Peacock’s Ted takes shots at both Peacock and itself in first teaser
Seth MacFarlane returns as the voice of the titular porn-loving teddy bear in the new prequel series
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To quote The A.V. Club’s Sam Barsanti, “Who was the first person to walk into a movie studio executive’s office and say ‘it’s like a movie for kids, but it has a hard-R rating,’ and does that person now have more money than God?” Whether or not that evil genius was actually Seth MacFarlane or not, he’s certainly the one receiving the windfall. Ted and Ted 2—his raunchy, 2010s-era films about a Teddy bear with a Boston accent who loves to rip bongs and say “fuck”—brought in a collective $700 million at the box office. Now, whether anyone asked for it or not (they probably didn’t), he’s doing it again.
If there’s one thing Hollywood loves more than a movie with a hard-R rating that looks like it should be for children, it’s an origin story for a character who probably didn’t need one in the first place. It sounds like Peacock hit the jackpot because they’re getting both in this seven-episode series, which explores how a sentient, porn-loving teddy bear in the ‘90s became a slightly older sentient, porn-loving teddy bear in the 2000s.
At least MacFarlane knows how ridiculous this all is. In a statement, he and c0-showrunners Paul Corrigan and Brad Walsh wrote: “Each generation develops its own unique artistic style, its own way of seeing the world. In the twenties, it was the subversive musical phrasings of jazz. In the fifties, it was the bold brushwork of the abstract expressionists. Our generation’s unique art is streaming content based on previously successful intellectual property. In that proud tradition, we humbly give you Ted.”
“Our series is a prequel to the Ted movies,” the statement continues. “It takes place in the nineties but is based on the timeless truth that being sixteen sucks. The only thing that makes it tolerable is going through it with a friend, even if that friend is a has-been magical teddy bear with a foul mouth and a proclivity for drug use.”
The teaser doesn’t really show any of this but does use its time to make jabs at both the network it’s airing on and the usefulness of its own self, which is at least a little bit radical. Maybe there’s something here after all, even if it’s just a new generation of teenagers buying teddy bears to make them swear, and even more cash for Seth MacFarlane.
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Gotta fund that second season of Cosmos somehow…
3rd
*intense searching*Ahh…that explains why I never saw it…
Was it the sex crimes scandal?
Yep. FOX pulled it in 2019 then it reaired on it looks like only Nat Geo a year later.
I mean probably , but fuck it I’ll watch the first (and probably only*) season.(I mean if it runs for years , and becomes Seth Mcfarlanes main role , this post will look silly years from now)
I just don’t think it’s gonna overtake the Family Guy roles he has in cultural significance.
This is what we get, instead of more of The Orville? THIS??
Sadly, I don’t think we’re getting more of The Orville. The cast’s contracts expired well before the third season even aired. It’s been a whole year since the third season aired and there hasn’t been anything announced.
Orville had a good run but it hit its peak in the second season.
The third season was fine but a fourth would probably just be more of the same.
No. NBC Universal has nothing to do with The Orville.
Period.
This has N-O-T-H-I-N-G to do with The Orvill.
I enjoyed the first Ted movie, and I think Seth Macfarlane is very talented. But I would much MUCH rather have another season of the Orville than this, even if it turns out to be funny.
Exactly what I came here to say.
I don’t think we are going to be alone…….
Ted’s a pretty good concept and character; they could’ve had like 8 movies where Ted Does This, Ted Goes Here, etc. But the second one was a pretty weak rehash of the first.
Same with The Anchorman sequel. Could have been a lot more but decided to go the route of “same-jokes-said-slightly-differently” instead
Ted’s better off Ted . Ted goes to work at Veridian Dynamics , I mean I’d watch it .
There’s going to be a D.A.R.E. episode isn’t there
To quote The A.V. Club’s Sam Barsanti,Today, in “Most Depressing Ways To Start A Sentence”.
They should make a Ted 3 movie where he decides to run for President .A Full R / X rated equal attack on the Repugs The Dimms and the Indys would be the stuff of comedy gold , but Hollyweird would never allow cutting shots at the Dimms .Still would be a Hit
Ted for President 2024
I remember really enjoying the first one. I’ll check this out.
So does Ted help beat up a Vietnamese guy or something?
I haven’t the foggiest idea why anyone would want to quote Sam Barsanti. And honestly, he probably stole it from Sean O’Neal.