# What happened to Jump the Shark?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-jump-the-shark/488559>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 6, 2009, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-jump-the-shark/488559 "2009-03-06T18:11:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2010, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-jump-the-shark/488559/41 "2010-02-06T07:54:13Z")

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> [@TWDuke](#):
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> The oldest was from last March, and the most recent was from today. Most of the examples in my post were from 2008.

OK, thanks so much for threadshitting those zombie posts lol. Please keep us up to date on all future pop culture catch phrase trends so we don’t appear foolish when chatting up girls.

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**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2010, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-jump-the-shark/488559/42 "2010-02-06T11:22:46Z")

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You can use the [Wayback Machine](http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://jumptheshark.com) to find old copies of the Jumptheshark,com website

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**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2010, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-jump-the-shark/488559/43 "2010-02-06T19:34:21Z")

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> [@jackdavinci](#):
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> OK, thanks so much for threadshitting those zombie posts lol. Please keep us up to date on all future pop culture catch phrase trends so we don’t appear foolish when chatting up girls.

You’re welcome.

> [@Markxxx](#):
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> You can use the [Wayback Machine](http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://jumptheshark.com) to find old copies of the Jumptheshark,com website

“We’re sorry, access to [http://jumptheshark.com](http://jumptheshark.com) has been blocked by the site owner via robots.txt.”

Clearly, [TVGuide.com](http://TVGuide.com) is owned and operated by real assholes.

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**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2010, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-jump-the-shark/488559/44 "2010-02-06T20:08:02Z")

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Wayback worked for me. I’m looking at a 2004 archive of jumptheshark right now with Firefox.

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**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2010, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-jump-the-shark/488559/45 "2010-02-06T20:14:32Z")

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Weird. I copied and pasted that quoted sentence directly.

ETA: Well, it’s working now. I sincerely apologize to the assholes at [TVGuide.com](http://TVGuide.com).

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**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2010, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-jump-the-shark/488559/46 "2010-02-06T21:29:27Z")

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Personally, I always preferred the term “Shot the wad” to “Jump the shark.” But that’s just me.

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