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| PERFORMER | Michelan Sisti puppeteer |
| Brian La Rosa suit performer | |
| Diedrich Bader voice | |
| John Hiatt singing voice | |
| DEBUT | 2002 |
Ted Bedderhead is a character from the 2002 film The Country Bears.
He served as the titular band's lead singer, lead guitarist and bandleader, and is the older brother to fellow ex-bandmate Fred Bedderhead. Following the band's breakup, Ted lost all his money and virtually all his belongings and currently earns a living singing at weddings and children's birthday parties, and maintains such a false pretense of massive success and wealth to the point of pretending that neighbor Elton John is actually his gardener.
Upon being approached at a wedding by Henry, Beary, and the partially reformed band about performing a benefit show to save their former concert hall from destruction, Ted adamantly refuses to return, claiming to have moved on and even calling the reunion a "pathetic nostalgic field trip". After being knocked out by Fred and dragged back to the other members, he further refuses to reunite with the group, claiming that he was the only one who kept the band together and organized to begin with while they worked less and less due to their own issues, but never received any actual thanks for doing so.
Later, after his brother discovers a heartfelt essay from Beary and further talking with and apologizing to him, Ted changes his attitude about the band and agrees to perform in the concert, even inviting Beary to join them onstage.