“Ted Lasso is I'm like a sucker for for for that show.”
Ted Lasso
By Bill Lawrence, Jason Sudeikis, Brendan Hunt, and Joe Kelly
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“Ted Lasso, which is supposedly about soccer, but actually it's about like human relationships”
“I recently rediscovered Ted lasso”
“my friend calls it Ted lasso the Ted lasso somebody which is also very genuine”
“Ted lasso Ted lasso thank you so the kindness in there”
“Ted lasso is a favorite”
“reminds me of a clip from this last season of Ted lasso where they have used red strings”
“So, Ted Lasso is back. So, I'm watching that.”
“TV show is a toss-up between the Mandalorian and Ted lasso”
“it reminded me of the Ted lasso quote which is doing the right thing is never the wrong thing”
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