The Nike commercial with Tiger's father talking "to him" is just ignorant. Tiger should never have agreed to that and now he has officially nuked the fridge.
Oh for god's sake
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The Nike commercial with Tiger's father talking "to him" is just ignorant. Tiger should never have agreed to that and now he has officially nuked the fridge.
This_person
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The Nike commercial with Tiger's father talking "to him" is just ignorant. Tiger should never have agreed to that and now he has officially nuked the fridge.
"nuked the fridge"?
Larry Gude
Strung Out
The Nike commercial with Tiger's father talking "to him" is just ignorant. Tiger should never have agreed to that and now he has officially nuked the fridge.
El Tigre had to have some sort of new commercial, something had to be first post debauchery. I agree this one is hideous but, what was he supposed to do, a Vegas commercial? Maybe Hedo III? The Marines? Strength, duty, honor, commitment?
Nuked the fridge? Means this what?
Larry Gude
Strung Out
I don't get it.
El Tigre had to have some sort of new commercial, something had to be first post debauchery. I agree this one is hideous but, what was he supposed to do, a Vegas commercial? Maybe Hedo III? The Marines? Strength, duty, honor, commitment?
He could have done a regular commercial and not continued to humiliate his wife by cashing in on his infidelity and keeping it in the news. Apparently Elin didn't get her point across and needs to tee him up again.
It's the modern version of "jumped the shark".
Larry Gude
Strung Out
Like what? I mean, lets say it's up to you; "Vrail, we need a Tiger commercial. What say you?"
Larry Gude
Strung Out
The language isn't complex enough as it is? We need a new 'jumped the shark'? Nuke the fridge may well keep al queda out but, I'd fail that one, too!
Just like the ones before, with nothing whatsoever to do with his recent tribulations.
Although what would be great is to have Elin wearing her Nike gear. You see her lining up, serious and focused, then she swings and knocks the head off a Tiger mannequin. "Nike...it's all about the gear..."
This_person
Well-Known Member
I'd heard "jumped the shark" before, but never "nuked the fridge". I like it better!
Larry Gude
Strung Out
I'd heard "jumped the shark" before, but never "nuked the fridge". I like it better!
No!!! We are all just now getting used to 'jumped the shark' and 'jumped the shark' is just fine and makes the point. 'Nuke the fridge' doesn't work as well.
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This_person
Well-Known Member
No!!! We are all just now getting used to 'jumped the shark' and 'jumped the shark' is just fine and makes the point. 'Nuke the fridge' doesn't work as well.
This_person
Well-Known Member
The Nike commercial with Tiger's father talking "to him" is just ignorant. Tiger should never have agreed to that and now he has officially nuked the fridge.
I hadn't seen the commercial (you can see it here). I don't get it at all. An emotion-filled face, with his father's words from years ago on a different subject (I know/care little about Tiger Woods, so I learned with the link his dad died four years ago) basically admonishing him for his sexual romps - what's that got to do with golf or Nike?
Not a damn thing. It's Nike's ham-handed way of trying to polish their turd. You're supposed to feel sorry for Tiger - did it work?
slik
New Member
The language isn't complex enough as it is? We need a new 'jumped the shark'? Nuke the fridge may well keep al queda out but, I'd fail that one, too!
Had to look it up myself - urban dictionary says:
Nuke the fridge is a colloquialism used to refer to the moment in a film series that is so incredible that it lessens the excitement of subsequent scenes that rely on more understated action or suspense, and it becomes apparent that a certain installment is not as good as a previous installments, due to ridiculous or low quality storylines, events or characters.
The term comes from the film Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, in which, near the start of the movie, Harrison Ford's character survives a nuclear detonation by climbing into a kitchen fridge, which is then blown hundreds of feet through the sky whilst the town disintegrates. He then emerges from the fridge with no apparent injury. Later in the movie, the audience is expected to fear for his safety in a normal fistfight.
Fans of the Indiana Jones series found the absurdity of this event in the film to be the best example of the lower quality of this installment in the series, and thus coined the phrase, "nuke the fridge".
The phrase is also a reference to the phrase "jump the shark", which has the same meaning, only applied to a television series instead of a film series.
So now we know
Tilted
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Now I'm sorry I didn't just say "jumped the shark". 
B
Bean
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Now I'm sorry I didn't just say "jumped the shark".
Oh No! I learned something. Very cool!
Tilted
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Now I'm sorry I didn't just say "jumped the shark".
You made a good choice. 'Jumped the shark' has - and I'm sure there's a better way of saying this, but - gotten so played out.
