The lockdown was devastating to most people but with the introduction of the Ted Lasso series, it somewhat makes staying home a little bit better. The comedy series made its first great rounds on TV (to most people) from a sports advertisement where Ted Lasso places a call to Jose Mourinho, the legendary football (soccer for those of you from America) manager who explains the game of football to Ted Lasso whom just got a management role at an English Football Club.
When it comes to learning on the job, I guess we’ve all done it at one point in our career but not when it comes to Ted. He was signed as the Manager to AFC Richmond a football club in England but he had no experience or an understanding of the game whatsoever and never liked the sport prior to that time because he was an American who preferred American Football (Football, for the Americans) to Football (Soccer, i know you get it now) although they might have similar names but they’re entirely two different sports with different set of rules.
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What most people don’t know about Ted Lasso even though it grossed a whopping 8.8/10 rating on IMDb was that the idea was taken from an NBC promo for the premier league viewing in 2013. The promo had Jason Sudeikis (Ted Lasso) and his assistant manager Brendan Hunt (Coach Beard) talk about the football and Coach Beard explaining the rules to him. They both did the Ted Lasso series and the series has been renewed for the third season, which is to be released mid march, 2023.
Ted Lasso is an hilarious feel good TV series about a southern football coach from the United States who is asked to take his coaching talents and his positive affirmation coaching tyle overseas to coach a team he knows nothing about that plays a game (soccer) that he knows even less about.
Without giving anything away story wise, it’s a really good underdog story that is heartfelt and quite the laugh. Some of the times it has a bit of a serious feel to it, but immediately falls back on its humour, which to me is a comedy gold that constantly brings a smile to my face.
Apple TV+ has always been reliable with their picks of shows and movies and with Ted Lasso I have still haven’t found any shows that has been less than stellar in performance, story and cinematography. Ted Lasso is a must watch for everyone, with the impeccable timing of releasing the series during the pandemic made everyone to get on it, so if you haven’t seen this series. Well you didn’t miss much get on it now before the next season drops, you don’t want to miss out.
You can watch the trailer to the first season Here
