Fonzie Jumps the Shark on Happy Days (Episode 5.3) 1977. Watch on . Said to have been coined, at least in one account, at a late-night college bull session at the University of Michigan in 1985 by ...

TV LEGEND: The inspiration for Fonzie jumping over a shark on Happy Days was because Henry Winkler's father pushed his son to tell the producers about using his son's water-skiing skills on the show.

Fonzie's leather jacket-clad shark jump was definitely an odd narrative choice, but it didn't push the series off a creative cliff toward cancellation. (Also, ...

Kari Lake morphs into 'The Fonz' and jumps the shark, again ... If shark jumping were a sport, Lake would be an Olympic gold medalist. Worst thing that could have happened to her is happening.

Back in 1978, Happy Days invented the TV franchise idiom “jumping the shark” by literally having Winkler’s legendary character do just that. From the moment the Fonz completed his famous ...

Henry Winkler "jumped the shark" 46 years ago on 'Happy Days,' which inspired a ... it wasn’t until a fan of the Fonz recalled the scene with his friends in the 80s that it launched a ...

The Fonz jumping the shark while wearing his leather jacket in Happy Days is the origin of the term and one of the most infamous moments in all of TV history. (Image credit: ABC) ...

Winkler has maintained a sense of humor about the implication that his shark jump tainted Happy Days, which continued until the season 11 finale aired in 1984. Henry Winkler as Fonzie on ‘Happy ...

The phrase “jumping the shark” was coined after Winkler's iconic episode of Happy Days in 1977. In the famous episode, Fonzie donned a pair of water skis and jumped over a shark in a display ...

It was as star of the seminal TV show Happy Days some 40 ago when Winkler’s character, Arthur “the Fonz” Fonzarelli, jumped over a shark on water skis. Mind you, ...

When Winkler first jumped a shark back in 1977, he made history. The term “jump the shark” comes from that beloved bit, although its meaning is not heroic, as was Fonzie’s feat.

Henry Winkler’s iconic water skiing tricks have made it off television screens and into a baked good. While on Monday’s episode of The View, while promoting his upcoming memoir, Being Henry ...