Issue #11, by Bill Russell

Jump the shark, (link) coined by Jon Hein back in the '80's is a phrase used to refer to the moment when something, particularly a TV series, peaks and begins to go downhill into self-parody and decay. It is indicative either of an irreversible decline in the show's quality or of a desperate bid to stem the show's declining ratings. It originally referred to the "Happy Days" episode in which Fonzie literally tried to jump a shark in a daredevil water-skiing stunt. Hein began using the expression because television needs criticism…so does most art, design, culture and column writing.

Nine-year-old Liam Russell says this is a congressman with a paper who is trying to chase a bus with a guy who he wants to give the paper to.

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