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Flashback Time! 49 years ago today the Fonz jumped the Shark!

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September 21, 2026, 08:47 AM
HRK
Flashback Time! 49 years ago today the Fonz jumped the Shark!
https://x.com/DannyDeraney/status/2101688331226714552


September 21, 2026, 09:05 AM
BigSwede
It wasn't stupid to a 8 year old


September 21, 2026, 10:25 AM
Gustofer
Didn't he once jump a bunch of garbage cans in Arnold's parking lot as well?


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September 21, 2026, 11:07 AM
trapper189
Not on waterskis, but on his motorcycle and my recollection is he didn’t make it.
September 21, 2026, 11:41 AM
TMats
And the phrase lives on in the lexicon of American culture.


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despite them
September 21, 2026, 01:40 PM
Graniteguy
I don't know what was crazier - jumping the shark or letting Ritchie drive the boat. Big Grin
September 21, 2026, 01:52 PM
ftttu
I was on Hippie Hill in Houston’s Hermann Park for some Theater Under the Stars production when they played a trailer for the up and coming TV show, “Happy Days.” I was just a kid, but I thought a show based on teenagers from the ‘50’s was the coolest idea.

I watched the show, as many others had, but I stopped along the way. It lost its charm, for me, way before Arthur Fonzerelli ever “jumped the shark.” Also, I was probably out and about during that time of my life, not caring anyway.


Retired Texas Lawman
September 21, 2026, 02:47 PM
chellim1
quote:
Originally posted by Graniteguy:
I don't know what was crazier - jumping the shark or letting Ritchie drive the boat. Big Grin

I was boating with my buddy in Narragansett Bay and saw a 165' Trinity named "Imagine" that I was told was owned by Ron Howard. It's a far cry from the Master-craft ski boat ...



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-- Justice Janice Rogers Brown

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September 21, 2026, 05:11 PM
Opus Dei
I mean, was there any doubt? Wink
September 21, 2026, 06:41 PM
egregore
The show actually hung on for seven more seasons. Not even Ted McGinley could salvage its last couple. Big Grin https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pm.../Creator/TedMcGinley
September 21, 2026, 06:49 PM
sigfreund
Fascinating. I never knew where that expression came from.




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— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
September 21, 2026, 06:55 PM
egregore
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pm...Main/JumpingTheShark
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pm...ysis/JumpingTheShark