Though it must have seemed like he’d hit the jackpot when he was plucked from his modeling career to star in “Happy Days,” Ted McGinley didn’t have the best time on the show. Even after playing Marion Cunningham’s (Marion Ross) nephew Roger Phillips on the beloved sitcom, McGinley was hounded by claims of being “TV poison” due to having joined “Happy Days” during a period when the show was seen to have declined in quality. But even before he became unfairly labeled the “patron saint of jumping the shark,” McGinley found himself chastened by comments made by one of the show’s producers.
Back in 2024, McGinley spoke to Variety about his long career,…
