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- Seth MacFarlane ’s foul-mouthed teddy bear gets a logical scaled-down home in “Ted,” a Peacock prequel series that solves the “Why no Mark Wahlberg ?” question by featuring his character as a teenager, with the wish-upon-a-star talking teddy as his only pal.
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As in the 2012 film and its 2015 sequel, Ted (once again voiced by MacFarlane) is a teddy bear brought to life - on screen via impressively tactile-looking CG, and in-story via a wish upon a ...
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By Ryan Leston
Posted: Jan 11, 2024 8:00 am
Ted is now streaming on Peacock.
Comedy has changed a lot since Ted debuted in cinemas 12 years ago. Beyond the shifting tides of culture and taste, the once-dominant genre’s theatrical fortunes have nosedived, with only a handful of celebrity-led projects making the cut each year. With big names like Adam Sandler, Melissa McCarthy, and Kevin Hart retreating to streaming, it’s easy to see how a prequel to one of the biggest comedy hits of all time would end up on Peacock. But that may be the only sign of Ted’s ability to change with the times. This throwback to the school days of John Bennett (Max Burkholder, inheriting the role originated by Mark Wahlberg) and his stuffed BFF (voiced by Seth MacFarlane) leans heavily on a tired premise: Yes, the cute teddy bear still says rude things.
Unfortunately not making the leap from film to series: Patrick Stewart. Thankfully, the Star Trek legend has handed the role of narrator-preoccupied-with-Apache-helicopters to his friend and X-Men nemesis, Ian McKellen. McKellen is vastly underused, only showing up in a handful of episodes – but when he’s around, he delivers some real zingers.
The jokes in Ted are much of what we’ve seen and heard before – outrage is the name of the game, and a lot of the humor is derived from the worn-out gag of a cute, cuddly teddy bear saying some truly awful stuff. There are punchlines about Jewish people, cannibalism, John Belushi, and even one joke you’ve definitely heard before in the Paul Rudd-Seann William Scott vehicle Role Models. Again, if you’ve watched Family Guy, you know what to expect, and that’s the biggest problem.
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Ted is a welcome return to everyone’s favorite trash-talking teddy bear. A new ‘90s setting gives Seth MacFarlane room to take a satirical swing at our recent past. Unfortunately, it doesn’t bring much new to the table, and at just seven episodes, Ted falls short of mustering up the longevity of the kind of ‘90s sitcoms it’s clearly lampooning. Uns...
Story by Review by Brian Lowry, CNN • 1mo. Seth MacFarlane ’s foul-mouthed teddy bear gets a logical scaled-down home in “Ted,” a Peacock prequel series that solves the “Why no Mark...
Jan 17, 2024 · Ted, Seth MacFarlane’s 2012 directorial debut, told the story of a 30-something slacker, John Bennett (Mark Wahlberg) and his best friend, Ted (voiced by MacFarlane), a foul-mouthed...
