Hear a story about a child who didn't want to grow up. Not Peter Pan or Michael Jackson, but one of the most respected and successful television creators of our generation, Seth MacFarlane, who created and voices Family Guy, which has been around for 25 years, and the Ted film series.
Now MacFarlane has turned "Ted" into a period family sitcom, set in 1993 and chronicling the high school experiences of Ted, the resurrected toy bear, and his best friend (who will grow up to be Mark Wahlberg, but he hasn't yet).
The adventures they go through throughout the season (which premiered this weekend on Yes) are almost generic compared to the genre of high school and adolescent creations: dealing with a class bully, a first date, watching, smoking weed, laughs and antics for teenage and young viewers to enjoy.
What about people aged 50-40 and the series about teddy bears in high school? From "Ted", photo: courtesy of yes
On the other hand, like all of MacFarlane's works, "Ted" is based primarily on repressions, references and tributes to the pop culture of the era (i.e., the end of Eighties and the beginning of the Nineties). Anyone who can swim in a sea of references to "crew to the point" and "the sorrow of raising girls" must be a contemporary of the 50-year-old MacFarlane. But what about 50-40-year-olds and a series about teddy bears in high school?
"Ted" made me laugh, despite her infantile stupidity. Like the movie, it gives us insights about men who refused to grow up and continue to tell jokes to their teddy bear. Like Family Guy, "Ted" is a series that refuses to grow up. It was a story about Seth MacFarlane, a talented and funny man, 50 years old and not yet mature.
Ted - Season 1, yes VOD
From "Ted", photo: courtesy of yes
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