Google Fu:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Allen_%28actor%29 - the actor playing "Jeff Breederman".
The actual episode was written by a "Fred Fox Jr."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jumping_the_shark.
Fox Jr. wrote This (http://articles.latimes.com/2010/sep/03/entertainment/la-et-jump- the-shark-20100903), in which he described his feelings on the subject. Pretty sure the writers of this sketch read this article, because some of the statistics that the fictional writer quotes in the sketch appear in this article.