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post #1 of 176
9/22/09 at 9:05am
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not a bad opener. I actually found Ted's first day as professor more interesting than Barney and Robin's relationship.

But I loved the whip!
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post #2 of 176
9/22/09 at 9:19am
I’ve gone through all four prior seasons in the space of the last month and a half so I’m really hyped to see this back. One of my favourite shows on Television at the moment and this season opener really hit why I loved the show. It’s frequently hilarious and has a great cast. Segel, Harris and Hannigan are possibly the greatest trio of support characters I’ve ever seen and Radnor and Smulders are often genuinely great as the ‘leads’. Radnor is still perhaps the straight guy a little too often, and his storylines can be kind of dull, but Smulders has become legitimately hilarious as the shows gone on.
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post #3 of 176
9/22/09 at 10:36am
GOOD ENOUGH!!!(CRACK!)


Tuxedo night sounds like fun.
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post #4 of 176
9/22/09 at 10:49am
It's hilarious. I like the Big Bang Theory a little bit better but you can't deny this show is awesome and very pop-culturey.

Favorite part? Every scene with the whip!

Special mentions to Tuxedo Night's Gremlin \ Girlfriend Barnyism.

I had started to type it up.. but better yet, I found it on youtube. I want to know how to pick a tie!!!! I need to hear that Barneyism!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScZEHd6fHo0
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post #5 of 176
9/22/09 at 11:06am
Is it just me or did Segel look extremely fat?

Continuing the whip-love. "NOT GOOD ENOUGH!!"
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post #6 of 176
9/22/09 at 11:21am
I wasn't into it and then the montage happened with Ted in the wrong classroom and Marshall cracking the whip at Barney and Robin and I was hooked all over again. I just couldn't stop laughing, so glad to have this show back.
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post #7 of 176
9/22/09 at 3:14pm
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Originally Posted by Ryan Bean View Post
Is it just me or did Segel look extremely fat?

Continuing the whip-love. "NOT GOOD ENOUGH!!"
I read in another forum where people are saying how skinny he looks now.
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post #8 of 176
9/22/09 at 3:19pm
Cloud-Barney and the Gremlins/Girlfriend comparison were aces. But now I gotta know the Predator/picking tie thing
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post #9 of 176
9/22/09 at 4:22pm
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I read in another forum where people are saying how skinny he looks now.
lol weird. maybe it's because I just watched an old forgetting sarah marshall dvd extra (filmed after the release of the movie) where he was pretty slim.

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Cloud-Barney and the Gremlins/Girlfriend comparison were aces. But now I gotta know the Predator/picking tie thing
knowing this show I wouldn't be surprised if they revisit it and explain that. fingers crossed, because I too need to know.
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post #10 of 176
9/22/09 at 5:09pm
Segel's weight does tend to fluctuate quite a bit. It's always different depending on the Season (But not as bad as Matthew Perry's 'The Machinist' like transformation on 'Friends').

As for this episode I liked it a lot, though Ted in class did seem like an identical retread of Ross teaching Class on 'Friends', right down to the uber-smug student.

The only real mis-step is having Lilly explain the end to us. We can see how Robin and Barney really feel about eachother, it was like they were pointing it out to the stupid people.
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post #11 of 176
9/23/09 at 12:24am
or explaining it to Ted.

he's a little slow on the uptake sometimes. haha

Marshall with the whip = priceless. "whip that habit!"

So very happy the show is back.
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post #12 of 176
9/23/09 at 6:47am
Hannigan's momboobs for the win.
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post #13 of 176
9/23/09 at 9:22am
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Originally Posted by Snaieke View Post
It's hilarious. I like the Big Bang Theory a little bit better but you can't deny this show is awesome and very pop-culturey.

Favorite part? Every scene with the whip!

Special mentions to Tuxedo Night's Gremlin \ Girlfriend Barnyism.
I really tried watching The Big Bang Theory, but while it's cute, it's really not on the same level as HIMYM. But it tries. Hard. What makes HIMYM so great is that the cast has no weakness. None.

