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Comedy 1: A Little Song, a Little Dance, a Little Seltzer Down Your Pants

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DavidS - Mar 29, 2010 11:56:54 am PDT #2172 of 8624

"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Ted was a massive douche in this situation.

He was, but they are writing him that way. I kind of liked it when the writers would tip that Ted was a bit too self-aware about how adorable he was, calculating and preening even.

It was also consistent with the characters all having inflated egos (Robin's presumption that she's always the prettiest woman in the room; Marshall's absolute confidence in his good looks and that he's a catch; Barney's self-declared awesomeness).

But it's gotten grotesque. The bigger issue for me though is that the show is so fucking sexist. I was shocked that they thought it was okay for Ted to call Lilly a cunt (way back in S2). It is not equivalent to calling a guy a dick, even though they seem to think so. Ditto with the bitches, skanks and hos they toss around.

I feel compelled to quote Archer at them: "Don't be shitty," writers of HIMYM.

DavidS - Mar 29, 2010 12:11:16 pm PDT #2173 of 8624

"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Instead of Lilly calling Ted's exes skanks, I kept wondering why she didn't point out the more obvious fact: Ted's a slut.

Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Mar 30, 2010 7:30:06 am PDT #2174 of 8624

"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"

Anyway, the show is kind of in a bad rut for me now; sort of the way Friends would be periodically. Where the little quirks of the characters become more bent and twisted by comic necessity until the characters become sort of revolting.

I am almost incapable of criticising the show 'cause I love it so much, but even I'm getting tired of this. Taking likeable characters in a fun situation and making them parodies of themselves is dull. I won't be giving up on it, but I want the writers to pick themselves up.

Mostly, I think the show does best what it says on the tin - setting Ted up to meet the mother. If this season can get back to that, it might be redeemable.

Laga - Apr 12, 2010 6:16:24 pm PDT #2175 of 8624

You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

oh come on HIMYM, Lily should have gotten smashed in the face by the recoil when she fired that gun.

brenda m - Apr 13, 2010 4:25:04 am PDT #2176 of 8624

If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

The TeeVee is informing me that Glee starts at 8:28 (central) tonight.

Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Apr 13, 2010 7:07:35 am PDT #2177 of 8624

"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"

I am loving Wil Wheaton's appearances on The Big Bang Theory. Evil!Wil is fun.

Polter-Cow - Apr 13, 2010 7:30:17 am PDT #2178 of 8624

What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!