British Guy first time Reaction to Ted Lasso (Coach Lasso) - An American Coach in London

[@JrCards76]

The show is absolutely incredible with a legit story and isn't just straight comedy

[@TheGLORY13]

Loved Season 1. Episode 2 lost me, I've heard after I believe Episode 2 it starts to sorta pick back up into something similar to the first season. But the first 2 Episodes of season 2 I just did not enjoy at all and I haven't bothered to go back to it.

[@increasearmadillo3032]

@The Cultural Vampire the west ham reveal gave me chills I haven’t felt since the scene when Jamie comes back

[@jmhaces]

Agreed. I watched the show expecting it to be just a longer version of these skits and, man, was I ever wrong. It's so much more and so much better. It's a shame it's not more well-known. I literally know not a a single person who's watched it IRL.

[@pushpak]

This is the commercial that led to the series.

[@TheBeesleys99]

Oh wow this came first? Awesome!

[@SchulzEricT]

@@TheBeesleys99 Not sure if somebody already addressed it/you learned it already, but I didn't see it so: I think this commercial came out nearly a decade before the show. The commercial was just meant to be funny, a funny look at the differences. The show is very very different than you might think based on this. There's an understandable reason why he takes the job, why he's offered it, and the characters on the show are great; it's very well written and charming and warm. I definitely recommend it. It's hard to think of anything else like it on tv right now.

[@gordieparenteau6555]

@@TheBeesleys99 This commercial was made to advertise NBC's Premier League TV coverage.

[@Wiley_Coyote]

Yes, but the series is very different. They borrow the character and a few specific jokes, but that's all.

[@BonjourDomi]

oh man, you've absolutely gotta watch the show. it's arguably the best show on tv right now.

[@Double0Kevin]

The show was based on these commercials, but he’s not such an idiot/asshole. He’s more aware of his lack of knowledge and is a loveable idiot. Plus the supporting cast is fantastic. You should definitely give it a watch.

[@reneebush2399]

Edit- Season 2 spoiler alert. I love when you discover that it’s his angry alter ego “Led Tasso” we were seeing in the commercials all along. Lol. I thought that was a great way to work those parts of the commercials into the show.

[@monicamar8616]

Wanker is not used here at the US at all. We def have coffee breaks and someone from the office stepping out to get some coffee for the rest of the office. It’s coffee life here. But I do love a good cup of tea at night.

[@TheBeesleys99]

Awesome! Great how a "drink break" for the collective is a thing there too! Do love a tea!

[@monicamar8616]

@@TheBeesleys99 absolutely !! There is nothing like a nice coffee break especially right after a big lunch that could make you sleepy lol everyone needs a nice caffeine pick me up in the afternoon so you can go on with the rest of the workday.

[@dripcaraybbx]

My friends and I might say "wankah" to each other in our best ironic cockney, but that's because we're odd.

[@monicamar8616]

@@dripcaraybbx lol it’s only used when trying to imitate brits

[@Wizardofgosz]

I call people wankers all the time, but I have british relatives and watch a lot of british TV and movies so I probably borrowed it from them.

[@jeffburdick869]

His name is Jason Sudeikis, he was a main cast member of Saturday Night Live for years, I imagine thats probably where you've seen him. These were the original two videos of him as Ted Lasso, he's since gone on to create a TV show it on Apple+.

[@Brad02K]

We don’t have Saturday Night Live over here, it’s probably from films like We’re The Millers & Horrible Bosses etc.

[@rebeccahanson6941]

You need to watch this show. It’s so great, freakin hilarious. They just won a bunch of Emmy awards. I’m actually surprised it has taken off in the UK like it has in the US. They film in London and majority of the cast is British.

[@chrisfrank2664]

Yea it’s caught in lots of places, at least throughout Europe that I know of. Jesse Marsch immediately called Coach Lasso when taking over Leeds few months ago. The cast isn’t all British, but cool part about the guys playing players on team, 1 requirement was they had to be able to play the sport so everything you see them do is actors performing everything on field/pitch.