Also loved the whip. And that Predator line was so WTF I nearly cried. Great episode. Gotta love T-Dog!
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post #14 of 176
9/23/09 at 10:26am
I think people like to rag on Ted but he really has a thankless, Mary Sue-ish, straight man role. I think the stuff with him and Stella (and how that ended) was him at his best.
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post #15 of 176
9/29/09 at 9:16am
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This episode was so-so, but I think the Ted stuff is actually better than the rest of the show.

Best gag of the night: Strip Club DJ's shout out to Barney.
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post #16 of 176
9/29/09 at 9:48am
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Originally Posted by neaux View Post
This episode was so-so, but I think the Ted stuff is actually better than the rest of the show.

Best gag of the night: Strip Club DJ's shout out to Barney.
NPH is just so perfect as Barney. The way he reacts to the AC/DC thing is just perfect on one hand he acts surprised but then he just sneaks in this little happy look that nobody else on TV can really pull off the way he does.

The Doppelgangers gag is hilarious I can't wait to see Ted and Barney's.
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post #17 of 176
9/29/09 at 10:30am
I loved that narrator-Ted dropped that he'll be getting back to the doppelgangers.

Is it weird for anyone else that the Robin and Barney stuff ended so kind of abruptly? Not really a cliffhanger, but...
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post #18 of 176
9/29/09 at 11:49am
Very impressive FX in the double-date scenes, particularly the sidewalk shot.

P.S. Fantasy photo-op with Mustache Marshall. Also, hiccup death and "You kill me off?"
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post #19 of 176
9/29/09 at 11:53am
Unfortunately, the Kill off fantasy was already done in an episode of King of Queens. I wish I didn't know that.
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post #20 of 176
10/6/09 at 9:13am
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cute episode last night.. but not great by any means. The secondary storylines are usually funnier than the main storyline. But last night, the barrel stuff was a very weak subplot to the Robin 101 story.
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post #21 of 176
10/6/09 at 11:44am
Still was hilarious.
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post #22 of 176
10/6/09 at 11:45am
I found myself laughing my ass off for most of the episode.
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post #23 of 176
10/6/09 at 3:08pm
"If she makes this face... don't take a picture of it or she will punch you."
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post #24 of 176
10/13/09 at 3:44am
Tabooty call.
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post #25 of 176
10/13/09 at 9:19am
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really liked this episode.. I laughed a lot.

The website is hilarious too.
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post #26 of 176
10/13/09 at 9:31am
It wasn't the most hilarious episode, but it provided great laughs and a good plot.

Gouda?
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post #27 of 176
10/13/09 at 10:05am
The little bit of business Barney does of wiping Robin's fake brain matter off his face was excellent.
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post #28 of 176
10/13/09 at 11:22am
The "Cat Funeral" song and video had me rolling.
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post #29 of 176
10/13/09 at 12:49pm
Agreed to all, especially the blown-out brains pantomime.

The extended "couples-style" romantic-comedy spoof should have been too silly to work, but it totally did.
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post #30 of 176
10/13/09 at 1:48pm
When the blown out brains wipe happened, my wife and I looked at each other with the same "We have to remember to do that sometime" look...
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post #31 of 176
10/20/09 at 9:51am
Tim Hortons for the win!

Good episode, and I really want some TANTRUM!

And just so you Americans known, the show had it wrong. The Toronto Maple Leafs NEVER wins.
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post #32 of 176
11/3/09 at 11:12am
Wow, the show fired on all cylinders yesterday.
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post #33 of 176
11/3/09 at 12:39pm
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Wow, the show fired on all cylinders yesterday.
T-Mose would agree with you.
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post #34 of 176
11/3/09 at 12:48pm
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I don't know why but I like Ted a LOT more than the rest of the characters now. He's just the voice of reason to 4 looneybirds.

Still I enjoyed last night's ep and the slapbet surprisingly doesn't get old.
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post #35 of 176
11/3/09 at 1:02pm
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I don't know why but I like Ted a LOT more than the rest of the characters now. He's just the voice of reason to 4 looneybirds.
You're right. Ted is the straight man, and he's kinda pulling a Micheal Bluth now.
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post #36 of 176
11/3/09 at 2:17pm
"Shut the 'bagpipes' up!"

