on Happy Days. At that point, it's all downhill.
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posted on
07/06/2007 3:14:48 PM PDT
by
Eric Blair 2084
(Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms shouldn't be a federal agency...it should be a convenience store.)
To: I see my hands; postaldave
thanks; that site is great
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posted on
07/06/2007 3:15:17 PM PDT
by
gusopol3
To: gusopol3
It’s a term from tv series rises and falls. It came from a moment on Happy Days when Fonzie was water skiing and he ski jumps over a shark. Because it was so ridiculous it became a signpost that Happy Days was about to enter a tailspin to its inevitable cancellation from network tv. It’s now a generalized term for any onging thing when it is no longer on the rise in popularity but now on a downward death spiral.
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posted on
07/06/2007 3:16:08 PM PDT
by
xp38
To: gusopol3
Its a reference to the TV series “Happy Days”. There was an episode where Fonzie jumped a shark. It now means a show or idea that has reached the end.
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posted on
07/06/2007 3:16:37 PM PDT
by
art_rocks
To: I see my hands
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posted on
07/06/2007 3:17:43 PM PDT
by
postaldave
(republicans need spending rehab before trying to control congress again.)
To: postaldave
I like their theory that Sesame Street jumped the shark when Elmo came on board.
Up until then all of the characters had an edge to them...Oscar the Grouch, Cookie Monster, the Count...then they brought in this loveable little cuddly furball.
In todays PC world, the Cookie Monster is no longer the cookie monster...childhood obesity and all.
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posted on
07/06/2007 3:17:55 PM PDT
by
Eric Blair 2084
(Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms shouldn't be a federal agency...it should be a convenience store.)
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To: Eric Blair 2084
I knew there was a reason why I liked Dylan. He’s much smarter than some give him credit for. :)
To: Eric Blair 2084
At a website that I run, ad banners for this event have been running for the past month or so. No one is clicking on these banners, so my unscientific take on this is that there is little interest in these concerts.
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posted on
07/06/2007 3:28:30 PM PDT
by
Major Matt Mason
(Learning the Mexican Hat Dance.)
To: Major Matt Mason
It was mentioned in another thread that at one venue — maybe Hamburg Germany — there were problems selling tickets Presumably promoters were giving them away. :)
To: Eric Blair 2084
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posted on
07/06/2007 3:32:23 PM PDT
by
Bon mots
To: gusopol3
what “jump the shark” means Algore is such a Potsie!
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posted on
07/06/2007 3:32:48 PM PDT
by
golas1964
(www.imwithfred.com)
To: fatnotlazy
I’ve never figured Dylan out. Actually, I’ve never really tried. Is he a leftist hippie loon or what. I’m too lazy to find out for myself so I’ll just go with your Reader’s Digest version that saves me time.
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posted on
07/06/2007 3:35:51 PM PDT
by
Eric Blair 2084
(Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms shouldn't be a federal agency...it should be a convenience store.)
To: Major Matt Mason
What are those banners or google ads on these sites? Do you just sell them to Google and they can put whatever they want on there?
I’ve seen ads for bizarre stuff that flies in the face of the purpose of the particular website.
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posted on
07/06/2007 3:38:17 PM PDT
by
Eric Blair 2084
(Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms shouldn't be a federal agency...it should be a convenience store.)
To: Eric Blair 2084
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posted on
07/06/2007 3:38:39 PM PDT
by
thinking
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