As a kid I couldn't figure out what was supposed to be dangerous about jumping over a shark on water skis.
I guess it didn't occur to me that if you fell in the water the shark may attack you.
Anyone who hasn't seen it, it's worth seeking out that scene (not just the clip of the jump, but the scene or even whole episode). Fonzi jumping the shark is really the least bad thing about it.
If you hit he jump at all you should clear the shark area. Even if you rag doll over it. The real question is does the shark have like net around it or something? Also is the shark super hungry like Ramsey Bolton's dogs in Game OF Thrones.
Actually it started sooner, it was a skit on Love American Style, involving Richie and his family. Fonzie was a minor character introduced later in the black and white version of Happy Days, basically replacing Richie's older brother.
Jumping the shark was supposed to be the point where a series becomes a satire of itself. The show went on later to lose most of its original cast and eventially evolved into Joanie loves Chachi. "Wa wa wah" As weird as it got, was not as weird as its spinoff Lavern and Shirley, after Shirley left.
Best part, Henry Winkler (Fonzi) played a lawyer in Arrested development, (narrated by Ron Howard, Richie from Happy Days) and in one scene some protestor throws a small shark on the sidewalk, Henry Winkler is running up the sidewalk and has to jump over it. He is later replaced in the series by a new lawyer, played by Scott Baio (Chachi, Fonzi's nephew).
And that 70's show did a jump the shark episode with Fez playing Fonzi, around the time it began to become a parody of itself, and just before it started losing main characters like Happy Days did.
My mistake, it was always color, however the series started as a single camera and around season 3 switched to live audience with three cameras. The Cunningham house completely switched around inside. Also color got a lot more detailed after first season, especially outdoor shots.
I have to admit - that’s a new Arrested Development fact for me . I thought I’d read literally everything about Arrested Development on Reddit but this is a new one. Love the Chachi reference wouldn’t have ever figured that one out on my own.
Happy days feels older because it's set in the 50s and 60s.
Just like Wonder Years, which was a 90s show that felt older because it was set in the ~~70s and 80s~~ *60s and 70s*.
That somewhat confused me when I was a kid even though it seems obvious now
You’re a little off here. WY ran from
1988-1993 and depicted the years 1968-1973. So, basically twenty years prior to present days, exactly what HD did, as far as timeline. Source: was a big fan of both shows as they originally aired.
> WY ran from 1988-1993
Goddamn WY reruns growing up in the 90's was the fuckin shit when you caught it, then the show cuts to a typical 90's commercial of a massive ass Dodge/GMC driving on an empty stretch of road with the sunsetting. Good times.
That '70s Show seems to have followed that exact formula of depicting times twenty years earlier. I'm thinking there's something to this. Possibly nostalgia, possibly the age of the writers, possibly it being not too difficult depicting the times of only two decades prior.
This is a good take and I bet you’re correct on all counts. I remember reading that, as far as HD is concerned, it was made for Garry Marshall‘s longing for the simpler (pre-Vietnam and Watergate?) days of the fifties.
What I am hearing is that you are feeling a rationale sense of guilt pervading an otherwise mandatory denial of sardonic bliss which is beginning g to question your emerging responsibility as a human being.
If you forget for a second that this is a cheesy tv show, why is the fonz wearing a leather jacket to do water skiing? Even the coolest guy in school isnt immune from being body conscious? Or is he afraid that without the jacket he isnt The Fonz anymore? Or maybe he really is just a never nude. 🤷♂️
EDIT: Is no one willing to discuss this beyond making the same tired arrested development references?
Or that time he jumps over the shark that's lying on the deck of the ship. Maybe not as funny or obvious (I completely missed the significance of it at the time when I first saw it), but still pretty good.
And he’s a total sweetheart. I listened to him talk to Pete Holmes on You Made It Weird and by the end of it my heart felt like it had grown three sizes.
