Jaws (franchise) Jaws (franchise) Jaws is an American natural horror film series that started with a 1975 film that expanded into three sequels, a theme park ride, and other tie-in merchandise, based on a 1974 novel. The main subject of the saga is a great white shark, and its attacks on people in specific areas of the United States. The Brody family is featured in all of the films as the primary antithesis to the shark. The original film was based on a novel written by Peter Benchley, which itself was inspired by the Jersey Shore shark attacks of 1916. Benchley adapted
Land Shark (Saturday Night Live) Land Shark (Saturday Night Live) The Land Shark (also land shark, landshark, LandShark) was a recurring character from the sketch comedy television series "Saturday Night Live". The character first appeared in the fall of 1975 as a response to the release of the film "Jaws", and the subsequent hysteria over purported shark sightings. It was one of the most popular and imitated sketches of "SNL"'s first season. The Land Shark first appeared in a sketch entitled "Jaws II" on the Candice Bergen-hosted episode (season 1 episode 4), which originally aired on November 8, 1975. As narrated by Don Pardo (the