The talented crew who put together the gigantic walking lion on which Katy Perry made her halftime show entrance Sunday must be shaking their heads in disbelief today, struggling to come to grips with the fact that their mechanical marvel was upstaged by an anonymous and possibly intoxicated dancer in a thrift-store shark costume. Heck, even Perry herself hasn’t inspired a fraction of the social media buzz of overnight sensation “Left Shark.”
Yo, we’re gonna let the rest of you finish, but Glenn Beck tweeted Monday that Michelle Malkin had one of the best Left Shark tweets of all time.
.@michellemalkin just had the best #leftshark tweet of the day: http://t.co/IAnCyPgaY3 SJ pic.twitter.com/Vs6x9YajMZ
— Glenn Beck (@glennbeck) February 2, 2015
Incompetent. Distraction. Clowning from behind. Katy Perry's Left Shark is the perfect White House metaphor. https://t.co/7Mil60XhwQ
— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) February 2, 2015
White guys at the club dance like the left shark https://t.co/wMCCGB3KdO
— Real Faux Madden (@RealFauxMadden) February 2, 2015
‘Left Shark’ stole the show at #SB49 and the internet had a field day http://t.co/JyZs7hHNCX pic.twitter.com/FYWYjrLoDl
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) February 2, 2015
https://twitter.com/TXrachel/status/562285345220202496
Here are all the Left Shark memes your body is craving.http://t.co/8P0Ade3hhc pic.twitter.com/NPUZLBAZZf
— SB Nation (@SBNation) February 2, 2015
Why is the left shark the funniest thing to happen last night ? ? https://t.co/uRTSfWS3t0
— Fake SportsCenter (@FakeSportsCentr) February 2, 2015
These Left Shark memes will make you love Left Shark even more – http://t.co/lFidFhGB6m pic.twitter.com/rXLUkK1EKH
— NewsCenterd (@NewsCenterd) February 2, 2015
https://twitter.com/everygirI/status/562282746954149888
Left Shark isn't the hero we need, but the one we deserve. http://t.co/KcCHQ6QuXa pic.twitter.com/COlofdlcUB
— James Dator (@James_Dator) February 2, 2015
I can be left shark if I want to. pic.twitter.com/REqrbkOnhe
— JP (@TheJPBradley) February 2, 2015
Left Shark supports David & Moe. Retweet this if you do too. pic.twitter.com/xtjflQTr6h
— More for LSU (@moreforLSU) February 2, 2015
After countless auditions and callbacks, Left Shark has finally arrived. Nobody puts #LeftShark in a corner. pic.twitter.com/v4901saa4Z
— Verizon Fios (@verizonfios) February 2, 2015
If you were wondering that was me in tha Shark costume !!
— Snoop Dogg (@SnoopDogg) February 2, 2015
Just kidding. We would have seen smoke rising out of the gills.
❤️ how #LeftShark is showing the world how LOVABLE sharks are!#Compassion4All #LoveSharks #KatyPerry https://t.co/s29vDDSc20
— PETA (@peta) February 2, 2015
PETA gets it wrong as usual; in case they didn’t know, those were people in shark costumes, hence Perry finishing the song uneaten.
. @peta wait, those weren't real sharks?
— paul (@paulwill2) February 2, 2015
The shark on the left had just seen the Nationwide commercial pic.twitter.com/F1ZNArdmEl
— Lauren Comitor (@laurencomitor) February 2, 2015
https://twitter.com/KatzM/status/562233913536692224
Left shark. The new phrase for someone who's completely stopped paying attention or missing the point. Stay in school, don't be a #leftshark
— Andrew Carter (@Andrew__Carter) February 2, 2015
The Seahawks lost last night because they tried to be Right Shark when they’re really Left Shark. Think about it. http://t.co/sgfESOrScp
— Rodger Sherman (@rodger) February 2, 2015
Live like every week is Left Shark Week: a little lost, a little goofy, just happy to be here. pic.twitter.com/d1OMhrp2jl
— Christine (@ChristineMRadio) February 2, 2015
All praise be to Left Shark pic.twitter.com/Ae3eWN0dqY
— Ryan Broderick (@broderick) February 2, 2015
That didn’t take long; Left Shark has been unmasked.
Well that explains it. The Mandela memorial sign language interpreter was inside the left shark suit.
— Jim Geraghty (@jimgeraghty) February 2, 2015
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Actor Vern ‘Mini Me’ Troyer says he ‘wore it better’ than a #KatyPerryShark [photo]
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