When the world first met Ted Lasso, he was half the man he is today…maybe even a quarter. The character originated in a 2013 TV ad commissioned to mark NBC Sports’ acquisition of the US broadcast rights to English Premier League games. Titled ‘An American Coach in London’, it was a five-minute comedy sketch created as a showcase for the peculiarities of the English sport for US fans, and as a riff on the clumsy yank abroad stereotype.
The premise saw Lasso imported to coach Premier League team Tottenham Hotspurs – or, as he calls them, ‘The Spurs’ – despite having no grasp of the game’s rules or context. He gets the lingo wrong, the rules wrong, the training wrong, and is totally unaware that everybody thinks he’s a complete tit.
In a 2013 behind-the-scenes interview with Spurs TV, Jason Sudeikis explained:
“I’m playing an American football coach who’s...
The premise saw Lasso imported to coach Premier League team Tottenham Hotspurs – or, as he calls them, ‘The Spurs’ – despite having no grasp of the game’s rules or context. He gets the lingo wrong, the rules wrong, the training wrong, and is totally unaware that everybody thinks he’s a complete tit.
In a 2013 behind-the-scenes interview with Spurs TV, Jason Sudeikis explained:
“I’m playing an American football coach who’s...
- 7/22/2021
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
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