Sep 21, 2007
Happy Days: Fonzie Jumps The Shark
On September 20, 1977, Arthur Fonzarelli put his iconic black leather jacket on over swim-trunks, went water skiing, jumped a shark, and effectively killed “Happy Days.”
Oh, yeah, and he helped inspire the expression “jumping the shark” — which became a metaphor for any moment something betrays its original identity or premise.
