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Featured: Ted Lasso, Ricky Gervais, Rebecca Welton
What’s in This Episode
- Ted Lasso Season 4 premiere critique and plot holes
- Ricky Gerzais’ ‘Alley Cats’ special review
- Ranker’s best sitcoms of all time list controversy
- Friends ranked #1 sitcom debate
Questions Answered in This Episode
What does Johnny Mac think of Ted Lasso season 4?
Johnny Mac found the season premiere disappointing, particularly frustrated that Ted is working at a supermarket after being successful in the Premier League rather than pursuing lucrative coaching opportunities like NBC coverage or MLS positions.
Why did Johnny Mac not like Ricky Gervais’ Alley Cats special?
Johnny Mac felt the special relied too heavily on cursing without substance and couldn’t get through the first few minutes of it.
Does Johnny Mac think Friends is the best sitcom of all time?
No, Johnny Mac strongly disagrees with a Ranker poll that ranked Friends as the best sitcom, arguing shows like Seinfeld, I Love Lucy, The Honeymooners, The Brady Bunch, and Raymond are superior or more culturally impactful.
What is the Ranker sitcom ranking controversy?
Ranker released a list of the best sitcoms of all time based on 1.3 million votes from over 101,000 people, ranking Friends at #1, which Johnny Mac believes is incorrect.
Why does Johnny Mac think The Brady Bunch has more cultural impact than Friends?
Johnny Mac argues The Brady Bunch had more lasting cultural impact, especially for older audiences, and even had movies made from it, making it more significant than Friends.
Did Johnny Mac mention any underrated sitcoms?
Yes, Johnny Mac advocated for Everybody Loves Raymond as an underrated sitcom that deserves consideration in the best sitcoms of all time conversation.
Full Transcript
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He not pop on pool side. I just got a couple of random things I want to talk about Ted Lasso. Did you watch that season premiere? It is not good. Now, can we get to the soccer please?
But my big problem with it was, and I might be a crazy person, I need some reality in my comedy. I get that it’s a sitcom, I get it. But the idea of spoilers, spoiler spoilers, the idea that ted Lasso is working at a supermarket. And again, fine, he wants to be near his kid, whatever, But this guy, I looked it up right. Season one, Ted takes over Richmond in the Premier League.
They struggle and they’re relegated. Then he wins the championship in season two, and then in the season three they finished second in the Premier League and he walks away. Okay, so this guy who was a college football coach was successful in the Premier League, and you’re gonna tell me he’s working at a supermarket part time. He’s not on NBC’s Premier League coverage. He’s not the coach of the Kansas City MLS team.
He’s not coaching a women’s team in Kansas City. He’s just sitting around doing nothing. He’s not on TV, he doesn’t have a podcast, he just works at the store. And I just couldn’t buy into it. So the thought that he’s going to move back to the UK, Yes, we love Rebecca and all the people at Richmond, but he’s going to move back to the UK to coach a second division women’s team as opposed to making a couple million dollars coaching Premier League team.
I’ll remind you he finished second, so he’s apparently good at this. That just doesn’t work for me. Did you watch Alley Cats? It was so so bad and I love Ricky Gervais, but I got a couple of minutes into this thing and I was like, it’s nothing but cursing, and just I wasn’t feeling it. A texted a friend, I’m like, I don’t know if you can make it three minutes into this thing because I can’t.
And the other thing. Maybe we’ll get to this on the audio show over the weekend ranker has the best Sitcoms of all time. It got one point three million votes from over one hundred and one thousand different people. Best sitcom of all time according to these crazy people Friends, Now stop Stop that’s madness. That that that’s insane.
There’s Friends. Friends wasn’t even the best sitcom on the night it was on things. You can tell me. Let’s just make this simple. You can tell me Friends was better than Seinfelp.
Come on, stop, you sound crazy. You know I could go into all the classic sitcoms we can argue about. I Love Lucy and the Honeymooners and all that. But like I was thinking, the Brady Bunch has more cultural impact than Friends. I mean, especially if you’re old with the gray hair like me.
You know, Brady Bunch a couple of movies? What Friends? Are you insane? I’ll also advocate for everybody who loves Reemond is really underrated. I don’t have a definitive list for you.
You can jump in the comments and let me know who you think. It might be a good sitcom of all time, But Friends, get out of here.