TV fans know "jump the shark" to mean a moment when a TV show goes downhill, and it all started with this infamous moment in Happy Days when Henry Winkler showed off his real-life waterskiing skills. Is it as bad as history suggests?

We get into it on our recent episode at gimmickspodcast.com!

"A loving father sometimes even says it to his son... SIT ON IT!"

Here's where our end song from this week's episode came from. We're very sorry.

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GIMMICKS is a podcast about the high concept, experimental, structure-breaking gimmick episodes of television — from musicals, to bottle episodes, genre homages and more! Hosted by @derekbgayle.bsky.social and @dmuma.bsky.social every other Wednesday.

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