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    0  Views: 627 Answers: 3 Posted: 12 years ago
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      The phrase "jump the shark" originates from an episode of the television show "Happy Days", in which one of the characters water-skies and jumps over a shark that's confined in a water-tank. That act of jumping over a shark symbolized for some the beginning of a creative decline of the show. In 1997, the radio personality Jon Hein published a list of what he defined as moments where 200 television programs "jumped the sharks", which was a phrase Hein and his friends came up with after seeing that Happy Days episode. Ever since, that phrase coined by Hein, grew more and more popular.

      11 years ago. Rating: 4
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        I tried jumping a shark once but I was in a cage :)))

        11 years ago. Rating: 3
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          Ducky

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          With the shark? :)
          commented 11 years ago
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          No bloody way.... I actually peed in my suit LOL :)))
          commented 11 years ago

          Info here...... http://www.tvguide.com/JumpTheShark/Happy-Days-Writer-1022609.aspx

          11 years ago. Rating: 2
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