The weird part is, to my knowledge, he started in Happy Days (to my memory) and never aged across all of those decades. I hear he suffered from Dick Clark disease (inability to age). Ryan Seacrest suffers from it.
Ted McGinley joined Happy Days in 1980, the show ran another 4 years and Mcginley was in 61 episodes. He joined The Love Boat in 1983 and the show ran until 1987. He was in 60 episodes. Married With Children? 1989 to 1997. 167 episodes. There are a lot of sitcoms that would love to be cursed with that long of a run.
I can never understand why Ted McGinly gets a reputation for being a sitcom killer. From the work I've seen, he's done a good job. His stint on Married With Children lasted for seven seasons, which is a long time in sitcom land.
He is not the curse. He is the talent that execs run to to try and rescue their failing show. Sometimes he did; Jefferson laughing at Als jokes behind Marci's back? Great stuff!
@@TheFailedmessiah Lol that's how the Jays one their first world series, they had that one dude slide on his face and cut up his chin for a run, and threw in some google face glasses dude to pitch to exhaust the other team., or that one Rando who manages to tackle occasionally, or catch and run a few extra important yards to rest the Downs, during critical last minute run the clock tactics, or perhaps tying the game (extremely rare). So called Rudy from "Rudy" just tackles GA Tech, even though he didn't have to . Think of McGinty as those really cool jobbers for wrestling who act as the "Rodeo Clown"s of Pro Wrestling. They act as really healthy filler (watched this one dude in Edmonton called Chi-Chi Rodregiuz come in multiple times), they get the crowd rowed up for the main events). Studio makes a clean few millions, the actors get their contract extended. I'd say throw this guy into a Netflix production, and see him extend all those series that we keep on begging to be extended.Yeah.... he really should do that, be this famiiliar face on Netflix. Perhaps he'd even extend that old dying service what with all the people leaving heart broken by their series ending so soon.
Then Kelly comes home from a night out and she sets the workbench up in a matter of seconds. Jefferson and Al spent a whole night trying to put it together. 😂
@@ahhamartin Wow, I heard about hospitals doing that. If someone died from anything who just happened to test positive for COVID, their death was listed as a Covid death. That's crazy !!
I think that with that car crash thing... they crashed because covid made them cough, which caused them to lose focus and then eventually lead to the car crash. Anyway, that's the excuse i like to tell myself in order to get self induced endorphins. Lol. (I agree with you. People place unnecessary blame on the wrong people).
@@ahhamartin Yes. So Corrupt. And just to get rid of Trump, Fauci with help, created a dangerous virus that killed thousands of people and thousands of jobs unnecessarily by exploiting it to the point of govt tyranny against people being totally acceptable by the left. Then they blamed Trump and all the Trump haters were happy to believe it or want to believe it. It is so stupid and tragic it's hard to believe it really happened in the USA.
Quit calling Ted the sitcom killer. He had hard job really, being on shows that were already tanking and trying to save them. He did an awesome job on married with children.
Married with Children? Ted was part of the best comedy skit of one of the biggest comedy skits ever: When he and Marcy dressed up like Al and Peggy Bandy for sex roll-play. Those two were AH-MAZING.
I remember seeing him appear on a show and thinking, "Uh-oh, The ratings must be slipping." He was the fireman who turned up too late to save the house. He didn't cause the ratings to slip, they were already sliding.
@@MSG685 There's a season 6 or season 7 (i forget which) episode where Kelly gets a job at TV land or something, a retro tv theme park basically. the children of the park keep following Jefferson and asking him about being on the Loveboat, happy days, etc
I had heard of the Ted McGinley effect almost two decades ago. I love the show Numb3rs and in the 5th season Sophina Brown joined the show and people were saying how she was the giving the show the Ted McGinley effect. I had no idea that the term was as popular as it is.
I loved the few episodes of 'Married...' where it was referenced he was on 'Happy Days' and he denied it. 'Married...' always had inside 'jokes' like that with pop culture figures. That was why he was so at home on 'Married...'
Happy Days was coughing up blood long before Roger showed up, and Jefferson was a welcome addition to MWC ... if, for no other reason than that he gave us Marcy D'Arcy.