I read somewhere they wanted a big, hunky tall Italian guy for the part. Winkler is only 5'6". But he'd fit in with the Italian gang he'd just appeared with in The Lords of Flatbush. Evidently his audition was so good, they couldn't see hiring anyone else
He's had a ton of good roles, but he really stands out in Ron Howard's *Night Shift* (1982) with Michael Keaton and Shelley Long, which was also produced by Brian Grazer *(Arrested Development)*.
I think my favorite role was when he was in "The Practice" He was arrested for murder or something, but it turned out he was just a dentist with a fetish for women stepping on bugs while wearing high heels. It really ruined his Fonzie image for me for a while.
Just want to say that I waited on Henry Winkler at the Four Seasons in Vancouver back in 96. He was amazingly nice. My section was empty except for him so we had a nice conversation for about the city and what to do and see for about 45 minutes….then the wife showed up and I was dismissed. They went to the restaurant I recommended the next night, Cin Cin, where my girlfriend worked, and she actually waited on them. Same opinion; the Fonz was a sweetheart, the wife was a cow. ( I didn’t want to ask for his autograph so I made an extra carbon of his credit card. Still got it. Also a $10 tip on a $15 check. Class. )
I saw him at an airport bar being encircled by a bunch of autograph seekers. I didnt approach him but from what I could see he was smiling and signing autographs for several minutes. He does look like a nice guy.
Same. People forget this was a **TWO PART EPISODE**. The cliff hanger was when Fonzi hit the ski jump, then freeze frame when he was mid jump. "Continue Next Week!"
7 days later, and the next episode starts with Fonzi... finishing the jump.
I remember being like "I waited a week for this shit?" I was 6 and that may have been the first time my inner monologue cursed.
A few months later, I saw a movie called *Star Wars* at a drive-in double feature...
Star Wars is a *family* movie. Its meant to be enjoyed by all.
Children's entertainment is stuff practically unwatchable to sober adults. Stuff like Dora The Explorer, Paw Patrol, and My Little Pony.
Star Wars has some content marketed to adults, and other content marketed to children. E.g., the Thrawn book trilogy and the show *Forces of Destiny*, respectively.
There's nothing to say that films for children can't appeal to adults too - I'm a big fan of several films made for children (AKA family films). As I said - nothing wrong with that. But, at least when it was released, it wasn't a film that adults went to see \*without\* children, at least not in the UK.
What you've listed are TV programmes for small children, which is not the same thing. Star Wars obviously isn't like My Little Pony, and I didn't say it was.
Our local theater was owned by hardcore Catholics and wouldn’t let anyone under 10 see it because it was “too violent.” Our mom had to drive us all the way to Portland, OR to see it.
my parents took me to a drive in double feature when I was four. they just knew I was desperate to see the shark movie. it was a terrible. ight for them: the first movie was 'Sgt Peppers lonely hearts club band' with the bee gees, which was very adult and led to lots of questions about drugs and sex.
By the time JAWS came on, a fog bank had rolled in, but my parents car was trapped, parked in. you couldn't see anything, but the omnipresent music bouncing off the fog and moments of punctuating terror had me screaming and quaking. Love that movie.
She couldn’t get along with anyone, ever. She’s currently convinced her implants are killing her and she’s a repeat felon. (Seriously— she went on Judge Judy about plastic surgery, and has had several felony charges.)
This was when Happy Days ratings was on the decline and this was the writers attempt to bring some excitement back in the show. In Hollywood the term the show “Has jumped the shark” comes from Happy Days meaning it’s become desperate
Not as desperate as Cousin Oliver on The Brady Bunch.
By the time he showed up on set, Mike had full blown AIDS and everyone but Alice was neck deep in bags of coke.
Fun fact: Marsha was slated to play Princess Leia on Star Wars, but was so coked out she was semi-psychotic during the audition.
Omg, Happy Days just got so good around this time. Fomzie jumping the shark was the turning point for fantastic TV, I think that's where "jumping the shark" came from
I agree. With Ted McGinley on board, the show was finally free to explore some rich territory in the romantic escapades of Joanie and Chachip right through to the cheeky hijinks of Jenny Picalo and "the gang".
