Jump the Shark
When Good Things Go Bad

This book is about twenty years old, so it was a trip down memory lane as it mentioned people and TV shows from decades past. “Jump the shark” is a term that comes from the show Happy Days when Fonzie is on water skis and jumps over a shark. Jumping the shark is when someone does something gratuitou......more

Interesting book full of trivia about when various TV shows, musicians, celebrities, and politicians jumped the shark. The phrase “jump the shark” originated withe the TV show Happy Days when in an effort to draw in more viewers Fonzie is dared to waterski over a shark. He does so while wearing his......more

Most of the tv shows, muscians, celebrities, sports and polititians, I was familiar with, even I didn't watch/listen, etc. I took offence to A League of their Own being referred to as a "chick flick", and the downplaying of the organ in The Doors. But everyone is entitled to their opinion, I just do......more

(Audiobook: 2.5 stars) A brief overview of the concept of “Jumping the Shark” and how the creator of that idea applies it to TV, movies, music, sports, etc. It is a bit dated (written before Boston overcame 86 years of pain to win a World Series), but still has its humorous and enlightened moments.......more

Fluff but fun read. I learned some behind the scenes details as well. If you want an entertaining book that is actually quite substantial and not like some others that are similiar in content but are thinly paged with four or five words ON each page, then this is a good one on which to "waste your t......more