# What was the short movie in HIMYM "Ten Sessions"?

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**Created:** [October 8, 2008, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-short-movie-in-himym-ten-sessions/467059 "2008-10-08T20:50:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![istara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e79b87/32.png) [@istara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/istara)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2008, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-short-movie-in-himym-ten-sessions/467059/1 "2008-10-08T20:50:58Z")

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In the episode of How I Met Your Mother where Ted takes Stella on a two-minute date, what was the short film they watched in the shop window?

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**Author:** ![The\_Controvert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@The\_Controvert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Controvert)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2008, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-short-movie-in-himym-ten-sessions/467059/2 "2008-10-08T20:56:20Z")

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As I recall, it was [“Manos: The Hands of Fate”.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manos:_The_Hands_of_Fate)

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**Author:** ![istara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e79b87/32.png) [@istara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/istara)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2008, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-short-movie-in-himym-ten-sessions/467059/3 "2008-10-08T21:00:44Z")

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Aha thanks! So it wasn’t actually a super short film?

I need the name of a famous, very short film, can you think of any?

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**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2008, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-short-movie-in-himym-ten-sessions/467059/4 "2008-10-08T21:43:33Z")

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> [@istara](#):
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> I need the name of a famous, very short film, can you think of any?

Un Chien Andalou is 16 minutes long. Does that count?

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**Author:** ![infinitii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e8c25b/32.png) [@infinitii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/infinitii)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2008, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-short-movie-in-himym-ten-sessions/467059/5 "2008-10-08T23:30:22Z")

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If you’re needing something less than 2 minutes long, may I suggest [Bambi Meets Godzilla](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAVYYe87b9w)?