I remember I would watch Happy Days reruns in the morning before I went to school. I don't even remember disliking Roger, then again I don't remember much about him at all. For some reason I keep remembering he was mad at Fonz one episode and admitted it was because he was jealous that teaching seemed to come more naturally for him because he related to kids better than Roger did.
Married with children was the only show that he didn't kill. It actually got better especially since Jefferson D'Arcy had more chemistry with Al, despite him still caving to Marcy. He also played a smaller role as the husband in a what if scene.
I think what happened with Ted is that he was really likeable, and so when producers felt a TV series was faltering, they tried to inject Ted into it, in the hopes of helping the series last longer.
I think the same way on the shows having low ratings before he joined. Other actors like, Blair Underwood, Mark-Paul Gosselaar, and Michael Ealy either coming into a show that's ending or having a show of their own, that was canceled.
his greatest role was Jefferson Darcy. he did have a cameo prior to that as Jablonski, Peg's husband on the christmas episode where Al helps his angel (sam kinison) get his wings.
When I was growing up in the late 70s and early 80s, anything with him in it was an immediate watch. I enjoyed his work and thought he was a great actor.
Without Jefferson, we'd still have Marcy Rhoades instead of the much funnier Marcy Darcy. Also Jefferson was a much better sidekick to Al's shenanigans than the much more straight-laced Steve, who took a while to bring around.
I look at Ted like this: A TV show knows it is past its prime. To breath life into it (and keep paychecks coming) they hire an actor who is versatile enough to do drama and comedy, handsome enough to be romantic lead, believable if he needs to be tough, but also willing to be silly and act stupid if part calls for it. That’s McKinley. He gave writers a lot of options in the established shows he entered, extending life to franchises running on fumes. Instead of Sitcom Killer, he was The Recitation Kid, the CPR or mouth-to-mouth to shows about to keel over.
He was great at playing Jefferson on Married With Children. I love it when Al used to insult Marcy, and instead of Jefferson defending her honor, he just laughed 😅
Had to click on this because i remember the old “jump the shark” website had a special section for shows ruined by Ted McGinley 😂 Love that you covered that in this video haha. It’s a shame that this website isn’t still around.
@@transformerstuff7029there plenty of Amanda bearse / ed O'Neill uploads here on yt. I think the Dan Patrick or Rich eisen one explains the outline well
@@johansvensson833 yea thats what I thought, I thought it just naturally ran it's course. That show was on for a long time and at a certain moment you just jump the shark.
Didn't help that the shows creators dipped out on the final season. The cast thought they were getting one more season to end it but Fox canceled it. Also it was partly Foxs' fault that the final season tanked since they moved their timeslot 3 times that made fans stop watching since they didn't know what day it was airing.
the shows were all dying when he got there. except married. i would say he was perfect on that show and it only did better because of him. stan gable is the man
Great video. I didn't know his name but i do remember seeing him in alot of shows. Yeah i don't think it was a curse either, just coincidental timing of him joining shows as they were about to end anyway.
To be fair these shows were on their way out when he replaced them all from John Travolta to Ron Howard to do it on married with children they were really on their way out
Seems like a nice enough guy, and he was especially good on Married with Children (and Revenge of the Nerds). But I remember HATING McGinley as a little third grade kid, thinking he replaced Ritchie Cunningham and ruined Happy Days.
Ted was always solid. That's why he's been on so many shows over the years. The man always has a job...and he's kept that up since the 1970s. That's an insane accomplishment....
0:12 his first episode was my favorite episode. Marcy deserved a new husband 💯. I was hoping they didn't try to write her off. Or add some new neighbors
Excellent report. Loved this Actor. Always funny when he showed up on a show, it was time to go. "Always wished he did Sci Fi.. He would have made a great Captain, choose your show.
i liked him better than steve on married.... i think after 5 years people start getting tired with shows and want something new. these shows were already declining in views before he came in to replace people that quit.
Sports Night, regardless of MCGinley, was one of the all time BEST shows on television. The writing was phenomenal, and the acting was spectacular. It deserved more than two seasons.
@@GeminiladyJackson-xq6hc There was a short lived Sherwood Schwartz show Robbie "Cousin Oliver" Rist did in 1976-1977 called 'Big John, Little John" and Herb Edelman played Robbie's father, but it would have been perfect if John Denver played his dad but John Denver was busy singing and playing straight man to "God" in the movies.
