Jon Hein

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Jon Hein
San Diego Comic-Con International in July 2011.
Born
New York City, U.S.
Alma materUniversity of Michigan
Occupations
  • Radio personality
  • webmaster
  • author
Years active2001–present
Children2

Jon Hein is an American radio personality and former webmaster. He created the website jumptheshark.com and works for The Howard Stern Show. Hein has written three books, Jump the Shark: When Good Things Go Bad as well as Fast Food Maniac: From Arby’s to White Castle, One Man’s Supersized Obsession with America’s Favorite Food. Hein also wrote, Jump the Shark: TV Edition.[1] He is an alumnus of the University of Michigan where he appeared in the sketch comedy troupe Comedy Company with Jon Glaser. The two also were a part of the comedy troupe Just Kidding along with Craig Neuman, Matt Schlein, Kristin Sobditch, Sara Mathison, H. Anthony Lehv.[2]

Jump the Shark origins

Main article: jumping the shark

Hein created a website called JumpTheShark.com named after the idiom "

Season Five, Episode 3, "Hollywood: Part 3" of the sitcom Happy Days, in which Fonzie jumps over a shark while on water-skis.[3][4][5]

Hein sold his company, Jump The Shark, Inc., to

Gemstar (owners of TV Guide) on June 20, 2006[6] for "over $1 million".[7] Some Stern staff have speculated that the site sold closer to $5–$10 million, however.[8]
The TV Guide website has since redirected the original jumptheshark.com website. For some time, the website was replaced with a celebrity gossip message board.

Sirius Satellite Radio

The Stern Show staff thought Hein was a good host on Super Fan Roundtable and chose him to be the host of

Howard 100
by the Best of the Week, a montage show with clips from the Monday through Wednesday show).

Hein has become known as a

Howard TV.[13]
Howard TV shut down in December 2013.

Hein was promoted to Executive Producer of Howard 101 in 2022.

Other projects

In 2012, Hein began to host his own television show, Fast Food Mania, on Destination America. In his show, Hein expresses his love of fast food by discussing the history of various restaurants, along with how their food is prepared.[14]

Hein has written three books in his career. Jump the Shark: When Good Things Go Bad as well as Fast Food Maniac: From Arby’s to White Castle, One Man’s Supersized Obsession with American Fastfood. He also wrote, Jump the Shark: TV Edition.[1]

Hein was a co-host on

Loudmouths which aired weekdays at 5:30 PM ET on SNY (Sportsnet New York). The show was canceled on May 21, 2020.[15]

Personal life

Hein is married, has two daughters, and lives on

Long Island, New York
.

In popular culture

Similar to Howard Stern's producer Gary Dell'Abate, Hein has several media mentions[16] in pop culture with the phrase "Hit em with the Hein". The phrase was coined by production staff in the back office to mock Hein based on his perceived low-energy level as Hein would leave the office to attend to business unrelated to The Howard Stern Show. The phrase was then popularized by Jason Kaplan, an often on-air staff member. It has been used on many PGA Tour events, in some cases to the dismay of the announcers.[17]

This phrase has also been referenced by

Emmy Award show.[18]

Based on Hein's statements on The Howard Stern Show, he either enjoys the phrase or is annoyed by it, largely based on perceived intent.

Singer Rick Astley produced a song dedicated to the "Hit em with the Hein" concept on SoundCloud.[19]

Connecticut-based musician Jamey Jasta, frontman of the metalcore band Hatebreed, released a song inspired by the phrase on his SoundCloud.[20] "Hit 'em with the Hein" is also used in later versions of Sony's MLB: The Show franchise by announcer Matt Vasgersian during gameplay.

See also

  • The Howard Stern Show staff

References

  1. ^ a b "Jon Hein". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 2021-03-10.
  2. ^ "He's a maniac". 19 February 2016.
  3. ^ Hornaday, Ann (July 25, 2003). "A Few Pixels Short of a Personality". The Washington Post. Retrieved April 12, 2013.
  4. ISBN 1845202236
    .
  5. ISBN 978-1592577811
    .
  6. ^ http://www.gemstartvguide.com/pressroom/display_pr.asp?prId=506[permanent dead link]
  7. ^ "MarksFriggin.com - Stern Show News - Archive". www.marksfriggin.com.
  8. ^ "MarksFriggin.com - Howard Stern Show News". www.marksfriggin.com.
  9. ^ "sternfannetwork.com - Resources and Information". www.sternfannetwork.com.
  10. ^ "Whitney cummings, super roaster - the Howard Stern Show". Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2010-11-15.
  11. ^ "Show - Howard Stern". Howard Stern.
  12. ^ "Fast Food Special on Howard 101 with Jon Hein & Jason Kaplan (Audio)". 17 August 2010.
  13. ^ "Howard Stern: Howard TV Introduces "The Bonus Show" Starring John Hein and Rachel Fine - TMR Zoo". 1 March 2010.
  14. ^ "Don't Miss Fast Food Mania, a Sizzling All-New Series". destinationamerica.com. Archived from the original on 8 June 2012. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
  15. ^ Loudmouths (Canceled)
  16. ^ "PGA Hit em With the Hein". Bing. 2016-10-21. Retrieved 2016-10-21.
  17. ^ "PGA and Stern". SiriusXM. 2016-10-21. Retrieved 2016-10-21.
  18. ^ "Jimmy Kimmel Emmy Hit em With the Hein". The Hollywood Reporter. 2016-10-21. Retrieved 2016-10-21.
  19. ^ "Hit em With the Hein". Rick Astley. 2016-10-21. Retrieved 2016-10-21.
  20. ^ "Jasta's Hit'em With the Hein". LoudWire. 2017-06-20. Retrieved 2017-06-20.

External links

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