How I Met Your Mother 9/28/09

[Jman]

Umm...is my HIMYM tonight the only one completely botched? I had the laugh track, the music and the foley track, but absolutely no speech for the whole episode. Turned it off halfway after I realized it wasn't part of a 'silent' bit. This was the Channel 10 Columbus, OH broadcast, but over DirecTV. I've never seen this happen before, and I'm pretty bummed, since I love the show.

Never mind...they just ran a bulletin at the bottom of the screen, since the next show was the same...no voice track, but all other audio....thanks, channel 10! Now I have to watch this episode on the computer tomorrow.

[KneadToKnow]

Maybe the Gentlemen came to town?

[jackdavinci]

Mine played fine.

Good episode, and I love the doppelganger concept. Ted's redate was a neat concept and was resolved well. I didn't like the way they played Robin though. I too expected her to act more like Barney expected her to.

I hear good things about episode 100. I hope they finally introduce the mother...I really hope they don't wait until the series finale.

[Omniscient]

The Doppleganger is a great idea. Hope they pop up now and again just for a quick cheap laugh. I kinda wish they'd shown the discovery of the first two and the subsequent hilarity.

The thing with Robin didn't really make sense. I could understand her being a little concerned that Barney would cheat on her since he's a slut, but her being against a strip club is totally out of character.

[friedo]

We need more Mustache Marshall. That guy is awesome.

Future Ted does mention that they discover his own doppelganger and Barney's later on.

[Khadaji]

Maybe I'm just in a mood, but none of my Monday night shows were funny. I thought this was weak.

[FriarTed]

Who else wanted to see the Stripper Lily lapdance?

[Maus Magill]

Who else wanted to see the Stripper Lily lapdance?

Mmmm..... Stripper Lily....

[Justin_Bailey]

The Doppleganger is a great idea. Hope they pop up now and again just for a quick cheap laugh. I kinda wish they'd shown the discovery of the first two and the subsequent hilarity.

They did. They saw Lesbian Robin walking down the street and they saw Mustahce Marshall on an ad on the side of a bus (and then later in McLaren's).

[Long Time First Time]

This is my first time to read a thread on this show, so perhaps it's been addressed. But - why does a full grown adult man lose his voice and suddenly become Bob Saget in the voice overs? He's not pre-pubescent. His voice isn't going to change much from his twenties to some 40-50 year old version of himself.

I really can't get past that.

[Enderw24]

This is my first time to read a thread on this show, so perhaps it's been addressed. But - why does a full grown adult man lose his voice and suddenly become Bob Saget in the voice overs? He's not pre-pubescent. His voice isn't going to change much from his twenties to some 40-50 year old version of himself.

I really can't get past that.


Kids, did I ever tell you about the time I gargled rubbing alcohol on a dare? It was the summer of 2015 and...

Wait, I'm getting ahead of myself.

[silenus]

It has to do with the goat...

[Enright3]

This is my first time to read a thread on this show, so perhaps it's been addressed. But - why does a full grown adult man lose his voice and suddenly become Bob Saget in the voice overs? He's not pre-pubescent. His voice isn't going to change much from his twenties to some 40-50 year old version of himself.

I really can't get past that.

Really? That's what you can't get past? I don't see it as a big deal.

[Enright3]

It has to do with the goat...

"The Aristocrats!"

[ZipperJJ]

This is my first time to read a thread on this show, so perhaps it's been addressed. But - why does a full grown adult man lose his voice and suddenly become Bob Saget in the voice overs? He's not pre-pubescent. His voice isn't going to change much from his twenties to some 40-50 year old version of himself.

I really can't get past that.

Well the show is called How I Met Your Mother - not How Ted Mosby Met His Wife or How I, Ted Mosby, Met and Married the Woman Who Is Your Mother and I Am Your Father. Maybe Bob Saget isn't Ted at all! :D

[Neverending Elbow]

I really liked Marshall's fantasy. :D
It was adorably quirky and very much in character for Marshall, especially with the fatal sickness being some untreatable hiccup disorder,
Plus hearing that priest saying "Plough her like a cornfield." was priceless, and made my, if not day, then at least an hour.

[The Other Waldo Pepper]

This is my first time to read a thread on this show, so perhaps it's been addressed. But - why does a full grown adult man lose his voice and suddenly become Bob Saget in the voice overs? He's not pre-pubescent. His voice isn't going to change much from his twenties to some 40-50 year old version of himself.

I really can't get past that.

