City Desk » jumping the shark http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk 68.3 Square Miles of D.C. News and Opinion Tue, 14 Feb 2012 23:18:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 Internet Banana Destroys Cultural Meme http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2008/12/04/internet-banana-destroys-cultural-meme/ http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2008/12/04/internet-banana-destroys-cultural-meme/#comments Thu, 04 Dec 2008 19:04:30 +0000 Andrew Beaujon http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/?p=11597 The problem with "jumping the shark" is not that the phrase itself has "jumped the shark." It's not that the possibility of one's own shark-jumping can lead to excellent blogging. It's that once one has "jumped the shark" (beggared its cultural capital) there is no mention of where the shark-jumper completes his, her, or its arc.

I have the answer. When something has well and truly jumped the shark, it lands...

...on a banana.

This is obviously a key cultural moment; I'd appreciate it if anyone who uses the phrase "jumps the shark and lands on a banana" would kindly link back to this post. If for no other reason than when a piece of fruit with a sticker that says "I CAN HAZ POTAZZEE-YUM" appears, my own cultural capital (which is measured in page views) will soar. And let's face it, "Dead Balls Era" is getting this blog nowhere.

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