To: PJ-Comix
Forgive my lack of knowledge but what is "Jump the Shark"? I keep reading this but never caught the meaning.
Thanks y'all!
4 posted on
08/02/2004 5:47:53 AM PDT by
newfreep
To: newfreep
From Happy Days when the Fonz jumped the shark tank on his motorcycle.
5 posted on
08/02/2004 5:49:12 AM PDT by
Jaxter
("Guys like John Kerry spit on guys like me. I've been waiting 33 years to spit back.")
To: newfreep
In the sitcom Happy Days, the character of Fonzie actually had to jump a shark while waterskiing in his leather jacket. Now, Happy Days was capitalizing on the Jaws phenomenon, but come on! Fonze had never waterskied in his life, and in order to be cool, he is going to jump over a shark in a net cage.
Happy Days was never the same. It descended into a mish mash of stupid situations.
That is what meant by jump the shark!
12 posted on
08/02/2004 5:51:22 AM PDT by
carton253
(All I am and all I have is at the service of my country. General Jackson)
To: newfreep
I just looked it up this weekend.
It's the moment something begins to go downhill. As others have said, it came from Fonzie jumping the shark -- that's when people think Happy Days was "over," even though it kept trying.
Dan
32 posted on
08/02/2004 6:00:59 AM PDT by
BibChr
("...behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD, so what wisdom is in them?" [Jer. 8:9])
To: newfreep; Registered; All
Hmmm, oh yoo-hoo! Mr. Registered, come out and play....
36 posted on
08/02/2004 6:02:30 AM PDT by
Hatteras
To: newfreep
Since no one appears to give you a clear and correct answer, its TV production lingo: That point in a series
that the producers have ran out of fresh ideas, and the audience is ready to flee en masse, so all the stops are
pulled out in order to get that one more season...
Take a look here: http://jumptheshark.com/ for your [formerly] favorite TV series.
To: newfreep
"Jump the shark" comes from Happy Days, alright, but has nothing to do with motorcycling.
The Fonz jumped over a shark while waterskiing!
112 posted on
08/02/2004 8:44:22 AM PDT by
Redbob
To: newfreep
"Jump the shark" comes from Happy Days, alright, but has nothing to do with motorcycling.
The Fonz jumped over a shark while waterskiing!
113 posted on
08/02/2004 8:44:38 AM PDT by
Redbob
To: newfreep
115 posted on
08/02/2004 8:54:29 AM PDT by
bwteim
(Begin With The End In Mind)
To: newfreep
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