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| Born | (1967-11-24) November 24, 1967 (age 57) New York |
| Alma mater | University of Michigan |
| Occupation(s) | Radio personality, Webmaster(Formerly) |
Jon Hein is a radio personality and webmaster notable for popularizing the term "jumping the shark" and created the website jumptheshark.com. BABA BOOEY
Jump the Shark origins
Hein has explained that he and some friends at the University of Michigan were discussing when popular television shows began to decline, and his roommate, Sean J. Connolly, coined the phrase referring to a Happy Days episode in which Fonzie performed a water ski jump over a shark. The phrase "jumped the shark" became code between Hein and his friends for the moment that a television show began to decline, and became inspiration for the name of the website.
Popular culture
Due to the popularity of the website, the phrase became part of the American English lexicon, and indeed its meaning has broadened to indicate when anything entered a phase of decline. While developing and operating the website, Hein's day-job was as a Vice President for Marketing at the New York-based testing company The Princeton Review.
Due to the popularity of jumptheshark.com, Hein began making appearances on radio and television, most notably as a recurring guest on The Howard Stern Show. Hein was a lifelong fan of Stern's, and partially for that reason was chosen as the first host of the Superfan Roundtable in late 2005. The Roundtable is a weekly program on Sirius Satellite Radio's Howard 101 channel that discusses the issues, personalities, and events that have taken place on the Stern Show.
Hein sold his company, Jump The Shark, Inc., to Gemstar (owners of TV Guide) on June 20, 2006 for "over $1 million". Some Stern staff have speculated that the site sold closer to $5-$10 million, however.
Sirius Satellite Radio and Howard Stern
The Stern Show staff thought Hein was a good host on Roundtable and chose him to be the host of The Wrap-Up Show with Stern producer Gary Dell'Abate as co-host. The show premiered on Howard's first day on Sirius, January 9, 2006, and has received positive reviews from fans. Hein also hosted The Friday Show along with Gary Dell'Abate and Ralph Cirella on the Friday mornings when Stern took time off, although that show was replaced after a few months by Master Tape Theatre.
Master Tape Theatre has since moved to Howard 101 on Sundays, replaced on Howard 100 by the Best of the Week, a montage show with clips from the Monday through Thursday show. Hein hosts Best of the Week.
See also
References
- http://web.archive.org/web/20000817233601/www.jumptheshark.com/about.htm
- http://www.gemstartvguide.com/pressroom/display_pr.asp?prId=506
- http://www.marksfriggin.com/news06/6-19.htm#wed
- http://www.marksfriggin.com/news.htm#mon
- http://www.sternfannetwork.com/forum/showthread.php?s=479bf0184d02b5117f348f1e5b83411d&threadid=90104
External links
| Howard Stern | |
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| The Howard Stern Show | |
| Howard 100 and 101 | |
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