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#470329 - 12/14/05 09:07 PM
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Has the Cooler Jumped the Shark? If so, when did it happen?
If it hasn't then tell me about a current or old TV show that you think Jumped the Shark. Then tell me when it jumped the shark.
(No fair looking at the JTS website for clues.)
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#470330 - 12/14/05 09:09 PM
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What do you mean by Leapfrogging the Squaliformes?
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#470331 - 12/14/05 09:10 PM
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I think Will and Grace jumped the shark when Grace got married.
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#470332 - 12/14/05 09:12 PM
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Didn't Fonzi jump a shark once?
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#470334 - 12/14/05 09:15 PM
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Jumping the Shark is an industry term used to describe a TV show that has outlasted its usefulness and descended into self-parody. It comes from the Happy Days episode in which Fonzie jumped a shark tank (while in jeans and a leather jacket.). The show went downhill from there.
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#470335 - 12/14/05 09:21 PM
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In that case, Will & Grace jumped the shark when it came on the air.
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#470336 - 12/14/05 09:27 PM
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In that case, Will & Grace jumped the shark when it came on the air.
Ain't that the truth!
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#470337 - 12/14/05 09:35 PM
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You know it Peepers!
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#470338 - 12/14/05 09:39 PM
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Jumping the Shark is an industry term used to describe a TV show that has outlasted its usefulness and descended into self-parody. It comes from the Happy Days episode in which Fonzie jumped a shark tank (while in jeans and a leather jacket.). The show went downhill from there.
Thanks for the explanation...I was so confused.
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#470339 - 12/14/05 09:43 PM
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Boston Legal jumped the shark when it jettisoned Lake Bell, Monica Potter, and Rhona Mitra.
In my humble opinion.
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#470340 - 12/14/05 09:46 PM
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The West Wing--president having MS
Friends--at least once a year after season 4 or 5
LA Law--Roz and Arnie get together (definitely not after that lady fell down the elevator shaft!)
Cheers never jumped the shark!
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#470342 - 12/14/05 09:51 PM
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M.A.S.H. is another that never jumped the shark.
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#470344 - 12/14/05 10:28 PM
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Friends jumped the shark after it survived past season one...
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#470346 - 12/14/05 10:33 PM
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I loved it on Family Guy when they spoofed that!
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#470347 - 12/14/05 10:51 PM
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I Love Lucy jumped the shark when they went to color. 
I don't think I Love Lucy ever went to color. Are you thinking of that unfortunate show called The Lucy Show?
I Love Lucy definitely jumped the shark when they all moved to Connecticut and (I think) was expanded to an hour.
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#470348 - 12/14/05 11:02 PM
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M.A.S.H. is another that never jumped the shark.
No, but it came close a couple of times after Radar left. Fortunately, the producers stopped making Klinger wear women's clothing.
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#470350 - 12/14/05 11:06 PM
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M.A.S.H. is another that never jumped the shark.
No, but it came close a couple of times after Radar left.
It may not have jumped the shark, but the sharks were circling during those later episodes where Alda & Co. were more preachy than funny.
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#470351 - 12/14/05 11:17 PM
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We all know that MASH started to degenerate when Larry Linville (Frank) left. It started a cascade of other bad moves: Hot Lips went soft, Charles came to the 4077th, Klinger stopped wearing drag, Hotlips and Hawkeye did the nasty, Alan Alda took over and made the show into an anti-war preach-fest (c'mon Alan, we already knew that war is bad!).
All that is fine and good, but let's talk about a really crucial jumping of the shark in TV history. Of course, I am talking about:
DICK YORK REPLACING DICK SARGEANT ON BEWITCHED
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#470352 - 12/14/05 11:26 PM
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CLERKS the animated series. Jumped the Shark before it ever got out the door.
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#470353 - 12/14/05 11:55 PM
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The Simpsons when it left The Tracy Ulman Show
Laverne & Shirley when they moved to California
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