Skip to content
Search AI Powered

Latest Stories

Henry Winkler Is Proud To Be The Only Actor To Have Literally 'Jumped The Shark' Twice 😂

Henry Winkler, who stars in HBO's Barry alongside Bill Hader, got his start as the eternally cool Fonz in Happy Days. Throughout his long and varied career, Winkler has many accomplishments to be proud of, but one stands out above the rest: he's the only actor to have literally jumped the shark...twice.


The phrase "jumped the shark" is often used by fans to refer to the moment a TV show, after a period of popularity, begins to decline in quality. Many of these "jump the shark" moments are large gimmicks that indicate to the audience that the show's writers have run out of plausible, interesting story lines.


One of the first "jump the shark" moments involved jumping over a literal shark: 1977's three-part season premiere of Happy Days culminated in a finale where the Fonz did a ski jump over a live shark. Critics were not fond of the moment and felt it marked the beginning of the end for the beloved sitcom.

Happy Days Fonzie Jumps the Sharkyoutu.be

Winkler, however, is proud of his contribution to television history:

"I jumped the shark in Hollywood. A young man named John Hein was sitting at Michigan University and came up with the phrase."



But that wasn't the end of Winkler's shark-jumping career! Over 20 years later, on Arrested Development, Winkler's inept lawyer character, Barry Zuckercorn, encountered a dead shark on a pier. You can guess how he decided to get past it:


Henry Winkler Jumps the Shark... again...youtu.be

Fans love Winkler's shark-related performance history:







At the SAG awards, Winkler was nominated for Best Male Actor in a comedy series for Barry. His fellow nominees includedBarry co-star Bill Hader, "The Kominsky Method's Alan Arkin and Michael Douglas, plus Tony Shalhoub from The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel."

Shalhoub would go on to win the award.

Tony Shalhoub: Award Acceptance Speech | 25th Annual SAG Awards | TNTyoutu.be

Shalhoub may have won this year's SAG award, but nothing can ever take away Winkler's repeated shark jumping.



More from Trending/best-of-reddit

train crossing in small town
craig kerwien on Unsplash

People Share Their Most Embarrassing Small Town Stories

I lived most of my life in a very small town in Northern Maine. There were about 200 kids in my high school and there were 56 kids in my graduating class—we were tied with the class of 1961 for the largest class ever.

When the primary employer in town—Pinkham Lumber Mill—shut down, the town got even smaller. Now the senior class is considered large if it reaches double digits.

Keep ReadingShow less
A post-it with "I Quit" written on it over a computer keypad
a yellow notepad on a keyboard
Photo by Nick Fewings on Unsplash

People Reveal Why They Quit Their Job On The First Day

As much as anyone may want to quit a job, at the end of the day it's easier said than done.

For one thing, even if people are working soul-sucking jobs that barely cover expenses, they still can't afford to lose the paycheck, until something better comes along.

Keep ReadingShow less
Jennifer Griffin; Pete Hegseth
Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Engage, Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

Fox News Correspondent Explains Why Signal Group Chat Was 'More Serious' Than We Even Thought

Fox News’s chief national security correspondent Jennifer Griffin shared concerning insight on the "classified" military strategy information that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth shared in a Signal group chat with Republican President Donald Trump’s high level officials, and inadvertently, with The Atlantic editor-in-chief, Jeffrey Goldberg.

Goldberg released a full transcript of the Signal thread, revealing that officials discussed military strategy tied to their war strikes on Houthi rebels in Yemen, which Hegseth downplayed and accused the media of "peddling hoaxes," claiming that no "war plans" were shared.

Keep ReadingShow less
Screenshots from @fashionably.divorced's TikTok video
@fashionably.divorced/TikTok

Woman Sparks Debate After Revealing Red Flag That Shows A Husband 'Doesn't Care' About His Wife

When we love someone enough to commit to a long-term relationship or marriage with them, we sometimes fall into a trap of wearing rose-colored glasses, now often referred to as "girlfriend goggles" or "boyfriend goggles," and ignoring the signs that the relationship might not be as perfect as we'd like to imagine it is.

This is especially true for people who ignore the blatant red flags in their relationships, like many women who have confided on social media that they don't think their husbands even like them.

Keep ReadingShow less
TikToker @mrsstealyostew
@mrsstealyostew/TikTok

Blind Man Asks Woman For Help After Suspecting Cashier Stole Change From $100 Bill

A TikToker got emotional relaying a story about a blind man reaching out to her for assistance through the Be My Eyes app.

The online mobile tool allows blind people to reach out to assigned, sighted volunteers with photos or videos to allow for live chat assistance when facing a predicament.

Keep ReadingShow less