tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post8986543370874360739..comments2024-03-25T19:18:14.047-04:00Comments on What's Alan Watching?: HIMYM, "Mosbius Designs": Sports Guy's worldAlan Sepinwallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03388147774725646742noreply@blogger.comBlogger50125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-59018791662374793682009-04-15T13:57:00.000-04:002009-04-15T13:57:00.000-04:00I'm with you, Anne. I had assumed it was a fake j...I'm with you, Anne. I had assumed it was a fake joke until I read comments here, then googled it. I think a fake joke would have been funnier; we could have tried to imagine the punchline without ever finding it out.Melanienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-64812496162406513252009-04-15T13:10:00.000-04:002009-04-15T13:10:00.000-04:00Of course Ted couldn't tell the punchline! He's ta...Of course Ted couldn't tell the punchline! He's talking to his kids! That's why he is talking about sandwiches when actually he means joints, etc.<br /><br />I was actually really disappointed finding out about the punchline after googling it. I shouldn't have done that. :)Annématiquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15195364973538105926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-35233521638205898872009-04-15T12:24:00.000-04:002009-04-15T12:24:00.000-04:00One of my favorite moments was NPH kind of sighing...One of my favorite moments was NPH kind of sighing "You do? That's so sweet!" in response to Marshall telling him he and Lily conspire to let Barney and Robin sit by each other. The man is a comedy genius. <br /><br />In retrospect, I find it amusing that FutureTed DIDN'T say the the punch line ... isn't Saget famous for having told some filthy joke the best in "The Aristocrats?" I never saw it, but from what I understand, all these stand-up comics tell the same dirty joke, and supposedly, he tells it best? Or at least shocked everyone who saw it because everyone thinks of him as mild-mannered Danny Tanner from Full House.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-74341119938403473152009-04-15T12:22:00.001-04:002009-04-15T12:22:00.001-04:00I thought it was a solid episode, though maybe not...I thought it was a solid episode, though maybe not spectacular. There were enough funny moments, particularly from Barney and Marshall, to make it a good half-hour. Barney telling Marshall's he was fired in different ways was awesome, and I loved their scene at the -- wait for it -- bar.<br /><br />And some people think the Marshall penis joke bombed because Segel's on the small side? There goes any confidence I've ever had in myself (glass shattering).Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10681286160847912071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-21153021025078343612009-04-15T12:22:00.000-04:002009-04-15T12:22:00.000-04:00Anyone else love the rattlesnake noise every time ...Anyone else love the rattlesnake noise every time Creepy Massage Guy got hands-on? Just me, then?<br /><br />I liked it. I sorta thought Lily's exit was lame, but at the same time appreciate how they continue to point at the pregnancies and the stupidity of trying to hide 'em. (That said, Robin uh, really needed the treatment at the end there.)<br /><br />Let's just ADMIT Ted's a douche! He's the Ross, after all.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16906089927390662087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-25557873522887145192009-04-15T09:36:00.000-04:002009-04-15T09:36:00.000-04:00I think HIMYM would benefit from a firm end date t...I think HIMYM would benefit from a firm end date the same way LOST has.<br /><br />The show is spinning its wheels and becoming stale.<br /><br />Is it time to meet the mother now? Is now the time for Barney and Robin to get together? Hard to say if you don't know if you have 3 seasons or 1 season left.<br /><br />Otherwise we get pointless Stella story arcs or even worse, one about Mosbius designs.<br /><br />Get a firm date, so the writers can outline a course. Then maybe the show will improve to where it used to be.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-20753659173870295282009-04-15T07:33:00.000-04:002009-04-15T07:33:00.000-04:00Nothing wrong with a slightly slutty Robin, but 1s...<I>Nothing wrong with a slightly slutty Robin, but 1st season Robin would have definitely found season 4 Robin slutty.</I> Agreed. But I just gave myself a giggle fit imagining s1's Barney apoplexy if he could see himself at the mo. Hee. I don't think the changes in either of them are a bad thing - but perhaps only if they're going somewhere. Is it just me, or has Robin only really become a little slutty <I>since</I> sleeping with Barney? Like she noticed she likes him, figured out how screwed that makes her, and has been distracting herself ever since?<br /><br />I also have hope that Ted can unite the better features of both romantic s1 Ted and douche s4 Ted - because honestly, I hated s1 Ted more. He was just douching at a subtler and more manipulative level that no-one called him out on.<br /><br />Speaking of manipulation, I think my second favourite part was Barney calling Lily a diabolical puppet-master (hand gestures and all). Because she so is! All the talk of her (and Marshall saying 'we think' and the like) really made me feel like she was in the episode even though she wasn't. Good writing.<br /><br />(My absolute favourite: Marshall's little stomp as he stormed off in support of Barney. Comic gold.)<br /><br />To EOTW: I actually kind of loved the 'man and a half' line because... it doesn't actually matter what the reality is, it's Marshall's attitude that's great. This is, after all, the guy who's only slept with one woman. He's always oddly cocky about himself when it comes to sex, and it amuses me.