Ted Lasso and the Missing Christmas Mustache

December 16, 2021 12:51 PM

An animated Ted Lasso Christmas special, no Apple TV subscription required, although it's only 4 minutes long. And animated. (SLYT)
posted by Ipsifendus (15 comments total)

No Sam Obisanya. :(
posted by neuracnu at 1:27 PM on December 16, 2021 [7 favorites]

That is a shame. Sam has become a favorite of ours. It began with the "Yes, because of imperialism" joke in the first episode, and was cemented by his refusal to accept Rebecca not showing up at the ad-hoc ghost abjuration ceremony.
posted by Ipsifendus at 1:47 PM on December 16, 2021 [1 favorite]

They put Nate in instead of Sam.
:(
posted by Archer25 at 7:06 PM on December 16, 2021 [2 favorites]

Yeah, and they really hung a lampshade on Nate's presence, what with Higgins making the "don't ever change" remark.
posted by Ipsifendus at 8:06 PM on December 16, 2021 [3 favorites]

They did Jamie Tartt's eyebrow correctly though, so I think it's still a win.
posted by joelhunt at 8:55 PM on December 16, 2021 [2 favorites]

I'm looking over the top of my paperback and raising an eyebrow at this script.
posted by flabdablet at 9:13 PM on December 16, 2021 [5 favorites]

I enjoyed this - thanks for posting it!
posted by brainwane at 1:39 AM on December 17, 2021

This was cute and silly and felt like they probably just improvised the dialog and then someone animated it.

No Sam could be because Toheeb Jimoh is making The Power tv series (Naomi Alderman adaptation) for Amazon Prime.
posted by hydropsyche at 5:37 AM on December 17, 2021 [2 favorites]

The credit sequence should have been animated this whole time.
posted by Ampersand692 at 6:16 AM on December 17, 2021

Don't ever change, Nate!

Oof.
posted by CaseyB at 7:34 AM on December 17, 2021

If this had come out before season 2 I would have been okay with it. But now? Nah. But the animation was nice.
posted by JoeZydeco at 8:47 AM on December 17, 2021

I understand why they did it but censoring Roy Kent is an abomination to all that is Roy Kent. Brett Goldstein and his character have pushed the bounds of the f word beyond the high standards set by The Wire.
posted by ensign_ricky at 9:15 AM on December 17, 2021 [2 favorites]

I have posted this video as an episode in FanFare in case people who want to converse in a more "We're all fans here, please be nice." way want to talk there!
posted by brainwane at 10:00 AM on December 17, 2021

I think Brett Goldstein has displaced Samual L. Jackson as the Bard of the F-Bomb.
posted by MrGuilt at 11:23 AM on December 17, 2021 [4 favorites]

No Sam Obisanya. :(

In my book, it's entirely legit for the low-key Muslim character to skip the gratuitous Xmas short. He's already been in one Christmas special, don't drag him through a second one.
posted by zamboni at 7:42 PM on December 19, 2021 [2 favorites]