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    where does the phrase jumping the shark come from

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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.

    I tried jumping a shark once but I was in a cage :)))

    Ducky

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

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



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