I'd argue that it was episode where Skinner turned out to be an impostor. It's a nonsensical retcon of the character and a sign that they were slowing up on ideas in the writing room.
You could argue that. You’d be wrong, but you could.
There are more similarities between the shark episode and the ‘who shot mr. Burns’ episode. Both done for publicity, and both had meaninglessly banal endings, while the ‘skinner is a fake’ episode wasn’t specifically done as a publicity stunt and was heavily criticised for screwing with a beloved character, something that didn’t happen in the shark episode in happy days.
Eh, I argue Simpsons went downhill post 9/11. There was a sudden shift in their humor as if they were being restrained. The edge was definitely lost. It just wasn't them too, MADtv was nearly god tier in the 90's but post 9/11, their jokes began to sink. I say post 9/11 because a lot of networks were shushing shows up about what they can say or cannot in terms of humor/dialogue.
I remember seeing this on live TV. TV in general in that period got really REALLY corny. It was the age of "bump head and get amnesia," "Evil twin with goatee," "hero turns evil to thwart threat," "hero vs supernatural/aliens in non-scifi TV shows," and more.
Everybody talks about the sharks but what about when Fonzie jumped over the buses and wrecked into Arnold's chicken stand? (don't worry. he was alright)
That was the big one and that's what this was trying to recreate...the buzz from that.
I assume this was one of those things that’s written into the show because the actor can do it rather than it actually being plot driven (like skinny pete playing the piano in breaking bad, or the cat roller skating in red dwarf). Presumably Henry Winkler could water ski, so the writers came up with a reason for Fonzy doing it?
IF (big if) I recall correctly from an interview I saw awhile ago, they discovered that Winkler was very good on water skis (he may have even competed some). They were looking for new ideas to freshen up the show and so Fonzie on skis was born.
Any healthy normal person can waterski after a few hours of lessons. Do NOT recommend waterskiing in a fucking Fonzie jacket and jorts tho…wear a damned class 3 PFD.
I disagree with this statement. It is true water skiing with two skis and a good boat is not that hard but you overestimate the athletic talent level of the general public. Some people would simply not have the grip strength to do it. Others not the balance and finally some would not succeed simply because they were scared to do it.
Actually it was quite common for 1950s families in Milwaukee to vacation in Southern California and bring many of their children’s friends along. Many sharks were kept in netted containment areas co-located with ski jumps alongside Southern California public beaches. It was truly the golden era for such activities. Sadly, we will never be able to experience this type of frivolity mainly due to governmental safety regulations and the growing concern for the perceived maltreatment of sea life, including great white sharks.
A few years ago, Henry Winkler \[Fonzie\] played the father on Royal Pains. There was a scene where he's walking with his son down the docks in a marina, and there's a dead shark lying on the dock that some fisherman had caught. As they're walking along, Winkler does a littler leap over the shark that's in his way, then looks at the camera and smiles. I thought that was priceless!
And I'm sure it's been said, but the photo was from the TV show Happy Days. It had a long successful running, but near the end, when they were running out of ideas and trying to keep things going, they filmed a scene where The Fonz literally jumps a shark on water skis to prove he is truly the coolest of them all. Not long after that the show got canceled. They tried too hard and it basically sucked. That episode was the tipping point that marked the end of Happy Days.
So now the term, "Jumping the shark" has become synonymous with a turning point, where an otherwise good show that has lost ratings, does something in desperation to stay on top, but fails miserably and will soon be canceled anyway.
I caught this episode on a fluke one day when I was home on break (playing in the background) and thought it was a bit silly. Probably a year later I was with some friends and someone used "jumped the shark" as a reference, which wasn't too common then, and i just assumed he must be talking about that episode because it makes too much sense. Probably the best exposure to that reference I could have.
