06-15-2009, 05:15 PM
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#61
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: The frozen surface of a fireball
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The superbowl jumped the shark when a nipple shield was broadcast on live TV
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06-15-2009, 05:18 PM
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#62
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: The frozen surface of a fireball
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The fan960 jumped the shark when they switched from ESPN to Fox sports
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06-15-2009, 05:30 PM
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#63
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Franchise Player
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I hate the San Jose Sharks!
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06-15-2009, 05:53 PM
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#64
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame
Indiana Jones jumped the shark when he got blown sky-high from a nuclear blast inside a lead-lined refrigerator and came out unscathed.
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That part is so freaking lame that it's coined a successor phrase to Jump the Shark: Nuke the Fridge.
Last edited by Bob; 06-15-2009 at 06:01 PM.
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06-15-2009, 06:03 PM
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#65
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: nexus of the universe
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Oh my goodness. I had no idea Conan wrote the monorail episode but it makes perfect sense. I rank it as the 2nd best episode ever, just behind the "Lisa needs braces"/Power Plant strike episode.
Marge: Oh no, we're too late!
Scientist guy: I shouldn't have stopped for that haircut. Sorry.
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06-15-2009, 06:34 PM
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#66
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Sec 216
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 4X4
There's someone here that can help you
is it Batman?
he's a scientist
Batman's a scientist?
It's not Batman!
That episode is one of the best ever. I could be reading some magazine about some new high speed monorail train in Japan and in the back of my head I start singing monorail....MONORAIL.....MONORAILLLLLLLLL!!!!!
Damn song is gonna be stuck in my head for an hour now.
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In the commentary (yes I always watch commentary of shows I have on DVD) Matt Groening says it is one of his fav episodes ever and contains his single favorite moment ever:
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Marge Simpson: [Marge opens a closet in the momorail] Homer, there's a family of opossums in here!
Homer: I call the big one Bitey.
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Which I find very strange because that episode has much better moments than that one. Other than the aforementioned Batman sequence it also has:
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Homer: Are we gonna die son?
Bart: Yeah. But at least we'll take a lot of innocent people with us.
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Quote:
[Homer and Marge discuss the dangers of a monorail]
Marge: What if something goes wrong?
Homer: Pffft... what if. What if I'm taking a shower and I slip on a bar of soap? Oh my god, I'd be killed!
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There are more but I don't want to further derail this thread. Also Al Jean said in the commentary it was a first because the Simpsons producers and such said the show could never blatantly deny the laws of reality but then at the end Nimoy gets beamed away.
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06-15-2009, 07:02 PM
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#67
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Kalispell, Montana
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24 jumped the shark when they allowed a nuclear device to be detonated on American soil.
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06-15-2009, 07:14 PM
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#68
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Victoria
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The Office jumped the shark on every episode that revolves around Jim and Pam.
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06-15-2009, 07:16 PM
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#69
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Calgary
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bear grylls jumped the shark when he allowed will ferrell onto his show
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06-15-2009, 07:19 PM
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#70
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Ben
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: God's Country (aka Cape Breton Island)
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Battlestar Galatica jumped the shark when they found earth (then switched from having the viewer in suspense over the Cylons attacking at any moment, to who the final 5 were)
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06-15-2009, 07:24 PM
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#71
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Victoria
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Rider fans jumped the shark when they were too poor to buy tickets to their own stadium and had to move to Alberta.
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06-15-2009, 07:28 PM
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#72
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One of the Nine
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The girl I met at the lilac festival jumped the shark when she asked me the other day if I thought she was pretty. Bye!
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06-15-2009, 07:47 PM
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#73
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One of the Nine
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Lol. "Map of the hawaiian islands" is one DESS-ism that'll never jump the shark.
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06-15-2009, 07:50 PM
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#74
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Basement Chicken Choker
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: In a land without pants, or war, or want. But mostly we care about the pants.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 4X4
The girl I met at the lilac festival jumped the shark when she asked me the other day if I thought she was pretty.
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Why is that bad? The correct response is, "I'd have to see you naked to be able to tell you for sure."
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06-15-2009, 07:56 PM
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#75
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: still in edmonton
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Maritime Q-Scout
Battlestar Galatica jumped the shark when they found earth (then switched from having the viewer in suspense over the Cylons attacking at any moment, to who the final 5 were)
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I want to respond to that, but I'll keep my fanboy nerd rants to myself.
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06-15-2009, 08:06 PM
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#76
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Norm!
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No no, this I want to hear.
Come on let loose
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Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!
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06-15-2009, 08:16 PM
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#77
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One of the Nine
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jammies
Why is that bad? The correct response is, "I'd have to see you naked to be able to tell you for sure."
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Dunno. Just a major turn off for me when that kind of insecurity presents itself so early. It's not like she's my wife of ten years and has put on an extra 20 pounds after bearing my children.
Another thing that's jumped the shark is Adam Sandler. Happy Gilmore was one of the funniest movies ever, but I haven't enjoyed many of his movies since then. Ditto for Mike Myers and the Austin Powers franchise. First one was pretty funny. Second one was ok, third one had it's moments. And if there's a fourth out there on video shelves, I'll probably never bother even renting it.
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06-15-2009, 08:22 PM
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#78
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: still in edmonton
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
No no, this I want to hear.
Come on let loose
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Bottom line we knew who 4 of the final five were half a season before we found Earth and almost immediately found out who the fifth was. If want to talk about BSG jumping the shark is should be somewhere around the Episodes following the escape from New Caprica or Starbuck's return and reveal of 4 of Final Five at the end of Season 3.
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06-15-2009, 08:30 PM
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#79
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GOAT!
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 4X4
Another thing that's jumped the shark is Adam Sandler. Happy Gilmore was one of the funniest movies ever, but I haven't enjoyed many of his movies since then. Ditto for Mike Myers and the Austin Powers franchise. First one was pretty funny. Second one was ok, third one had it's moments. And if there's a fourth out there on video shelves, I'll probably never bother even renting it.
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I agree completely. I'm looking forward to Funny People though.
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06-15-2009, 08:33 PM
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#80
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Ate 100 Treadmills
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 4X4
Ditto for Mike Myers and the Austin Powers franchise. First one was pretty funny. Second one was ok, third one had it's moments. And if there's a fourth out there on video shelves, I'll probably never bother even renting it.
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I thought two was a little bit better than one. It introduced us to mini me and fat . Classics
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