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

how come no one told me about the one with a threesome involving winnie cooper & kim kelly O_O

on the season 3 dvds, jason segel gets intentionally wasted before his commentary track and spends it sexually harassing one of the (male) writers (getting naked + putting a box of condoms on the table, etc.)

dopest fukkin show yet imo

The Robin/kid angle was pretty funny this time, way better than the last time they tried this (i think it was early season 3, she was dating some single father or something).

how come no one told me about the one with a threesome involving winnie cooper & kim kelly O_O

best thing about this episode:

What wow, how do I totally not remember that scene at all!

ha, pretty sure that was an outtake

yeah but it's totally the best outtake ever!

It is! I also love how the audience reaction changes as they can't believe that they're actually going with this angle (which sadly they did not).

the barney's family ep was a little bit too much of a wacky sitcom setup for me but still good. i lol'ed @ dramatic ted.

haha ted being into brecht was lol v. much in character but this whole episode was beyond lol for me i thought it was brilliant and im bummed that no one else seems to think so

who didn't think so? was hilarious. the theme music!

i liked it

my so-called friends who were just like "eh s'ok". yah the "too wacky sitcom" shit was next level metajokery with the theme music and the runner about catch phrases and the sundae bar!!!

i mean i have like 1000-word type of posts to say about what a ridic episode this was and like why this show is better than 30 rock but no one even cares enough to repost one-liners

xpost

i liked that the Barney thing with movie villains was almost a throwaway gag that they barely came back to later.

i care :(

i basically agree with jordan; schticky conceit rescued by strong barney and ted moments. karate kid joke was good

Daniel-san is pretty lame.

i love it whenever they have dorky college ted, as in directing the christmas play in this episode

thought this was a fantastic episode

the college flashbacks are hilar--i enjoy that they get around the censors by saying "we were so drunk" and then having them act stoned instead of drunk

ive said this before but college ted = high school hoos

also, i kind of hate her, but at the same time, allison hannigan could get it, in a major way

oh def

the college flashbacks are hilar--i enjoy that they get around the censors by saying "we were so drunk" and then having them act stoned instead of drunk

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clearly if they were using that as a getaround they'd use the sandwich gag again

CLEARLY

clearly, the new actually

i'm just saying a) i am skeptical of your theory and b) the sandwich thing is one of my all-time favorite bits from the show

fyi i totally thought of the joke biters thread when they did that karate kid joke

one the biggest laughs for me was the reveal/end of the lily calls marshall's mother scene

haha yeah definitely

im skeptical... of ur butt

that's what was so great about theater ted, he was regressing to dorky/pretentious college ted.

"the game is the game"

pretty weak episode imo

yeah but the PANTS STORY!!! kidding. creepy gun-losing robin was fun though.. and did the episode REALLY end with ted re-dating laura prepon?

"She was the heiress to the Massengill fortune."

donna was pretty lame, but barney interrupting the flashback was pretty good, also "it's like, let's all eat baloney sandwiches and be racist"

"It's like, let's all eat baloney sandwiches and be racist"

xp!

i only laughed at that after i googled "massengill"

that line is perfectly timed to become the new bord description if nothing else
xxp

The four worst things that could happen (plus one): (1) Supervolcano. (2) Asteroid hits the earth. (3) All footage of Evel Knievel is lost. (4) Ted calls Karen. (5) Lily gets eaten by a shark.

i am totally OK with a Prepon arc if she continues to provoke Marshall/Lily hilarity

wow a girl on Livejournal has assembled an insane but fun list of callbacks from the last ep. I wish I had this kind of attention to detail. I didn't notice Scooter in the restaurant as a waiter, for one..

