# Sharknado 3 airs tonight (7/22) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 22, 2015, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharknado-3-airs-tonight-7-22/725880 "2015-07-22T15:33:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2015, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharknado-3-airs-tonight-7-22/725880/1 "2015-07-22T15:33:36Z")
Just a reminder that [“Sharknado 3 - Oh, hell no!”](http://www.syfy.com/sharknado3) airs tonight. Title aside, it appears that Will Smith is not appearing in it, but there’s a decent chance that Vice President Ann Coulter will be eaten by a shark. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2015, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharknado-3-airs-tonight-7-22/725880/2 "2015-07-22T19:00:57Z")
Not that a spoiler is really needed for this, but:Other targets of this Sharknado are Daytona Raceway, Kennedy Space Center, and Universal Orlando Resort. Apparently David Hasselhoff saves the day. All I’d like to know is why \*Sharknado \*took off in pop culture, but not any of the other hundred or so SyFy Channel mutant monster flicks. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2015, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharknado-3-airs-tonight-7-22/725880/3 "2015-07-22T19:05:12Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Not that a spoiler is really needed for this, but:Other targets of this Sharknado are Daytona Raceway, Kennedy Space Center, and Universal Orlando Resort. Apparently David Hasselhoff saves the day. > > All I’d like to know is why \*Sharknado \*took off in pop culture, but not any of the other hundred or so SyFy Channel mutant monster flicks. It’s the spin they put on it. You have to admit, they put a different twist on monster movies. ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2015, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharknado-3-airs-tonight-7-22/725880/4 "2015-07-22T20:20:03Z")
Are we expecting a typhoon of puns? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2015, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharknado-3-airs-tonight-7-22/725880/5 "2015-07-22T20:26:15Z")
> [@G0sp3l](#): > > Are we expecting a typhoon of puns? A Perfect Storm, yes. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2015, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharknado-3-airs-tonight-7-22/725880/6 "2015-07-22T20:54:37Z")
Is there a SHARKNADO pregrame show? I bought some Bugle crackers and Goldfish crackers to munch on. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2015, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharknado-3-airs-tonight-7-22/725880/7 "2015-07-22T21:28:57Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > Is there a SHARKNADO pregrame show? SyFy is showing _Sharknado_ TOS right now, to be followed by the II, leading up to tonight’s primetime extravaganza. ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2015, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharknado-3-airs-tonight-7-22/725880/8 "2015-07-22T22:16:14Z")
Sharknado II: The Wrath of Prawn ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2015, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharknado-3-airs-tonight-7-22/725880/9 "2015-07-22T22:19:28Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > SyFy is showing _Sharknado_ TOS right now, to be followed by the II, leading up to tonight’s primetime extravaganza. I was hoping for more. What am I going to watch when I eat Shark Fin Soup? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2015, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharknado-3-airs-tonight-7-22/725880/10 "2015-07-22T22:40:16Z")
> [@G0sp3l](#): > > Sharknado II: The Wrath of Prawn Sharknado The Musical:Porgy and Bass ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2015, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharknado-3-airs-tonight-7-22/725880/11 "2015-07-22T22:45:19Z")
> [@muldoonthief](#): > > Just a reminder that [“Sharknado 3 - Oh, hell no!”](http://www.syfy.com/sharknado3) airs tonight. Title aside, it appears that Will Smith is not appearing in it, but there’s a decent chance that Vice President Ann Coulter will be eaten by a shark. I’d rather see a shark take one bite, vomit, and then flee in terror. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2015, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharknado-3-airs-tonight-7-22/725880/12 "2015-07-22T22:46:36Z")
Ah, but the Syfy Channel has been having Sharknado week, and running a goodly number of horrible Shark-themed monster movies. Madame P. and I watched Mega Shark vs. Kolossus a few days ago, and we’ve recorded Sharktopus vs. Whalewolf to watch sometime when we have a real need to snark. We’ll be watching it tonight. Look for cameos by Penn & Teller, Bo Derek and maybe Daniel Radcliffe. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2015, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharknado-3-airs-tonight-7-22/725880/13 "2015-07-23T02:07:14Z")
Never realized how much East Coast Mountians looked like West Coast Mountains. Lots of deserts. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2015, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharknado-3-airs-tonight-7-22/725880/14 "2015-07-23T02:16:17Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > Never realized how much East Coast Mountians looked like West Coast Mountains. Lots of deserts. They forgot to turn the film around. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2015, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharknado-3-airs-tonight-7-22/725880/15 "2015-07-23T03:11:53Z")
Sharknado 4 is a go; where the fuck do they go from here? Zombie sharks that turn everyone they bite into a zombie shark? Finn get’s frozen and wakes of thousands of years later to find intelligent sharks are the dominant species with humans as slave-cattle? It’s really hard to top a bionic woman giving birth while plummeting from Earth orbit inside live shark. I can’t wait for next year’s RiffTrax Live. Also how the hell did Fin’s Dad end on the Moon? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2015, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharknado-3-airs-tonight-7-22/725880/16 "2015-07-23T03:46:30Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > and we’ve recorded Sharktopus vs. Whalewolf to watch sometime when we have a real need to snark. One of the better offerings of the week actually ------- which doesn’t say much when you sit and thing about it. S3 was OK but not as goodly bad as the first two. But any movie that starts with Washington DC being destroyed has at least that as a redeeming feature. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2015, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharknado-3-airs-tonight-7-22/725880/17 "2015-07-23T03:48:38Z")
> [@alphaboi867](#): > > Sharknado 4 is a go; where the fuck do they go from here? Zombie sharks that turn everyone they bite into a zombie shark? They already did zombie sharks that turn the people they bite into zombies but they didn’t follow that part of the plot (or what passed for a plot) line that far. I believe it is simply called _Zombie Sharks_. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2015, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharknado-3-airs-tonight-7-22/725880/18 "2015-07-23T12:37:09Z")
What say we? Does April live or die? I’ll go with Die. Fin needs to hook up with Nova. ---
**Author:** ![Dante](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dante/32/9673_2.png) [@Dante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2015, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharknado-3-airs-tonight-7-22/725880/19 "2015-07-23T12:50:17Z")
Okay, I got pulled away from the TV near the end. Were Fin and April in the same shark, or two separate sharks? ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2015, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharknado-3-airs-tonight-7-22/725880/20 "2015-07-23T13:03:18Z")
Amusing cultural references I noticed: Lou Ferrigno as the VPs Secret Service guard, who told her “You don’t want to make me angry.” The tour guide at Universal who told Claudia “If you need any more help at Universal Studios, just ask for Babs.” - don’t know if that was actually Babs from Animal House though. President Mark Cuban’s Secret Service code name was Maverick. The roller coaster attendant was named Bruce. The license plate in the armored trailer was the exact same plate that Hooper pulled from the tiger shark’s belly. The mechanical shark from the old Jaws ride at Universal was the backdrop for the scene with the teenagers in line for the Disaster ride. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharknado-3-airs-tonight-7-22/725880.md?page=2)