Poll: Jumping the Shark

[swanseajack]

Yes, it's the episode of the x-files that The Lone Gunmen die

 

[Westyfield2]

No

 

[Happy]

No

 

[jp_bl_68]

I'm surprised so many are voting "No".

 

[Tombo]

Obviously been under a rock.

 

[Anewbe4u]

Wikipedia used to have a huge bit about jumping the shark but I can't find it now.

 

[~>Dg<~]

i believe it translates from a old english quote to do with hanging witches with barbwire.

pancake

 

[Pookie Bear]

Yes....

'eeeeeeeeey *two thumbs up*

 

[Vonhelmet]

Having looked it up I now know why I hadn’t heard it before.

Is it because you're old?

 

[The Halk]

It's one of my favourite phrases, however it turns out that when Happy Days jumped the shark, they weren't actually "jumping the shark" as the programme hadn't entered decline, so it's based on a fallasy.

But it's not worth letting facts get in the way of a wonderful piece of language.

 

[steve-h]

Never.

 

[Alexrose1uk]

Yep, I've heard of it before as well.

 

[semi-pro waster]

I know it's from Happy Days but was just wondering if people have recently started using it more often for whatever reason.

Not that I'm aware of, the first time I'd heard/thought of it in years is this thread. However I did know what it meant.

 

[Freefaller]

Nope.

 

[Eddie]

Not that I'm aware of, the first time I'd heard/thought of it in years is this thread.

Ah ok

 

[Damnations Fury]

nope

 

[Nazca]

Yes, usually in the context of:

"<insert TV show> has jumped the shark"

 

[Haiku]

Yep, but only ever heard it used by an American.

 

[Mark A]

Yep, when you watch a lot of American TV shows you tend to hear it on forums etc.

 

[Frapple]

X-files after Season 6.

Stargate Atlantis after the unaired pilot.

Remember seeing something about it on TV ages ago, with the clip of the fonz jumping over a shark (wearing a leather jacket?)