Happy Days, The Love Boat, and Dynasty were some of the shows ge joined that got him the title. Also the Revenge of the Nerds movies. He was in the first one, then came back for the shark jumping in 3 and 4.

Interestingly, McGinley isn’t always the reason for the shark jump. Sometimes he’s fine, like you pointed out with Married With Children. He just gas a knack for joining series later in their production, as they’re turning to shit.