Also, fantasy Lily.

And Robin's black bra.
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post #37 of 176
11/3/09 at 2:51pm
Fantasy Lily and Barney was fan fucking tastic.
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post #38 of 176
11/3/09 at 3:40pm
I got to ask, has anyone become worried about how this show has quickly become the "Robin and Barney" show.

They used to interweve the story between the characters (with a focus on Ted more often), but this season has become strickly about Robin and Barney. Which leads to another thing, does anyone actually not like them as a couple. I did like the leadup last season, but them as a couple isn't really working for me so far. I guess I feel Barney has goten used to couple mode too quickly for me.
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post #39 of 176
11/3/09 at 4:35pm
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I got to ask, has anyone become worried about how this show has quickly become the "Robin and Barney" show.
Nope.

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Which leads to another thing, does anyone actually not like them as a couple. I did like the leadup last season, but them as a couple isn't really working for me so far. I guess I feel Barney has goten used to couple mode too quickly for me.
It didn't happen in 2-3 weeks btw.

I've seen guys go into couple mode even faster than that, and they were total pussy hounds. These are now married with kids and all....
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post #40 of 176
11/3/09 at 6:24pm
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Originally Posted by DerekT View Post
They used to interweve the story between the characters (with a focus on Ted more often), but this season has become strickly about Robin and Barney.
Did you miss the TANTRUM! episode two weeks back? R&B were the B-story and the main plot was about Ted, Marshall and Lily on a road trip. I think you just don't like seeing them together.

Agreed, though, we haven't had a Ted Relationship ep in a while. And we know that he meets Mom in that classroom!
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post #41 of 176
11/4/09 at 10:31am
Anybody else kind of disturbed to think that old Ted is telling his kids all these stories when a good 80% of them are about sex?
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post #42 of 176
11/4/09 at 2:35pm
Well, that was the point of the 'bagpipes' euphemism-- that Future Ted is self-censoring the story for the kids. See also 'eating a sandwich'.
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post #43 of 176
11/4/09 at 3:12pm
Plus, future Ted is Bob Saget, so he's obviously filthy.
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post #44 of 176
11/4/09 at 4:07pm
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Well, that was the point of the 'bagpipes' euphemism-- that Future Ted is self-censoring the story for the kids. See also 'eating a sandwich'.
I meant to put a nod to those 2 examples in my post but forgot. But there's way more instances of no censoring... ie: the ep where Robin and him become friends with benefits.

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Plus, future Ted is Bob Saget, so he's obviously filthy.
... I can't believe I've never noticed that. wtf
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post #45 of 176
11/4/09 at 4:40pm
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Originally Posted by Hammerhead View Post
Did you miss the TANTRUM! episode two weeks back? R&B were the B-story and the main plot was about Ted, Marshall and Lily on a road trip. I think you just don't like seeing them together.

Agreed, though, we haven't had a Ted Relationship ep in a while. And we know that he meets Mom in that classroom!

I guess you right, I probably don't like seeing them together. Don't know why though because I did generally like the idea going into this season.
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post #46 of 176
11/4/09 at 4:59pm
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Agreed, though, we haven't had a Ted Relationship ep in a while. And we know that he meets Mom in that classroom!
We don't know where he meets her. We only know that she was in the classroom on Ted's first day at Columbia and that Ted was in the wrong room then.
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post #47 of 176
11/4/09 at 5:37pm
I wonder if future Ted's kids are more weirded out by his hooking up with random New York skanks, or that he used to 'play the bagpipes' with Aunt Robin?
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post #48 of 176
11/5/09 at 4:56am
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We only know that she was in the classroom on Ted's first day at Columbia and that Ted was in the wrong room then.
Good catch.

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post #49 of 176
11/10/09 at 4:09am
11-9 ep. I am at a loss. That was one flawless half-hour. I expect snippets of that "failed Canadian variety show" to pop up online soon.

Bonus points for upgrading Barney's Clone Trooper statue to a proper Stormtrooper.
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post #50 of 176
11/10/09 at 10:23am
I want Alan Thicke as a regular at MacLaren's...
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