Editing Jumping the shark (section)

=== Origin ===
Future radio personality [[Jon Hein]] and his [[University of Michigan]] roommate Sean Connolly coined the phrase in 1985 in response to [[Happy Days (season 5)|season 5]], episode 3, "Hollywood: Part 3" of the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC-TV]] sitcom ''Happy Days'', which was originally broadcast on September 20, 1977.<ref>{{cite news |title=He's a maniac | first=Alan | last=Glenn |newspaper= Michigan Today |date= February 19, 2016|url= https://michigantoday.umich.edu/2016/02/19/hes-a-maniac/ |access-date=May 3, 2022}}</ref> In the episode, the central characters visit Los Angeles, where a water-skiing Fonzie ([[Henry Winkler]]) answers a challenge to his bravery by wearing swim trunks and his trademark leather jacket, and jumping over a confined shark. The stunt was created as a way to showcase Winkler's real-life waterskiing skills.<ref name=nevernpr/><ref name=proud/>

In 1997, Hein created a website, JumpTheShark.com, to publish a list of approximately 200 television shows, and his arguments as to the moments each "jumped the shark". The site became popular, and grew with additional user-contributed examples.<ref name="Fox">{{cite news |title=First Person: In defense of 'Happy Days' 'Jump the Shark' episode | first=Fred Jr. | last=Fox |url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-jump-the-shark-20100903,0,6800871.story |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=September 3, 2010 |access-date=September 4, 2010 |archive-date=September 15, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100915113351/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-jump-the-shark-20100903,0,6800871.story |url-status=live }}</ref> Hein sold his company, Jump The Shark, Inc., for "over $1 million" in 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.marksfriggin.com/news06/6-19.htm#wed|title=MarksFriggin.com—Stern Show News—Archive|website=www.marksfriggin.com}}</ref>