Hey everybody, Andrew here with It Takes 2 Takes. I want to talk about
Ted Lasso. Late to the party here. I wish you all told me about this show because
I was very pleasantly surprised. I just want to share my thoughts quickly - very quickly - and
no spoilers! I'm not going to spoil this show - let's get that out of the way. This is going
to be brief. It's going to be short. I just want to share my thoughts QUICKLY! I thought
i knew what this show was going to be about. Jason Sudeikis playing some American coach
in the UK, coaching soccer. He has a mustache. He has this goofy look.
"Barbeque! Home Cookin' *pyew pyew!" I was wrong. I was! I completely ignored this show. Yes,
there was a lot of positive word-of-mouth. I know! There are just so many shows out there that
everyone wants everyone to see. "Oh, you have to see Love Craft Country. You have to see Raised By
Wolves." One of our subscribers still wants us to watch Banshee, and I want to see this show,
but that series even ended five years ago, and I haven't had a chance to get around to it. Do you
see what i'm saying here?! Vivek, it will happen don't you worry. I'm gonna get to Banshee, but
hang on! Let me talk about Ted Lasso quickly. This one almost got past me, and I'm so glad it didn't.
Again, no spoilers. Here we go. The general premise of this show is that Ted Lasso doesn't
fit in. Sure, he is a fish-out-of-water, but rather than Ted be some oblivious character
that you sort of laugh at the expense of, he's a character that you laugh along with. He's like
this genuinely kind-hearted character that just continuously takes S@#! from a lot of people.
And you still laugh about that. I'm gonna get there. Hang on. You've got this soccer team,
and this sort of jaded fanbase, and this disgruntled front office - within the show,
of course. And just the overall negativity that shrouds sports fanbases in general,
and then Mr. Rogers basically walks in. And it's wholesome yet sharp. And witty and really,
really funny. If you're somebody that's not really into sports, and you're concerned that this show
won't be for you because of that, don't worry about it. Look, I don't really know anything
about soccer. It doesn't matter. If anything, if I had one minor criticism as a general sports fan,
it's that not a lot is happening on the field. They could have spent more time on that,
but it doesn't matter because they're following these characters that are navigating through
life problems and, you know, milestones in their careers that really anyone can relate to. Look,
Ted Lasso - the character in the show - is met by so much resistance by everyone around him. It kind
of... It's kind of how I felt as someone not sure if they wanted to watch this show. I was sort of
resistant to it. I wasn't sure that I would be surprised by it or find it to be a particularly
good show worth my time. I'm converted. I was very very impressed by this show. And, honestly, this
show could have easily backfired, right? I mean, they based it on an NBC Sports promo campaign
where Jason Sudeikis played this 'Ted Lasso' character in 2013 and 2014. And there were
only two spots, but he was a little bit of a different character. He sort of had an arrogance
about him that is not really present in the show. I was kind of surprised to learn that Bill
Lawrence was behind this show. If you're a fan of Scrubs, if you're a fan of Cougar Town,
I can't believe that Bill Lawrence was behind this show! And I had no idea until, again,
I was maybe halfway through this season, before I actually just looked it up.
You know those TV shows that you pitch to your friends, and you're like
"Oh whoa wait, whoa wait, wait til season two." You know?
"The characters are really starting to come into their own at that point,"
Or "Wait til season three! The plot really matures into what we identify this series to be."
In Ted Lasso, in my opinion, season one... it just... it's almost like it had a head
start as it came out the gate. And I would recommend this show to anyone.
Now. Immediately. Starting with episode one. I don't know that anything I'm saying here at
this point is something that hasn't really been said about the show up to this point. But consider
it another voice, if nothing else, to say: I've had enough [laughs]. I've had enough. I'm
at the point where this random dude on youtube is telling me to watch this show. Maybe it's a sign.
I'm tired of being told to watch it. Maybe I should check it out. If nothing else,
add this to the list of voices saying you need to check Ted Lasso out. It is
pretty much what we all could use after the year 2020. So, yeah, that's it. I don't know
that I had a really profound message on this. I just wanted to share my thoughts. So, hopefully,
someone out there sees this and appreciates it. And you really will if you watch the show,
just saying! If you agree, disagree... Leave a comment. If you haven't seen this show,
leave a comment, and tell me why you haven't! Tell me why I've not convinced you to see it or maybe
why I have. Either way, share your thoughts. This is It Takes 2 Takes. Subscriptions - they're
free - you know what to do. I feel like I've kind of burned out all my energy.
You get what I'm trying to say with all this. Right? There we go. Cool.