Dancing With the Stars
Ted McGinley eliminated

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Dancing With the Stars
Ted McGinley & Inna Brayer
Eliminated September 24

Was getting eliminated harder than you thought it would be?
Ted: No, I thought it was inevitable, and last night I had a feeling, as I don't have tech-savvy fans who text. I am an old dude and I represent the men, and those are the ones who are not going to sit up and vote. I think they are happy to have me back on the couch where I belong.

What will you miss most about the show?
Ted: Inna, for sure, and everyone backstage because it is hysterical — that is where the cameras should be. Inna is 21 years old and has the patience of a saint. I'll miss the costumes, too, but most of all, Inna, because she is my buddy. It's one thing to teach someone to dance, but to have to teach a lug like me has to be trying. And I wanted America to meet her because she is phenomenal.

What was your highest point?
Ted: Just completing the foxtrot on that first night when I was expecting complete disaster from the judges and having Len start off saying something really kind. The whole time we were rehearsing it, all I kept saying was I really wanted to get my form right for Len, and when he rewarded me for that, I felt so exhilarated. I was proud of myself.

What will you take away from this experience or what have you learned about yourself?
Ted: I learned I am a crappy dancer [laughs]. I have two young boys and it's hard, this is about the doing — getting up off the couch and saying, "I will take a chance." When you do it, it's about the taking a chance, and the doing is the win. I will never be a great dancer, but I tried.

Will you dance again?
Ted: Well, we had already started rehearsing our next dance, so I know I'll be at home in front of the mirror practicing my moves. I will be sorry to see that go. But secretly, I am a little relieved! Next, I fly to Toronto to start work on The Note 2 for the Hallmark Channel, with Genie Francis. If I'd been around in November, I would have had to learn more than one dance — and I was already starting to go out of my mind.

| Posted: September 25, 2008 |

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