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WIRED tasks Hannah Waddingham (Rebecca Welton), Jason Sudeikis (Ted Lasso), Brendan Hunt (Coach Beard), Tanya Reynolds (Alice Chilton) and Jeremy Swift (Leslie Higgins) to answer the 50 most searched questions about Ted Lasso.
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00:00Hello, I'm Hannah Waddingham.
00:01I'm Tanya Reynolds.
00:03I'm Jason Sudeikis.
00:04I'm Brendan Hunt.
00:05I'm Jeremy Swift.
00:07And we are part of the cast of the new season of Ted Lasso.
00:10And we are here to answer some of the most searched questions on the World Wide Web.
00:15Oh, that's what those letters are for.
00:23Ladies first.
00:24Is AFC Richmond a real football club?
00:26I think I did actually Google that.
00:28Is that it?
00:29That's your question.
00:31That's from your history.
00:32Tanya Reynolds.
00:32Exactly.
00:33And it's not.
00:35There we go.
00:36Why does Higgins quit working for Rebecca?
00:39Yeah, Leslie.
00:41Oh, because she makes him spy and stuff.
00:45And he says, I'm not a spy, Rebecca.
00:47I'm the director of football operations.
00:49Is that with your tiny, what's it called?
00:50Von, Von Toos.
00:52Van Cleef.
00:53What?
00:54Van Dyke.
00:55Van Dyke.
00:56Van Dyke.
00:56Why is Higgins named Leslie?
00:58It's his mom's idea, yeah.
00:59How long has Beard known Ted?
01:02We met in college.
01:03We were both on the football team.
01:04One of us was the backup kicker.
01:06One of us was the backup punter.
01:07Which I don't think we quite established.
01:09But what a glamorous pair of dudes.
01:12Probably in Division Two football as backup kickers.
01:17Where is AFC Richmond located?
01:21Kent.
01:25There you go.
01:27What is Ted's coaching philosophy?
01:28I think the simplest way is that it's not about the wins and losses but about helping these young men
01:34and now women become the best version of themselves.
01:36The exact same philosophy Jason has with you lot.
01:42What does be curious not judgmental mean?
01:44Kind of like walking someone else's shoes among the things.
01:47It's like it's a...
01:48Don't be a dick.
01:51Is Ted Lasso based on a real person?
01:55No.
01:56No one specific person.
01:57I think an amalgamation of people that I had met, worked with, been coached by.
02:02But then also probably 50% of what I wish I had been met, worked with, coached by.
02:08Why the tash?
02:10Because when we did the commercial, like the look was modeled after Mike Ditka, who was this great NFL coach.
02:16So that's why, you know, the orange glasses, the mustache.
02:21Why did Ted Lasso move to England?
02:23To give space to the complication that him and his then wife were finding themselves in.
02:29You know, hoping that maybe distance would make the heart grow fonder.
02:32Which, you know, it just did other things.
02:35What does the believe sign mean? It means believe.
02:39Almost self-explanatory.
02:40In the many forms that that can take.
02:41Yes.
02:42Why does Keely leave Richmond?
02:44She doesn't really leave, but she blossoms out into having her own business, KJPR.
02:49What is the first meal that Keely and Ted share?
02:53It was quite a sexy burger eat.
02:55Why did Rebecca originally hire Ted?
02:58Uh-huh.
02:59To destroy the club.
03:01And she wasn't even there.
03:03I wasn't even there.
03:04That's dedication.
03:04We should know this.
03:06They all sound like the beginning of jokes, don't they?
03:08Why does Ted leave Richmond?
03:11To be with the sun.
03:13Do it, Jess.
03:13It's that simple.
03:14Yeah.
03:15Austin goes, oh no.
03:16We got him.
03:17Why does Beard stay with Ted?
03:20Interesting question, because he doesn't.
03:22He's just a deeply loyal cat, and Ted literally saved his life once.
03:27He has a loyalty to that, and also he's aware of what we watch everyone on the show become aware
03:32of, which is colloquially referred to as the Ted effect.
03:36But that's also almost diminishing, I think.
03:38Why did Rebecca buy AFC Richmond?
03:41She doesn't buy AFC Richmond, does she?
03:43I agree.
03:44She goes after it like a rabid dog in the divorce settlement.
03:51I've been dying to know this one.
03:52Yeah.
03:52Who created Ted Lasso?
03:54Me and Joe.
03:54Joseph Kelly.
03:55Yeah, like for the commercials.
03:56And the Muses.
03:57Yeah, and the Muses.
03:59Why does Higgins stay at AFC Richmond?
04:02Anybody?
04:03She's secretly in love with Rebecca is what I've been thinking.
04:06I think it's because after all that shenanigans at the end of season one, Rebecca comes and says sorry.
04:16And also you've got to make enough money to feed your 12,000 children.
04:19Absolutely.
04:21What team does Keely want to start?
04:24What?
04:24Is this a joke?
04:26We know this.
04:27No, but is it a trick question?
04:29No.
04:30The women's team.
04:31Yeah.
04:32Yeah.
04:33There it goes, almost.
04:35Who wins the dance match?
04:37Oh.
04:38This guy.
04:38He does, he does.