This video is a valuable way for us to give TM his flowers while still alive. I think McGinley's theory makes way more sense than the jump the shark one.. He's there to breathe new life into plateauing shows.
I've always liked that dude! Since he first debuted to me, and revenge of the nerds every time I saw him I was always like "that is one cool dude." He has this look like what a cool dude would look like. And every time he was in something I was always happy to see him.
Ted was cursed with leading man looks but he's never gotten the respect he deserves, good to see he has a positive attitude about the whole thing and takes it in stride because like you said he is still acting while many other actors have been left by the wayside. I should mention actress Rena Sofer who has striking blue eyes and started out in soap operas then later segued to many sitcoms and dramas she on occasion has been referred to as the female version of Ted McGinley when it came to sitcom killer.
I definitely noticed he would be added to the cast when a television show is on a decline But he nailed it in married with children. He was a great addition to that cast..
I loved the part, in Married With Children, at the Theme Park, in which the young kids as Ted McGinley yells at them, after they asked him if Jefferson Darcy was his name on Happy Days or Love Boat, because, prior to Married With Children, he was a replacement for Ron Howard/Happy Days & was the replacement for Gopher's character on Love Boat. LOL
He made "Married with children a MUCH better show. Jefferson was HILARIOUS.
Agreed
100 percent
Yes sir and ran 🏃♂️ for alot of seasons
He was the perfect buddy for Al.
And who can forget *Marcy Darcy* ?
Can't say he really ruined Married With Children when the show kept going for 7 years... more seasons feature him than Steve.
I like him more than Steve.
Seven did that.
@@zerovalon6243 same
@@Reelphresh I concur
Exactly.
Ted McGinley was AMAZING on married with children.
He was better than the original guy and really became Al's best friend.
Agree he was more entertaining than the Steve character
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Exactly, in fact he made the show better.
@@waynejohanson1083 me and my friends stil say hey that guy has Jefferson hair when we seea persons hair is the exact same every day.
He’s been a working actor for over 40 years. Good for him
And he didn't get anywhere close to killing married with children. 😂
And I saw a behind the scenes and he was driving a nice modest older Toyota truck to the set because he was a saver.
He is the cousin of John C Micginley who was in Scrubs 😜
Ah I don't think he's picking on him he's a good actor and was great on MwC. I think this is one of those like Seinfeld curse
The weird part is, to my knowledge, he started in Happy Days (to my memory) and never aged across all of those decades. I hear he suffered from Dick Clark disease (inability to age). Ryan Seacrest suffers from it.
Ted McGinley joined Happy Days in 1980, the show ran another 4 years and Mcginley was in 61 episodes.
He joined The Love Boat in 1983 and the show ran until 1987. He was in 60 episodes.
Married With Children? 1989 to 1997. 167 episodes.
There are a lot of sitcoms that would love to be cursed with that long of a run.
To quote another funny guy, “may God smite me and I never recover!”
His role in Love Boat was brought up in a MWC episode.
Very well said!
He was on Married… With Children from 1991 to 1997 but still a good run
Perfectly put. When you know the amount of episodes he was in, as you revealed, he's not a curse but a blessing.
I can never understand why Ted McGinly gets a reputation for being a sitcom killer. From the work I've seen, he's done a good job. His stint on Married With Children lasted for seven seasons, which is a long time in sitcom land.
Five years for a show is a badge of honor. Seven years for ANY TV show is a huge success.
Me either. It was just bad luck IMO.
Are you KIDDING?! He was AWESOME in Married with Children!
AMEN!
he said that.
The exception that proved the rule
Ted McGinley didn't kill any shows. He was brought in to keep wavering shows afloat.
I like that this comment stuck with the nautical theme of the video :) and I agree.
Yes, he is the sitcom saver.
correct
He is not the curse. He is the talent that execs run to to try and rescue their failing show. Sometimes he did; Jefferson laughing at Als jokes behind Marci's back? Great stuff!
Ive always said He may not be the Death of a series. He may actually be the reason the shows lasted the extra season or two that they did.
Yeah he's like the closer on a baseball team!!! He just pitches a few innings. And that's it.
I like your perspective here.
I agree.
I'm pretty sure he saved Married With Children.