<br /><br />This is getting to be quite a long comment. Bottom line: for me putting Barney and Marshall together more is indeed one of the best things they've done this season. NPH and Jason Segel are awesome together. Plus, a ninja! (Was anyone else remembering the 'I wish we were ninjas!' line from long ago?) Loved the episode.skittledognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-91727968810591378002009-04-15T02:04:00.000-04:002009-04-15T02:04:00.000-04:00Simmons once commented briefly on HIMYM in a mailb...Simmons once commented briefly on HIMYM in a mailbag a couple of years ago. He loved the first season but was turned off by the early part of S2 when, to paraphrase, all of the male characters became wussified and the show became too much like 'Friends.' I dunno if he has watched since.Question Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00267485396018087075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-80046279830829392392009-04-15T01:31:00.000-04:002009-04-15T01:31:00.000-04:00what that newsradio clip reminds one of is that ne...what that newsradio clip reminds one of is that newsradio is one of the best sitcoms of all time. i enjoyn himym but newsradio, wow, now that is one of the all time greats.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-27098714395544965842009-04-14T21:27:00.000-04:002009-04-14T21:27:00.000-04:00Bill Simmons doesn't have a patent on the title of...Bill Simmons doesn't have a patent on the title of Sports Guy and anyway it seems to me he is popular on espn.com for not sticking that much to sports and riffing on more pop culture and out and out comedy. He's the least Sports of all the espn writers. And btw, he also embraces Friday Night Lights, but I don't remember any heavy sitcom talk since Seinfeld vs. Cheers.<br /><br />Also, for those who were offended by Marshall "calling slut" earlier in the season on Robin; he does have sort of a point, right? At this point they've sorta flanderized Robin on her attracted to whatever the crap people she runs into that week. Nothing wrong with a slightly slutty Robin, but 1st season Robin would have definitely found season 4 Robin slutty.Not a Misogynistnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-44661038229394614502009-04-14T20:44:00.000-04:002009-04-14T20:44:00.000-04:00Yes, it's dirty.
But it's also funny (in a Mel Br...Yes, it's dirty.<br /><br />But it's also funny (in a Mel Brooksian sort of way).Mark Bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-33637067381775932562009-04-14T20:43:00.000-04:002009-04-14T20:43:00.000-04:00Along the lines of how you were so impressed with ...Along the lines of how you were so impressed with Big Bang Theory getting all the comic references correct...myself and my roommate were, as architecture students, thoroughly annoyed that Ted's architecture "story" is not a real story. Why you gotta give architects a bad name? We are not all douchey people who like to go on "inspiration walks".<br /><br />The episode as a whole was quite funny though.Rachelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-70835157377926437762009-04-14T19:33:00.000-04:002009-04-14T19:33:00.000-04:00Goat!
Crossing fingers for Robin/Barney. The p...Goat! <br /><br />Crossing fingers for Robin/Barney. The punchline for the joke that made Lily disappear (genius!) is actually really dirty, but this is a woman who did know the exact title of a certian prono movie a while back.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-28008151386983385522009-04-14T17:45:00.000-04:002009-04-14T17:45:00.000-04:00Pamela- since Alan was referring to the finale, I ...Pamela- since Alan was referring to the finale, I would imagine the missing word is "shot" as airing the finale before the season is over wouldn't make any sense.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-69643669574784810432009-04-14T16:42:00.000-04:002009-04-14T16:42:00.000-04:00giving the show an easy out to deal with the final...<I>giving the show an easy out to deal with the final stages of Alyson Hannigan's pregnancy before the finale, which they earlier in the season)</I>shot? aired?Pamela Jayehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06135379188588301400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-46709020001019561902009-04-14T16:38:00.000-04:002009-04-14T16:38:00.000-04:00I love the mental image of hiding NPH "behind lamp...I love the mental image of hiding NPH "behind lampshades so that we don't see how gay he really is." :D<br /><br />Alan, I've been surfing your archives lately, and I remember more than one of your reviews where you size up each of Ted's new girlfriends with the question <I>Is she the mother?</I>Also, I know we've had flash-forwards wherein we've seen the kids, sitting, listening annoyed to Ted's neverending story...<br /><br />but the other discussion thread about the finale of <I>Life on Mars</I>, and the comparison with the finale of <I>St. Elsewhere</I> got me to supposing...<br /><br />What if All of HIMYM is nothing more than the fevered imaginings of mental patient Ted, institutionalized without ever having married... and there is no mother, and no kids... never was, never will be...?<br /><br />Too farfetched?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-26515769884334886732009-04-14T15:46:00.000-04:002009-04-14T15:46:00.000-04:00Re: the brief scene of the office's Video Guy - My...Re: the brief scene of the office's Video Guy - My thought was that he was showing everyone the video of the dog pooping on the baby, the same video that Barney wanted so desperately to show Marshall when Marshall was trying to find out his bar exam results.Melanienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-26983247981830433052009-04-14T15:14:00.000-04:002009-04-14T15:14:00.000-04:00I enjoyed it, but it felt like a poorly veiled att...