Ted McGinley says he has a \u201cwhole stack\u201d of residual checks, each made out for the grand total of one penny.<\/p>\n
The actor, 67, whose career spans decades<\/a>, earned puny checks for his roles in a slew of shows like \u201cHappy Days,\u201d \u201cThe Love Boat,\u201d and, most notably, as Jefferson D\u2019Arcy on seven seasons of \u201cMarried with Children.\u201d<\/p>\n McGinley explained in a recent interview with Page Six that residuals \u201cstep down, eventually, it doesn\u2019t become that much.\u201d<\/p>\n Ted McGinley told Page Six that he has a stack of checks at his home. Page Six<\/p>\n However, many of the checks are for one penny. McGinley is photographed here in 2025. Getty Images<\/p>\n Nevertheless, his years working in the \u201970s, \u201980s, and \u201990s ensure that \u201cI\u2019ve been getting residuals all the time.\u201d<\/p>\n McGinley admits that he doesn\u2019t bother cashing in the penny checks, but he\u2019s not too fancy to toss small checks.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019d say about $2,\u201d he said with a laugh, estimating the smallest amount he\u2019ll deposit.<\/p>\n The checks come from McGinley\u2019s years on shows like \u201cHappy Days.\u201d Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n He also starred in \u201cThe Love Boat.\u201d Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\tWant more celebrity and pop culture news?\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with Page Six Daily.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \u201c$1.89, it\u2019s going on!\u201d he exclaimed.<\/p>\n The \u201cRevenge of the Nerds\u201d star <\/a>can currently be seen in the Apple+ series \u201cShrinking,\u201d opposite Harrison Ford.<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cI never in my wildest dreams imagined that I [would] get this shot,\u201d he shared. \u201cI remember always going in on films and whatnot and thinking, \u2018I wonder what it would be like, I\u2019d just give anything to see what it would be like to work opposite a guy like Harrison Ford, just the biggest movie star in the world. What is it like?\u201d<\/p>\n McGinley says it\u2019s even better than he imagined.<\/p>\n McGinley was on \u201cMarried with Children\u201d for seven seasons. \u00a920thCentFox\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n McGinley played Jefferson D\u2019Arcy. \u00a9Columbia Pictures\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n McGinley\u2019s latest gig is co-starring in \u201cShrinking.\u201d \u00a9Apple TV\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s amazing,\u201d he gushed. \u201cThis has been that gift. It\u2019s been that opportunity to just watch,\u201d adding that he\u2019s noticed Ford is kind to everyone on the set and \u201csets you at ease. He\u2019s there to work.\u201d<\/p>\n McGinley still sounds slightly stunned to be part of the show alongside Jason Segel, Christa Miller, Michael Urie and Brett Goldstein.<\/p>\n \u201cI never thought I would be on a show like this,\u201d he conceded. \u201cI\u2019m so honored that they would allow me to be a part of it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ted McGinley says he has a \u201cwhole stack\u201d of residual checks, each made out for the grand total…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":704060,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[49,48,361,75,282,55389,17999,348],"class_list":["post-704059","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-exclusive","tag-harrison-ford","tag-nostalgia","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/704059","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=704059"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/704059\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/704060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=704059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=704059"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=704059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}