#Ted McGinley

[vintagegeekculture]

Prolific 70s-80s television actor Theodore Martin McGinley has a dubious reputation as “the Patron Saint of Shark Jumping” and “the killer of television shows.” 

You see, Ted McGinley was usually added to a long-running and venerable show’s cast well into the show’s run, in later seasons, right when they run out of steam creatively and continue unecessarily. In these cases, Ted appears on dying shows like the Grim Reaper himself. Ted McGinley joining the cast can usually be identified as the exact moment the show jumped the shark, as he did as a later season cast addition on such TV classics as Happy Days, Dynasty, the Love Boat, and Married With Children. 

What gets even more impressive is that his appearance serving a harbinger of doom for television shows continued well into the 2000s. His run of guest appearances on both the West Wing and the Practice coincided at just the precise moment when the consensus of most long term viewers was that the shows had gone on a bit too long. Ted McGinley is, in that respect, like the gods Mercury or Anubis, a psychopomp who’s duty is to guide a dying show to the next world. 

#ted mcginley #shark jumping #tv history

[spaceshipsandpurpledrank]

#talkin #tik tok #shrinking #apple tv+ #racism #karens #jason segel #luke tennie #lukita maxwell #christa miller #ted mcginley #miriam flynn

[mythirdparent]

#70s tv #80s tv #happy days #tom bosely #marion ross #erin moran #ron howard #henry winkler #pat morita #al molinaro #anson williams #donnie most #ted mcginley #crystal bernard #heather o'rourke #lynda goodfriend #cathy silvers #scott baio

[beardedmrbean]

I guess you're gonna miss the panty raid

Says who?

#anonymous #I'll be joining patrick on his too btw #revenge of the nerds #robert carradine #Larry B. Scott #anthony edwards #curtis armstrong #ted mcginley

[dorothy16]

Cast of ‘Shrinking’ photographed by Robert Ascroft

#jason segel #ted mcginley #christa miller #luke tennie #jessica williams #lukita maxwell #shrinking #shrinking apple tv plus #robert ascroft #me edits

[multiprises]

« Please, don’t say the thing you always say when I drink too much…

– Was it worth it?

– Fuck off. »

Apology Tour, Shrinking, 1.07

Randall Keenan Winston (D),  Brett Goldstein (S), 03/03/23

#ted mcginley #christa miller #shrinking #marrade #saison 1 #made in usa

[denver-carrington]

Jack Coleman (Steven) and Ted McGinley (Clay) at an unknown event.

#Dynasty #Jack Coleman #Ted McGinley

[kwebtv]

Stephanie Faracy, Ted McGinley, T.R. Knight, Nathan Lane and Laurie Metcalf in "Charlie Lawrence"

#Charlie Lawrence #TV #Nathan Lane #Stephanie Faracy #Ted McGinley #T R Knight #Laurie Metcalf

[male1971]

A Ted McGinley appreciation post:

Happy Days (1980-1984)

Revenge of the Nerds (1984)

The Love Boat (1984-1986)

Dynasty (1987-1989)

Married… With Children (1991-1997)

Hope & Faith (2003-2006)

Shrinking (2023)

#ted mcginley #happy days #love boat #dynasty #shrinking #married...with children #hope & faith

[abs0luteb4stard]

W A T C H E D

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#REVENGE OF THE NERDS (1984) #Robert Carradine #Anthony Edwards #Ted McGinley #Julie Montgomery #Timothy Busfield #Andrew Cassese #Curtis Armstrong #Larry B. Scott #Brian Tochi #Michelle Meyrink #Matt Salinger #Donald Gibb #Bernie Casey #John Goodman #WATCHING #80s comedy #comedy #fraternity

[soapoperamen]

Ted McGinley (Clay Fallmont, Dynasty)

#Ted McGinley #Clay Fallmont #Dynasty #ABC prime time #handsome #hunk #stud #Soap Opera Men

[davealmost]

Major League: Back to the Minors

#Major League: Back to the Minors #baseball #comedy #scott bakula #corbin bernsen #walton goggins #Ted McGinley #bob ueker

[profoundgibberish]

#ted mcginley #1980s #birthday #may 30th #gayheartthrob #happy days #married with children #revenge of the nerds #love boat #hothunks #hot celebs #chest hair

[grumpy80sguy]

#80s memes #the 80s #80s #ted mcginley

[denver-carrington]

Happy New Year! To celebrate, here is a promo of Emma Samms (Fallon) and Ted McGinley (Clay) hosting Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve in 1986. 

#Dynasty #Emma Samms #Ted McGinley #Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve #Happy New Year

[kwebtv]

Charlie Lawrence - CBS - June 15 - 22, 2003

Sitcom (7 episodes - 5 unaired)

Running Time: 30 minutes

Stars:

Nathan Lane as Charlie Lawrence

Laurie Metcalf as Sarah Dolecek

Ted McGinley as Graydon Cord

Stephanie Faracy as Suzette Michaels

T.R. Knight as Ryan Lemming

#Charlie Lawrence #TV #Sitcom #CBS #2000's #Nathan Lane #Laurie Metcalf #Ted McGinley #Stephanie Faracy #T. R. Knight