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<blockquote data-quote="Dark Jezter" data-source="post: 1372208" data-attributes="member: 1015"><p>That one episode of Happy Days spawned the phrase, which has since been used to describe the moment at which a show begins to go downhill. The Brady Bunch jumped the shark when Cousin Oliver moved in, MASH jumped the shark when Alan Alda took control of the series and made it all depressing and preachy, Cheers jumped the shark when Rebecca replaced Diane, Seinfeld jumped the shark when Larry David left the show, Who's the Boss jumped the shark when Tony and Angela became a couple, the Drew Carey Show jumped the shark when Drew and Kate got engaged, et cetera, et cetera.</p><p></p><p>Generally, most of the time when a show jumps the shark, it can be traced back to one or more of the following events:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Somebody has a baby.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Two of the main characters become romantically involved (or just have sex).</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">A cute little kid joins the cast.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Somebody gets married.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The cast goes on a vacation to Hawaii (or some other popular vacation spot).</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The character remains, but the actor changes.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Ted McGinley joins the cast.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">High School or College graduation.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">A popular character leaves the show entirely (usually because the actor playing said character wants to persue a movie career).</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Nearly every episode has a "special guest star."</li> </ul><p></p><p>Of course, there are people out there who will scream "It jumped the shark! It jumped the shark!" every time a TV show has a bad episode. But the opinions of those people are mostly irrelevent, because naysaying and tearing things down is what they love to do best. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>Sorry for the threadjack.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dark Jezter, post: 1372208, member: 1015"] That one episode of Happy Days spawned the phrase, which has since been used to describe the moment at which a show begins to go downhill. The Brady Bunch jumped the shark when Cousin Oliver moved in, MASH jumped the shark when Alan Alda took control of the series and made it all depressing and preachy, Cheers jumped the shark when Rebecca replaced Diane, Seinfeld jumped the shark when Larry David left the show, Who's the Boss jumped the shark when Tony and Angela became a couple, the Drew Carey Show jumped the shark when Drew and Kate got engaged, et cetera, et cetera. Generally, most of the time when a show jumps the shark, it can be traced back to one or more of the following events: [list] [*]Somebody has a baby. [*]Two of the main characters become romantically involved (or just have sex). [*]A cute little kid joins the cast. [*]Somebody gets married. [*]The cast goes on a vacation to Hawaii (or some other popular vacation spot). [*]The character remains, but the actor changes. [*]Ted McGinley joins the cast. [*]High School or College graduation. [*]A popular character leaves the show entirely (usually because the actor playing said character wants to persue a movie career). [*]Nearly every episode has a "special guest star." [/list] Of course, there are people out there who will scream "It jumped the shark! It jumped the shark!" every time a TV show has a bad episode. But the opinions of those people are mostly irrelevent, because naysaying and tearing things down is what they love to do best. :) Sorry for the threadjack. [/QUOTE]
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