The other board has jumped the shark
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In all fairness, this one isn’t much better….it’s possible Henry Winkler and the shark both jumped this board.
Who cares? Don't go there and problem solved..
And why is this post necessary?
For belly laughs!...There are some really disturbed posters on the moron site. Seriously, there are posters on that site for 12-15 hours every single day. Talk about having a sh*t life!
Is it possible that the term “jumped the shark” has indeed itself jumped the shark?
The opinion that "jump the shark" has jumped the shark has in itself jumped the shark.
What would have happened if The Fonz hadn't made it? Inquiring minds need to know!
We'd be saying "Nuke the fridge" instead.
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*** no, completely aside from the “don’t tell them you’re a lion.”
This is a really bad take. It's the cowards' way to not tell them you bleed Blue & White. Besides, holding back would mean that you're presenting yourself as a phony and it's a certainty that the other people on the board would notice. Not my cup of tea.
Wait a second, is this like a triple negative? Has the shark jumped itself in so many times that it has never really been jumped at all?
With few exceptions (Mary Tyler Moore Show, Frasier), every show has a point where it starts to suck. For whatever reason, Fonzie jumping the shark is taken to be the suck point for Happy Days. And the phrase was born.
If every creature jumps the shark, does the shark jump itself?
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Schrödinger's barber?If every creature jumps the shark, does the shark jump itself?
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Wow, Bernard. Wonderfully crafted and sorely needed. What a laugh I got!
He made it past the shark but sadly wasn’t able to make it past the piranha fish. If you go back and watch the shows, after that point Winkler was always shot only from the waist up.He made it? Thanks for ruining the ending for me
The "jump the shark" episode is the one which people refer to as the point where the Happy Days writers were out of ideas, lost their creativity, and lost the premise of the show. Prior to that Fonzie jumped things on his motorcycle. Apparently having him jump a caged shark while wearing water skis somewhat ruined his image as a hog riding tough guy.
Some feel that episode marked the beginning of the end of Happy Days. However, the series ran #1 in the ratings for the next several seasons so maybe Fonzie jumping the shark didn't spell quite the doom a lot of people thought it did.
True about the #1 thing, but for me the salient point is that the show was plain bad post-shark, unwatchable.
Per wiki, that phrase was actually born in 1985. I assumed it was an internet-era thing.
The idiom "jumping the shark" was coined in 1985 by Jon Hein in response to a 1977 episode from the fifth season of the American sitcom Happy Days, in which Fonzie (Henry Winkler) jumps over a shark while on water-skis.[1][2][3]
That leather jacket would have absolutely been ruined!
I distinctly recall seeing this phrase on the old Plot-It board in 1983, in reference to the first time Bushwood went off the rails.
I heard it was hard to log onto the internet in 1983. I dont know if al gore had invented it by then or not.
Henry Winkler crashed a friend of a friend's wedding at the Radisson Hotel in Scranton years ago. He was in the pictures with the wedding party and even danced with the bride.
I’ve read that he is a wonderfully pleasant man.
I prefer to think of it as an “oldie but goodie”, which is another phrase that has jumped the shark.
To be clear I’m lion son husband father over there and fly my State flag high. I just didn’t want YOU to suffer as I have. But it’s worth it for the cooking threads alone and the 97% republican lean.
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So this Board (currently) has 9 threads that have absolutely nothing to do with Penn State sports before you finally get to the 2024 Recruiting Class thread. This thread discussing Fonzi, Happy Days, and why he water skied over a plastic shark is actually the 20th thread on this Board (currently), only 6 of which have anything to do with Penn State Sports.
If you want Oscar, music, hot babe, and yes, some sports discussions, stay off the test Board.
This thread discussing Fonzi and a plastic shark…..the reason this site REALLY needs a test Board.
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