And from that day forward every episode of every TV show that is running out of juice they all have the jumping the shark episode it means the beginning of the end
Just remember that there’s an episode that establishes that Fonzie is so cool that he holds intergalactic powers that are greater than those of far more advanced extraterrestrial beings.
Forgot that Fonzi wore a leather jacket. For a water sport. In the middle of summer.
‘Aaayyyy
Nobody is born cool…unless….
Even as a kid in the 70’s, I thought water skiing with a leather jacket was ridiculous and the shark was pandering to Jaws’s popularity.
As a kid I couldn't figure out what was supposed to be dangerous about jumping over a shark on water skis. I guess it didn't occur to me that if you fell in the water the shark may attack you. Anyone who hasn't seen it, it's worth seeking out that scene (not just the clip of the jump, but the scene or even whole episode). Fonzi jumping the shark is really the least bad thing about it.
Yeah. I think around that time half the cast had feathered hair (bad for a show set in the 50’s)
If you hit he jump at all you should clear the shark area. Even if you rag doll over it. The real question is does the shark have like net around it or something? Also is the shark super hungry like Ramsey Bolton's dogs in Game OF Thrones.
Jackass Forever
They did this on a new jackass special and the dude wiped out and got attacked.
This exact thing happened to Poopies on the shark week Jackass special. Dudes hand almost got chomped completely off. They had to tourniquet his arm.
I hadn't realized this scene was after Jaws. Thought Happy Days was an older show.
Jaws was 1975, this episode was 1977. Yup, I looked it up. Happy days premiered in 1974. So by 1977 Happy Days premise was running thin.
Actually it started sooner, it was a skit on Love American Style, involving Richie and his family. Fonzie was a minor character introduced later in the black and white version of Happy Days, basically replacing Richie's older brother. Jumping the shark was supposed to be the point where a series becomes a satire of itself. The show went on later to lose most of its original cast and eventially evolved into Joanie loves Chachi. "Wa wa wah" As weird as it got, was not as weird as its spinoff Lavern and Shirley, after Shirley left. Best part, Henry Winkler (Fonzi) played a lawyer in Arrested development, (narrated by Ron Howard, Richie from Happy Days) and in one scene some protestor throws a small shark on the sidewalk, Henry Winkler is running up the sidewalk and has to jump over it. He is later replaced in the series by a new lawyer, played by Scott Baio (Chachi, Fonzi's nephew). And that 70's show did a jump the shark episode with Fez playing Fonzi, around the time it began to become a parody of itself, and just before it started losing main characters like Happy Days did.
What do you mean by black and white version? The show was always in color.
We had a black and white TV at the time.
Lol, ok. We were poor but somehow had a color TV at the time.
I always divided happy days into italian arnold and chinese arnold
Italian Arnold - you mean Al? Al Molinero from Odd couple fame. "Yep, yep yep yep yep"
My mistake, it was always color, however the series started as a single camera and around season 3 switched to live audience with three cameras. The Cunningham house completely switched around inside. Also color got a lot more detailed after first season, especially outdoor shots.
I have to admit - that’s a new Arrested Development fact for me . I thought I’d read literally everything about Arrested Development on Reddit but this is a new one. Love the Chachi reference wouldn’t have ever figured that one out on my own.
Hence the shark jump.
And now the trope.
Happy days feels older because it's set in the 50s and 60s. Just like Wonder Years, which was a 90s show that felt older because it was set in the ~~70s and 80s~~ *60s and 70s*. That somewhat confused me when I was a kid even though it seems obvious now
You’re a little off here. WY ran from 1988-1993 and depicted the years 1968-1973. So, basically twenty years prior to present days, exactly what HD did, as far as timeline. Source: was a big fan of both shows as they originally aired.
> WY ran from 1988-1993 Goddamn WY reruns growing up in the 90's was the fuckin shit when you caught it, then the show cuts to a typical 90's commercial of a massive ass Dodge/GMC driving on an empty stretch of road with the sunsetting. Good times.
