jumping the shark

[devnull]

after reading joe use this phrase in another thread to refer to a show going downhill, i looked up its origins and found a link to this site: http://www.jumptheshark.com

where i promptly lost an hour or so looking around. maybe you all know about this already? if not... to quote from wordorigins.com, jumping the shark is the defining moment when you know your favorite TV show will never be the same again. (the phrase refers to an episode of happy days where the fonz jumps a shark tank on waterskis). the site has huge database of tv series and polls fans for the moment the show "jumped the shark." so i wasted lots of time wandering through the dusty vaults of my favorite 80s and 90s tv and finally treated myself to the buffy page:

http://www.jumptheshark.com/b/buffy.htm

where i lost at least another hour reading all the commentary. looks like they started the commentary rolling somewhere in season 2 or 3, so you can watch opinions on things change as the series progressed.

lots of the people posting are apparently on crack (many had big issues with willow going gay) so prepare yourself for some major morons. but besides the dipshit comments, which are the minority, i thought it was really fun to read now after so much time (and plot) has passed. some of the moments that people hated when the episodes first aired are now widely agreed to be highlights of the series (buffy/angel, tara, etc).

anyway thought yall might enjoy it. (thanks joe )