Eh that site's cool if you watch alot of television, I can't be arsed to keep up with any of those shows though, the only thing I make an effort to watch regularly is Globetrekker.
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Eh that site's cool if you watch alot of television, I can't be arsed to keep up with any of those shows though, the only thing I make an effort to watch regularly is Globetrekker.
Dude, the bicycle shop owner/molester(Gordon Jump) was the station manager of WKRP in Cincinnati which was weird enough. Sitcoms always did those "special' eps.
I remember he made Arnold and Dudley play "Jungle Adventure" with their shirts off while he took pictures.
So, what does "jump the shark" mean, anyway?
I guess it's these people's hobby, which is cool and all, but I never could understand the point or interest in knowing all this stuff. People on that site know names of producers, directors, everything they've ever done, completely unknown second string actors and their histories, the tiniest, most trivial facts about their tv shows... I'd literally have to have an actor's bio database website open right along with that one to follow it at all.
You've been handed a website called jumptheshark.com and you're still asking?Quote:
Originally Posted by Captain Vegetable
http://www.jumptheshark.com/about.htm
From the previous comments, I assumed that the way the site uses the phrase is incorrect, and was inquiring as to it's actual meaning.
Was I wrong?
OK, CV:
Near the end, Happy Days had an episode where the cast goes to Hawaii. The Fonz is shown water-skiing, jumping a ramp, and jumping over a shark. Many see it as the exact moment when Happy Days went from a good show to crap.
Get it?
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mzo
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mzo
The site is a result of the expression that has been in use since the 70s.
There were 2 things being talked about here. The site, and the expression. The expression has been around forever, and the site is new to me.
I must suck at the internet. Somebody post the pic.
The Simpsons jumped the shark with the Frank Grimes episode. This is the truth, I will hear no debate.
As Mzo stated it's in reference to Happy Days. Dude, the Happy Days episode where he jumped the shark was done in the 80s, IIRC.Quote:
Originally Posted by Master
http://www.wordspy.com/words/jumptheshark.asp
http://www.thedoor.ws/images/fonziejumping.jpg