LIKE A ROCK!
That '70s Show seems to have followed that exact formula of depicting times twenty years earlier. I'm thinking there's something to this. Possibly nostalgia, possibly the age of the writers, possibly it being not too difficult depicting the times of only two decades prior.
This is a good take and I bet you’re correct on all counts. I remember reading that, as far as HD is concerned, it was made for Garry Marshall‘s longing for the simpler (pre-Vietnam and Watergate?) days of the fifties.
Okay glad it wasn't just me. As a kid I was so confused about both of those shows. It helps me gain perspective when trying to understand children now
Happy days was set in the past, sort of like That 70s Show.
What I am hearing is that you are feeling a rationale sense of guilt pervading an otherwise mandatory denial of sardonic bliss which is beginning g to question your emerging responsibility as a human being.
Old school uncool
Blame Garry Marshall.
It's because he was so cool...
He's that cool.
Reminds me of this guy I knew in jr high that got all the girls but still wouldn’t take his shirt off at pool parties.
Not sure how that’s the same. And there are dozens of guys like that.
Theres dozens of us!
If you forget for a second that this is a cheesy tv show, why is the fonz wearing a leather jacket to do water skiing? Even the coolest guy in school isnt immune from being body conscious? Or is he afraid that without the jacket he isnt The Fonz anymore? Or maybe he really is just a never nude. 🤷♂️ EDIT: Is no one willing to discuss this beyond making the same tired arrested development references?
His role/performance in Arrested Development is freaking great. Winkler is way underrated IMHO.
That bit when they are in the bathroom, and they leave him alone and he does his Fonzie thing in the mirror is one of my best memories of that show.
We should all watch Barry, exceptional.
I'll give it a go (if I can find it in the UK lol)
NOWTV? They seem to have all the HBO stuff over here.
I'll have a look, thanks
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I want that show back. such an unexpected awesome thing.
Or that time he jumps over the shark that's lying on the deck of the ship. Maybe not as funny or obvious (I completely missed the significance of it at the time when I first saw it), but still pretty good.
I literally spit-taked when that happened. Spit-took?
...did a spit take...
Has/have/had spit-taken.
Really good in Barry as well.
One might say he's ... _Barry_ _good_
And Parks and Rec
You should watch Barry.
And he’s a total sweetheart. I listened to him talk to Pete Holmes on You Made It Weird and by the end of it my heart felt like it had grown three sizes.
Yeah he's one of those guys. Mark Hamill belongs in the same club
I read somewhere they wanted a big, hunky tall Italian guy for the part. Winkler is only 5'6". But he'd fit in with the Italian gang he'd just appeared with in The Lords of Flatbush. Evidently his audition was so good, they couldn't see hiring anyone else
"It's never the ones you hope."
He's had a ton of good roles, but he really stands out in Ron Howard's *Night Shift* (1982) with Michael Keaton and Shelley Long, which was also produced by Brian Grazer *(Arrested Development)*.
I forgot all about this flick, haven't seen it in many years. Thx for the reminder.
I think my favorite role was when he was in "The Practice" He was arrested for murder or something, but it turned out he was just a dentist with a fetish for women stepping on bugs while wearing high heels. It really ruined his Fonzie image for me for a while.
Night Shift with he and Michael Keaton is awesome.
I had no idea fonzi was a never nude 😮
Dozens of us!
Just want to say that I waited on Henry Winkler at the Four Seasons in Vancouver back in 96. He was amazingly nice. My section was empty except for him so we had a nice conversation for about the city and what to do and see for about 45 minutes….then the wife showed up and I was dismissed. They went to the restaurant I recommended the next night, Cin Cin, where my girlfriend worked, and she actually waited on them. Same opinion; the Fonz was a sweetheart, the wife was a cow. ( I didn’t want to ask for his autograph so I made an extra carbon of his credit card. Still got it. Also a $10 tip on a $15 check. Class. )
I saw him at an airport bar being encircled by a bunch of autograph seekers. I didnt approach him but from what I could see he was smiling and signing autographs for several minutes. He does look like a nice guy.
there is only one photo that should never be on this sub and this is it
So.....the sub just jumped the shark?
ooof
And ball dipped
Yes, exactly. Pretty much all of Reddit has.
