Jason Segal really sold the "Not now, Ted!" line.
that bit made me die. perfect comedic timing.
What you did to me was unbelievable, Connor. But then I got stuck in a hell dimension by my girlfriend one time for a hundred years, so three months under the ocean actually gave me perspective. Kind of a M.C. Escher perspective, but I did get time to think.
Angel ,'Conviction (1)'
Comedy 1: A Little Song, a Little Dance, a Little Seltzer Down Your Pants
This thread is for comedy TV, including network and cable shows. [NAFDA]
tiggy - Apr 22, 2008 5:55:34 am PDT #707 of 8624
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore
katefate - Apr 22, 2008 7:20:38 am PDT #708 of 8624
Frail my heart apart and play me a little Shady Grove
As was the Lily & Marshall being the parents to teenaged Robin.
"...a billion years ago!" was delivered perfectly.
Jason Segal really sold the "Not now, Ted!" line.
Yep. And, oh my, NPH sold the kiss at the end.
Hopefully this will be all laser-tags and cigars, instead of ending in tears and recriminations.
Love this.
sumi - Apr 22, 2008 10:21:09 am PDT #709 of 8624
Art Crawl!!!
Have you guys heard of Gavin & Stacey? - it's a show coming to BBCA (and then being reformatted for NBC.)
Java cat - Apr 22, 2008 4:07:54 pm PDT #710 of 8624
Not javachik
Late coast: AIIIIYIII!!! Robin and BARNEY?? Loved the Robin Sparkles. I have to go look up who was the slacker ex-boyfriend. I think he might have been one of the guys from Dawson's Creek, but I've never seen an ep of it, so off to check.
Side note en route: the writer was Kourtney Kang, Born in Hawaii. [2000] Carnegie Mellon University's School Of Drama, MFA in Playwrighting.
Robin Sparkles has a MySpace page. Of course! [link]
Another side note: The producers don’t plan on stopping with Robin Sparkles, “We’d like to get to the point,” Bays said, “where people will know that if they hear in the narration, ‘but I can’t tell you that part of the story,’ then they’ll know they should go looking for it online.” - from search engine journal.
Okay, the actor is Michael Kagan and he was also in the episode Return of the Shirt, where Ted breaks up with Natalie by leaving a message on her ans. machine, and Robin says crazy stuff on air that Barney dared her to say.
tiggy - Apr 22, 2008 4:10:27 pm PDT #711 of 8624
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore
the slacker ex-boyfriend is James Van Der Beek of Dawson's Creek fame.
Kate P. - Apr 22, 2008 4:13:58 pm PDT #712 of 8624
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
the actor is Michael Kagan
Which actor? The one who played slimy ex-boyfriend Simon? That was James Van Der Beek, formerly of Dawson's Creek. edit: x-posty
Heh, I hadn't seen the Robin Sparkles MySpace page yet. It's so... sparkly!
Java cat - Apr 22, 2008 4:22:48 pm PDT #713 of 8624
Not javachik
That was James Van Der Beek, formerly of Dawson's Creek.
Oh he was that guy? Sorry, he's not listed on the cast on IMDB for that ep and I couldn't remember the character's name. Kagan is listed as the character Joel Adams in that ep. (Who was he, or is IMDB completely messed up w/r/t this ep?)
Kate P. - Apr 22, 2008 4:32:20 pm PDT #714 of 8624
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Hmm, I don't remember a Joel Adams in this episode.
tiggy - Apr 22, 2008 4:38:24 pm PDT #715 of 8624
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore
me neither, but i'm not all that surprised that something on imdb is screwy.
Java cat - Apr 22, 2008 5:37:06 pm PDT #716 of 8624
Not javachik
And here I always thought IMDB was more reliable than other sources. Live and learn.
I am sad that I have missed the new Office episodes.
Back to HIMYM:
These amused me at the time but the allusions went by me until now:
Barney: Tell me more. Tell me more. Like did he have a car?
This is a reference to the lines of a song from the musical Grease called "Summer Nights". With the song, Sandy and Danny, the lead characters in the play, describe to their friends how their brief summer love affair went.
Barney: Finish Him!!
This is an allusion to the video game "Mortal Kombat". When you KOed (knocked out) your opponent, he stood once again to receive the coup de grace while those words were showed on the screen.
eta: the pilot script [link]