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- 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.
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Hein created a website called JumpTheShark.com named after the idiom "jumping the shark". He and his University of Michigan roommate Sean Connolly coined the phrase in response to Season Five, Episode 3, "Hollywood: Part 3" of the sitcom Happy Days, in which Fonzie jumps over a shark while on water-skis. [3] [4] [5]
Jon Hein coined the phrase “jump the shark” decades ago, but the Stern Show staffer told Howard he’s still keeping track of when TV shows take a turn for the...
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Sep 3, 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.
Coined by Jon Hein in the late 1990s on his website, the phrase highlights the precise moments when shows start their descent in quality. The phrase sparked a lasting cultural reference. Fonzie’s shark-jumping moment represented a departure from the show’s essence, giving birth to this idiom.
May 18, 2019 · A student named Jon Hein and his roommate, Sean Connolly were whiling away the hours one day in 1985, when they remembered Happy Days and how it got worse from the moment that Fonzie literally jumped the shark.
Mar 20, 2008 · Jon has since sold Jump the Shark to TV Guide in 2006, although he still blogs for the TV Guide website with his Hein Sight Blog. In addition, Jon authored a Jump the Shark book in September, 2003.
Oct 30, 2018 · In 1997, Hein created the website, jumptheshark.com, which listed the episode when each popular television series started going downhill, or “jumped the shark.” That’s a reference to the 1977 Happy Days episode, when Fonzie leapfrogs a shark on waterskies, the show thus jumping the shark.
