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

scott, you are right abt this show. it is cute! and pretty funny!
(i wish it weren't in traditional sitcom form but hey)

i like this show

these kids are alcoholics

whoa so weird b/c i watched a bunch of episodes this week and was going to revive this thread
i laughed out loud several times! - the barney runs a marathon one, the fiero one, etc
i like that they hang out in a bar

my gf loves this show, and it is pretty charming. I'm glad NPH got an Emmy nom.

if John Larroquette got 4 Emmys for Dan Fielding, NPH is due.

I really only watch this show because Jason Segel is a comic genius. There are some funny jokes and scenes but the standard sitcom format of the show is a tremendous drag on it. The laugh track pains me so much. It's watchable now, but it could be just so much better without the cruft. Also, they get points for putting Martin Starr in an episode.

http://slapcountdown.com/

The last episode I saw of this show - where they go to Atlantic City so that one couple (sorry I can't remember their names) can get married- was pretty disappointing. It was all zany plot twist and no point, and not very funny. The Robin character depresses me because she's not bad looking, but she seems to repel any attempt to script her some sex appeal. The Doogie Howser guy is pretty much the best thing about this show.

That episode is terrible but in general I like this show.

they should bring back becker

I have never heard of any of this but am roffling majorly to to "i'm gonna rock your body to Canada Day" line

3rd season premiere was ok, but this week was great. all the plot strands were awesome: hippie robin making out with normal robin, barney with a southern accent, ted's anti-new jersey rant, marshall's over-the-top death letter and the flashforward.

enjoyed the "broda" world of warcraft crazy girl episode of mother. (i know they are just taking the flashback thing from Friends - what with the hairstyles and all - but i always like them. and the flashes of the future too!)

but does anyone like the nerd show after how i met your mother? i do. and, come on, david and darlene getting it on after all these years! i hope mother gives it enough of an audience to last.

last night i watched this for the first time. NPH is so great! would watch again A+++++

one of the flashback kids is a former student of mine

watched the nerd show for the first time last night. it was ok but I miss New Adventures of Old Christine.

isn't christine coming back though? they could ditch that david spade show and i wouldn't mind. mother/nerds/charlie harper/christine would make me happy.

I'm assuming it's coming back. It better. J L-D is hottt.

I believe Christine is coming back as a mid-season replacement in a few months (after, I hope, The Big Bang Theory is cancelled).

last night's ep was probably the best this season so far. HIMYM is already starting to get a little too self-conscious and deliberate with its coining of catchphrases and stuff, but the whole Hot/Crazy Scale bit was still gold.

I had to explain the significance of "the Vicki Mendoza line" to my children last night after it made me laff and laff until I almost barfed.

I noticed they played GBV's "I Am A Scientist" in one of the dorm flashback scenes.

I like the show too, it's the new Friends. And like that show it'll probably wear out its welcome after a few seasons but continue on because the ratings are high.

i like ted mosby more than ever

Are the Friends comparisons superficial? Young people in NY - but the show has more depth in the characters and in the way its written. Attention to backstory is almost Lost-esque.

Also, everyone seems to have a soul, where all the Friends could have been the spawn of Satan. Maybe I'm just blinded by my hatred of Matthew Perry.

i don't think the characters on friends ever ate sandwiches

Well, besides Phoebe.

Milo is right that the HIMYM characters have more depth, but it does seem it fills the same niche, just with better writers.

for some reason i thought slap bet countdown was last night?

http://www.cbs.com/primetime/how_i_met_your_mother/slapbet_countdown/

LANCE HARDWOOD, SEX ARCHITECT

john cho was great

Re this show and "Friends": does anyone else remember that episode where they try hanging out in a Central Perk-ish coffee shop instead of a bar and can't stand it?

That was a lot of risque material for early prime time. Guess they figure the kiddies don't even know how to find CBS.

Wow, Mancuso is so ripe for parody, he isn't even safe on his own network. Another fun episode.

also: didn't realize they've had the same girl (wendy?) playing the bar waitress since the pilot.

kind of awesome: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhXsJjVdj1E

oh man, that was excellent

That makes me so happy!!

what happens here? I have no volume at work. I pretty much love this show and NPH.

NPH and Jason Segal sing a duet from Les Miz ("Confrontation"?)

is this show on in the UK at all? i've seen some episodes during transatlantic trips this year, and have become fond of it.

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I DID NOT HATE THE USE OF ONE OF MY FAVORITE BIG STAR SONGS DURING THE CLOSING MOMENTS OF LAST NIGHT'S EPISODE. that's how i know i like this show. cuz if a lesser show had used a song like thirteen to be "touching" i might hate them for it. cuz i am an infant like that. that whole scene was total cusack territory. but it worked somehow.

britney was an awesome guest star. she should come back.

and, so, it looks like that doctor is the mother of how i met your mother.

i realize i am probably talking to myself here...

You mean this whole time, they haven't said who the mother is?

That's like Lamont not showing up until Season 4 of "Sanford & Son".

oh it's back!

no, at the beginning of every show they show the future and you see dude's future kids and bob saget's voice telling them about his life and how he met their mother. but you never knew who the mother would be. but i think this woman is her. they bumped into each other at a club on st.patrick's day on the premiere episode.

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anyway, on the first show, future dude/bob saget told his kids that their mother was at that club that night and they didn't meet. but he bumped into this woman for a brief second and i think it was the doctor lady from last night's episode.

haa

this show is single-handedly keeping the traditional sitcom alive - (i'm not counting 30 rock in that genre) - and maybe the traditional sitcom should die but not until this show is over
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This show is really clever at times. Maybe I'm a dolt, but the whole mustache thing was super funny to me.

I've tried to like this. It's just so...sitcommy.

to see if it was a real bear

we had to know who jacob really was

to give that villain from The Karate Kid a new lease on life

Did they ever release the supposed alternate ending?

Hannah sent me a picture of a Tim Horton's receipt from Leicester cos she was super excited to be there

The "How I Met Your Dad" pilot w/Greta Gerwig has surfaced.

https://www.avclub.com/after-watching-the-failed-how-i-met-your-dad-pilot-we-1847345513

I had to watch out of curiosity; weird to see. Already feels dated, and watching Greta Gerwig like this feels like peering into another universe. Not as terrible as feared, tough.