http://www.tressugar.com Smart. Sexy. Fun. en http://www.tressugar.com/645058 <a href="http://www.tressugar.com/645058"><img width=160 height=134 src='http://media.onsugar.com/files/users/1/13254/38_2007/fonz_0.large.jpg'></div></a><p>What the hell am I talking about, you ask? Well, serendipity would have it that I was talking to someone about the expression <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jumping_the_shark" target="_blank">"jumping the shark"</a> today. This term comes from the infamous moment on September 20, 1977, when "The Fonz" from "Happy Days" donned his famous leather jacket, went water skiing, and jumped a shark on his skis. TV critics and anyone with taste or brains realized this was the moment the show had finally killed itself; the moment the original premise of the show was so betrayed, its vision having veered so off course, that there was no point going on. And it's used now to describe the moment that anything betrays its original purpose. And what do you know, <i>it was thirty years ago to the day.</i> Freaky, man.</p> <p><center></p> <object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/MpraJYnbVtE"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/MpraJYnbVtE" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><p></center></p> <p>read more</p> <script src="http://digg.com/tools/diggthis.js" type="text/javascript"></script> http://www.tressugar.com/645058#comment Humor Flashback Happy Days Expression of the Day The Fonz Henry Winkler Jumping the Shark Thu, 20 Sep 2007 15:43:04 -0700 GiggleSugar http://www.tressugar.com/645058