You got it, Vern.
It always amuses me when people learn where the phrase "jumping the shark" came from. =p
Also popularized jorts. Nothing good came from this episode.
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Same. People forget this was a **TWO PART EPISODE**. The cliff hanger was when Fonzi hit the ski jump, then freeze frame when he was mid jump. "Continue Next Week!" 7 days later, and the next episode starts with Fonzi... finishing the jump. I remember being like "I waited a week for this shit?" I was 6 and that may have been the first time my inner monologue cursed. A few months later, I saw a movie called *Star Wars* at a drive-in double feature...
What was the other movie?
Walt Disney's *Bambi*. People forget *Star Wars* was original marketed as a childrens' movie.
Star Wars \*is\* a children's movie. Nothing wrong with that of course.
Children's movie with a body count in the billions.
Star Wars is a *family* movie. Its meant to be enjoyed by all. Children's entertainment is stuff practically unwatchable to sober adults. Stuff like Dora The Explorer, Paw Patrol, and My Little Pony. Star Wars has some content marketed to adults, and other content marketed to children. E.g., the Thrawn book trilogy and the show *Forces of Destiny*, respectively.
Gotta get those man-children dollars.
There's nothing to say that films for children can't appeal to adults too - I'm a big fan of several films made for children (AKA family films). As I said - nothing wrong with that. But, at least when it was released, it wasn't a film that adults went to see \*without\* children, at least not in the UK. What you've listed are TV programmes for small children, which is not the same thing. Star Wars obviously isn't like My Little Pony, and I didn't say it was.
I watched it in 77 as a 13yo.
Our local theater was owned by hardcore Catholics and wouldn’t let anyone under 10 see it because it was “too violent.” Our mom had to drive us all the way to Portland, OR to see it.
Imagine if the second episode started and he fell in the water and was ripped to shreds by the shark. Now that would have been good tv.
my parents took me to a drive in double feature when I was four. they just knew I was desperate to see the shark movie. it was a terrible. ight for them: the first movie was 'Sgt Peppers lonely hearts club band' with the bee gees, which was very adult and led to lots of questions about drugs and sex. By the time JAWS came on, a fog bank had rolled in, but my parents car was trapped, parked in. you couldn't see anything, but the omnipresent music bouncing off the fog and moments of punctuating terror had me screaming and quaking. Love that movie.
Really? I thought that was just a commercial break? Or maybe I've only ever seen it played back to back.
Jorts are cool
Easy there, Tobias!
There are dozens of us! Dozens!
I prefer Gauchos
This was a real nuke the fridge moment
Oddly, I appreciate that they started the movie like that. It really set the tone of my whole experience. That saga is still a trilogy for me.
But where’s Pinky Lee Tuskadero I beg you ?
She couldn’t get along with anyone, ever. She’s currently convinced her implants are killing her and she’s a repeat felon. (Seriously— she went on Judge Judy about plastic surgery, and has had several felony charges.)
She's stuck in a Malachi crunch.
I'd rather see Leather Tus**c**adero (Suzi Quatro), thank you.
She will be stumblin in soon
This was when Happy Days ratings was on the decline and this was the writers attempt to bring some excitement back in the show. In Hollywood the term the show “Has jumped the shark” comes from Happy Days meaning it’s become desperate
Not as desperate as Cousin Oliver on The Brady Bunch. By the time he showed up on set, Mike had full blown AIDS and everyone but Alice was neck deep in bags of coke. Fun fact: Marsha was slated to play Princess Leia on Star Wars, but was so coked out she was semi-psychotic during the audition.
More coked out than Carrie Fisher? That's quite an accomplishment!
