i know i'm one of the only people on ilx who watches *how i met your mother* on a regular basis, but did anyone else see the robin sparkles episode? where robin didn't want people to know that she had

robin complaining about marshall and lily not wanting her to shoot beer bottles on the roof is my kinda robin moment. "oh, the neighbors are complaining, oh, you almost hit me..."

whoever wrote that episode last night was smoking some serious reefer. it was a mess. but i still dug it.

yeah it was a little more scattershot than usual, but funny anyway.

better than last week

plus, meadow soprano love never dies. um, at last for me it doesn't. it just grows stronger.

and this was pretty great:

"The world absolutely needs Woo Girls. If there were no Woo Girls, there would be no 'Girls Gone Wild,' no bachelorette parties, no Las Vegas poolside bars. All of the things that you hold dearest, Lily, would be gone."

"Those are none of those things --" Lily tried to interject, but Barney continued. "The souvenir shot-glass industry would collapse; so would the body-glitter industry -- and, the stretch Hummer rental industry. Tiny cowboy hats would be worn only by tiny cowboys. And when 'Brown- Eyed Girl' would come up on the jukebox, all you would hear ... would be silence .... and 'Brown-Eyed Girl.' But who would 'woo,' Lily? Who would 'woo'? Would you? Would you ... 'woo'?"

I loved that part.

"Maybe she only observes the High Holidays like Mardi Gras and Spring Break. Maybe she's just a cultural Woo."

i don't watch this show very often but i liked this:

-this is great, we're like madmen!
-yeah, we're totally like Mad Men!
-i'm going to go downstairs and slap a secretary's ass.
yeah, that's totally what they would do on that show.
-...what show?

That Dr. Seuss moment between Robin and Lily was pretty amusing, I have to admit.

i definitely never expected myself to LOL at such a corny rhyming joke--but i did.

This one was my favorite episode of this season. Just completely solid all the way around.

Agree 100%. Naked Man was AMAZING.

best episode since slapsgiving yo.

yeah i laughed a lot

this has gotten a lot better since they ended ted's engagement. more laughs, less emo. robin is getting especially good, i was cracking up at her being turned by violence in tonight's episode

Agreed, I love Robin becoming more cartoonish and slutty in the last several weeks (crazy dad, woo girls, naked man). (especially the sluttiness)

robin and ted being single = more laffs for sure

(this is probably always true of every show ever though. more tension. more desperation. more humiliation. more hilarity.)

shes pregnant! in real life. robin.

but i thought willow was pregnant? it's gonna be barney's isn't it...

both of them are pregnant at the same time

I really hope they don't decide to make Robin pregnant in the show because of her pregnancy. At least Lily and Marshall it kind of makes sense for them, but it would be a real show momentum-killer for Robin to have a kid.

plus they'd get all emo about it

it is gonna be barneys obv. and have some epiphany bullshit.

okay, it's official. it's robin's world, the rest of them just live in it. she totally made that episode last night.

I liked Marshall's karaoke rendition of "Let's Go to the Mall".

That was great!

yeah pretty weak episode except for robin

i saw the band love is all the other night and their drummer looks like a skinnier, swedish version of ted

I want to karaoke "Let's All Go To The Mall" IRL.

Robin is going to be in the new Broken Lizard movie.

the best part of this episode was Barney's holiday songs: "with her boobies I will play"

I love when Robin gets all Canadian. Best part was her sitting outside with no coat on, eating ice cream, when Marshall approached in short sleeves, carrying a slushie. I wore a tank top and shorts to work today!

Marshall accidentally leaning on the light switch and all other Canadian joeks A+

Everything else...... booooooring. Ted's sister isn't going to become a regular is she?

lol @ these.

http://img2.timeinc.net/ew/dynamic/imgs/081217/Phelps-Olympics_l.jpg

http://img2.timeinc.net/ew/dynamic/imgs/081217/Sex-City-Met-Mother_l.jpg

http://img2.timeinc.net/ew/dynamic/imgs/081217/Sarah-Palin-McCain_l.jpg

Ha, good stuff.

jonas brothers one is extra good

http://img2.timeinc.net/ew/dynamic/imgs/081217/Jonas-Brothers_l.jpg

was there an episode last night? I missed it if so. now for some quotes because people on the FRIENDS poll don't believe this show is better.

