But now it’s 1993, John is a 16-year-old high-school student, and the world has moved on, so much so that the highlight of Ted’s day is watching “The Price is Right.” Basically “ALF” with a lot more F-bombs, the show is raunchy, juvenile, proudly offensive and occasionally very, very funny.įor those unfamiliar with the original 2012 movie (which spawned a sequel three years later), John Bennett (Max Burkholder) made his wish in 1985, bringing his teddy bear to life and briefly bestowing fame and riches upon him.
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.
