Has CP jumped the shark?
 

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yes

Discus?

Joni loves Chachi

Have we introduced a bunch of cute child posters? If so, yes. If not, no.

Might be time for an old fashioned Banathon...

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Is the shark, Redrum's mom?

Frazod might be the shark

what the hell does 'jumped the shark' mean?

cool. That's what I was thinking

Have you been held captive by Hamas for the past 20 years?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jumping_the_shark


Jumping the shark is an idiom created by Jon Hein that was used to describe the moment in the evolution of a television show when it begins a decline in quality that is beyond recovery, which is usually a particular scene, episode, or aspect of a show in which the writers use some type of "gimmick" in a desperate attempt to keep viewers' interest. Its name is taken from a scene from a fifth season episode of the sit-com Happy Days when the character Fonzie jumps over a shark on water-skis.

In its initial usage, it referred to the point in a television program's history when the program had outlived its freshness and viewers had begun to feel that the show's writers were out of new ideas, often after great effort was made to revive interest in the show by the writers, producers, or network.

The usage of "jump the shark" has subsequently broadened beyond television, indicating the moment when a brand, design, or creative effort's evolution loses the essential qualities that initially defined its success and declines, ultimately, into irrelevance.

holy shit. LMAO

yes, it's real:

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In reading it, I was shocked that it happened at the beginning of Season 5. I thought it was something at the very end of the series, but the article says that Happy Days continued for another seven years after jumping the shark.

audiences must love a crazy Fonzie stunt.

I bet if they would have had him stick his head in a lions mouth, they could've gone on another 7. Though saying "This show has it's head in a lions mouth" doesn't really roll off the tongue.

I'm glad we're going with Jump The Shark

It's like the Chiefs in the 60s. Glory days you can never get back.

I don't think the cornball nature of the shark jump was the issue so much as it meant that the writers of the show had run out of ideas.

Richie Loves Fonzie would've created quite the buzz.

Glad they ended it before Walt jumped the shark

I watched this live on tv-back in the day-lol It was a pretty big deal. evil Knieval jumped a tank of sharks after this.

The Fonze also did a barrel jump on his bike.

I don't know about the shark. I think it may have jumped the dolphin.

or the beluga whale aka frazbob.

are you gonna post about him in every thread and then claim you aren't obsessed with him?

no shit,I've only been on an hour or so and it's everywhere.

I'm having fun with it currently because it's getting a rise out of the frazbob defenders.

OMG FRAZBOB IS A VICTIM AND KC NATIVE IS SHITTING ALL OVER THE BOARD!

3 threads isn't everywhere.

Remember when Fonzie did the motorcycle jump in the parking lot of Arnold's? Then the shark jump (I think) was the show trying to recreate that buzz during an inevitable Vacation In Hawaii series of episodes. I am surprised that the shark jump was as early on as it was too. I think we just stopped watching at that point, and the show ended for us. I don't even remember the other brother showing up when Richie left.

You do spend an inordinate amount of time talking about him.

It's currently relevant and it's slow at work.

it's everywhere I've been,next smartass comment

AHA! This is where I think the original meaning of the term has been lost, even on wiki. When this first came about Fonzie "jumping the shark" was being referred to as the absolute peak of the show, which was then followed by a steady decline. I know Evel Kneival followed that episode by jumping an actual tank of sharks.

So as I understood it many years ago, "Jumping the Shark" was initially used to describe when a show had peaked, and was at it's best, and everything following that was trending towards decline. (I would have submitted "Who Shot Mister Burns" as this moment for the Simpsons using this definition.)

DISCLAIMER: I can't find any online support for my recollection of these events.

Are you aware that there are more than 3 threads on CP at this time?

I'm aware that I'm following three threads and I'm also aware that you have show your obsession with Fraz in those three threads,I'm also aware that I've never paid attention to you until now and also aware that I will no longer do so.

Happy Holidays.

Merry Christmas to you too.

We get it, you cried and cried and cried and cried about lil frazzie hurting your feelings, and you finally won. Congrats. That doesn't mean your little lovers' quarrel needs to infect every thread.

I never asked for him to be banned dipshit. try again.

You're clearly obsessed. Just the passive aggressive side of the same coin.

Other brother? Did Chuck come back or did the parents have a surprise child?

Once the guys got older, I think it was hard to keep the show going. They were high school guys who aged into college and then into adults, and the show was completely different. At some point before it ended, I stopped watching it too. I don't remember what the catalyst was, though, and it may have even been before they jumped the shark, because I never saw that episode.

I just remembered, though. They introduced Mork from Ork in that show. That was quite the bizarre twist on a 1950s family sitcom.

I think Henry Winkler covered in Bees is better.

Use your shark repellent! It's on your utility belt!

How long did Batman carry around that shark repellent before he finally got the chance to use it?

This thread has jumped the Fraz!

Happy Days jumped the shark when they started filming in front of a studio audience.

Yes, in December 2006....







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IIRC correctly the show runner's daughter saw alien in something and asked him to put one on Happy Days. So we got a Mork vs. Fonzie episode. Robin Williams was funny enough to turn that into his own TV show. I think it was Chuck. Maybe played by the guy that was also the pretty boy neighbor from Married With Children and some character on Love Boat?

No Land Shark reference yet?

Damn kids and their loud rock & roll music.

Get off my lawn.

I feel like the phrase "jumped the shark" may have jumped the shark a few years ago.

freak

FYP

It's been all downhill since the 10:00 pm thread.;)

Good times, everyone was friends, cats and dogs were living together. Should have named it the late night harmony thread

this was my interpretation/intent when I made the thread

I think the shark ate CP or at least took a very significant bite out of it. Definitely not the same the last couple years.

What the **** does "jump the shark" mean? Where did it come from?

The Chiefs have jumped the shark.

They're the same franchise they've been for the past 20 years.

Until they change, this place won't.

In reference to Happy Days when Fonzi jumped over the shark. One of the absolute dumbest things those writers ever came up with. Ever since then the phrase "jumped the shark" has been used for anything that is just plain stupid.

Oh ok...So then jump the shark is jump the shark....

Now there's a cool name for an expansion franchise...Jumping Sharks. Probably work best in an Asian market. Tokyo Jumping Sharks. Awesome.

You are so ahead of your time!

If you pet Salame behind the ears she will come to you

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If you know what I'm sayin. ;)

You can always tell when the offseason is just about over. LMAO

Ran out of food topics. Then we started discussing pooping on Jennifer Aniston's chest... :facepalm:

It's like Jr. High all over again. Only worse.

And that thread morphed into blowing a dude for a couple million. Oh look! An anal sex thread just popped up.

We needs us some football.

I always wonder about the jumping the shark thing. I've been to the beach a lot of times. I don't ever remember seeing someone water ski in the ocean.

The Fonz ski's where he pleases.

What other things have jumped the shark? CP? Tailgating?

****ing ice buckets.

I've been having the exact same discussions on this site since 2009.

In 2009 I was on the opposite site of the debate.

In 2010 I was seduced by the dark side of the force.

In 2011 I ranted and raved against homers and Cassel.

In 2012 I ranted and raved against homers and Cassel.

In 2013 I ranted and raved against homers and Smith.

In 2014 I rant and rave against homers and Smith.

In 2015, Smith goes, or I go.

Neither can live while the other survives.

These are dark times, Harry Potter.

Shark the did who conformation we get ever on was?

:LOL: I totally agree.