Jumping the shark has jumped the shark...

[chris arkenberg]

Funny that this has come up today. I just read an interview with Matt 
Groening yesterday where he uses and explains the term. I'd never 
heard it before but I love it.

http://specials.ft.com/creativebusiness/FT3GRP48M0D.html

Note that the article erroneously quotes Groening as saying that the 
show is near it's end. Just today he has rebuked the article and says 
the Simpsons will continue for a long time and "continue to make 
millions for Rupert Murdoch".


At 2:55 PM -0400 5/2/02, Meltsner, Kenneth wrote:
>Old bits, I guess.  My wife told me about it last year; it was the 
>phrase's apparent misuse that prompted me to post.  I'll try to jump 
>on the memewagon faster next time.
>
>Although, you could extend the usage to include "a fad becoming 
>mainstream and, as a result, no longer of interest to the real avant 
>garde."  "Piercing has jumped the shark" would then be an 
>appropriate use.
>
>I suspect that "jumping the shark" has jumped the shark if there's 
>an article about in USA TODAY, the definitive source for what's not 
>avant garde.
>
>Ken
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Win Treese [mailto:treese@acm.org]
>....
>
>Oh, and USA Today even wrote about it last year:
>
>http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/2001-08-09-net-interest.htm
>
>     - Win
>
>
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