Posted on 04/17/2014 9:26:31 PM PDT by lbryce
What does jump the shark mean??
I don’t know why the term is used to describe the phenomena, but “jump the shark” means that a person or a particular social institution, TV show, etc having achieved its highest level of popularity, importance, and that it is now passed its prime to eventually fade out, away.
Arrrrrrgh.
Great goodness, I can’t wait until these people are gone. No matter who takes their place at least they will be out.
“Happy Days”, the Fonz took to water skis and went over a ramp to jump a shark. America reached for the remote control.
It comes from the TV program Happy Days which was very popular but ran out of ideas. The had one of the cool characters (Fonzi) jump over a shark on water skis. The show cratered badly after that and went off air
You’ll need congressional approval on that.
Seriously?
http://naturalhistory.si.edu/fossil-hall/share/two-step-form.cfm
Ray Troll and “The Ratfish Wranglers”
Lyrics:
Yo, hey listen up yall
Got a party going on, on the National Mall
From excavation on location
One cool Rex going on vacation
Dig it, yall come on
Dance and sing cause we got it going on
Dr. J and his posse in effect
Pay your respects to the national Rex
The Smithsonian is getting ready to crown
The king of dinosaurs and hes coming to town
Oh yeah, pay respects
One cool Rex has joined the nation
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