For what it's worth, he's an over-the-top unreliable narrator. So if he's relaying a story where his ex-girlfriend brings along the slightly older man she's now seeing, the new guy will be played by an actor pushing eighty -- because that's how he prefers to remember it. And if he's relaying a story where that ex is off having a conversation with someone, she'll start talking about how Ted really got it right and ruined her for other men (before he explains that he of course wasn't there and doesn't actually know what she said). If he's telling a story that's about to involve him and his college buddies smoking pot, he'll swap in "eating a sandwich" (and have the characters spend the rest of the episode praising the sandwiches they're carrying around and nibbling at). If he's talking about that time he called someone a "very very bad word," he'll cheerfully swap in "grinch" in the retelling (and have people fly off the handle in response, repeating "grinch" back to him in horror and disbelief). Not to mention that time he got halfway through a story before remembering that, no, wait, that goat wasn't in my apartment until the year after that birthday party I've been talking about; disregard that part.

[tr0psn4j]

During the first day of college, I went into my first class and took a quick scan of the room. I was pleasantly surprised to see my friend in the same class. So I sat next to him and started talking to him like friends usually do. About a minute into the conversation, I realize it isn't my friend. Turned out his name was Allen.

A few weeks later, I actually get a chance to talk to my friend and I tell him about the incident leaving out the other guy's name. He then sounds shocked and tells me how another friend of his made the same mistake in summer school two years before. Turns out, that guy was the same Allen.

That's right, two sightings of the same doppelganger by different people in a different time and place. He has such a weird look too. Hard to imagine someone else looking liked that.

[Draelin]

The thing with Robin didn't really make sense. I could understand her being a little concerned that Barney would cheat on her since he's a slut, but her being against a strip club is totally out of character.
I totally agree. I would expect Robin to behave a little more like Lily did. It just seemed way out of character for her to be so grumpy about it.

I did love the doppelgangers, though. Can't wait to see Other Ted and Barney.

[Serenata67]

I totally agree. I would expect Robin to behave a little more like Lily did. It just seemed way out of character for her to be so grumpy about it.

I did love the doppelgangers, though. Can't wait to see Other Ted and Barney.

I can't wait for that either. I loved Mustache Marshall, too! SO COOL!

[Saltire]

I did kind of want Stripper Lily to leer at Robin or Lily and have Allison Hannigan reuse her line (from when she had an evil, vampire doppelganger on Buffy, who groped her), "I think I'm kind of gay."

[Troy McClure SF]

Ted's redate was a neat conceptAgreed. and was resolved well.Disagreed. The potential for more shellfish jokes means they should never see each other again, despite them both being charming and mutually attracted and mature about the re-date? I'd expect that from George Costanza but not Ted. :/

[EvilTOJ]

I haven't seen this show in awhile, but what I think you're telling me is that Allison Hannigan is wearing stripper gear? I think I'll have to catch up on some episodes on Hulu.

[Jman]

Agreed. Disagreed. The potential for more shellfish jokes means they should never see each other again, despite them both being charming and mutually attracted and mature about the re-date? I'd expect that from George Costanza but not Ted. :/

I completely understand where Ted comes from. The only reason the re-date was successful was because they essentially shelved their true personalities. Ted knew that he couldn't shelve his real personality for an entire relationship...and they both already knew that they're real selves were NOT compatible.

I relate...I've got a sense of humor that maybe only 5% of the population really gets. It turns out that I tend to be friends with people who fall in that 5%...including my wife. If she wasn't one of those 5%, I doubt we'd still be together. It's not one of those 'oh, you don't get this joke, you're not for me' things. It's a 'you aren't compatible with my personality, so you're not for me.'

[Munch]

The potential for more shellfish jokes means they should never see each other again, despite them both being charming and mutually attracted and mature about the re-date? I'd expect that from George Costanza but not Ted. :/

Have you ever been out with someone who is Not Amused by your sense of humor? There is no bigger turn off. People are willing to overlook a lot of things on the first date - that's why it ended well the first time around. "Maybe that bad shellfish joke was just nervousness." "Maybe all that talk about her cats is just nervousness." No - it wasn't nervousness, it was who they really are. Your potential mate should LOVE those things about you - not merely tolerate them.

[silenus]

I did kind of want Stripper Lily to leer at Robin or Lily and have Allison Hannigan reuse her line (from when she had an evil, vampire doppelganger on Buffy, who groped her), "I think I'm kind of gay."

