james garretson on a jetski wearing sunglasses

James Garretson on a Jet Ski

Part of a series on Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness. [View Related Entries]

Updated Apr 05, 2020 at 10:27AM EDT by andcallmeshirley.

Added Apr 03, 2020 at 11:41AM EDT by Matt.

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James Garretson on a Jet Ski is a memorable moment from the Netflix docuseries Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness of interviewee James Garretson wearing sunglasses and riding a jet skit shot in slow motion.

Origin

On March 20th, 2020, Netflix premiered the docuseries Tiger King. The series introduces the interviewee James Garretson, an FBI informant and former strip club owner, in a slow-motion shot of him riding a jet ski (clip below).



Spread

Following the release of the series, people began meme-ing the scene in various formats, including remix videos and reaction images and videos.

One of the earliest was published on March 23rd by Twitter user @AnthonyMelill0 tweeted the video with the caption "Me, after months of quarantine, heading into summer @netflix #TigerKing." The tweet received more than 2,400 views in less than two weeks (shown below).

On YouTube, users published a number of remix videos, using footage from the television series Eastbound and Down and Baywatch (shown below, left and right, respectively).

Several media outlets covered the memes, including PopSugar[1] and Mashviral.[2]



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