Suit-up. We're Going to the Mall Today and it's Going to be Legendary!
I think I may have witnessed the greatest half-hour of situation comedy this decade. Whoever was responsible for writing yesterday's episode of How I Met Your Mother deserves a monument, some currency and a statutory holiday in his/her/their honour.
If you've never seen How I met Your Mother then for shame! But seriously The premise is an architect named Ted, who through the use of an occasional Bob Saget voiceover, is explaining to his kids how he met their mom. Yes, it sounds overly cute, but it's more The Princess Bride than eye-roll-inducing-neverending anecdote. Generally I get more than a few laughs out of the relationship and dating shenanigans of twenty-something Ted, best friend Marshall, his fiancé Liliy, Robin and Barney. But yesterday it was absolutely brilliant. First there was "slap bet" between Barney and Marshall. It will fit nicely in amongst the the "lemon law", "phone-five", the "rack-jack", "legnd-ary" and the mulitple variations of "suit-up".
But the real gem yesterday was the Robin Sparkles video. Perhaps Bob made a trip to the writers meeting to tell the story about his days at Full House with Uncle Joey; regardless this is the perfect parody of early Alanis Morissette (back when she was just Alanis and singing songs like Plastic. The song nails the production values, choreography and wardrobe or an American '80s Tiffany video or a Canadian early '90s Alanis video—sometimes things catch on slower here. If that wasn't enough the song references those cool Robot butler toys and Prime Minister Brian Mulroney getting down. So in honour of the show's writers and Robin Sparkle I'm off to the mall to get season one of How I met Your Mother on DVD, today.
Watch the video below.
Grab the Mp3 and be Robin's friend here.
Read Barney's blog here.
If you've never seen How I met Your Mother then for shame! But seriously The premise is an architect named Ted, who through the use of an occasional Bob Saget voiceover, is explaining to his kids how he met their mom. Yes, it sounds overly cute, but it's more The Princess Bride than eye-roll-inducing-neverending anecdote. Generally I get more than a few laughs out of the relationship and dating shenanigans of twenty-something Ted, best friend Marshall, his fiancé Liliy, Robin and Barney. But yesterday it was absolutely brilliant. First there was "slap bet" between Barney and Marshall. It will fit nicely in amongst the the "lemon law", "phone-five", the "rack-jack", "legnd-ary" and the mulitple variations of "suit-up".
But the real gem yesterday was the Robin Sparkles video. Perhaps Bob made a trip to the writers meeting to tell the story about his days at Full House with Uncle Joey; regardless this is the perfect parody of early Alanis Morissette (back when she was just Alanis and singing songs like Plastic. The song nails the production values, choreography and wardrobe or an American '80s Tiffany video or a Canadian early '90s Alanis video—sometimes things catch on slower here. If that wasn't enough the song references those cool Robot butler toys and Prime Minister Brian Mulroney getting down. So in honour of the show's writers and Robin Sparkle I'm off to the mall to get season one of How I met Your Mother on DVD, today.
Watch the video below.
Grab the Mp3 and be Robin's friend here.
Read Barney's blog here.
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