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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 ...
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 ...
As far as real-life Fonz, Henry Winkler, is concerned, his "jump the shark" moment will never jump the shark. If anything, the beloved actor has doubled down on being the face of jumping the shark ...
Arthur Herbert Fonzarelli, better known as "Fonzie" or "The Fonz", is a fictional character played by Henry Winkler in the American sitcom Happy Days (1974–1984). He was originally a secondary character, but was soon positioned as a lead character when he began surpassing the other characters in popularity.
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.
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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.
There are also lots of hits for the same phrase meaning to cheat on your spouse. Alansplodge ( talk ) 17:10, 15 July 2012 (UTC) [ reply ] Unfortunately, the same search pulled up news about a so-called religious so-called leader who advocates putting all lesbians, queers and homosexuals behind an electrified fence and letting them all starve to ...