<I>I enjoyed it, but it felt like a poorly veiled attempt to get Bill Simmons to talk about HIMYM in a column/podcast. Not that he shouldn't. This show should be right in his wheelhouse and I'm surprised he's not talking about it every week.</I>While there's definitely been a lot of overlap between recent HIMYM subjects and Bill Simmons obsessions (Lethal Weapon, Teen Wolf, Karate Kid), it's also true that those are obsessions of many comedy writers of a certain age, so it could be pure coincidence that they happened to nickname Marshall "Sports Guy." <br /><br />But probably not. <br /><br />And Simmons doesn't seem to watch much scripted TV these days, other than Mad Men and Lost. He's mainly watching sports and reality TV.Alan Sepinwallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03388147774725646742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-75646070759406513722009-04-14T15:09:00.000-04:002009-04-14T15:09:00.000-04:00even though I didn't enjoy this one particular epi...even though I didn't enjoy this one particular episode, I do think its a no-brainer that HIMYM is a better and funnier show than BBTMike Fnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-13156090885499614942009-04-14T15:03:00.000-04:002009-04-14T15:03:00.000-04:00Anonymous HIMYM first time watcher:
Try renting H...Anonymous HIMYM first time watcher:<br /><br />Try renting HIMYM from the first season and watching it through. Many of last night's jokes were throwbacks to things that a first time viewer might not find funny. The show is SO worth another chance!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18055651508478522814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-39320494375477964902009-04-14T14:21:00.000-04:002009-04-14T14:21:00.000-04:00I recently found Big Bang Theory and fell in love ...I recently found Big Bang Theory and fell in love with it. So I decided to give HIMYM a try. It seems like most of the reviews of last night's episode are positive from the loyal fans.<br /><br />If this is one of the shows funny episodes I'm going to pass because it did nothing for me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-67901138453138133032009-04-14T13:40:00.000-04:002009-04-14T13:40:00.000-04:00How I love the douchiness of Ted. I grow increasin...<I>How I love the douchiness of Ted. I grow increasingly concerned that "Romantic Ted" is coming back, and I say thee nay! Let Romantic Ted be but an ocasional visitor, and the reign of Douche-Ted continue upon an epoch!</I>Just when I was starting to feel bad for Ted because of all the Ted-haters ganging up on him you remind me - yep, they're right - Ted's just too douchey to live.<br /><br />In all fairness though Ted wasn't always like this. In the reruns on Lifetime last night he was actually funny and not someone who I sat there and watched and thought "this show would be so much better without him" as I did in Mosbius.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06336003200003462670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-38991623386706857092009-04-14T13:37:00.000-04:002009-04-14T13:37:00.000-04:00Everytime I saw weird back rub guy and he said "he...Everytime I saw weird back rub guy and he said "hey coworker", I kept thinking of Buster on Arrested Development giving back rubs and saying "hey brother".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-2760527983419310862009-04-14T13:11:00.000-04:002009-04-14T13:11:00.000-04:00Pretty boring ep in my book. The Ted/Robin plotlin...Pretty boring ep in my book. The Ted/Robin plotline dragged i thought, and the guy who played PJ was pretty annoying.<br /><br />The more Marshall and Barney, the betterSo Calnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-24799954566375429882009-04-14T13:03:00.000-04:002009-04-14T13:03:00.000-04:00How I love the douchiness of Ted. I grow increasi...How I love the douchiness of Ted. I grow increasingly concerned that "Romantic Ted" is coming back, and I say thee nay! Let Romantic Ted be but an ocasional visitor, and the reign of Douche-Ted continue upon an epoch!<br /><br />After all, everyone's a douche to someone else. Real, lasting love comes when you love each other both in spite of your douchiness and because of it. That's one to grow on.<br /><br />Awesome how Marshall revealed he and Lily had been conspiring to get Barney and Robin on the same side of the booth. Nice continuity bit.<br /><br />Also very cool that Marshall admits that he and Lily think Barney and Robin are perfect for each other. It is obvious to even them!<br /><br />Robin is sort of a She-Barney. Not so much in the sleeping around sense, but that she tends to be casual in her hook-ups, particularly if they're convenient. It's an interesting conflict if Barney is the one ready for a relationship, while Robin is the one more into something casual.<br /><br />For that matter, I want to see the writers dig into the implications of this relationship. It's easy to say, "Barney and Robin couldn't be together because it changes so much of who they are." Isn't part of every relationship how it changes you, perhaps unconsciously? It would be fun, and intriguing to see Barney and Robin struggle with trying to be awesome and committed at the same time.<br /><br />Also, it would fry Ted's clams -- the most committment-phobic people he knows are hooking up, while his quest for committment has led nowhere. That opens up some new doors.<br /><br />These are fictional people. I should not think so much about them.Zack Smithhttp://www.zswriter.comnoreply@blogger.com