The Lasso Lowdown- A Ted Lasso Review Podcast Mangum Talks

I’ve enjoyed listening to this and catching up before season 3 comes out. My only quibble is that as the end is the “ Sportscenter Top 10- Not 9 not 11 but 10 things” however I’ve counted almost every episode and it’s been an average of 5-7 things. They do a very thorough recap though which is nice to get all the little things that are commonly missed on one watch.

So I have been listening to you guys since about Season 2/Ep 5 and I have liked what I have heard through the finale. But I have one MAJOR problem that you guys could fix easily.

It drives me crazy when you compliment an actor on the show for their acting and you don’t know their name. In the finale episode you did that with both Keeley and Nate. In fact in the seven episodes I have listened to, you have only referred to one actor, Jason Sudeikis. That’s it.

Don’t you have access to IMDB? Just open up IMDB and learn that Beard is played by Brendan Hunt, one of Jason S’s oldest friends. They started together at Boom Chicago (along with Seth Myers) in Amsterdam. Brendan is one of the creators of the show. You would learn that Keeley is Juno Temple, an accomplished actress and that Nate is Nick Mohammed, an outstanding standup comedian and the creator of a series with David Schwimmer. Hopefully you know Hannah Waddingham and Brett Goldstein who won the Emmy’s but your ignorance of the actor’s names when talking about their performances is just wrong.

Otherwise, this is a pretty good podcast.

I’m a little late to the Ted Lasso party, so I’d already watched all of seasons 1 and 2 before I started listening to this, which made listening to their predictions about upcoming episodes while already knowing what happens kind of fun.

Lee and Spencer put quite a bit of thought and effort into each episode and it really shows. I enjoy all of the segments, my favorite (after Spencer’s recap) being Trainwreck of the Episode. That’s always good for a chuckle.

My only real criticism is that Spencer got kind of wrapped around the axle about when the team protested Cerenthium (sp?) Oil and the legal and political issues around it. After a few minutes I was like “Dude, it’s a TV show, let it go!” I know Spencer’s a lawyer so I guess he can’t help himself lol.

Even so, this is my #1 choice for a Ted Lasso podcast. I listened to several episodes each of a few others before I found this one, so you can trust me when I say this is the one you want.

Now that we all have to wait around for season 3 I’m going to check out their Succession podcast.