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==== Henry Winkler ==== In a 2019 interview with [[NPR]], [[Henry Winkler]] ([[Fonzie]]) told [[Terry Gross]] that the origin of the stunt began with the fact that he had been a water-skiing instructor as a teenager at a summer camp.<ref name=nevernpr/> Thus, his father used to say to him "every day for years—tell [[Garry Marshall]] that you water ski. Dad, I don't think I'm going to do that. No, no. Tell him you water ski. It's very important. I finally tell Garry, my father wants you to know I water ski."<ref name=nevernpr/> Winkler did all of the water skiing for the scene himself, except for the actual jump. The jump was performed by professional water skier Ricky McCormick. <ref name=nevernpr/> Gross then asked Winkler what it was "about that scene or that episode that came to signify when something's time is up—when it's over?" Winkler responded: "You know what? I don't know. To them, the Fonz water skiing was just like the last straw. The only thing is it wasn't to the audience because we were No. 1 for years after that. So it didn't much matter to anybody."<ref name=nevernpr>{{cite web| url=https://www.npr.org/transcripts/712178030| title='I Never Had A Plan B': Henry Winkler On His Career, From The Fonz To 'Barry'| access-date=September 16, 2021| last=Gross| first=Terry| date=April 11, 2019| work=[[NPR]]| archive-date=September 16, 2021| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210916134140/https://www.npr.org/transcripts/712178030| url-status=live}}</ref> In addition, Winkler told [[TheWrap]] in 2018 that he is "not embarrassed" by the phrase. He stated that "newspapers would mention jumping the shark{{nbsp}}... and they would show a picture of me in my leather jacket and swim shorts water-skiing. And at that time I had great legs. So I thought, 'I don't care.' And we were No. 1 for the next four or five years."<ref name=proud>{{cite web| url=https://www.thewrap.com/henry-winkler-barry-fonzie-shark-jump-very-proud/| title='Barry' Star Henry Winkler on Why He's 'Very Proud' He Jumped That Shark – Twice (Video)| access-date=August 30, 2021| last=Pond| first=Steve| date=August 21, 2018| publisher=[[TheWrap]]| archive-date=September 30, 2021| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210930141545/https://www.thewrap.com/henry-winkler-barry-fonzie-shark-jump-very-proud/| url-status=live}}</ref> As Winkler's character [[Barry Zuckerkorn]], in the sitcom ''[[Arrested Development]],'' hopped over a shark in [[Motherboy XXX|episode 13 of the second season]], Winkler also noted that there "was a book, there was a board game and it is an expression that is still used today{{nbsp}}... [and] I'm very proud that I am the only actor, maybe in the world, that has jumped the shark twice—once on ''Happy Days'', and once on ''Arrested Development''."<ref name=proud/>
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