tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post117062412326262239..comments2024-03-25T19:18:14.047-04:00Comments on What's Alan Watching?: HIMYM: It just went up to 8!Alan Sepinwallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03388147774725646742noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-1170792518544885462007-02-06T15:08:00.000-05:002007-02-06T15:08:00.000-05:00"The Duel" pegged them as moving in there five yea..."The Duel" pegged them as moving in there five years earlier ("remember when we put up those swords?" "Yeah, it was right when we moved in"), which means they found the apartment sometime in 2000. This means they found the apartment right out of college, most likely (since he would've been 22 at the time).LoopyChewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07091676474583296903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-1170788793388629242007-02-06T14:06:00.000-05:002007-02-06T14:06:00.000-05:00I don't quite get what Lost has to do with people ...I don't quite get what Lost has to do with people being interested in the chronology, if that is what you were trying to say. I've been interested in the past chronology of characters in TV shows since at least.... i'm not sure when. 1987, maybe? (sometimes characters on eight is enough referred to past eps, and I was watching reruns of that in 1987, as well as reruns of Family Ties, which I'm *sure* did the same.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-1170786726916641932007-02-06T13:32:00.000-05:002007-02-06T13:32:00.000-05:00I realize there was no way they could predict what...I realize there was no way they could predict what the weather would be for Super Bowl Sunday when they filmed the episode (Isn't that what "It just went up to 8" refers to in the heading?), but they could have done a better job of showing NYC in February. They didn't have to fill the fake street scene with snow, but some indication of how cold it could have been? (They didn't even need to make it look as though the temp was down in the teens, just have the people look really cold out there.) <BR/><BR/>Might as well have been fall for the way Emmitt Smith walked around with his jacket open. (Was dancing keeping him warm?)Toby O'Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06999037844031101965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-1170786145480117472007-02-06T13:22:00.000-05:002007-02-06T13:22:00.000-05:00Isn't the difference in Robin's work situation tha...Isn't the difference in Robin's work situation that last season she was doing the overnight broadcast and now she's been promoted to the morning drive time show?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-1170782702846101342007-02-06T12:25:00.000-05:002007-02-06T12:25:00.000-05:00I also love the Pineapple Incident, as well as The...I also love the Pineapple Incident, as well as The Slutty Pumpkin. But I disagree that this season is underachieving. Slap Bet. Swarley. Yeesh. If that's underachieving... <BR/><BR/>I liked this ep, but not as much as some others. It is, of course, unfair to use Slap Bet as a baseline. It's like thinking every episode of Friends needed to be as perfect as the one with Phoebe's implanted embryos and the Ross-hosted game with the apartment on the line (perhaps my favorite sitcom episode). You only get a Slap Bet once or twice in a show's run. Savor it, but don't denigrate te show for not hitting those heights every week. <BR/><BR/>Yes, Alan, I did see that "enjoy the ride" comment as a meta comment on Ted and Robin's known outcome. I thought it was cute.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-1170779895985806282007-02-06T11:38:00.000-05:002007-02-06T11:38:00.000-05:00As an audiologist, I found the loud talking incred...As an audiologist, I found the loud talking incredibly amusing.<BR/><BR/>I was pondering the chronology of the flashbacks too, but here's a question: in a pre-LOST world, would we even care? Probably not. I'm no complaining, just observing...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-1170743496905481862007-02-06T01:31:00.000-05:002007-02-06T01:31:00.000-05:00Ted and Barney met at after college at McLaren's. ...Ted and Barney met at after college at McLaren's. In the pilot, there's a nifty little whip pan from the bar where they're talking to the table where they met - complete with Ted's goatee that doesn't go with his suit.<BR/><BR/>I was pleasantly surprised by this episode. After reading your article this morning, I was expecting less, so when it easily out-classed the Muscles from Brussels on Friends, I was quite happy.R.A. Porterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14851961356321735388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-1170743270623161102007-02-06T01:27:00.000-05:002007-02-06T01:27:00.000-05:00i think this show has been underachieving this yea...i think this show has been underachieving this year. its still very very good, but no longer transcendently emotional tv as well as funny... its a well executed 1/2 hour mulit-camera but nothing more. i don't think its special enough and josh radnor remains a blank in the middle of the piece. solid but no longer at the same level as an office, 30 rock, or even new adventures of old christine.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-1170735231802912742007-02-05T23:13:00.000-05:002007-02-05T23:13:00.000-05:00I found last year's "The Pineapple Incident" absol...I found last year's "The Pineapple Incident" absolutely hilarious, my favorite of last season. Does anyone else remember that one and think as highly of it? I think it ranks almost as high as "Slap Bet." Tonight's was good, but not as good as those two.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-1170726493518047892007-02-05T20:48:00.000-05:002007-02-05T20:48:00.000-05:00I don't think HIMYM will ever top "Slap Bet." It'...I don't think HIMYM will ever top "Slap Bet." It's not that the series can't be enjoyable anyway, but I think waiting for another <I> Let's Go to the Mall </I> will just make the show seem weaker than it is. That was just one episode where they got everything perfect and comparing future episodes to that will result in premature slapulation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com