No need to feel old; "jumping the shark" is now part of the communal Western consciousness.

yes, but only a few of us oldsters remember where it originated from! ;)

I was going to say...as opposed to jumping the shark? We're both old men

*waves his cane at you* amen,brother!

If you have even vague recollections of when Mr. Hooper on Sesame Street was played an actual actor and not a puppet, you are old enough to know what we know. Yeah, I was born in the summer of 1972 so while the 70s are a blur for me, I mostly remember the 80s. Empire Strikes Back will always be a special movie for me because I saw it in a theater with my Godfather. That and a part of still looks at Hoth and thinks it was cool in more ways than one.

I remember cutting off the hand of my Luke Skywalker action figure after seeing "Empire"..But not the hand that held the light saber! ;)