Batgirl Helping Batman To JUMP THE SHARK!

[Jeremy A. Patterson]

Hello, I am Jeremy Aron Patterson, here with a thread that is based on a similar thread over at the Golden/Silver/Bronze Age Message Board; You can find this thread at: http://www.comicboards.com/gsmb/view...rd=06010223313

The thread has some people telling all of us that the mid-1960s live action "Batman" TV show JUMPED THE SHARK with the debut of the "Batgirl Song" during the third season that is used during the Batgirl scenes!

I felt that I should give all of you this very simple question: Which moments would you consider to be the most notable examples of JUMPING THE SHARK moments that happened during the past five years; You can even include instances where entire franchises jumped the shark!(As well as a few previous moments.)

You can not only use examples from television: You can also use comic books, sketch comedy shows, book series, animation, Spanish-langugage television, & educational TV!

I have some examples of which to tell you:

*The second season of Alias (The lack of exotic costumes & wigs for Sydney!)

*The Family version of The Amazing Race (It was a one time deal, but it hurt ratings!)

How about more of these soon?

Thanks!

J.A.P.

[literally exaggerated]

Bush getting reelected. At that point, my suspension of disbelief regarding American democracy went out the window.

[Donald M.]

Bush getting reelected. At that point, my suspension of disbelief regarding American democracy went out the window.

While I certainly didn't like seeing Bush get reelected, I can sort of understand why it happened.

Now if he were up for another term and somehow got reelected, then I'd be right there with you.

[Kid Omega]

The Super Bowls jumped the shark when they allowedn those dirty Irish animals U2 to perform.

Tne Irish should not be allowed on TV!-

[Lubichev]

The Super Bowls jumped the shark when they allowedn those dirty Irish animals U2 to perform.

Tne Irish should not be allowed on TV!-

Fuck, any foreign band for that matter. Like those stinkin' limey bastards the Rolling Stones and that wannabe dork Paul McCartney.

Football is for Americans!!

[Jeremy A. Patterson]

Here are some more JUMP THE SHARK moments:

*Double Dare 2000 (Nickelodeon felt that they should revive their game show niche by reviving their well-remembered "Double Dare" franchise, but it flopped big time, due to the fact that it used the formula of the disasterous "Family Double Dare", with two families of four; the mundane prizes also spelled its doom.)

J.A.P.

[darkkeeperjr]

Comic Book Spider-man: when webbing came out of his hands.

[Dan Apodaca]

There was this one episode of Happy Days where Fonzie jumped over a shark or something. That was pretty lame.

[Brad Curran]

There was this one episode of Happy Days where Fonzie jumped over a sharl or something. That was pretty lame.

Thankfully the show recovered and became very watchable and not a shameful joke after that.

[StoneGold]

Christ, how long ago did the phrase jumping the shark jump the shark? Has to of been a while ago, because bitching about jumping the shark jumping the shark has also jumped the shark.


Why not do something really original, like post Chuck Norris jokes?

[Jeremy A. Patterson]

How about these:

*Angel as a vampire lawyer.

*The death of Sue Dibney (Man, was that a fiasco!)

*Xena nearly killing off Gabrielle (This proves that the best heroes make the worst villains!)

* Galactica 1980 (The JUMP THE SHARK version of the original Battlestar Galactica!)

*The celebrity version of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire

* The 1980s revivals of Space Ghost & The Heculoids that aired in Space Stars (This was more lame than great!)

J.A.P.

[Jeremy A. Patterson]

Here are two JUMP THE SHARK moments for Doug Wildey's H-B classic:

*The 1980s Jonny Quest revival from The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera (This version had a rock-man teammate as well as a batch of android super-villains!)

*The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest (This version included a 3D CGI-generated segment called "Questworld"; 'Donkey Kong Country' & 'The Butt-Ugly Martains' were better CGI programs!)

Tune in next time for a 1990 animated H-B Space-Age flick that doomed a franchise more than Space Mutts!

J.A.P.

[Magneto_X]

Comic Book Spider-man: when webbing came out of his hands.

Giving birth to himself doesn't count?

[Jeremy A. Patterson]

Here is a theatrical attempt at JUMPING THE SHARK as well as two cases of Yogi Bear JUMPING THE SHARK:

*Jetsons: The Movie (This 1990 flick was a really bad send-off for the Space Age Family)

*Yogi's Ark (Yogi is recast as Noah; How many of you watched this?)

*Yogi's Space Race (Yogi in space; Did any of you watch this?)

Next time, Scooby brings you sports!

See you then!

Jeremy Aron Patterson.

[PatrickG]

If Yvonne Craig constitutes jumping the shark, I'd be all for MORE shows jumping the shark. Heck, ALL shows could jump the shark for all I care.

I have this theory, still unconfirmed, that Yvonne Craig is a celebrity crush for all straight, male comic book geeks under the age of 50 and the FIRST media crush of any such comic book geek under the age of 40.