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  2. The phrase was coined in 1985 by radio personality Jon Hein in response to a 1977 episode from the fifth season of the American sitcom Happy Days, in which the character of Fonzie (Henry Winkler) jumps over a live shark while on water-skis.

  3. Mar 11, 2024 · In the latest TV Legends Revealed, learn the surprising reason why Fonzie jumped over a shark in an infamous Happy Days moment.

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  4. Apr 1, 2021 · For most viewers of Happy Days, the wildly popular ABC sitcom of the 1970s and early 1980s, the sight of Arthur “Fonzie” Fonzarelli jumping over a shark on water skis during the September 20,...

  5. 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...

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  6. That was Fonzie’s leap into legend and language when he jumped the shark on “Happy Days” in September 1977. A ’70s sitcom about life in the ’50s, the show’s title was at once literal and...

  7. Sep 4, 2010 · Since Henry water skied in real life, it was suggested the characters race and then, as a tiebreaker, have to jump a shark in a netted area in the ocean. Now, whose idea was it for Fonzie to...

  8. On September 20, 1977, in part three of the "Hollywood" episode, Fonzie, in bathing suit and leather jacket, faced jumping a caged shark on water skis.

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