“Next time you’re afraid to share ideas, remember someone once said in a meeting ‘Let’s make a film with a tornado full of sharks’” is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. Sharknado is the television science fiction comedy disaster film that is being referred to.
The saying was posted both on X/Twitter (where it received over 880 likes) and Facebook (where it received over 649 shares) by Jon Acuff on July 22, 2015.
Wikipedia: Sharknado
Sharknado is a 2013 American made-for-television science fiction comedy disaster film directed by Anthony C. Ferrante. It tells about a waterspout that lifts sharks out of the ocean and deposits them in Los Angeles. It is the first installment in the Sharknado film series.
X/Twitter
Jon Acuff
@JonAcuff
Next time you’re afraid to share ideas remember someone once said in a meeting “Let’s make a film with a tornado full of sharks” #sharknado3
9:49 PM · Jul 22, 2015
Facebook
Jon Acuff
July 22, 2015 at 9:51 PM ·
The next time you’re afraid to share an idea, remember someone once said in a meeting “Let’s make a movie about a tornado full of sharks.” #sharknado3
Facebook
blu27
August 3, 2016 at 6:26 PM ·
Next time you are afraid to share ideas remember, someone once said in a meeting: “Let’s make a film with a tornado full of sharks.”🙈😃👍🏻 #makeitrain
(The following text is shown on a sign.—ed.)
NEXT TIME YOU’RE AFRAID
TO SHARE IDEAS
REMEMBER SOMEONE
ONCE SAID IN A MEETING
LETS MAKE A FILM WITH A
TORNADO FULL OF SHARKS
X/Twitter
Community of Stories
@ComStoriesWaco
Edited: 1) Next time you’re afraid to share ideas, remember someone once said in a meeting, let’s make a film with a tornado full of sharks.
(The following text is shown on a sign.—ed.)
NEXT TIME YOU’RE AFRAID
TO SHARE IDEAS
REMEMBER SOMEONE
ONCE SAID IN A MEETING
LETS MAKE A FILM WITH A
TORNADO FULL OF SHARKS
10:31 AM · Dec 29, 2016
X/Twitter
Ralph Nelson Willett
@NorthernOvation
Next time you’re afraid to share ideas, remember someone once said in a meeting “Lets make a film with a tornado full of sharks”
11:08 PM · Nov 17, 2022
X/Twitter
Rothmus 🏴
@Rothmus
(The following text is shown on a sign.—ed.)
NEXT TIME YOU’RE AFRAID
TO SHARE IDEAS
REMEMBER SOMEONE
ONCE SAID IN A MEETING
LETS MAKE A FILM WITH A
TORNADO FULL OF SHARKS
1:48 AM · Jun 13, 2024
Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps. Stolen and missing, 2021-2024.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
Also listen to a 1937 "The Big Apple" song by Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra. See a 1929 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald and a 1931 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald.
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