Another AtD review

[Ya Sam]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpraJYnbVtE




>From: kelber at mindspring.com
>Reply-To: kelber at mindspring.com
>To: Tim Strzechowski <dedalus204 at comcast.net>, Otto 
><ottosell at googlemail.com>,        Pynchon-L <pynchon-l at waste.org>
>Subject: Re: Another AtD review
>Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 14:12:27 -0500 (GMT-05:00)
>
>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
> >
> >It's a phrase that refers to someone basically going all out in a final, 
>desperate effort to recapture part of his/her heyday.
> >
> >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.
> >
> >It didn't.
> >
> >
> >
> >-------------- Original message --------------
> >From: Otto <ottosell at googlemail.com>
> >
> >> What's "jumping ths shark"?
>

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