@@TheFailedmessiah Lol that's how the Jays one their first world series, they had that one dude slide on his face and cut up his chin for a run, and threw in some google face glasses dude to pitch to exhaust the other team., or that one Rando who manages to tackle occasionally, or catch and run a few extra important yards to rest the Downs, during critical last minute run the clock tactics, or perhaps tying the game (extremely rare). So called Rudy from "Rudy" just tackles GA Tech, even though he didn't have to . Think of McGinty as those really cool jobbers for wrestling who act as the "Rodeo Clown"s of Pro Wrestling. They act as really healthy filler (watched this one dude in Edmonton called Chi-Chi Rodregiuz come in multiple times), they get the crowd rowed up for the main events). Studio makes a clean few millions, the actors get their contract extended. I'd say throw this guy into a Netflix production, and see him extend all those series that we keep on begging to be extended.Yeah.... he really should do that, be this famiiliar face on Netflix.
Perhaps he'd even extend that old dying service what with all the people leaving heart broken by their series ending so soon.
He was funny AF in Married With Children.
damn sho was!
I absolutely agree!
Yes he was
He's a working actor. Keeping his bills paid.
Al and Jefferson putting the work bench together is my favorite MWC ep EVER!!! He was amazing on that show.
We ran out of those "L's" so were gonna have to finish with the "7's"...🤣
Then Kelly comes home from a night out and she sets the workbench up in a matter of seconds. Jefferson and Al spent a whole night trying to put it together. 😂
That was my favorite episode as well. 😁
"OK Al. You drill through the board and i'll tell you when to stop" While looking straight at the board here the drill is gonna come out.
"I can't find the hole!" Granted Jefferson didn't say that.
He didn't kill married with children at all. Clickbait title. The show arguably hit its peak with him as part of the cast.
I preferred Steve Rhoads
It was the addition of Seven (Shane Sweet) to cast that signaled the downfall of MWC.
@@om3g4888 seven was death for sure
@@christinegrant5008 Steve was good as well, a building block. But, was no Jefferson
He didn't kill any of those shows.
Revenge of the Nerds, Married with Children, to even a small part in Wayne's World. You can't forget this actor.
Handsome Dan! He also had a small part in Pearl Harbor
I think Ted is vastly underrated actor. I loved him in Married with children and thought the show improved when he joined the cast.
Blaming him for the downfall of some already spiraling shows is about like blaming covid for people dying in car crashes.
..which amazingly many hospitals did, including the one I work at. We had a gunshot fatality test positive, so into the statistic he went.
@@ahhamartin Wow, I heard about hospitals doing that. If someone died from anything who just happened to test positive for COVID, their death was listed as a Covid death. That's crazy !!
I think that with that car crash thing... they crashed because covid made them cough, which caused them to lose focus and then eventually lead to the car crash. Anyway, that's the excuse i like to tell myself in order to get self induced endorphins. Lol. (I agree with you. People place unnecessary blame on the wrong people).
@@ahhamartin Yes. So Corrupt. And just to get rid of Trump, Fauci with help, created a dangerous virus that killed thousands of people and thousands of jobs unnecessarily by exploiting it to the point of govt tyranny against people being totally acceptable by the left. Then they blamed Trump and all the Trump haters were happy to believe it or want to believe it. It is so stupid and tragic it's hard to believe it really happened in the USA.
Nice one.
I loved Ted on Married with Children. He was the perfect side kick to Al. I liked him a lot more that Steve.
A LOT more then steve.
@@MSG685 And notice we never saw Steve at the nudie bar or jiggly room with Al either LOL!🤔🙄🤨🙆
Jefferson made married with children along with Happy Days & Love Boat. The guy is a great actor!!!
Ed O'neill made Married With Children but Ted was a great supporting cast member.
No not Happy Days! What are you on!
Loved him and Griff on MWC.
Bob Rooney ...
Harold Sylvester, who played Griff, was a terrific actor.
When Jefferson and Griff were on spring break and said they were Wesley Snipes and Woody Harrelson, was brilliant.
Dynasty’s low was a 10.9. Shows are considered a success with those ratings today
and that was not even top 40 today that would be top 5
Remember, there were far less entertainment options back then. Less channels on tv, no internet…..life was better for sure.