[@exile220ify]

Re: playoffs. That's what makes North American sports extra fun. Best example was the 2012 Los Angeles Kings ice hockey team (National Hockey League). They barely qualified for the playoffs, finishing in eighth place in the Western Conference (there are two conferences, so 16 teams qualify). They went on to absolutely stun everyone by winning four playoff rounds and the Stanley Cup championship. Similarly, the 2004 Calgary Flames also barely qualified but went to the seventh and deciding game of the Stanley Cup Finals before falling to the Tampa Bay Lightning. The idea is to keep interest and excitement going even if it looks like one team is running away with the regular season title. Remember all those years when Man U were absolutely wiping the floor with everyone? People were losing interest in watching Premier League games because nobody had a chance to beat them. But if they had a playoff system, now there'd be a chance for an underdog team to pull off an upset. That creates drama and interest.

[@adambridges9366]

In the U.S., Jason Sudeikis (who plays Ted) is primarily famous for being a cast member on Saturday Night Live for many years. He was particularly well-known for his impressions of Joe Biden and Mitt Romney. He also played a background dancer in a sketch called “What’s Up with That?” and a police officer in a sketch called “Scared Straight” (two iconic sketches from the show). I say this to give a sense of how iconic a figure in American comedy he is, which is why he was chosen for this ad. You should react to some of his previous work from SNL, since it’s hilarious and gives a great insight into his comedic background.

[@ccfctid4]

Ted Lasso is my favorite show on TV right now

[@cliffrusso1159]

Bro you should watch the show!

[@JGComments]

This is funny. But the series itself is genuinely heartwarming as well as funny. I think you’d love it.

[@brucegreenberg7573]

Beesley, again, love your reaction to Ted Lasso. Yes Lasso is actually an award winning series here in the States on Apple TV. Won several Emmys last month. Assume Apple TV/Apple+ is also in the UK. In the US you get a free 1 month trial and then it's $4.99 per month.

[@reneebush2399]

Other British reactors have said Its AppleTV available in the UK as well.

[@Urlocallordandsavior]

I think that Dead Parrot bit is a reference to Monty Python.

[@TheMarkc614]

I think wanker became known to a lot of people in the US when The Inbetweeners first aired here over 10 years ago.

[@jeffburdick869]

You calling it "a very old ad" makes me feel old. It feels like yesterday to me.

[@Souledex]

It feels like yesterday to me too and I’m 24.

[@hermunkulus]

The show is awesome. Highly recommended.

[@GnarDoober]

Getting tea with ur coworkers/mates every hour is so wild. I’m a Texan . The closest thing i can equate tea , is to coffee for the USA. Maybe smoke breaks , but actual cig smokers are a dying breed. Just now getting to watch Ted lasso and one of the things I’ve wanted to know most is how English people react to the show Ted Lasso. Cheers!

[@sirwadsontoast5928]

This was an hilarious watch 😂. I'm glad who ever recommended this video did so.

[@jeffburdick869]

You're welcome ;)

[@JayBeingNatural]

Yeah, this vid was to promote NBC's first season covering the Premier League in the US

[@brysonturner6019]

“Bloody” and “wanker” are really only used in America when we are imitating a British person. Even then, they don’t really hold much power to offend someone. Like, not as much as our curses like damn and such.

[@30noir]

It's very amusing to Brits that Americans use 'wanker' so freely not realising quite how rude it is. I heard it in a superman cartoon once.

[@brysonturner6019]

Well, I think one can say the same for “cunt.” That is a very rude word here in the U.S., but not so much in other parts of the world.

[@wheelmanstan]

@@30noir you brits use cunt all the time, in america it's extremely offensive, the most offensive word I could ever call a woman, I mean it basically gives a woman the right to hit you, haha, people will let a woman beat you up if you call her a cunt, we'd never call a man that..it wouldn't make sense, strictly for women the word wanker..that's never used here, our version of that word for brits is limey..and I'm not sure if I've ever heard the word in real life, just on tv a couple times I watch a lot of british tv, you folks have some interesting words

[@jtoland2333]

I want to bring Wanker into the American vernacular. I love that word!

