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.