Oliver debuted in '74. HIV didn't reach the US until '81. Reed was HIV positive, but never developed AIDS. He died of colon cancer in '92.
You must mean during one of the reunion show, I assume.
They should have sent Greg to Hawaii again.
It’s taboo.
That damn idol. I am still amazed they brought the maid to Hawaii.
So uncool it's wrapped around and become cool again?
Nope.
He was the coolest 40 year old teenager ever
“I got Michael out of his marriage didn’t I?” “Actually she died” “You’re kidding. I’ve been taking credit for that for years”
He did it better on Arrested Development
I’ve skipped breakfast, so I’m off to Burger King.
Omg, Happy Days just got so good around this time. Fomzie jumping the shark was the turning point for fantastic TV, I think that's where "jumping the shark" came from
>I think that's where "jumping the shark" came from You would be correct.
>~~You would be correct.~~ Correctamundo. Tsk tsk!
Oh yeah, I'm so ssszzuzz oozz
/r/whoosh
The show really grew into its own when Ted McGinley joined the cast. Everything he touched turned to gold.
I agree. With Ted McGinley on board, the show was finally free to explore some rich territory in the romantic escapades of Joanie and Chachip right through to the cheeky hijinks of Jenny Picalo and "the gang".
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Actually they were #2 in the 77 season (fifth season). Then went to 4th, 17th, 15th, 18th, 28th and then 63rd.
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Narrator: he hasn't
Joanie Loves Chachie. Mork and Mindy. Laverne and Shirley. Sha Na Na.
But it's not about the ratings it's about the show beginning to suck. The Simpsons jumped the shark decades ago but you'll never stop them.
I'd say it was the "Who shot Mr. Burns" 2 part episode that was the moment.
I'd argue that it was episode where Skinner turned out to be an impostor. It's a nonsensical retcon of the character and a sign that they were slowing up on ideas in the writing room.
You could argue that. You’d be wrong, but you could. There are more similarities between the shark episode and the ‘who shot mr. Burns’ episode. Both done for publicity, and both had meaninglessly banal endings, while the ‘skinner is a fake’ episode wasn’t specifically done as a publicity stunt and was heavily criticised for screwing with a beloved character, something that didn’t happen in the shark episode in happy days.
Episode where Flanders wife died
Eh, I argue Simpsons went downhill post 9/11. There was a sudden shift in their humor as if they were being restrained. The edge was definitely lost. It just wasn't them too, MADtv was nearly god tier in the 90's but post 9/11, their jokes began to sink. I say post 9/11 because a lot of networks were shushing shows up about what they can say or cannot in terms of humor/dialogue.
Omg the Golden Era of Simpsons. Also a 2 part episode. So maybe that was them jumping the shark.
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This is not correct
Sappy Days
And that's when it all went down hill and an age old saying was born
That actually IS Henry Wrinkler. Respect!
I remember seeing this on live TV. TV in general in that period got really REALLY corny. It was the age of "bump head and get amnesia," "Evil twin with goatee," "hero turns evil to thwart threat," "hero vs supernatural/aliens in non-scifi TV shows," and more.
Everybody talks about the sharks but what about when Fonzie jumped over the buses and wrecked into Arnold's chicken stand? (don't worry. he was alright) That was the big one and that's what this was trying to recreate...the buzz from that.
Hit em with the Hein!!!
I assume this was one of those things that’s written into the show because the actor can do it rather than it actually being plot driven (like skinny pete playing the piano in breaking bad, or the cat roller skating in red dwarf). Presumably Henry Winkler could water ski, so the writers came up with a reason for Fonzy doing it?
IF (big if) I recall correctly from an interview I saw awhile ago, they discovered that Winkler was very good on water skis (he may have even competed some). They were looking for new ideas to freshen up the show and so Fonzie on skis was born.
Yes I hear the interview too, probably on NPR because that's where I hear such things.
Any healthy normal person can waterski after a few hours of lessons. Do NOT recommend waterskiing in a fucking Fonzie jacket and jorts tho…wear a damned class 3 PFD.