[@pushpak]

2:43 I always invite trouble from my Brit friends and random Brits on the internets when I say the premiership should go to a bracket system. The reason the US watches the world cup is because it's a bracket system with a final decisive match.

[@michaelsmith-iu1be]

Yeah and while they're at it get rid of the off side rule to score more goals.

[@melrest3453]

We NEVER say wanker lol

[@wvu05]

Re: playoffs vs. season long, I honestly think it depends on the sport. Playoffs (as opposed to cups) started for us in 1903 because there were two rival baseball leagues, and originally, you had to have the best record in each League to play in the World Series. Sports like football, where you just don't have enough games for a regular season to settle it, it makes a little more sense, although the real problem is that more and more teams are getting into the playoffs. When I was born in 1979, there were two divisions in each league in baseball, and you had to win a division to get in, so there were four playoff teams (out of 26 at the time). Now, there are three divisions and three wild cards in each league (out of 30). Football had three divisions and two wild-card teams in each conference, or ten playoff teams (out of 28). Now, it's four divisions and three wild card teams, for 14 (out of 32). It definitely cheapens the regular season. For me, as an American, the biggest frustration is no promotion or relegation. I understand why logistically, but give the bottom teams something to actually play for.

[@mitchwright]

Having the season build up to a playoff is incredible. Your team can be struggling but hit the right form just in time and go on a postseason run, or your team can go cold and be out quickly.

[@jtoland2333]

I love him saying that the way to learn the game is to play the game. Sounds like Yogi Berra may have said it; Its weird but truly right on.

[@michaelsander6039]

Just an fyi if you decide to actually watch the series. It’s got a great story behind the comedy. Ted Lasso doesn’t act like such a wanker in the show. Highly Recommend.

[@AustinFaux]

I would LOVE to see you react to the actual TED LASO shows! They're hilarious!

[@Nico_Robin1033]

Ted Lasso quickly became my favorite show last year when it came out, absolute masterpiece

[@wvu05]

LeVar Burton is primarily known in the United States for three roles: Kunta Kinte in _Roots,_ the host of _Reading Rainbow_ (a show that talked about reading and had different people read books while the illustrations showed onscreen: very influential if you're a certain age), and Jordy on _Star Trek: The Next Generation,_ who wore glasses like that because the character was blind.

[@alfrede.neuman1257]

Never heard anyone use the word "wanker" here though we've heard it from you guys over there and we know what it means. (to answer your question)

[@marvinlawrence]

Wanker in the states is only used as play on British people saying wanker......I’m fully immersed in all things British after watching tons of F1 on Sky Sports and getting into Premier League Football.....”fuckin hell” is something i say routinely with an accent and all.

[@jeffburdick869]

"For fucks' sake" is DEF. one that has slipped into my vocab through the years. Such a great phrase.

[@phillytiger]

People don’t really use wanker, we just know it’s a funny word brits use. So you can put it on NBC and it means nothing.

[@kevinisaname]

It's a TV show, not a movie. It's on Apple Plus. Not sure if it's available elsewhere in the UK. It is a hilarious and charming show.

[@williampilling2168]

Definitely check out the show. It's one of the best things on TV right now.

[@cenewton3221]

LMAO Wanker is not used in the US at all - like anywhere. But I think generally it's known to be a British snub. Perhaps not everywhere mind you.

[@WTDProductions]

Playoffs is what makes sense for American football and basketball forsure, but I could see a points system working in NHL since it’s already used (but instead it determines who makes playoffs). But there’s no relegation/promotion so playoffs is used. As an MLS fan I hope they switch to relegation and promotion over playoffs

[@williampilling2168]

In the US, we dont use the word wanker, but most people know what it means. It's why the joke works for an American audience.

