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Posted: 5/20/2005 6:30:58 AM EDT
[#1]
You've been looking at that site that has all the "Jump the Shark" listings for TV shows haven't you?
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Posted: 5/20/2005 6:31:31 AM EDT
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Well, obviously the shark jumping scene from Happy days just *might* take the cake
 I think that Dallas did it worst: Bobby Ewing waking up from a dream that encompassed the last, what, 3 seasons? Runner up: Babylon 5. They had four STRONG (strong to the point of: Some of the episodes were among the best written, acted, and directed I've ever seen on TV) seasons and then the fifth was nearly unwatchable. as for never jumping the shark? COPS. 
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Posted: 5/20/2005 6:38:50 AM EDT
[#3]
Well, Firefly never got the CHANCE to jump the shark...
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Posted: 5/20/2005 6:40:32 AM EDT
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When the General Lee magically shrunk to model car size for jumps, and aliens came to Hazzard County.
When the A-Team got captured and were working for some freak for the last season. When that wierd guy from the Bronx came to the show to be the Team's hero. When KITT got the Superpursuit mod, and what was supposed to be rocket nozzles never spit fire. |
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Posted: 5/20/2005 6:46:41 AM EDT
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Sometimes I just have NO fucking idea what y'all are talking about!!!!!.........
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Posted: 5/20/2005 6:47:19 AM EDT
[#6]
I figure it was when KATT came on the scene. |
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Posted: 5/20/2005 6:53:24 AM EDT
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Big +1 I think CSI jumped the shark last night when they snatched the dude out of the boobie trapped grave and dumped dirt on it. 
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Posted: 5/20/2005 6:53:27 AM EDT
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Any sitcom that ever added a kid more than halfway through the show.
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Posted: 5/20/2005 7:06:42 AM EDT
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The Rosie O'Donut show jumped shark right before the opening scene of the first episode.
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Posted: 5/20/2005 7:12:24 AM EDT
[#10]
Dude, she ate the shark... |
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Posted: 5/20/2005 7:18:50 AM EDT
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 When Dora the Explorer had the twin broter/sister! Damn, I hate my kids, they make me watch that crap... |
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Posted: 5/20/2005 7:21:10 AM EDT
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"That 70's Show" now that Eric is going to Africa, Jackie moved to Chicago, and that lame-ass sitcom device, "a totally unrelated person moves into the house" has been invoked yet again in the form of Red's war buddies' son, whathisname.
They should just kill this one.  |
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Posted: 5/20/2005 7:24:36 AM EDT
[#13]
Buffy the Vampire Slayer adding Dawn - Buffy's 14 year old sister.
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Posted: 5/20/2005 7:25:29 AM EDT
[#14]
Holy moses.
Y'all watch too much TV. |
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Posted: 5/20/2005 7:26:37 AM EDT
[#15]
Do you remember the Happy days episode when Fonzie jumped the shark while water skiing? it was a horrible attempt to increase ratings. Now that term is used to describe when a show has declined so much they have to resort to such silly antics. www.jumptheshark.com |
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Posted: 5/20/2005 7:36:28 AM EDT
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Who in their right mind wears a leather motorcycle jacket while water skiing? |
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Posted: 5/20/2005 7:46:08 AM EDT
[#17]
The FONZ........Duh! |
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Posted: 5/20/2005 7:47:14 AM EDT
[#18]
I must respectfully disagree. A show as tongue-in-cheek as BtVS that never takes itself as seriously asmost of its fans cannot, IMHO, "jump the shark." (Besides, the late "addition" of Dawn was explained very well within the context of the show and her origin was clearly intended from her very first appearance, i.e. it fit that season's entire story arc. It doesn't mean that Dawn wasn't the "Scrappy-Doo" of the Buffyverse, as many claim - just that she was more significant than the aforementioned sitcom-child-added-as-an-afterthought.) (Slow Friday... )
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Posted: 5/20/2005 7:47:15 AM EDT
[#19]
I think if it wasn't for Oliver, Brady Bunch would still be on....
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Posted: 5/20/2005 7:53:15 AM EDT
[#20]
I've been looking for a pic ... cannot find one ... |
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Posted: 5/20/2005 7:56:12 AM EDT
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M*A*S*H never jumped the shark...IMHO the greatest TV show EVAR!
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Posted: 5/20/2005 7:58:06 AM EDT
[#22]
Happy Days, Fonzie jumped a shark!
