It was the fifth season of the sitcom “Happy Days” and producers figured they needed something to boost the show’s sagging ratings. So they had the gang leave industrial, blue collar Milwaukee and head for southern California where everybody is beautiful and the sun always shines. And on September 20, 1977 Arthur Herbert Fonzarelli, better known to his pals simply as Fonzie, put on a pair of water skis, hopped into the Pacific Ocean and jumped over a shark.
Jumping the Shark: The News Media Way
Jumping the Shark: The News Media Way
Jumping the Shark: The News Media Way
It was the fifth season of the sitcom “Happy Days” and producers figured they needed something to boost the show’s sagging ratings. So they had the gang leave industrial, blue collar Milwaukee and head for southern California where everybody is beautiful and the sun always shines. And on September 20, 1977 Arthur Herbert Fonzarelli, better known to his pals simply as Fonzie, put on a pair of water skis, hopped into the Pacific Ocean and jumped over a shark.