[@bradenanders22]

As an American who watches soccer as well, i prefer the playoffs bc it adds an element of an underdog, and surprises

[@apseudonym488]

American sport traditions come from the mid to late 1800s where most of the population lived in the northeast, between Boston and Philadelphia. Outside of the that small area, the population was clustered in widely separated cities - Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Chicago, St. Louis, and Kansas City. Fastest way to travel was by train. Baseball thrived in that environment. It's not physically draining, so teams could take a train from Chicago to St. Louis, spend a week playing five days in a row, and two shortened games (double header) on Saturday, then travel by train on Sunday to the next city, say Kansas City for example. This reduced travel costs and maximized gate receipts. Baseball used a single table. The top team at the end of the season "won the pennett." Eventually two leagues, the American League and the National League instituted a single "best of seven" series, known as The World Series, between the top team in each league to determine who was best. So, no league playoffs, but one championship series at the end of the season to determine the best. Early US soccer leagues beginning in the late 1800s up to the 1930s also used a single table. That includes the National Association Football League, Southern New England Soccer League, St. Louis Soccer League, and the American Soccer League (ASL). The ASL eventually added a League Cup which ran during the season. However the national body, now known as the USSF, had created the National Challenge Cup, now known as the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, in 1913. The National Challenge Cup, like the FA Cup, was open to all clubs in the U.S. So if you lived in the U.S. in the late 1920s soccer would look exactly like English soccer - single table regular season, League Cup, and National Cup. Trying to play all three competitions with long travel times made for an exhausting season. Eventually, the League Cup was essentially moved to the end of the season, with entrants limited to a handful of the top teams based on the end of season table. Voila, playoffs. The concept was adopted by the NFL and NBA. The NHL used a system similar to baseball with it's Canadian Division and American Division with a single playoff series between the top team in each division to determine the overall league champions. That brings us to today. The playoff system has become so ingrained in the American sports fans' minds that they can not conceive of anything else. So college football jettisoned the sports poll method for determining a champion and baseball jettisoned the pennett system. Both of those sports now use playoffs, destroying the previous diversity in American sports

[@brianmoore6724]

and then Leicester won the league the year of this second commercial. and the TV show swept the TV awards over here....it's amazing..

[@steves9250]

The advantage of the long season vs playoffs is that all the teams are still playing at the end of the season which makes for a more social game. Even if your team is out of the running you still get to watch them play.

[@johnlone207]

Awesome show! can't wait for the 3rd season!

[@morganbrokaw5190]

The american playoffs system with 7-game series like basketball, baseball, and hockey is the best system for me. Familiartiy breeds contempt and all that. But, relegation and promotion is absolutely incredible.

[@jeffburdick869]

Love the reaction mate!!!! Also, wanker is not really used at all in the US. Americans who are familiar with the UK know what it means...but I'd bet the majority of Americans don't even know what it means.

[@LancerX916]

It baffles me that there is not a playoff or championship game. I played soccer for 12 years here in the states and won many championships in those years in playoff games. Playoff games are just something different knowing that if you lose you are out.

[@justinlutz5088]

I'M american, and no we don't have those office rounds of someone bringing you tea. I would love that though personally. But a lot of jobs out here offer free coffee, it's more get it your self type of a thing though. My coworker lived in the UK for a little and she said the tea runs of coworkers was very nice where she worked

[@ladyvader139]

I love Tim Howard 😍. And I was so excited to see Arlo White in the Ted Lasso series, he called the Chicago Fire matches for the MLS.

[@Tarzan91303]

That was brilliant

[@stephenriddell8376]

So Hilarious

[@tnightwolf]

11:26 not tea, but i can totally relate to that on the coffee side of it XD

[@bestlaidplans4511]

Promotion/relegation really works for other nations, but absolutely wouldn't work in the US. I'm in Seattle, and my nearest opponent with a pro stadium is Portland, 174miles away. The shear size of the country and lack of investment in soccer (we have NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL to compete with), wouldn't allow clubs large or small to survive a demotion or promotion.

