When you’re a fan of The Workplace, you in all probability love the Apple TV+ comedy Ted Lasso, too.
Each exhibits are laugh-out-loud humorous and have you ever rooting for hapless fictional characters, and for those who look laborious sufficient you could even see some parallels between Michael Scott and Ted Lasso.
On the most recent episode of the Workplace Women podcast, former co-stars Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey chatted all about Season 5 episode, “New Boss,” and made some fairly on-point Ted Lasso comparisons. Seems the 2 buddies are big followers of Jason Sudeikis’s Emmy-winning comedy, and one Workplace scene particularly sparked their dialogue.
For many who want a refresher, “New Boss” encompasses a very particular visitor star: Idris Elba. The actor and DJ performs Charles Miner, Michael’s new boss. In an try and welcome Charles to the workplace, Michael prepares a breakfast of C-shaped bagels, that are simply common bagels with chunks minimize out of them so that they resemble the letter “C.” (In fact, C stands for Charles.)
It is an especially Michael transfer, however ask your self: Would Ted Lasso do the identical?
“I’ve to say, once I noticed this, I believed this was a really Ted Lasso transfer. Could not you see Ted Lasso like making all of the bagels into like a sure letter? Am I loopy?” Fischer requested.
“[Ted] and Beard doing one thing like this,” Kinsey replied. “It is a Ted Lasso. I can see it.”
“And this simply obtained my mind type of desirous about how there are literally a whole lot of issues that Michael does that Ted Lasso additionally sort of does,” Fischer continued.
“However he does it higher and extra applicable,” Kinsey laughed. “You guys, we’re speaking in regards to the present Ted Lasso with Jason Sudeikis. Invoice Lawrence govt produced the present — he is superb.”
“It simply received a gazillion Emmys,” Fischer, now in full fangirl mode, mentioned earlier than arguing her case a bit extra.
“I used to be simply watching an episode the opposite day the place Ted Lasso is like driving a garden mower with a man. Could not you see Michael Scott doing that?” she requested.
“Michael and Dwight,” Kinsey replied.
“I used to be seeing some parallels and it was sort of charming me. And I feel additionally as a result of I believed it was sort of cute that [Michael] made the bagels right into a C,” Fischer mentioned.
“I did, too,” Kinsey mentioned earlier than noting that Michael’s construct up for the bagels was a bit excessive.
“His presentation of it was so unhappy. It was simply on a bunch of paper towels,” Fischer famous. “Ted would have had them on a tray, and that will have made the distinction.”
“Yeah. And he is additionally Ted and never Michael. Anyway, we each love Ted Lasso, if you cannot inform,” Kinsey mentioned.
“Clearly, we similar to it,” Fischer concluded.
What do you suppose Workplace and Ted Lasso followers? Do the 2 primary males share some similarities?
Remember to take heed to the complete podcast to listen to extra behind-the-scenes tales from filming “New Boss.”
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