Another AtD review

[kelber at mindspring.com]

For the latest jumping the shark news:

http://www.jumptheshark.com/

Laura

-----Original Message-----
>From: Tim Strzechowski <dedalus204 at comcast.net>
>Sent: Nov 13, 2006 12:58 PM
>To: Otto <ottosell at googlemail.com>, Pynchon-L <pynchon-l at waste.org>
>Subject: Re: Another AtD review
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>It's a phrase that refers to someone basically going all out in a final, desperate effort to recapture part of his/her heyday.
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>It originates, I think, from the 1970s TV show _Happy Days_ in which Fonzie performs a waterskiing stunt and attempts to jump a shark a la Evil Knievel.  By this time in the series' run, the show had sputtered its last drops and the show's execs thought that this storyline would rejuvinate ratings.  
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>It didn't.
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>-------------- Original message -------------- 
>From: Otto <ottosell at googlemail.com> 
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>> What's "jumping ths shark"?