Thanksgiving Reflections, Anne Wins in Vegas, and Do the Right Thing With Ted Lasso

Welcome to the Torg Stories Podcast. On this episode we’re doing Thanksgiving Reflections, asking Anne about being an Aunt, and Discussing Doing the Right Thing with Ted Lasso on Season 2, Episode 3. Anne, you went to Vegas by yourself for Thanksgiving!

• Colts win! (But it was stressful)
• Anne wins pretty big (for us) in Vegas!
• Christmas lists

Questions for Anne about Thanksgiving trip to Las Vegas:

1. Booked when? Why?
2. How many stops on the drive? What do you get at White Castle?
3. Stayed where, why? Looked like a great room!
4. Tell us about where you went. Any more eating?
5. You won, at least for us, a big bet!

Torg Thanksgiving in Boone:

1. 8:30 Optional Shooting with the Team. 10 players and three dads came!
2. Brunch: hash brown casserole, french toast casserole, sausage balls
3. Bet on the Bears with $5 from Draft Kings for my birthday. Bears incredibly mismanage clock to lose 23-20. Coach gets fired a couple of days later.
4. As my wife Megan would say, “Linner.” Turkey, Sweet Potato Casserole, Green Bean Casserole, Cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes

Summary and Discussion Questions for Season 2, Episode 3 of Ted Lasso titled “Do the Rightest Thing.”

• Opens with Alanis Morisette’s “Hand in My Pocket” and Sassy’s kid Nora sitting out front of Rebecca’s office. Rebecca’s nickname is Stinky and so in this case, Aunt Stinky. Anne, how is Rebecca doing as Aunt Stinky?
• Compare and contrast that to Aunt Anne? What are the responsibilities, if any, for an Aunt?
• Coach Lasso answers questions at a press conference about all of the ties and about the return of Jamie. Cut to the locker room. Jamie is isolated from his teammates. Jamie apologizes. I wonder what the worst thing he did is and then the players run down a list of things he did. Remember any of those Anne Everyone is getting on Keeley’s new dating app, BANTR.
• At first, Sam is excited for his deal with Dubai Air but his family tells him about the impact of Cerithium Oil and he decides to back out of his deal. Rebecca has to communicate this to the team’s sponsor. Episode inspired by the “Shut up and dribble” comments to LeBron.
• Roy says kids don’t need a parade everyday, the little idiots. They just want to feel a part of your life. Compare our childhoods to my kids’ childhoods.
• The team continues to isolate Jamie and Ted tries a plan to become Led Tasso, the evil opposite of Ted and the plan is meant to bring the team together in their anger at Ted.
• Nora tells Aunt Stinky – Rebecca who owns the team — Sometimes you have to do the right thing even if you lose. What’s the right thing here? With Apple, Amazon, Nike and Wal Mart, we’ve given up, right? Has just about everyone?
• The way Jamie finally does win over his teammates is that he joins the guys on covering up their jerseys. “We’re a team, ain’t we? Gotta wear the same kit.”
• Ted turns the press conference over to Sam. He tells him, “Doing the right thing is never the wrong thing.”
• Episode ends with Nora getting a picture with Sam and the team. There’s a montage of a bunch of pictures that different cast members take with the team. Anne, any pics with famous people?

Anne, what protests can you remember? Some athlete protests:

1. (1961) Bill Russell and the Celtics boycott a game in Kentucky after being refused service.
2. (1967) Muhammad Ali refuses the draft. “I ain’t got no quarrel with them Viet Cong.” Convicted but never served jail time.
3. (1970) Billie Jean King sits out US Open Tennis because men make $12,500 and women $1,500.

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