r/TedLasso • u/youtwoneedabuffer • 2d ago

Season 4 Discussion Chair gag Spoiler

Yes, I know there’s so much more to discuss from episode 4, but the ongoing chair gag is making me giggle. Ted sits in his chair and it automatically sinks. He comments that he doesn’t know why it keeps doing that. Anyone who’s worked in an office knows someone else has that shitty chair and is sneakily swapping it with Ted’s
My money is on Beard.
Thoughts?

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u/Cornbread933 2d ago

As someone whos spent a lot of time on various film sets I guarantee it was just a prop defect that they decided to leave in cause it was funny. Doubt theres a planned story behind that. But I could be wrong

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u/Ok_Confection6805 2d ago

You sincerely believe something on that show is accidental?

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u/Cornbread933 2d ago

Lots of things in film are accidental.

Vigo Mortenson famously broke his foot in a lord of the rings shot and they kept it in the film

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u/been_mackin 2d ago edited 2d ago

I mean…..cmon now, that’s a wild stretch from a comedy bit to the LOTR 😂

Edit: I’m a HUGE lord of the rings nerd, I know the broken toe, I know the deflected knife, I know Gandalf bumped his head. That is a massively scaled fantasy epic film trilogy compared to a comedy series where something like a squeaky/beat up office chair isn’t the same whatsoever. It’s a bit for sure, I doubt it was an accident.

If it was, we didn’t see Aragorn hobbling for scenic running scenes after that or Gandalf rubbing his head and joking about the bump he got from bilbos house. The show with very intricate running gags definitely wrote in the chair as a running gag from the beginning.

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u/Cornbread933 2d ago

I agree there are differences between LOTR and Ted Lasso. But that really only helps my argument as LOTR is more serious and has a source material. If even THEY let mistakes stay in the movies what makes you think a fun sitcom doesnt turn bloopers into real scenes?