Frank Nora Show 1535 – San Sippi (7/21/10)
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1:38:08 – Moth-like ripped yellow note incident, inconsiderate vandalism and littering, misanthropy, Yosemite Sam, Sam the Sham, Wooly Bully, obscure bands, Sanrio’s 50th anniversary, San Sippi, gospel music, the forum, sell some toys, ice cream, digital drugs, self-aware schtick vs. earnestness and sincerity, to be a snarky hipster – a big sneering zero, jumping the shark, a common slang, Indiana Jones, Lady Gaga, Bikini Kill, Lucia Pamela – the woman that went to the moon, raves are back, Distracted By Star Wars, endless Successories parodies, Pop Will Eat Itself “Touched by the Hand of Cicciolina”, pop culture mashups, happy messages, sports medecine, band stickers, cynical statements, primitive sparkly emails, oatmeal, the state of denial, San Sippi – the happy place, Oaxaca, vegetarian angst, stressed-out lately, continuing, good news – the new posting system has begun!, Pokemon, Stardust comet probe, books wrapped in plastic, Nintendo World, finally saw the custom lettering book, Fox News, to be a conservative talk show host, conservative Astro, geeks ruin my attempt to play a Gaia synth, got yelled at in the music store, CD scammers, the skill of ignoring, FBI, the real world relatively speaking, Sonic the Hedgehog 4, mud flap girl bicycle stand, King Tut, hipster bowling alleys, cleaned up, gray phone goo problem, popcorn chips, The Creative Whack Pack, a theory of why pop culture is folding in upon itself, zombie Spock, combining things, recognition and praise, egoboo, strong original content vs. insubstantion quick thrills, y4WnZ, and an American original.
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Attribution: by Frank Nora – more info at onsug.com
Released July 2010 on The Overnightscape Underground (onsug.com), an Internet talk radio channel focusing on a freeform monologue style, with diverse and fascinating hosts.
To further explain the concept of “jumping the shark,” it more specifically refers to an action taken to improve a project’s quality when the quality has already started to waiver, but backfires and ends up making the quality plummet even further.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jumping_the_shark
Comment by Brian Jude — July 21, 2010 @ 8:18 pm
TV Guide’s website even has a whole page devoted to shows that are now on TV and if they’ve jumped the shark or not. http://www.tvguide.com/jumptheshark
Comment by Carrie Michel — July 28, 2010 @ 10:27 am