Okay, look, no. You can not use the phrase “nuked the fridge” in the place of “jumped the shark”. See, there’s already a phrase for that, and it’s “jumped the shark”. I get what you’re doing, it’s very clever, but it doesn’t work – the fridge is just one of many impossible things in Indiana Jones, and it definitely isn’t intended on being the “wower climax” in the same way as the Fonz Waterski moment – the movie was just beginning.
So, I’m sorry to say, yes, very funny; no, you can’t use it. :D
“jumped the shark” has jumped the shark. And it was a pretty stupid phrase to begin with.
I can agree with that and still stand by my statement. :)
Cousin Oliver
Before the whole “jumped the shark” thing became part of the lexicon, my sister and I used to refer to any gimmick that TV shows would use that went to the point of absurdity for the sake of ratings as a “Cousin Oliver,” from the addition of said cousin to the cast of the Brady Bunch. As this happened in 1974, three years before the Happy Days incident, I hereby claim the phase “Cousin Oliver [moment, episode, character, etc]” in the name of my sister and I and humbly offer it as the true representative phrase for completely stupid PR moves that attempt to raise falling ratings and other such failures.
Oh, I thought “nuked the fridge” was Nintendo once again trying to explain away their inability to provide an external storage solution for the Wii.
Ha! It will come “soon”.
I hope they just enable the SD slot – I’ve already got a 2 gig SD card, I wouldn’t mind it being used like that.
You clod. Miss the fine distinctions, why don’t you.
“Jumped the shark” is for TV.
“Nuked the fridge” is (merely the latest attempt at a ‘sharkjump’) for movies.
Silly boy.
Hrmm. That by extension implies there should be one for print media. Oh, yeah. “In the garbage!”
Ha!
Maybe they really mean this when they say “nuked the fridge.”
I think your complaint has totally nuked the fridge, man.