OK, I think I'm done with HIMYM. This one is just too much. They've even managed to ruin a Frances Conroy guest shot for me.
I know I'm a bad poet, but I'm a good man. All I ask is that... is that you try to see me—
William ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Comedy 1: A Little Song, a Little Dance, a Little Seltzer Down Your Pants
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Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 02, 2009 3:54:06 pm PST #1249 of 8624
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Polter-Cow - Mar 02, 2009 7:45:16 pm PST #1250 of 8624
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
That's who that was!
What was too much about it? I thought it was great.
megan walker - Mar 02, 2009 8:33:26 pm PST #1251 of 8624
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
What was too much about it? I thought it was great.
Me too. We had a TiVo conflict awhile back and we decided Gossip Girl was better; tonight it was a repeat so we got HIMYM. I thought it was better than most of what we got earlier in the season. Although I agree that Conroy was off.
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 03, 2009 5:27:05 am PST #1252 of 8624
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
The storyline took Barney to a level of ridiculousness normally reserved for cartoon characters and Muppets. I like Neil Patrick Harris, but Barney is dead to me from this point onward.
Topic!Cindy - Mar 05, 2009 3:22:52 am PST #1253 of 8624
What is even happening?
Matt, I'm not done with it, but I couldn't buy into the premise for a minute, so I never got into it. I laughed at all the appropriate parts because the cast is pretty good (although JR remains the weak link for me), but it was just too too.
d - Mar 05, 2009 5:08:11 am PST #1254 of 8624
It's nice to see some brave pretenders trying to make it interesting.
JR/Ted = DS/Ross imo. By far the most irritating characters on their shows, baffling to me as to how they get so much attention.
I had a whole bit on how I bought into part of it, but not all of it, but then I read what I typed and realized I don't buy into it. I do think Barney is completely ridiculous enough to hire a fake wife and son, and his ridiculous asshat behavior with women is far more upsetting to me than this particular storyline, but the biggest question for me is why would he want to hire a fake family in the first place? Barney's mom "whored" around and didn't take gruff from her kids when they were little in the 2 episodes we heard but not saw her, yet 10 years ago apparently she's so sick and rueful her boys didn't turn out the way she hoped (I guess his brother having a family didn't count) Barney needs to fake a family before she dies, then only 3 years ago she was as tough as nails enough to do some sort of insider trading or whatnot that Barney alluded to in the episode where Lily moves in, but she's still alive this year not acting feisty at all and feels like Mary Sue mom. I don't buy it.
sj - Mar 09, 2009 12:01:36 pm PDT #1255 of 8624
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Summer Glau is going to be on the Big Bang Theory playing herself tonight, and it sounds like it is going to be worth watching. It's on right before HIMYM, if you don't normally watch it.
Fred Pete - Mar 13, 2009 9:23:19 am PDT #1256 of 8624
Ann, that's a ferret.
Office:
Shoe-La-La?
The Kevin-Lynn story is shaping up to be sweeter than I expected from any story line involving Kevin.
Words fail me on the A story. Other than, why am I not surprised Michael is a fan of Willy Wonka (for all the wrong reasons)?
Polter-Cow - Mar 13, 2009 9:32:04 am PDT #1257 of 8624
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
The Kevin-Lynn story is shaping up to be sweeter than I expected from any story line involving Kevin.
Right? I didn't expect it to go that way when she came on the scene.
lisah - Mar 13, 2009 10:41:54 am PDT #1258 of 8624
Punishingly Intricate
Shoe-La-La?
I have a friend who is a little obsessed with Man shoes and the occasions on which you must wear Man shoes so this KILLED me.