[@SchulzEricT]

I think what we - I assume not just Americans specifically but human beings in general - like about the playoffs is the *narrative* of it; we get to tell stories about certain players being "clutch" and coming up big in big moments. That's more interesting and satisfying *as a story* than just being consistently good over an entire season. Also, it keeps the games more interesting later in the season, because it's more open; you can squeak into the playoffs but get hot and win it all, which sucks if your team is great but gets bounced early but is awesome if your team wins it all. But of course, it's kinda dumb and there's just so much randomness that leads to a less deserving team winning the championship, which really sucks if your team is great but just gets unlucky and gets bounced early; your team can get torn down or reload in a way that makes you worse because of a bullshit narrative that you "weren't built for the playoffs" even though it may have just been a product of small sample size.

[@Adamsk1010]

You need to watch this show! It is absolutely hilarious! It is called Ted Lasso and it is available on Apple TV.

[@Wizardofgosz]

Also, all the actors except Ted and coach Beard are english, and the show is filmed outside London.

[@jdemd1977]

This was great!!! I can't believe I've never seen this. 🤣🇺🇸💙🇬🇧

[@Awre18]

I think it’s more entertaining to watch playoffs because it creates more opportunities for big moments in each game for someone to step up and do something heroic since every game REALLY matters and all the teams are so closely matched

[@debbiewashabaugh9891]

In the US it’s dickhead, not wanker.

[@cw4959]

The show is the best new show. Must watch tv

[@jacquesmassard9226]

JEFF WAS RIGHT the series is great too

[@tnightwolf]

Fkn love this show!

[@Americans4Israel4Ever]

Can't imagine no playoffs. Never heard an American say wanker in my life. Halarious video.

[@theworksproject13]

With the playoff thing, as an American I gotta say when it comes to sports there’s nothing like watching the playoffs, especially nfl playoffs or the later rounds of nba playoffs

[@mattc2824]

"How many countries are in this country?" "Four"

[@Reign274]

If you haven't watched Ted Lasso, I'd love to see your perspective watching the show. If it's not on your Apple+, get a VPN and watch it!

[@jamesmorrissey8432]

Just subscribed in anticipation of you watching the series.

[@JJR93]

Educated / socially aware Americans know common British slang terms, especially from British dramas on American Public television. We may not know the newest slang but we know some of the, ahem, "classics".

[@antonvernooy6186]

yess this is awesome

[@johnf-americanreacts1287]

We don’t use the term Wanker, but we know what it means. Lol. We do get a fair amount of British tv and media here too.

[@Wizardofgosz]

This is Ted Lasso, but it isn't Ted Lasso. The character has changed a bit in the TV show, and the show is the best show on TV right now. Ted Lasso is played by Jason Sudeikis, and he's kinda best well known for formerly being on Saturday Night Live, the sketch comedy show. Not sure if you get that over there.

[@beverlyhill6783]

So Funny - Love it

[@timhefty504]

Rebecca Lowe is the best studio host in America, all sports and all networks

[@brianhare5926]

React to Bruins Vs Leafs game 7 2013 it’s a great story and one of the best moments in spots

[@TheGLORY13]

I like relegation in football, It just couldn't work in our Major sports (You could do it with football state side as there are levels to the leagues but I don't think it'd go too well) The only sport comparable to football at least in terms of money is the MLB (baseball) as they don't truly have a salary cap and teams do pay into a luxury tax if they go over a certain amount of money that get's spread out to the lower salary teams (who aren't forced to spend it on their teams as I know from my home team)

[@pigs18]

They are now required to spend at least the amount they receive from the luxury tax. But not in addition. So if they spent $30m and get $30m, they can just keep it.

[@matthewlaird5235]

One of the greatest things about wanker is ther is not an adult alive that isn’t one. When somebody calls you an A hole, or a moron you can have an internal dialog, and say to yourself I’m not the thing they just called me. You can’t do that with being called a wanker, you’re just like damn….

