How Come Ted McGinley got Such a Bad Reputation?
01-28-06, 01:25 PM
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How Come Ted McGinley got Such a Bad Reputation?
How come Ted McGinley got such a bad reputation for being a "show killer"? They've even got a shrine dedicated to him here: http://www.jumptheshark.com/
From what I hear, Ted McGinley is not a real problem per se, but he's the kind of actor who joins the cast of a particular show that is already going downhill in terms of popularity and for some reason or another was close to cancellation.
But why does he still this possibly undeserved bad reputation? And I heard that Married With Children continued for six more seasons on his watch and I imagine a few other shows he was on lasted a few years after his addition.
I imagine the shrine dedicated to him on "Jump the Shark" is supposed to be an ironic in-joke.
From what I hear, Ted McGinley is not a real problem per se, but he's the kind of actor who joins the cast of a particular show that is already going downhill in terms of popularity and for some reason or another was close to cancellation.
But why does he still this possibly undeserved bad reputation? And I heard that Married With Children continued for six more seasons on his watch and I imagine a few other shows he was on lasted a few years after his addition.
I imagine the shrine dedicated to him on "Jump the Shark" is supposed to be an ironic in-joke.
01-28-06, 01:58 PM
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I think Jumping the Shark refers more to creative quality than ratings/cancellation. You can't deny that Married With Children was not better before Jefferson Darcy joined the cast (btw, that was my best Joe Theisman doing his usual double-negative analysis).
01-28-06, 04:15 PM
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McGinley joins shows after they've declined and they manage to scrape a few more years in before finally getting cancelled. Basically, if he wasn't on a show right now, he'd be perfect for ER. Or he would've been Marwan for season four of 24. 
01-28-06, 05:34 PM
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I think thier poin is that McGinnely is the kind of generic, workman line actor that gets hired when the production team gives up on creativity and just falls into a pattern...It has nothing to do with him, since he always does good work
01-28-06, 06:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Legolas
McGinley joins shows after they've declined and they manage to scrape a few more years in before finally getting cancelled. Basically, if he wasn't on a show right now, he'd be perfect for ER. Or he would've been Marwan for season four of 24.
01-29-06, 12:23 AM
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Originally Posted by movieguru
Isn't Hope and Faith doing well? He's been on that since the begining.
01-29-06, 01:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Cancer Man
What role did he play?
Plus is there any links to a DVD review or details?
Plus is there any links to a DVD review or details?
01-29-06, 11:54 PM
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When your early fame comes from being on both Happy Days and The Love Boat at a time when a large number of people thought those shows should've already called it quits, you're going to get a reputation even if you manage to have success on other shows later on.
01-30-06, 08:48 AM
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I guess I am one of the few that liked him on MWC, more than Steve.
01-30-06, 09:09 AM
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Originally Posted by Cusm
I guess I am one of the few that liked him on MWC, more than Steve.
01-30-06, 09:35 AM
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One of the great MwC Jefferson moments was when Kelly had a job at some sort of "TV Land" amusement park and when Jefferson showed up there he was recognized by some park guests as some of the other TV characters he has played (I believe it was the Happy Days and Love Boat ones in particular).
