Sunday, September 5, 2021

Jumping the shark was still jumping a fucking shark


It's an easy shorthand for the exact moment any long-term narrative takes a dive in quality, but I was watching Happy Days every night in 1984 when this screened on NZ television and the Fonz getting on those waterskis was the coolest and most intense goddamn thing I had ever seen in my life. 'Jumping the shark' will always just mean something fucking awesome to me.

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