From the beginning, buskers have been a big part of "Ted Lasso." Street (and real-life) musician Cam Cole had a reccurring role on the Apple TV+ series, including taking over as a big benefit performer and getting everyone on their feet with his weird one-man band. In the most recent episode, Ted (Jason Sudeikis), Beard (Brendan Hunt) and Ted's son Henry (Gus Turner) are treated to a rendition of "Hey Jude" by a busker (Alex Vargas) while dining outside at the local, Richmond supporters' pub. While Ted, preoccupied all episode by the fact that his ex-wife Michelle (Andrea Anders) may be moving on, takes a call, Beard explains the genesis of the song to young Henry.
"Hey Jude," released as a non-album single by the Beatles in 1968, was written by Paul McCartney to comfort John Lennon's son, Julian. The original title of the song was "Hey Jules," for Julian. John was separating from his then-wife and Julian's mother Cynthia due to his affair with Yoko Ono. Julian was 5 years old at the time, and the song was apparently composed while Paul drove down to visit the child. "I knew it was not going to be easy for him," Paul said, as quoted in the book "Paul McCartney: Many Years from Now," written by Barry Miles.
