Jump the Shark
"Jump the shark" is a term used in the entertainment industry to denote the moment when a tv show goes from cutting edge and original (well) to ridiculous and derivitive. Generally these changes denote panic among the executives in charge of it resulting from the departure of a cast member or sinking ratings. (More recently, the term has expanded to include trends as well.)The term comes from the moment in 1977 when Happy Days when the Fonz is water skiing (still wearing his leather jacket) and (you guessed it) jumps over a shark.
There's a website that keeps track of what has jumped the shark and when, though there's some controversy over whether or not the website itself has slipped into its eponymous destiny.
Now you can sound cool too.
posted by kuaptic. @ 8:03 AM
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