[lbo-talk] usage notes: jumping the couch

[B.]

Micahel is right. For example, HBO series "OZ" jumped
the shark after its 1st season. Le Tigre jumped the
shark with their latest LP. 

Tom Cruise "jumped the couch" on Oprah, i.e., he went
batshit insane.

-B.

Michael Pollak wrote:

 
> Actually I think this is a misinterpretation.  The
two phrases aren't 
> equivalent.  Jumping the Shark means going totally
downhill and passing the 
> point of no return.  Jumping the Couch means losing
your mind.
>