[@chanelo4918]

If you have Apple TV you should watch Ted Lasso it’s so good

[@chadbailey7038]

Lol 😂. So good. And no, WANKER is never used in the US. Unless we’re trying to be pretend-British 😂

[@jeffburdick869]

I think Millie needs to see/react to this.

[@JJR93]

The evolution of soccer (your OG term actually, short for "Association Football") and rugby into American Football is a convoluted, weird evolution.....and the pace of UK Football is more like American *Basketball* in terms of speed, drives to the goal, etc.

[@BMcCauley6]

You should watch the show. It’s fantastic.

[@rhoetusochten4211]

Jaime Tarte do do do do do do

[@A_Name_]

We don't use wanker unless you see someone sarcasticly use it. We do call people jackoff though. Like, listen here jackoff. Not that common either but you'll hear it now and then.

[@bookwoman53]

My husband and I watch the Premier League every weekend. Ted Lasso is fun. I only wish that he was less dim.

[@GoddessOfWhatnot]

“Tea rounds” sound amazing. My country sucks:(

[@LarryHatch]

Tea every hour. Americans prefer 3-4 strong, very strong cups of coffee as it's the same amount of caffeine and easier.

[@brianlewis5692]

'WANKER' - do we use it? no. Do we understand what it means?...well, yeah. We can make out that it's someone who 'wanks off', but no one here ever uses it for that, and especially not as a term of abuse meaning "idiot, annoying person, show-off". It sounds very British. btw: Ted Lasso - we're not all like that :| I believe it's a TV series and not a movie.

[@brianmorales6455]

the champions league is basically the playoffs for soccer

[@qtipmotha]

I mean..there are playoffs in the premier league, but its during the season with the various cups or euro leagues.

[@kellycurran4608]

In America some one will say what a dick, or just dick!! Pretty much to the point.

[@denvergray8943]

I definitely have a bias since most sports I've played were American or the American rules at least, but I'd venture a guess that the more "open" style of our playoff and championship series, in that as long as you play well enough often enough to make the playoffs you can win it all, actually lends itself to more parity(hate parroting that word these days). "Any given Sunday" has real meaning here...any given Sunday in January a 15-1 team who waltzed through setting every season record can play a terrible game and lose it all to an 8-8 team that fought tooth and nail to barely squeak into the playoffs and have nothing to lose, as it should be. The player/coach awards are for the best over a season, the Lombardi is for whoever can scrape their way to claiming it after the pretenders have gone home broken.

[@drobichaud1000]

jesus dude... you think this guy really reads your life frigging story? nobody cares. get a dog they will listen to you.

[@TallyDrake]

I learned about the Prem by watching games on NBC, and I absolutely love the league. I think relegation/promotion is BRILLIANT, and I hope any attempt to "Americanize" the system fails. I understand the offside rule for the most part, but the intepretation of the hand ball rule is beyond comprehension. Every office I've worked in had work breaks where we went to the break room to get coffee supplied by the company or ate/drank whatever we brought from home. The breaks are only 10-15 minutes long. I did not know anyone who drank tea at break time.

[@daryjackson8296]

another very funny skit, Payton Manning--United Way, LINK: kzbin.info/www/bejne/q3aoipWOi6iiipI

[@legoman7041]

What's so weird about the British system is that FIFA uses a playoffs system

[@danielnorth1406]

This parrot is no more! Monty Python reference.

[@tnightwolf]

I do prefer, by far, the points over a season without any play-offs for the championship.

[@patrickoharrison2395]

Wanker is definitely not used in the US! I don’t think I’ve ever heard an American say the word 😂

[@morganbrokaw5190]

Also as an American football coach, he would deffinitely better in rugby football or aussie rules football. A little easier transition.

[@zissou6928]

Oh you're British British

[@nhd6128]

This was in 2013/2014... Leicester won the Prem in 2015/2016, clearly with Lasso as the coach 😂

[@zachgibbons6062]

Love the reactions! You should react to USA vs Mexico soccer nations league game or world cup qualifiers