The cast shows us some examples of their favorite experiments and lets us in on what experiments they would like to see Veridian Dynamic participate in.
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March 18, 2009
January 26, 2010
Office
Ted uses his influence to have a Veridian supply company hire his brother as a salesman, but things don't go as planned. Meanwhile, a charity for girls gives Veronica an award.
Ted Crisp loves his job. He works for the team at Veridian Dynamics, where nothing is too far-fetched, or out of the ordinary. An average day for Ted could easily involve creating a suicidal turkey, for instance. The only problem is, Ted is ethical and the company is not.
The show is… More being produced by 20th Century Fox Television and ABC Studios.
Tv.com repoted today that Ted is Dead, but the show page here doesn't say its ended. Whats the deal?
I reallly dislike laugh tracks, which is one reason I can't watch most comedy shows. So I'm glad that in the footsteps of Arrested Development and left it out. Shows are funnier if you laugh at the jokes because they're actually funny instead of being coerced into it by some pavlovian… More response.
I remember hearing that ABC would be burning off the remaining Ted episodes on Tuesdays in January with Scrubs but they have only aired one original episode for the past 2 weeks (instead of the planned 2 per night). This means that by the time Lost returns on 2/2, there will still be 2 original… More episodes left in the season. Unfortunately, I can't find the names or plot outlines for these 2 episodes as they don't seem to be listed anywhere or appear on any upcoming ABC schedules. So, will these episodes be DVD only? Does anyone know?
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Set in the office building of a huge multi-national conglomerate corporation, Veridian Dymanics, Better off Ted pokes fun at the Corporate world and at big business.
Veridian is so out of touch with reality that they make one P-C blunder after the next, from automated light sensors that dont see black people, to cryogenically freezing an employee as an experiment. Oh, and lets not forget the office day-care centre which believes in preparing the youngsters for the future by using them as the office cleaners.
The small cast, led by Portia DeRossi are brilliant together. The writers seem to have found the right niche of contrasting characters to accomodate the seemingly mundane plot-lines. I say seemingly as there is no mundane in Better off Ted.
This show is irreverant, anti p-c and altogether funny. Another great show to add to the TiVo.
Reigning in the crazy! hide show
Better Off Ted is a great show – great writing, great actors and great chemistry! We have to pause this show often because we laugh so hard we miss some of the dialogue and have to go back to hear it. I have to say my favorite characters are Lem and Phil, the two lab guys. They're great together; you can believe they've been friends and co-workers for years. Ted is funny too, trying to "reign in the crazy" that surrounds him daily. Veronica is a hoot as the uptight supervisor with a heart of well… stone – but in a good way! She doesn't understand much of human behavior, not because she's mean she just never learned. Give this show a chance – it's worth it!
AWESOME!!! Why good shows never gets what they deserve???? hide show
How can I start...?? This show is one of the best shows out there, well comedy-shows, and I haven't felt this good about a show in a while (well at least since Friends ended!) I mean this is a very funny and clever show, and that combination isn't that common to find on tv! Lem and Phil are just too hilarious together, Veronica and Linda's bits are very funny.. and then there is Ted: the glue that holds everything together.. which brings a lot more fun around!!! The writing is amazing, the actors are great and the chemistry between the whole cast is something special! Unfortunately this show may not last.. so my advice is "watch it while you still can!". In my opinion it should get a lot more attention than the one that it's getting!
Ted Crisp deals with the absurd day-to-day at a heartless company, Veridian Dynamics, at the head of which, is Veronica, as unethical as her company. hide show
Most reviews I've read have linked this show to Arrested Development and The Office. While I am a huge fan of both of those shows, I'd have to say that their assessments are a little inaccurate. Yes, this show does have Portia de Rossi in it, and it is set in an office, but that might be where the similarities end for me - especially with The Office. Instead, this show is more similar to 30 Rock, in my opinion. The strange boss/employee relationship is there, the quirky co-workers are there, and the lack of ethics is there. Better Off Ted does have some of the absurdity of Arrested Development, but it's a little hard to describe. The quality that makes the Bluths so ridiculous and over-the-top is in this show as well. So whatever you would call that... All in all, it is a good show, worthy of giving a try, and I suppose if you want a comparison, it is between 30 Rock and Arrested Development.
Ted is a upper management type for a Veridian Dynamics. He works with out and out weirdos that make this show hilarious. hide show
By all accounts I came into this show late and was only introduced to it because of an article on TV.com that said that fans of The Office should give it a go. Well what I can say is that the people that wrote that artcle have no idea what they are talking about. But that doesn't stop this show from being hilarious!
The show is like 30 Rock meets Malcolm in the Middle, which sounds weird enough but it works really well and this comes down to the great characters that always have something weird and wonderful to bring to the table in each episode.
The show centres around a business called Veridian Dynamics that basically makes anything under the sun. Ted is apart of the research area of the company that tries to create whatever his over bearing boss wants and then markets it to the bg wigs to put it on the market. From lab grown meat to weaponized pumpkins they get the lab scientists to whip up for them. There is of coarse a love interest as well, Linda, who is the head tester at Veridian Dynamics has a thing for Ted and Ted feels the same way. But Ted doesn't make a move because he doesn't want to get into a relationship because he has a young daughter that he doesn't want to have another mother figure leave her. Look all you really need to know is that this show is very funny and is worth watching. The characters are great, the situations are quirky but also relatable enough so you can grow attatchments to each and every character.Watch it, love it, thank me later!
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