LOL, I had no idea where the phrase had come from.
Happy Days certainly wasn't the first show to "jump the shark". The first one I remember (from my childhood) was Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea.
Oh, yes, first it was giant sea monsters and the cast throwing themselves alternately against one wall and the other, while the camera rotated on it's axis.
Then they brought in aliens, and it jumped the shark....
I think the phrase is not just about lack of quality quality, but implausibility - an inability for the audience to suspend disbeleif.
I don't see how Instagram supporting Android was jumping the shark.
Maybe being bought by FaceBook, though, is jumping the shark. The audience can no longer suspend disbelief, and feel that Instagram isn't in it for their private data.
Happy Days certainly wasn't the first show to "jump the shark". The first one I remember (from my childhood) was Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea.
Oh, yes, first it was giant sea monsters and the cast throwing themselves alternately against one wall and the other, while the camera rotated on it's axis.
Then they brought in aliens, and it jumped the shark....
I think the phrase is not just about lack of quality quality, but implausibility - an inability for the audience to suspend disbeleif.
I don't see how Instagram supporting Android was jumping the shark.
Maybe being bought by FaceBook, though, is jumping the shark. The audience can no longer suspend disbelief, and feel that Instagram isn't in it for their private data.