Boom Goes the Dynamite
Here’s a meme that you’ll notice after I tell you about it. It started with a student at Ball State Univerisity named Brian Collins who filled in for a sports spot on a student news show. As the sports clips flashed by, he choked and tried to cover with ad-libbing. As a final attempt at saving his performance, he threw out a catch phrase as a basketball shot was made: “Boom goes the dynamite!”
The clip was posted on the Internet and the phrase was quickly picked up in broadcast and news. Brian found himself telling his story to The Early Show and Late Nite with David Letterman. On Late Nite they played the original news broadcast and followed it with clips from other broadcasters using his catch phrase, which was hilarious. The best copycat was a weatherman describing a stormy forecast with, “As they say, ‘boom goes the dynamite!’”
You can watch the original video at ebaumsworld.