Shark Bytes

"It's like we finish each other's..."

"Sandwiches."

Great show, very funny. Never jumped.

it was cancelled before it could even jump the shark ! it is the funniest show ever, and has high intelligence.

Maybe it jumped, maybe it didn't. But the show ended at about the right time. Always go out on a high note, always leave 'em wanting more.

British TV does it right. You rarely see a show go on for more than 2-3 seasons.

AD, the anti-M*A*S*H.

one of the funniest shows ever made. I can`t believe it got canceled, and yet that "Two And A Half Men", and similar unoriginal crap can`t die..

Never jumped.

Lucille,

"I want to cry, but I don't think I can spare the moisture!"

This show laughed in the face of the shark.

The show was so stupid (in a good way) that not much could happen that would look like 'Jumping the Shark'. The biggest threat was simply declining quality, and it never happened. Awesome show, but I guess the mainstream audience couldn't appreciate the humour.

Never ever ever ever jumped.

George Sr.:
I think it's a mistake letting George Michael go on this church thing.


Michael:
Her name is Ann, Dad, and he's not "going on" her.

I watched all 3 seasons from the DVD set. While I say it was the funniest tv show I've ever seen, I understand why it was cancelled after 2.5 seasons. Seeing all the flashbacks and references to past episodes, I know it would be impossible to get 1/3 of the humor if I had to watch it once weekly.

As a TV sitcom, it may have jumped the shark after a few episodes.

As a DVD collection, it's brilliant and never jumped the shark.

Some people don't get the Charlize Theron piece. Adding her character is amazingly smart! Incredibly! It shows the intelligence level of family, including Michael, that a mentally challenged person with an accent could fool almost everyone. I love the line from the uncle, "I have problems with you having sexual relations with that man," and Ron Howard says, "So Do I!"

It totally jumped the shark when it became so popular that the guest stars ruled. The subplot with Charlize Theron and Dave Thomas was incredibly stupid as was the storyline with Julia Louis-Dreyfus. Liza Minelli on the other hand was brilliant, especially when Buster walked in on her playing poker and smoking with the boys. The show ended at a good time.

What about pasta..let me finish...salad?

Yah,that's the brilliance of this show... Barry does jump the shark. They are saying hey we know about this and in a act of self deprecating humor they get the actor whose scene actually inspires the phrase to do it. Now that is a riot.