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Posted: 5/20/2005 7:58:43 AM EDT
[#23]
Your Google Fu is very weak.  |
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Posted: 5/20/2005 8:00:12 AM EDT
[#24]
The A-Team jumped the shark with the "Cowboy George" episode. |
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Posted: 5/20/2005 8:02:59 AM EDT
[#25]
Au contrair! They jumped the shark about the time when Frank Burns left. It stopped being funny and turned (even more) into a FAR lefting bleeding-heart blatantly "anti-military" show. |
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Posted: 5/20/2005 8:04:11 AM EDT
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I could be wrong, but wasn't that because they THOUGHT that they were going to get cancelled after the 4th season, so they rearragned and rewrote everything so that most things could be wrapped up by the end of the 4th season. Then, when they were renewed for the fifth season at the last minute - they kind of just had to make shit up to fill out a season? |
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Posted: 5/20/2005 8:05:08 AM EDT
[#27]
Hmmm...I don't remember it that way...do you have an example episode??? |
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Posted: 5/20/2005 8:07:00 AM EDT
[#28]
Oh come on man...that was probably the best episode they've ever had. |
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Posted: 5/20/2005 8:07:00 AM EDT
[#29]
Miami Vice ... when Sonny thinks he is really the criminal he portrays while undercover ...
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Posted: 5/20/2005 8:08:43 AM EDT
[#30]
... following the boat explosion. I loved that story-line.
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Posted: 5/20/2005 8:09:41 AM EDT
[#31]
From my childhood, The Great Gazoo
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Posted: 5/20/2005 8:11:58 AM EDT
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Oh c'mon, HIGHLANDER, when Duncan has to fight the evil spirit that comes to the world every thousand years, winds up killing Ritchie, and cuts his hair off and becomes a monk.....
When they ended the prior season with the 4 horseman of the apocalypse, I knew it was going down hill from there. |
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Posted: 5/20/2005 8:14:03 AM EDT
[#33]
While I don't hate mine and love to watch their shows with them, I have influenced them to cheer for Swiper the Fox when he comes 
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Posted: 5/20/2005 8:14:44 AM EDT
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the killer for me was ..... he thought he was the criminal, he killed people, shot at cops and they still let him be a cop again after that! sure, no mental instability there! |
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Posted: 5/20/2005 8:17:13 AM EDT
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As long as Donna moves into my room, I don't care. 
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Posted: 5/20/2005 8:17:26 AM EDT
[#36]
 And what was up with that kid's HAIR????????????? Great website...as a child of the 70's and 80's it makes for great reading (and memory triggering) |
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Posted: 5/20/2005 8:19:18 AM EDT
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<sigh> But Adrian Paul looked mighty fine doin' it all... <sigh>  |
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Posted: 5/20/2005 8:21:41 AM EDT
[#38]
Oh MAAAAAAAAAN!!!! I like swiper too...Be grateful...my youngest is hooked on Caillou and <hangs head in shame> teletubbies. Every time he asks to watch those blabbering freaks, I say, "let's play trucks!" and we play crash derby with his tonkas. MUCH better! |
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Posted: 5/20/2005 8:24:46 AM EDT
[#39]
You're right. They in fact thought they were going to be cancelled IIRC after the 3rd season but got picked up again. Same thing happened after the 4th season. Once they knew the 5th season was going to be picked up though, they should have done it up right... 5th season was a definite disappointment after the brilliance of the Shadow arc. |
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Posted: 5/20/2005 8:25:19 AM EDT
[#40]
LOL, Knight Rider is one of those shows where EVERY EPISODE had some shark jump'in in it! 
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Posted: 5/20/2005 8:27:16 AM EDT
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First off, thaks to all for explaining what 'Jump the shark' means, I'd of never figued it out otherwise. As for PlaymoreMinds, you are either gay, or a woman, please clarify.........enquiering minds want to know...........
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Posted: 5/20/2005 8:29:45 AM EDT
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Maybe its just me...............every time I watch M*A*S*H, I imagine how many minutes would pass before I seriously injured Allen Alda or the Pierce character. Hard to tolerate people who don't have the respect or tact to shut their pie hole for a single second. |
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Posted: 5/20/2005 8:34:03 AM EDT
[#43]
Oh.... That's why her breath smells like fish 
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Posted: 5/20/2005 8:45:47 AM EDT
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Yep...actually it started going down hill when mcclain stevenson left - then trapper john - ferret face leaving was just the final nail in the coffin. |
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Posted: 5/20/2005 8:53:17 AM EDT
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Female babe...all 100% of me...I know I know...post is useless without a pic Badumdum  |
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Posted: 5/20/2005 8:57:37 AM EDT
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I don't agree that M*A*S*H* went ani-military so much as it went anit-war. I was in a M*A*S*H* unit from 85-92 and I imho that being the ones who see what happens to the fighters (and having to put them back together) puts a person into a very personal place about war. |
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Posted: 5/20/2005 8:58:36 AM EDT
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Had to there? ugh!
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Posted: 5/20/2005 9:13:59 AM EDT
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I think there are more TV shows that did jump the shark then didn't. But here's one -"The Odd Couple" with Tony Randall and Jack Klugman never jumped the shark.
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Posted: 5/20/2005 9:18:00 AM EDT
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Yeah, and the 3lbs of Cemtex rigged to explode with a pressure switch went of like a fart in church. |
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Posted: 5/20/2005 9:18:35 AM EDT
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Written & directed by Quenton Tarrantino! PULP CSI, BABY! |
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