04:40Head lasso.
04:41And the audience does too.
04:42And Rebecca to a certain degree.
04:43What Christmas tradition does Ted miss?
04:47Oh.
04:48Oh.
04:49Golly.
04:49I mean, probably just being there to open gifts.
04:52Yeah, he gets on the laptop, doesn't he?
04:53Yeah, yeah.
04:54Yep.
04:55Oh, here he comes.
04:56Oh boy.
04:57Somebody's gonna get hurt.
04:58Gotta stay off those phones, people.
04:59You gotta stay alert.
05:00This is like sitting in the front row at a Knicks game.
05:02What are the names of Higgins's five kids?
05:05Uh, Terry, Chris, Dano, Steve?
05:10Stevie?
05:11Stevie.
05:11Oh, that's right, Stevie.
05:12And Lindsey.
05:13And Priest Guy, yeah.
05:15What is Rebecca's relationship with the Dutch pilot?
05:17Thank you for identifying his job.
05:19Thank you for identifying his job.
05:19We imply in the end of season montage that they're hanging out.
05:22You know, we see them go to this man's house for a bit of a barbecue.
05:25And we quickly learn at the beginning of season three that that relationship has continued.
05:30Yes.
05:30Why does Rebecca stop caring about beating West Ham?
05:35Because she sees the light that it's not about trying to defeat the poison that's come before.
05:42It's not about the wins and losses.
05:43Mm-hmm.
05:44It's about becoming the best version.
05:46Mm-hmm.
05:46A very specific question, though.
05:47Like, you have to have watched, like, right up to the moment before you get that question answered.
05:52Pause it!
05:53What does Keely do for a living?
05:56Wah, wah, wah, wah, wah.
05:57Yeah.
05:58That, like, burlesque.
05:59Yeah, yeah.
06:00She played all three instruments in a burlesque band trio.
06:04Then moved into the early days of influence.
06:07Yes, that's right.
06:08Then she started doing publicity for the team.
06:11Branding.
06:11Branding for the team.
06:12Always.
06:12And then she got her own PR company.
06:15While always maintaining working at Richmond.
06:17That's right.
06:18And still does that.
06:18But, yeah, focused this season primarily on the women's team while letting her co-worker, Barbara.
06:23Basically, it's her most important client is the women's team.
06:26So she spends all her time now at the club.
06:29Yeah.
06:30What college sport did Ted coach before soccer?
06:32Uh, oh, not American football.
06:36Yeah, yeah.
06:36Why did Ted return to Kansas?
06:40To be with his son.
06:41Instead of uprooting his son's life, he's like, no, I'm going to go home.
06:44It was a story structure that worked well for the Wizard of Oz.
06:47And so we were just like, yoink.
06:50Who's going to coach the women's team and Ted Lasso, people?
06:53Ted Lasso and others.
06:56Ted Lasso and co.
06:57And old Moody Chops.
06:59Moody Chops.
07:00Moody Chops.
07:02Does Ted win the Premier League?
07:04Does he?
07:04Of course he does.
07:05He has not yet.
07:06He does not.
07:06We imply that they finish runner-up.
07:08Why does Rebecca's relationship with Ted change?
07:11Because people grow.
07:13Yeah.
07:14But also, she fesses up.
07:15She fesses up.
07:16Oh, we're talking early doors.
07:17Why does it change?
07:18I think so, yeah.
07:18Yes.
07:19Why does Rebecca spend Christmas with Ted?
07:21Because they're both struggling with first Christmases, right?
07:24Yeah.
07:25So I think you had maybe done one.
07:27Oh, I'd done one.
07:28We talk about that on our little walk and talk.
07:30Why did Rebecca refuse to sell Richmond?
07:33Because it's her fucking team, man.
07:38I think it's great.
07:39I think that, yeah, that you acquire out of hatred, you keep for love.
07:42There we go.
07:42Yeah.
07:43Why does Keely start her own PR firm?
07:45Because she hates Higgins.
07:48Yeah.
07:49We cut that scene, but it's all there.
07:50It's all there.
07:51It's implied in the eyes.
07:52If you run in the eyes.
07:53Why did Rebecca confess that she sabotaged Ted?
07:58Because growth.
07:59Because growth.
07:59Because growth.
08:00Because gross.
08:01Yeah.
08:02Because...
08:02Because gross.
08:03A gross amount of growth.
08:04Why did the players begin trusting Rebecca?
08:06They didn't trust Rebecca.
08:08Yeah, I mean...
08:09When did they not trust Rebecca?
08:10Or maybe just because sometimes being, you know, in ownership or in a position of power,
08:14people get nervous around you.
08:17Or you feel, you know, especially early on.
08:19But I would say, I bet it's around episode six of the first season, like when you participate
08:24in the ritual of throwing things in.
08:27Oh!
08:28The haters.
08:29Why did Roy retire?
08:31Because Father Time is undefeated.
08:33Screwed up me.
08:34His body had given all it could.
08:36Yeah.
08:36And he was starting to see a new direction, which is being more of a mentor than a destroyer.
08:42And that are all the questions.
08:44The box is closed.
08:45You may now proceed to something else.
08:48Bye.
08:49Goodbye.
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