Barney's wearing the purple and black tie that Wendy tries to give him in the flashback later in the episode. (So presumably he went back for it!)
Ted's ex-girlfriend Karen is a reference to lots of eps (How I met everyone else-phone call, Arrividerci Fierro - breakup) but (FAIL!) Marshall never commented on the break up in Arrividerci Fierro as if he didn't like Karen
SHHS Senior Prom - Shaker Heights Hight School - Ted mentions he is from Shaker Heights, Ohio in I'm Not That Guy when they're reading the bio for Ted Mosby, Porn Star. (bthew - Lily says "Bus to Providence" but that's a joke, because Providence is a ghost town, in Ohio!)
Lily's hair in the first Karen flashback is the same as when she meets Scooter for lunch so presumbaly it's around the same time (and what's with Scooter's hair? Yuk). Yet (FAIL!) no mention is made of Scooter's Umpire Career - which presumably he's just given up on? (ref to Best Prom Ever and Something Borrowed, of course!)
Robin's lunch with The Iron Man is a reference back to The Platinum Rule, as is Barney's lunch with Wendy.
Karen's pretentiousness and red-wine drinking ("it's a pinot noir, it's pretty strong! Cut it with some cranberry juice...) totally explains Douch-Zombie-Ted and why he was so rubbish at being pretentious and got over that phase so quickly when they finally broke up (How I met everyone else).
Barney spends a LOT of time staring at Robin during this episode. they should run a "barney staring" clock at the bottom of the screen. Glad to see the writers haven't forgotten. Also, he makes a dig about Ted still living with his ex as if worried they will backslide again (Benefits)
You see Marshall eating the bowl of fruit before Lily complains that's why she has to paint him naked, but (FAIL!) the gang already know the reason she painted Marshall naked (for life class, in Columns!) But hey - at least we now know the exact date of the new dart incident! Feb 5th 1998! Big win for the timeline.
Blauman (see in the Company gym with Billson) is DEAD according to Barney in The Chain of Screaming after resigning and trying to pee on the conference table. FAIL!!!!!!!!!! No one has ever called Barney out for blatently lying about that.
Has Marshall's Evil Kenival love ever been mentioned before? (possible FAIL!)
Waiting the appropriate amount of time before Marshall and Lily tell ted they hated Karen - reference to the Backslide Window in the Bro Code!!
Ted says Marshall wore a rasta hat and asked everyone to call him MJ smooth! A reference to Marshall's look after coming back from Amsterdam in Miracles
Scooter's belief that Lily loves waiters causes him to actually BECAME a waiter (you see him later in the Ted/Karen lunch scene). But (FAIL!) I'm surprised Ted didn't recognise him given that he tried to stop Lily's wedding! (Something Borrowed) And are they trying to say that restaurant really hasn't changed it's table cloths in the intervening 10+ years?!?!
Robin's snub-nosed 38 police special - glad to see that Robin's gun-nut-ness is a proper running theme of this season (Not A Father's Day, Naked Man, etc)
Barney's "A hug is just like a public dry hump" sent my mind straight to The Possimpible. But I'm dirty like that.
Not continuity - but "Ted, I want you to go outside and bite the curb" is probably referncing American History X. Which made me smile.
Robin's sleeping pill problems - Hockey game dream (nice) and also "Falling asleep while eating ribs" is a direct callback to her lying/giggling in The Bracket!
Theodore Evelyn Mosby!!! A refernce to How Lily Stole Christmas.
Lily fancying Marshall's calves is a reference to Brunch.
Karen comes into the bar at 2am. Nothing good happens after 2am Ted!

I like the show, but no one should be spending that much free time on it.

I'm amused by it, amused and a little scared, but the showrunners really do put a ton of thought into the continuity of this show.

which is why that barney not being able to drive vs. barney stealing the moving van thing bothers me way more than it should

Haha yes the Barney driving paradox is one of the show's biggest flaws. I admire people who remember that Marshall uses his shins to turn Lily on at that brunch when they're broken up.. I only usually dedicate that kind of love to LOST. Reading some comments on the LJ page has me suspecting this girl writes fanfic and that's why she has this crazy encyclopedic knowledge of the show... 0_o

oh and the bit where Barney said he'd only "give something" to Marshall if what Lily "gave him" was great.. so great

The calves callback and Lily's hungry look was great!