PEL Presents PMP#152: BELIEVE in Ted Lasso

The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

Mark Linsenmayer

Philosophy, Society & Culture

4.6 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 30 June 2023

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Mark, Lawrence, Sarahlyn, and Al disagree about the Jason Sudeikis-headed Apple TV+ pandemic hit that's just wrapped up with its third season. Was it actually as good as everyone thought when its first season hit, or was its vibe just something we needed at the time? Should it have stayed slim and comic instead of becoming the stretched out, soapy dramedy that it ended up as?

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0:00.0	Hey, this is pretty much pop, a culture podcast where winning isn't everything.
0:11.8	We don't need to bark at each other to be mutually supportive.
0:14.9	Today we're talking about the sports dramedy Ted Lasso, created by and starring Jason Sedeckis
0:19.4	and along others.
0:20.4	Reared in 2020 just wrapped up this third and final season on Apple TV+.
0:24.9	I'm Mark Linzenmeier verifiably like a goldfish with a 10 second memory.
0:28.8	I'm Al Baker, a recent root convert to wrong communism.
0:34.2	You can just call me Sarah Football is life.
0:38.3	My name is Lawrence and I was really good my first season and then went downhill after
0:42.1	that.
0:43.1	Oh, okay.
0:45.1	So you said that Lawrence after we were talking about Ted Lasso a bit after the last episode
0:49.9	were recorded.
0:50.9	I hadn't seen any of the show at this point.
0:53.5	And surprisingly for all of us like disagree with your take, I think the third season was
0:57.1	exactly the wrong way.
0:58.1	Like Abby, how really come on man?
1:00.7	Like are we ever going to agree on anything?
1:03.2	Like we're like really different, but we never agree about anything.
1:07.4	This is terrible.
1:08.4	Keeps it fresh.
1:09.4	Keeps it fresh.
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