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Fonzie (Henry Winkler) on water skis, in a scene from the 1977 Happy Days episode "Hollywood, Part 3", after jumping over a sharkThe idiom "jumping the shark" or to "jump the shark" means that a creative work or entity has evolved and reached a point in which it has exhausted its core intent and is introducing new ideas that are discordant with or an extreme exaggeration (caricature) of its ...
Jon Hein is an American radio personality and former webmaster.He created the website jumptheshark.com and works for The Howard Stern Show.Hein has written three books, Jump the Shark: When Good Things Go Bad as well as Fast Food Maniac: From Arby’s to White Castle, One Man’s Supersized Obsession with America’s Favorite Food.
Forty six years ago, Arthur Fonzarelli took a big jump for Happy Days — and a giant jump for TV history. The long-running ABC comedy commenced its fifth season with Fonzie's three-part trip to ...
Later that year on the sitcom Happy Days, motorcycle-riding character Fonzie (Henry Winkler) performed a similar trick, albeit on waterskis, inspiring the creation of the phrase "jump the shark." Afterward, Knievel retired from major performances and limited his appearances to smaller venues to help launch Robbie's career.
Henry Winkler is not ashamed to be the inspiration for the phrase “jump the shark.” “I am one of the only actors in the world who has jumped the shark twice,” Winkler, 77, told Yahoo ...
While most actors pray for a hit show, Ted McGinley has had the luxury of being on several. From his first TV job on “Happy Days,” to now enjoying a gig on Apple TV+’s “Shrinking ...
The revelation that Principal Skinner was an impostor and the self-referential deus ex machina/reset button ending were negatively received by many fans and critics, with many seeing this episode responsible for the series as a whole jumping the shark. Additionally, it is advised by many Simpsons fans to disregard the episode in its entirety ...
McGinley was called "the patron saint of shark-jumping" by jumptheshark.com founder Jon Hein. This is a reference to the several instances McGinley joined popular television programs in their final years, often to replace a departing regular cast member. [9]