Even better, have Robin say that line when they first spot Lesbian Robin on the street. More subtle that way. :D

[TBG]

Umm...is my HIMYM tonight the only one completely botched? I had the laugh track, the music and the foley track, but absolutely no speech for the whole episode. Turned it off halfway after I realized it wasn't part of a 'silent' bit. This was the Channel 10 Columbus, OH broadcast, but over DirecTV. I've never seen this happen before, and I'm pretty bummed, since I love the show.

Never mind...they just ran a bulletin at the bottom of the screen, since the next show was the same...no voice track, but all other audio....thanks, channel 10! Now I have to watch this episode on the computer tomorrow.

I've had this happen to other shows before, I wish they'd get their act together with all this "digital" stuff. They told us it was "so much better than analog" yeah right. Better for them maybe, not us.

I did kind of want Stripper Lily to leer at Robin or Lily and have Allison Hannigan reuse her line (from when she had an evil, vampire doppelganger on Buffy, who groped her), "I think I'm kind of gay."

lol, that would've been great, but regular Lily could've said it too. She was totally gay for stripper her.

[Cat Whisperer]

Is it just me or is Allison Hannigan looking super-hot after having a baby? Cobie Smulders isn't looking too shabby either.

I thought Robin's reactions were kinda off, too, since she never seems to act like a "proper" woman; I did like the way Barney kept pretending that she was cool with it, though. I really can't get enough Neil Patrick Harris. :)

[bouv]

Robin has acted like "one of the guys" in the past, yes, but just from smoking cigars, drinking scotch, and playing laser tag. I don't recall her previously saying she's ok with strip clubs. Besides which, her boyfriend (whether they want to admit they are or not,) was at one, and she has been shown as being the jealous type.

[Cat Whisperer]

Robin has acted like "one of the guys" in the past, yes, but just from smoking cigars, drinking scotch, and playing laser tag.<snip>
And playing hockey, and carrying a gun, and being completely into weapons...

[The Controvert]

I don't recall her previously saying she's ok with strip clubs.From "Little Minnesota":"I'm proud to be Canadian. We may not have a fancy NFL team, or Prince, but we invented Trivial Pursuit -- you're welcome, Earth. Plus, in Canada, you can go to an all-nude strip club and order alcohol. That's right. From Moose Jaw to the Bay of Fundy, you can suck down a 20-ounce Pilsner while watching some coal miner's daughter strip down to her pelt. Jealous? In Canada, people don't care where you're from. As long as you're friendly and maybe loan them a smoke or hand over a donut. I'm proud to be from the Great White North and I wish I was there right now...And we're not afraid of the dark! I mean we don't love it, but who does?"

[Maus Magill]

Is it just me or is Allison Hannigan looking super-hot after having a baby?
She's definitely breast-feeding.

[middleman]

Agreed. Disagreed.

I'm with you on the fact that a very witty premise (HIMYM has such excellent storytelling devices) was poorly executed this episode. A rare miss.

Is it just me or is Allison Hannigan looking super-hot after having a baby? Cobie Smulders isn't looking too shabby either.


You gotta think the director of the series is SO happy not to have to hide two pregnant cast members. It was almost a secondary comedy last season spotting their masking techniques.

Robin has acted like "one of the guys" in the past, yes, but just from smoking cigars, drinking scotch, and playing laser tag. I don't recall her previously saying she's ok with strip clubs. Besides which, her boyfriend (whether they want to admit they are or not,) was at one, and she has been shown as being the jealous type.

I think she is insecure being in a relationship. She doesn't like them, and probably is uncomfortable with the feelings she has. That was the best part of the episode for me.

[ISiddiqui]

And, of course, being the cool friend who is ok with strip clubs is far different than having your boyfriend going to one. Being in a relationship can totally change that dynamic.

[Cat Whisperer]

I<snip>
You gotta think the director of the series is SO happy not to have to hide two pregnant cast members. It was almost a secondary comedy last season spotting their masking techniques.
<snip>
No kidding - those were a whole lotta big purses in last season's shows. :D

[Tanbarkie]

And, of course, being the cool friend who is ok with strip clubs is far different than having your boyfriend going to one. Being in a relationship can totally change that dynamic.

Can? Try "will."

[Serenata67]

And, of course, being the cool friend who is ok with strip clubs is far different than having your boyfriend going to one. Being in a relationship can totally change that dynamic.

Eh... my fiancee actually goes to strip clubs more now that he's with me than he did when he was a bachelor.