CNN about to jump the shark. Guy in wind tunnel.

[trof]

Oh, man!
You don't want to miss this.

They're about to put a guy in a wind tunnel to see how much he can take at Cat. 3 speeds.

That's it, Fonzie.
CNN has officially jumped the shark.

[benburch]

1. That is stupid...

What next; "Survivor; RITA"?

[charlie]

4. Reporter on an angry bull

to demonstrate a 6.5 earthquake.

[nadinbrzezinski]

9. MSNBC will, Galveston

Rita comes to mind and I don't mean the hurricane. I hope she has her rubber ducky

[hatrack]

15. We already had that with Katrina

Boffo ratings, but the "network brass" didn't much like the broadcast. :eyes:

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

2. They have actually done this before...

at the start of this years hurricane season. :puke:

[trof]

11. No kiddin'? I've never seen it before.

I like it when his jowls flap.

[Ron Green]

3. It's all about ENTERTAINMENT.

[SoCalDem]

5. They do that every hurricane season.. all the networks do it

and they always drag out the same old tired videos...

the woppa-woppa-woppa thrashing back and forth stop sign..

the overhead traffic light flared out parallel to the street, or spinning wildly..

the bent over palm tree with all fronds swept to one side

the gas station roof wobbling and flying off

waves crashing on a beach

[trof]

6. Here it comes!

Hold on to your hat!

[Walt Starr]

7. They do this stuff every Hurricane season n/t

[tanyev]

8. Jake Tapper drew that short straw on Good Morning America

this morning. I couldn't bear to watch.

[RevCheesehead]

10. Wolfie's golden quote:

"Don't try this at home."

:eyes:

[geomon666]

Damn

I had my wind tunnel all fired up and everything. :(

[El Supremo]

12. Will Larry King be hung by his suspenders? n/t

[trof]

14. The ones with the hurricane hunters symbols on them?

[karlrschneider]

13. When I lived in Tampa, we used to go to the Science Museum

or whatever it's called...on Fletcher near USF and go into the "hurricane chamber", it's kinda fun to do. I don't recall the wind speeds they crank it up to, probably about 100 IIRC.
;-)

[hopein08]

16. How about shilling the DoD video of people getting rides on army planes?

If that's not talking for the White House and taking orders from KKKKarl...I don't know what is.

[zanne]

17. What does "jump the shark" mean?

I see it alot on DU and I've been trying to figure it out instead of being obvious but now I have to admit I'm clueless.

[charlie]

19. Probably best explained

by the phrase originators:

http://www.jumptheshark.com/about.htm

[The_Casual_Observer]

20. see www.jumptheshark.com for a complete rundown

[RevolutionStartsNow]

21. It's a reference to a Happy Days episode

where Fonzie waterskied over a shark, in yes his leather jacket and shorts (I can still picture it...).

It's now commonly used to indicate that a TV show is all of a sudden way past its prime, out of ideas.

[kstewart33]

18. NBC did that years ago

The guy made it to about 110 mph. He was tied at the waist and feet to keep him from blowing away. They stopped at 110 or so because the experts running it said it was too dangerous to increase the speed.

[Gormy Cuss]

22. I thought that's what Anderson Cooper was for. eom