Quit calling Ted the sitcom killer. He had hard job really, being on shows that were already tanking and trying to save them. He did an awesome job on married with children.
Married with Children? Ted was part of the best comedy skit of one of the biggest comedy skits ever: When he and Marcy dressed up like Al and Peggy Bandy for sex roll-play. Those two were AH-MAZING.
oh my gawd that was some next level comedy
I remember seeing him appear on a show and thinking, "Uh-oh, The ratings must be slipping." He was the fireman who turned up too late to save the house. He didn't cause the ratings to slip, they were already sliding.
🎯
It's like when people blame cousin Oliver for killing The Brady Bunch. The kid was there for like six episodes, clearly there was pre-existing issues.
Jefferson was great on MWC. They even make references and jokes to him being on and killing, those other shows. He has a great sense of humor about it
SHHHHH! He was CIA assassin
@@MSG685 There's a season 6 or season 7 (i forget which) episode where Kelly gets a job at TV land or something, a retro tv theme park basically.
the children of the park keep following Jefferson and asking him about being on the Loveboat, happy days, etc
I LOVED Jefferson!
Jefferson was one of the best characters on Married With Children. He actually made the show funnier.
Stan Gable alone makes Ted a legend in my eyes. I think he was also absolutely fantastic on "Married with Children".
Brandy and Ray J have the same reputation in the black market
😅😅😅yes, so true! Especially Ray J!
Ray J definitely
I had heard of the Ted McGinley effect almost two decades ago. I love the show Numb3rs and in the 5th season Sophina Brown joined the show and people were saying how she was the giving the show the Ted McGinley effect. I had no idea that the term was as popular as it is.
Poor guy gets such a bad rap. He did not kill any shows. His casting was used to try and save shows that were already dying. He is not Superman.
That's true, I agree with you on that. I'm so tired of everyone calling Ted the sitcom killer.
"Fuck you, Randy!" 😂😂😂 My sentiments exactly! But, the title of that retro sitcom alone numbered its days.
That’s a good point. Whenever I rewatch That ‘70s Show I skip that final season except for the finale. I just can’t haha
He was great in Married With Children. I would crack up when we would mock Marcy with Al.
I loved the few episodes of 'Married...' where it was referenced he was on 'Happy Days' and he denied it. 'Married...' always had inside 'jokes' like that with pop culture figures. That was why he was so at home on 'Married...'
The best one was the amusement park everyone went to with the "Ted McGinley Display".
i remember when he accidentally referred to Al as "Fonzie".
Happy Days was coughing up blood long before Roger showed up, and Jefferson was a welcome addition to MWC ... if, for no other reason than that he gave us Marcy D'Arcy.
Your comment is very amusing, but who was Roger?
@@stevedyches4635 We assume Roger was Marion's nephew, as his name was Phillips and not Cunningham.
@@Tim_the_Enchanter I don't remember that character at all. Then again, I didn't watch it as much the last few seasons.
I do recall Ted being on the show, just didn't remember his character's name or association with the family.
I remember I would watch Happy Days reruns in the morning before I went to school. I don't even remember disliking Roger, then again I don't remember much about him at all. For some reason I keep remembering he was mad at Fonz one episode and admitted it was because he was jealous that teaching seemed to come more naturally for him because he related to kids better than Roger did.
Married with children was the only show that he didn't kill. It actually got better especially since Jefferson D'Arcy had more chemistry with Al, despite him still caving to Marcy. He also played a smaller role as the husband in a what if scene.
I loved him on MWC. He was at his best in that and Revenge of the nerds
Ted’s input makes a lot of sense; he helped extend struggling sitcoms.
Don’t forget he’s also on Shrinking, and is both on it from the show’s start and is one the funniest characters on it
I was looking to see if anyone mentioned this lol. The comedic pairing between him and Christa Miller is gold.
I think what happened with Ted is that he was really likeable, and so when producers felt a TV series was faltering, they tried to inject Ted into it, in the hopes of helping the series last longer.
I think the same way on the shows having low ratings before he joined.
Other actors like, Blair Underwood, Mark-Paul Gosselaar, and Michael Ealy either coming into a show that's ending or having a show of their own, that was canceled.
Practically, every TV show that Mark-Paul Gosselaar has been in, he always has a Black love interest.