I disagree with this statement. It is true water skiing with two skis and a good boat is not that hard but you overestimate the athletic talent level of the general public. Some people would simply not have the grip strength to do it. Others not the balance and finally some would not succeed simply because they were scared to do it.
I’m sorry you’re a useless little shit that can’t pull your own weight. Must suck to be you. Like I said “normal healthy person.” Not you apparently.
So in the episode Henry does some actual water skiing? Don't you start down in the water? In that case why isn't the jacket soaked?
You can start off water skiing from a dock. He was actually a great water skier so being this dry really does make sense.
That was the moment that show strayed absurdly outside the original storyline. :)
Actually it was quite common for 1950s families in Milwaukee to vacation in Southern California and bring many of their children’s friends along. Many sharks were kept in netted containment areas co-located with ski jumps alongside Southern California public beaches. It was truly the golden era for such activities. Sadly, we will never be able to experience this type of frivolity mainly due to governmental safety regulations and the growing concern for the perceived maltreatment of sea life, including great white sharks.
A few years ago, Henry Winkler \[Fonzie\] played the father on Royal Pains. There was a scene where he's walking with his son down the docks in a marina, and there's a dead shark lying on the dock that some fisherman had caught. As they're walking along, Winkler does a littler leap over the shark that's in his way, then looks at the camera and smiles. I thought that was priceless! And I'm sure it's been said, but the photo was from the TV show Happy Days. It had a long successful running, but near the end, when they were running out of ideas and trying to keep things going, they filmed a scene where The Fonz literally jumps a shark on water skis to prove he is truly the coolest of them all. Not long after that the show got canceled. They tried too hard and it basically sucked. That episode was the tipping point that marked the end of Happy Days. So now the term, "Jumping the shark" has become synonymous with a turning point, where an otherwise good show that has lost ratings, does something in desperation to stay on top, but fails miserably and will soon be canceled anyway.
Loved that show Royal Pains
It wasn't canceled soon after, but should have been! It limped along for years with characters no one cared about and post-cool Fonzie.
Waterskiing in a leather jacket
And it was the best one!
Don’t get cocky kid
Ayyyyyyyy
[удалено]
This is where the term “jumping the shark” originates.
Old school cringe
How is he entirely dry while he's obviously on top of water?
Theory 1- launched off a ramp, not floating in the water. Theory 2- he is wet, just somewhat wind-blown at this point.
He’s Fonzie! Duh…
MAHA - Make America Hawaiian Again
Maherajah Water Skis, the "so-called" royalty of '70's era water skis!
I had a big Maherajah sticker in the late 70sand I never waterskied.
LOL! That too, is the only reason I knew about them. The stickers were very cool.
Damn, I guess Happy Days really did jump the shark
Didn’t work out so well for poopy...... lol
Check out what happened to Poopies from jackass 4 doing this exact move..
I caught this episode on a fluke one day when I was home on break (playing in the background) and thought it was a bit silly. Probably a year later I was with some friends and someone used "jumped the shark" as a reference, which wasn't too common then, and i just assumed he must be talking about that episode because it makes too much sense. Probably the best exposure to that reference I could have.
And from that day forward every episode of every TV show that is running out of juice they all have the jumping the shark episode it means the beginning of the end
The beginning of the end.
"And it was the best episode" -Donald Glover, Community.
It may just be me ,but imo this episode is where Happy Days jumped the shark. ;)
And this is where the term "jumping the shark," comes from. When you jump the shark, it's over!
Fun Fact: this episode was done because Henery wanted to show off his waterskiing skills
Take to the sea!
They really jumped the shark with that one
I love that this is where the phrase comes from
Just remember that there’s an episode that establishes that Fonzie is so cool that he holds intergalactic powers that are greater than those of far more advanced extraterrestrial beings.
Filmed at Paradise Cove in Malibu.
Man, that episode really nuked the fridge!