The expression Jump the Shark comes from the old television series Happy Days. In that series, Fonzie literally jumped over a shark on water skis. Well, the show went downhill quickly after that and was never the same. Hence the phrase jump the shark applies to something that just isn't what is used to be.
Of course a website grew up around this concept. It was simple, but fun. You could look up old shows and read everyone's comments on when they jumped the shark. I could spend hours on the site laughing about old shows I used to watch.
I hadn't been back to the site in a LONG time. I went back tonight and was dismayed to find the site was taken over by TV Guide. The fun is gone, it is all corporate now. Jump the Shark has jumped the shark.
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Yeah, the corporate touch ruins it. The first thing they do is "improve" things by destroying them.
The old site had this cheesy shark fin running back and forth across the top of the screen...just part of the charm I miss.
Hale, did they also play the song/beginning sound from Jaws? now that would be awesome!
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