@@GeminiladyJackson-xq6hc Right 😂🤣 His first luv was Lisa Turtle aka Lark Voorhies
his greatest role was Jefferson Darcy. he did have a cameo prior to that as Jablonski, Peg's husband on the christmas episode where Al helps his angel (sam kinison) get his wings.
When I was growing up in the late 70s and early 80s, anything with him in it was an immediate watch. I enjoyed his work and thought he was a great actor.
LOL. This has been my thought for decades. I'm glad someone made a video about it.
Lol, Jefferson Darcy was half the reason to watch married with children 😂
Without Jefferson, we'd still have Marcy Rhoades instead of the much funnier Marcy Darcy. Also Jefferson was a much better sidekick to Al's shenanigans than the much more straight-laced Steve, who took a while to bring around.
I look at Ted like this: A TV show knows it is past its prime. To breath life into it (and keep paychecks coming) they hire an actor who is versatile enough to do drama and comedy, handsome enough to be romantic lead, believable if he needs to be tough, but also willing to be silly and act stupid if part calls for it. That’s McKinley. He gave writers a lot of options in the established shows he entered, extending life to franchises running on fumes. Instead of Sitcom Killer, he was The Recitation Kid, the CPR or mouth-to-mouth to shows about to keel over.
Ted McGinley was so handsome! Always had such a crush on him!
He was great at playing Jefferson on Married With Children. I love it when Al used to insult Marcy, and instead of Jefferson defending her honor, he just laughed 😅
When Ted was on married with children he made it better and the show lasted 7 years after.
Had to click on this because i remember the old “jump the shark” website had a special section for shows ruined by Ted McGinley 😂
Love that you covered that in this video haha. It’s a shame that this website isn’t still around.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who questioned why Faith Ford didn't play Faith.
Right?
He voiced Aquaman on the very last episode of Batman, the brave and the bold as a joke.
He was a absolute blast on Married with Children!!
Congrats on getting into the algorithm, sir.
Lol thank you :)
He often made references to his time on the Love Boat when he was on Married With Children.
He didn't kill married with children. Happy days regressed when he joined
They Jumped the Shark.
*Married with Children didn't die...*
It got torpedoed, by a angry self-centered lesbian.
what?! Tell me more? Marcy?
@@transformerstuff7029there plenty of Amanda bearse / ed O'Neill uploads here on yt. I think the Dan Patrick or Rich eisen one explains the outline well
@@standard6502 it would have ended anyway
@@johansvensson833 yea thats what I thought, I thought it just naturally ran it's course. That show was on for a long time and at a certain moment you just jump the shark.
Didn't help that the shows creators dipped out on the final season. The cast thought they were getting one more season to end it but Fox canceled it. Also it was partly Foxs' fault that the final season tanked since they moved their timeslot 3 times that made fans stop watching since they didn't know what day it was airing.
Loved Ted in Married!!!! He and Al were like best buddies. Always laughing together, much of it at Marcy's expence
Seven by far destroyed the ratings more than Jefferson.
The episodes with Steve and Jefferson are some of the best.
I learned of him by watching RUclips married with children eps. I can't think of anything negative about his acting; he was hilarious.
Agreed
Not one mention about his appearance on the last episode of Batman: Brave and the Bold? It was a specific 'Jump the Shark' reference.
He was so underrated. From his early days on, I just loved him.
the shows were all dying when he got there. except married. i would say he was perfect on that show and it only did better because of him. stan gable is the man
Married with children was next level with him. It was awesome
Great video. I didn't know his name but i do remember seeing him in alot of shows. Yeah i don't think it was a curse either, just coincidental timing of him joining shows as they were about to end anyway.
Thank you :) glad you liked it!
Loved Jefferson on MWC. I didn't know of him prior to that
He's not a sitcom killer, just late to the party.
To be fair these shows were on their way out when he replaced them all from John Travolta to Ron Howard to do it on married with children they were really on their way out
Seems like a nice enough guy, and he was especially good on Married with Children (and Revenge of the Nerds). But I remember HATING McGinley as a little third grade kid, thinking he replaced Ritchie Cunningham and ruined Happy Days.
Ted was always solid. That's why he's been on so many shows over the years. The man always has a job...and he's kept that up since the 1970s.
