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  • I get emails through my website all the time from people who say, I saw that essay you wrote online two years ago about how Fonzie is actually the archetypal shaman.

    MIND MELD: How has the Internet impacted book selling? 2007

  • But Fonzie is going to play third and has a great attitude about it.

    USATODAY.com - Remaking the Mets 2002

  • "Fonzie is our best player," Mets third baseman Robin Ventura said.

    NLCS: New heroes 2000

  • Before a territory skirmish can begin, Savory calls Fonzie in by swinging a lure - a tennis ball with pigeon feathers - over his head.

    NPR Topics: News 2009

  • We're Running Out Of Media To Plunder Dept.: the musical-comedy adaptation of the TV show "Happy Days" continues apace, helmed by ubiquitous 70s tunesmith Paul Williams: The biggest challenge, Williams says, was finding a way to make Arthur "Fonzie" Fonzarelli sing.

    The answer was found in two words Matthew Guerrieri 2007

  • In the series later seasons the character named " Fonzie" actually jumped a shark!

    Supernatural: Jump the Shark - Pink Raygun.com 2009

  • Here's a quote from the wiki entry: The term jumping the shark alludes to a specific scene in a 1977 episode of the TV series Happy Days when the popular character Arthur "Fonzie" Fonzarelli literally jumps over a shark while water skiing.

    Hillary Campaign Raising Money Off Of Bill Clinton-Joe McCarthy Comparison 2009

  • In the series later seasons the character named " Fonzie" actually jumped a shark!

    Supernatural: Jump the Shark - Pink Raygun.com 2009

  • This turning point is similar to halfway through the Bush years, when the steady barrage of exposes, op-ed pieces, documentaries, first-person accounts, and blogs helped the mainstream media cave into their conscience and reflect the reality -- the commander in chief wore no clothes, they were torturing in our name, and our economy was a Federal Ponzi scheme (technically known as a "Fonzie").

    John Wellington Ennis: Of Course They're Making Health Care Reform Difficult 2009

  • We're Running Out Of Media To Plunder Dept.: the musical-comedy adaptation of the TV show "Happy Days" continues apace, helmed by ubiquitous 70s tunesmith Paul Williams: The biggest challenge, Williams says, was finding a way to make Arthur "Fonzie" Fonzarelli sing.

    Archive 2007-09-01 Matthew Guerrieri 2007

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