Audio Club Selection
Featured October 27, 2003
Jump The Shark
by Jon Hein
About the Book
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Buy the book: $18.21
From music legends to sports heroes, from TV shows to politics, Jump the Shark catalogs those priceless moments when the magic vanishes and the mighty become the fallen. From the creator of the immensely popular website that has coined a catch phrase comes the book that is bound to be the pop-culture sensation of the season. But beware: these shark-infested pages will leave you in stitches and wondering where the insidious fin will pop up next.

What a fun pop-culture premise! I've already checked out the website and can't wait for tomorrow's installment.

The book provides a sense of familiarity and is fun and comforting to listen to. I feel like I'm listening to the latest gossip. I'm not sure if I would buy the book but I have looked at the website. What fun!

The fun is fading as we've spent all week going through TV show after TV show, I wonder how many are analyzed in the book and whether it's easy to skip around. But more bothersome are the author's errors--I noticed one earlier in the week, and today the author lost more credibility when he said that Olivia (the character that made The Cosby Show jump the shark) was Sondra/Elvin's daughter instead of Denise/Martin's. Tsk tsk.