Marshall: I think we're going to wait on the baby thing. I mean I love babies. Babies rule. Pudgy arms and stuff. But, uh, they make you old. Kinda like this anchor weighing you down to one spot... forever.
Claire: I'm three months pregnant.
Marshall: (surprised) Not awkward, guys. Not awkward if we don't let it be awkward.
(nervously smiles, then walks away)

Barney: Ted, tonight we're gonna go out. We're gonna meet some ladies, it's gonna be *legendary*. Phone-five!
(pause)
Barney: You didn't phone-five, did you?
(pause)
Barney: I know when you don't phone-five Ted

Barney: For the first time...EVER...the three of us are single at the same time. I've dreamed about this day, boys, and it is going to be LE-GEN-DARY. Together we will own this city. Any time a girl wants to get back at her ex-boyfriend, we'll be there. Any time a girl wants to...solve her father issues through promiscuity and binge drinking WE WILL BE there. Any time a bachelorette party drives through the city in a limo, sticking their heads out the sunroof, shouting "WHAT'S UP NEW YORK!!", we will be what is 'up' New York! Gentlemen, we are about to embark on... Oh man, you guys did it, didn't you?!

Barney: Ted, I'm going to teach you how to live.
(Ted looks skeptically at Barney)
Barney: ...we met at the urinal.
Barney: Lesson one, lose the goatee, it doesn't go with your suit.
Ted: I don't have a suit.
Barney: Lesson two, get a suit.

Lily: If you died, I'd just come back and haunt your penis.

Ted: If you want to figure out who it is, why don't you just start by checking your list.
Barney: My list?
Ted: Dude, do not pretend you're not the kind of guy who keeps a list of all the girls he's slept with.
Marshall: I have one. It's called my marriage license.
Lily and Marshall: *high five*

Marshall: Breakfast isn't girly! Lunch isn't girly! How can brunch be girly?
Ted: I dunno. Nothing girly about a horse. Nothing girly about a horn. But put them together and you get a unicorn.

i love this show but i don't know that those quotes are really going to convince anyone of anything

well go on, don't just hate, help fight the good fight

hey some of those are good like maybe 30 Rock standard (i'm only a few eps into that tho)

my favorite parts are the moments of absurdity where the show breaks away from friends-esque sitcom conventions, like the robin sparkles stuff, the episode where robin (seemingly successfully) tries to communicate telepathically with lily to tell her not to open the package with the dildo in front of her family, and the founding fathers inventing the bro code, but this stuff doesn't really translate well into quotes

I've never heard a word spoken on this show, but I've seen maybe 10 episodes on American Airlines flights. It looks funny. Maybe it's even funnier with audio.

Gary Unmarried, OTOH -- which is also broadcast on AA flights -- looks atrocious.

Barney: The stripper at Stuart's bachelor party was a 15.
Ted: She was 15?
Barney: No a 15. Like in blackjack.
Ted: ... As in not sure whether you'd hit it?
Barney: Exactly!
Ted: Nice!

nice one Roz!

I definitely agree n/a, I am just being pushy because I am upset with myself for missing this show for the last few years - although the two month four-season catchup binge was fun too. Win-win!

I didn't notice at the time but reading through quotes I realize this scene is a direct SImpsons ripoff:
Marshall: Hi, we need a marriage license but we need to skip the waiting period because we're in love.
Clerk: Aaww..I'm gonna waive this waiting period right now!
Lily: Really!?
Clerk: Is what I would say if I could waive the waiting period but unfortunately only a judge can do that.
Lily: Oh, so can we see a judge?
Clerk: Absolutely!
Lily: Really?
Clerk: Is what I would say if there was any chance of you seeing a judge today, which there isn't.
Marshall: [clenched teeth] Why are you doing this to us?
Clerk: Because you're on CANDID CAMERA!
Robin: Really?
Clerk: Is what I would say--
Marshall: You know what, we get it.

i can't believe that this show explained for me why i don't like brunch!

my favorite parts are the moments of absurdity

Those, yes. But there's also lot more heart to HIMYM than other similar sitcoms (particularly friends). The characters read like multi-dimensional people who actually give a damn about each other rather than just a source of situations for punchlines. Taking Robin to a bar to ease her loneliness (real talk) sets up Canada/Minnesota jokes aplenty and they feel more organic for it.

yeah i don't really care about heart

milo OTM. You really come to enjoy the characters (though Ted's romantic loneliness is always kind of a sore point, the other four are very likable) and a lot of the situations feel much more relatable than most sitcoms, like that whole episode they spend trying to find one specific burger joint, or that whole NY vs NJ thing.

(Barney has referred to prostitution as the world's oldest profession)

Marshall: Really? The world's oldest profession?
Barney: Yes! I bet that even cavemen offered cave-hookers an extra fish for putting out.
Marshall: Is that so? Then that would make 'fisherman' the world's oldest profession. Kaboom! You've been lawyered.

marshall's hamburger speech