{"id":4898,"date":"2011-03-16T06:45:52","date_gmt":"2011-03-16T11:45:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/?p=4898"},"modified":"2011-03-13T01:14:20","modified_gmt":"2011-03-13T06:14:20","slug":"better-off-ted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2011\/03\/16\/better-off-ted\/","title":{"rendered":"Better Off Ted"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Maybe everyone else has already discovered this show, but I just fell in love with <em>Better Off Ted<\/em>.\u00a0 It&#8217;s friggin&#8217; hilarious!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Better Off Ted\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/betteroffted.jpg\" alt=\"Better Off Ted\" width=\"600\" height=\"781\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It ran on ABC for two seasons and is now available on DVD and Netflix Instant.\u00a0 It&#8217;s technically a sitcom, but the writing is extremely sharp and clever, the actors are fantastic, and the production values are high.\u00a0 It has lots of office humor, mixed with a little mad science.  It&#8217;s  about the product development department for a stereotypical major corporation (meaning moneygrubbing and evil).\u00a0 Veridian Dynamics motto is &#8220;Money Before People&#8221;, however, they publish it in Latin so it sounds fancy.\u00a0 Each episode of the show features a Veridian commercial.\u00a0 Here is a Veridian commercial and a two minutes teaser for the first episode&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4Z2MjAcd3Ys\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you can&#8217;t view the embedded video above, <a title=\"Veridian Dynamics commercial\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4Z2MjAcd3Ys\" target=\"_blank\">please click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It&#8217;s got lots of humor, fun characters, and some geeky science stuff.\u00a0  Imagine combining <em>The Office<\/em>, <em>Arrested Development<\/em>, and Muppet Labs.  That description probably isn&#8217;t spot-on, but it&#8217;s the best I could do.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Each episode is only 30 minutes, so giving it a try isn&#8217;t a huge investment.\u00a0 Even my wife is hooked on the show! I highly recommend it for geeks!<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Tell the world about ONCE UPON A GEEK:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-4898\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2011\/03\/16\/better-off-ted\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-4898\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2011\/03\/16\/better-off-ted\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2011\/03\/16\/better-off-ted\/?share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email this to a friend\"><span>Email<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#\" class=\"sharing-anchor sd-button share-more\"><span>More<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"sharing-hidden\"><div class=\"inner\" style=\"display: none;\"><ul><li class=\"share-reddit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-reddit sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2011\/03\/16\/better-off-ted\/?share=reddit\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Reddit\"><span>Reddit<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-linkedin\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-linkedin-4898\" class=\"share-linkedin sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2011\/03\/16\/better-off-ted\/?share=linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on LinkedIn\"><span>LinkedIn<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maybe everyone else has already discovered this show, but I just fell in love with Better Off Ted.\u00a0 It&#8217;s friggin&#8217; hilarious! 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