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Originally Posted by milt
What is "jumping the shark"? I get a definition of going over the top to increase ratings, or attention grabbing by extreme means.
How do you mean your statement? Just wanting to know, no tricks.
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It comes from the episode of Happy Days when the Fonz jumped over a shark on water skis in his leather jacket. That episode was consider by most to be the turning point in that show's popularity. After that episode everything went downhill and the show was eventually ended. Now, anything that has reached it's greatest point and is now on the decline is considered to have "jumped the shark".