Ted Lassos Opening Credits a la Friends Is the Soul Balm We Need

Ted Lasso’s Opening Credits a la Friends Is the Soul Balm We Need

A fan on social media mashes together video clips from the hit Apple TV+ show Ted Lasso with the music and style of NBC’s Friends opening sequence.

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A mashup of clips from the hit Apple TV+ show Ted Lasso and the iconic theme song, editing style and graphics of the opening title sequence from Friends was posted online by a fan, creating a thoroughly wholesome mental panacea. The Feb. 9 post runs for 46 seconds, just as the original did, and has resonated well with other fans online.

While Friends used different style choices, the opening sequence’s uplifting vibe fits with what Ted (Jason Sudeikis) and his own compatriots serve up. Ted Lasso tells the fish-out-of-water story of an American college-level football coach picked to head up a struggling English Premier League team — or soccer, as he’d call it. There are many years between the two shows, but there is also a shared theme: the importance of having a strong support unit to help you face the tough times and celebrate the good ones. The edited clip plays off and builds on that similarity.

In the video, there are selected shots of each cast member in sitcom-like situations that have been paired with the classic Friends backing track, just as in the original. It opens on a soccer pitch with the Ted Lasso title in the chalk-style font from the older show. Then the clips of the cast roll out with the same font spelling out each of their names as they are introduced. There are handshakes, shared laughter, spit-takes, outsized reactions, tears, cheers, leaps, costume changes, karaoke, facial hair updates, lots and lots of hugs and more. The well-known moment where the on-screen clapping syncs up with the song also shows up. For a final touch, Ted is shown walking into his office underneath a handmade “Believe” sign hanging over the door as the series developers’ names are shown and the song fades out.

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Ted Lasso is slated to return to Apple TV+ in the summer of this year for its second season. A Friends reunion show, long thought not to be in the works, was announced by HBO Max in early 2020 before production was shut down due to safety restrictions. It is now slated to begin filming sometime soon on the original set at Warner Bros. Studios.

Developed by Bill Lawrence, Joe Kelly, Jason Sudeikis and Brendan Hunt, Ted Lasso stars Jason Sudeikis, Hannah Waddingham, Jeremy Swift, Phil Dunster, Brett Goldstein, Brendan Hunt, Nick Mohammed and Juno Temple. Season 1 is streaming on Apple TV+ now.

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