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I would like to see categories[edit]

First time making an editorial comment:

One of the items I enjoyed about the Jumping the shark website and I would like to see added to the Wikipedia post is the different categories for why a program jumped the shark. I particularly liked the "They did it," "The Scrappy", "The Other Darrin," etc. Pbatterson (talk) 21:13, 20 February 2017 (UTC) pbatterson[reply]

"Thrust" link to Happy Days page[edit]

I understand the reason an editor linked the word "thrust" to the Happy Days page, but it seems a little unnecessary since Happy Days is already linked in the previous sentence, and linking it to that noun is just odd. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.97.21.53 (talk) 14:51, 13 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Punching the Shark[edit]

Punching the Shark was coined to expand on the concept of jumping the shark. Reference is provided, the actual youtube event where it happened (on a popular comedy channel). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.207.150.3 (talk • contribs)

We need a third-party source to recognize that "punching the shark" has entered into the public idioms. Just because CinemaSins uses it does not make it an encyclopedic term. --Masem (t) 22:12, 14 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Related, but I don't know the term/idiom, if there is any.[edit]

So, I recall comments made at some point in the 80s, IIRC regarding Magnum, P.I., that when a situation show started traveling (started moving the plots to locations other than the one single location the show had for years) it was a sign that the show was near cancelation.

The specific example case that I remember was the Sanford and Son final season two episode trip to Hawaii (The Hawaiian Connection).

IveGoneAway (talk) 20:46, 23 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

No mention of jumptheshark.com having jumped the shark[edit]

It mentions that the creator sold the web site, but just leaves it at that. It appears that the buyer, TV Guide, eliminated the original content and now uses the web address to get people to view a generic TV Guide web site. Maybe that doesn't qualify as "jumping the shark" (no publicity stunt involved), but TV Guide did destroy the site. -Seems like it should be mentioned - mostly because the site no longer exists, except as an URL. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 47.14.77.222 (talk) 06:20, 22 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Meaning of the phrase - creative exhaustion[edit]

I had the feeling (perhaps I'm wrong) that the phrase is used to describe the point in the life of a TV show when it has exhausted all the possibilities inherent in its original premise and is reduced to bringing in absurd and out of place plot elements. So its not so much about publicity seeking, but more about the point at which a show demonstrates complete creative exhaustion. Acorrector (talk) 22:53, 24 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Since the 'jumping shark' is a direct quotes the 'Jaws' predecessor 'Moby Dick' ( borderline-big-game-hunter vs jumping whale ), so that element in the movie is not absurd, but paying homage to the original. The original intention behind inventing the idiom 'jump the shark' was more likely based on the phrase 'pull the other one' [, it has bells on it]. The users of the term 'jumping the shark' just had to find a new explanation for the term, due to the growing number of real life pictures of jumping sharks as a consequence of the rising popularity of mobile phone cameras. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A0A:A548:47E3:0:4511:AE6A:8F0D:E7C5 (talk) 07:51, 23 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Archive link?[edit]

Would it be appropriate to link to some ultimate, pre-TV Guide archive of JumpTheShark.com ? (Sandford and Son meet Don Ho) IveGoneAway (talk) 16:31, 26 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Archive link?[edit]

Would it be appropriate to link an ultimate archive version of the JumpTheShark.com page?

IveGoneAway (talk) 22:23, 26 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

WP:EXAMPLEFARM[edit]

One (or at most a few) examples about the subject matter under discussion should suffice. This article has a ridiculous number (10) examples. I'm trimming the section per WP:EXAMPLEFARM. Toddst1 (talk) 17:42, 11 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]