In the episode, the central characters visit Los Angeles, where a water-skiing Fonzie (Henry Winkler) answers a challenge to his bravery by wearing swim trunks and his trademark leather jacket, and jumping over a confined shark.

Mar 11, 2024 · The phrase is from an episode of Happy Days in Season 5, "Hollywood Part 3," where Henry Winkler's iconic character, Arthur "Fonzie" Fonzarelli, jumped over a shark on water skis.

In the episode, Fonzie is challenged by his water skiing rival, Harold Croft, aka, the "California Kid" (played by James Daughton), to break their contest tie by jumping a net-walled area of water that contains a shark -- Croft loses his nerve and backs off attempting the jump, but Fonzie successfully completes the jump.

The idiom "jumping the shark" was coined in 1985 by Jon Hein in response to a 1977 episode from the fifth season of the American sitcom Happy Days, in which Fonzie (Henry Winkler) jumps over...

Dec 24, 2022 · The phrase "jump the shark" originated with Happy Days, and comes from the season 5 episode "Hollywood: Part 3," which aired in 1977. The scene in question saw Henry Winkler's Fonzie do a water-ski stunt that involved jumping over a shark.

Apr 1, 2021 · For most viewers of Happy Days, the wildly popular ABC sitcom of the 1970s and early 1980s, the sight of Arthur “Fonzie” Fonzarelli jumping over a shark on water skis during the September 20,...

From 1977 This iconic moment in water skiing has crossed cultural boundaries to join the modern vernacular. www://wakeski100.org...more.

On a bright blue sea beneath a bright blue sky he jumps. On his water skis and in his leather jacket he rises. He flies. Forty years later he’s flying still. That was Fonzie’s leap into legend and...

Jul 29, 2020 · Fonzie gets on water skis in his swim trunks — plus his signature leather jacket, of course — and jumps over a confined shark to show off his impressive skills. The phrase …

May 18, 2019 · A student named Jon Hein and his roommate, Sean Connolly were whiling away the hours one day in 1985, when they remembered Happy Days and how it got worse from the moment that Fonzie literally jumped the shark.