On September 20, 1977, Arthur Herbert Fonzarelli, aka "The Fonz" entered television lore by jumping over a confined shark on waterskies while wearing his trademark leather jacket. As a 9-year-old, Fonzie was the epitome of cool and this feat just cemented his status for me. My view was not widely shared and a few years later the term “jumping the shar…
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