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      • TV LEGEND: The inspiration for Fonzie jumping over a shark on Happy Days was because Henry Winkler's father pushed his son to tell the producers about using his son's water-skiing skills on the show.
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  2. 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...

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    The episode in question, “Hollywood: Part 3,” aired on Sept. 20, 1977. It was the fifth season premiere in the formerly popular series about life in the ’50s. Happy Daysdrew so many nostalgic fans, but when faced with declining viewership, writers opted to go in a bold new direction with their star character Fonzie (Henry Winkler). On the episode i...

    The phrase “jumping the shark” originated in a college dorm room. According to Chicago Tribune, Jon Hein and his friends came up with it while sitting around discussing precisely when popular television shows lose their luster. “At that point, you knew the show was never going to be the same,” Hein said of the stunt. “It was so egregious, so obviou...

    Even though “jumping the shark” became a widely used idiom, not everyone agreed that Fonzie’s stunt was the beginning of the end for the series. Show writer Fred Fox Jr. insisted that there were plenty of good days after the controversial episode. “Was the [shark jump] episode of Happy Days deserving of its fate? No, it wasn’t. All successful shows...

    Modern television shows are still guilty of “jumping the shark,” and that’s not all. The popularity of the phrase has spurred imitations of similar events, too. For example, “nuke the fridge” is used to describe movie franchises with too many installments that result in disappointed fans, tvtropes.com reported. It comes from a lackluster effort in ...

  3. Apr 1, 2021 · It wasn’t until 1987, when University of Michigan college student Sean Connolly coined the phrase “jumping the shark” to describe a particularly outlandish turn of events that Fonzie’s beach...

  4. Sep 20, 2022 · The phrase jump the shark didn't come into being back in 1977 though, it wouldn't be coined until around 1985 when Jon Hein used it for his website about the outlandish desperate measures TV shows go to to get viewers to tune in that week.

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  5. 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. This moment in television history prompted the phrase "jump the shark" inaugurated by the website jumptheshark.com to describe "a defining moment when you know that your favorite television ...

  6. Sep 27, 2023 · Henry Winkler, proud that he jumped the shark, reveals why The Fonz ended up on water-skis. On September 20, 1977, The Fonz donned swim trunks and, er, his leather jacket, and dared to do...

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