That's an insane accomplishment....
0:12 his first episode was my favorite episode. Marcy deserved a new husband 💯. I was hoping they didn't try to write her off. Or add some new neighbors
Excellent report. Loved this Actor. Always funny when he showed up on a show, it was time to go. "Always wished he did Sci Fi.. He would have made a great Captain, choose your show.
i liked him better than steve on married.... i think after 5 years people start getting tired with shows and want something new. these shows were already declining in views before he came in to replace people that quit.
grew up watching this guy. great actor.
Sports Night was a great show. He was perfectly cast as Gordon. He's not the reason the show went under.
Agreed, just pointing out a bit of bad luck in that aspect.
Sports Night, regardless of MCGinley, was one of the all time BEST shows on television. The writing was phenomenal, and the acting was spectacular. It deserved more than two seasons.
In some ways he was the "Cousin Oliver" of his day.
"Cousin Oliver" looked like a tiny version of singer John Denver.
@@GeminiladyJackson-xq6hc Spot on!
@@eeddieedwards3890 Rocky Mountain High 😆
@@GeminiladyJackson-xq6hc There was a short lived Sherwood Schwartz show Robbie "Cousin Oliver" Rist did in 1976-1977 called 'Big John, Little John" and Herb Edelman played Robbie's father, but it would have been perfect if John Denver played his dad but John Denver was busy singing and playing straight man to "God" in the movies.
@@eeddieedwards3890 I wonder if Robbie Rist and John Denver have crossed paths with each other.
Oh man I have Dynasty on a constant replay loop, I loved that show when it came out and I still do
He's no Cousin Oliver... That's for sure.
That’s true lol
He was great on Married W/ Children. perfect casting and delivery
Killer?? He was always brought in to save a dying show and buy it a couple more seasons or in Married wit Children 7 more seasons.
I always had a crush on him. Well known supporting actor. I never understood why he wasn't more famous. Good acting & good looking.
He's absolutely fantastic on the Apple+ show Shrinking. Put some respect on this man's name!
I noticed he was in Shrinking, but plan on watching it, so I didn’t look into it in case I spoiled myself :P
I really liked Ted McGinley’s character turn in Revenge of the Nerds III. Also, I loved him on Sports Night and The West Wing
The current affairs show anchor! I knew I recognised him from something but just couldn't place him. As soon as you said West Wing I clicked.
This video is a valuable way for us to give TM his flowers while still alive. I think McGinley's theory makes way more sense than the jump the shark one.. He's there to breathe new life into plateauing shows.
His acting and looks definitely extended the shows life.
I've always liked that dude! Since he first debuted to me, and revenge of the nerds every time I saw him I was always like "that is one cool dude."
He has this look like what a cool dude would look like. And every time he was in something I was always happy to see him.
What a deadly channel. Fair play to you.
I LOVED him as Jefferson ❤
He was in everything back in the day! Handsome gentleman!
Ted was cursed with leading man looks but he's never gotten the respect he deserves, good to see he has a positive attitude about the whole thing and takes it in stride because like you said he is still acting while many other actors have been left by the wayside. I should mention actress Rena Sofer who has striking blue eyes and started out in soap operas then later segued to many sitcoms and dramas she on occasion has been referred to as the female version of Ted McGinley when it came to sitcom killer.
I agree with the general consensus about Ted on Married with children,it was better with him. I liked him on Happy days too.
I loved this guy
Ted McGinley was amazing in MWC. In my opinion, he extended that show's run.
You're right in fact the show was still high in the ratings when Ted joined the cast.
I definitely noticed he would be added to the cast when a television show is on a decline But he nailed it in married with children. He was a great addition to that cast..
I have always liked him, I don't believe his presence was or is a curse. You rock Ted!
I loved the part, in Married With Children, at the Theme Park, in which the young kids as Ted McGinley yells at them, after they asked him if Jefferson Darcy was his name on Happy Days or Love Boat, because, prior to Married With Children, he was a replacement for Ron Howard/Happy Days & was the replacement for Gopher's character on Love Boat. LOL
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i loved Hope & Faith, it was hilarious ! now i can't find the reruns any where !
LOL, I just had a flashback to him playing 'Mr Scream", from Wayne's World 2.