Sander mentions that they wanted to ‘jump the shark’ from day one. It’s an idea taken from Happy Days, where the Fonz jumps ...
At others, however, such changes end up pushing the show over the edge, so it’s worth looking at some of the most infamous “jumping the shark” moments in television (including, of course ...
It’s one of the few muscle cars that never jumped the shark. In the fall of 1977, the TV sitcom Happy Days, deep into its fifth season, featured an episode in which “The Fonz,” riding water ...
On Radio 4's Word of Mouth, Michael Rosen is joined by Gareth Carrol, Senior Lecturer in Psycholinguistics and author of Jumping Sharks and Dropping Mics: Modern Idioms and Where They Come From.