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‘Jumps the shark’ jumps the shark? Reappraising ‘Happy Days: Season 5’

November 19, 2014 By Kathy Shaidle

Daniel R. Budnik writes:

So, if Fonz jumping the shark is a “jump the shark” moment, then five episodes later, with the introduction of Leather and a very good two-part story, it righted its own errors. I don’t know if there is as ubiquitous a term for this—“Polishing the Leather?” “Singing with Quatro?” Or, perhaps most fittingly given the show in question, “Punching the Jukebox”?

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