A polar bear in the jungle? Please.
When Happy Days made Fonzy to stoop to such desperate measures as jumping over a shark, it coined a phrase that would be used for every TV show that, well… took the piss. TV is a business, and that means if a show is popular, the powers that be are inclined to keep it on the air as long as possible to rake in potential profit.
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Lost is a stand-out one for me – they ended up practically making a sport out of shark-jumping. At first, it seemed like the perfect TV show. A plane crash with survivors on a desert island? WOW! They’re not alone on the island? Cool, tell me more! A polar bear in the jungle… what? And then it just got more and more ridiculous; a second island, time travel, shadow monsters and all the evil in the world was being held back by a cork in the bottle?!
- “Paula, Matthew Crawley being killed off in Downton was it for me. Driving along, staring up at the sky. I mean, PLEASE!”
- “Ross saying Rachel's name during his wedding vows with Emily in London. Stupid!”
- “The Office Jim and Pam finally got hitched and then turned into a pair of dopes Paula!”
- “The Walking Dead was full of jump-the-shark moments, Paula, it was pretty much garbage from the start to be honest!”
- “Paula, the 5th and last season of Ally Mcbeal when it was revealed that Ally had a teenage daughter and John Cage had retired from the law firm to join a mariachi band in a Mexican restaurant. Wtf!”
- “The Simpsons after about 2005 Paula”
- “Morning Paula, how about the British soaps. EastEnders, Corrie, Emmerdale! My mother watches them religiously!” - Olga from Navan.
- “Prison Break. It became so unbelievable, I lost hours of my life!” – KB, Bettystown
- “Hi Paula. Going back a bit now but think Glenroe lost it when Miley and Fidelma got it on in hay. Ew!” - Bob
- “Mulder was abducted by aliens during the season 7 finale. HA!”
- “Eh the best one ever Paula – DALLAS – it was all a dream!”
- “Grey’s Anatomy... too many to mention Paula!”
- “ER - No, you cannot replace George Clooney with John Stamos.”
