i know i'm one of the only people on ilx who watches *how i met your mother* on a regular basis, but did anyone else see the robin sparkles episode? where robin didn't want people to know that she had

lots of sitcoms have done full-on fantasy episodes that have been cheesy as hell, but what happened last night was like 90 seconds of the episode

which is why i said "i saw a shark in the water" rather than "omg shark jumped never watching again"

I think it would have been better if it was just them reading the poems and not having the cut-aways but it didn't exactly ruin the episode, it was just a badly done joke. All sitcoms have them occasionally (and unfortunately.)

::shrugs:: invoking a cliche with a slight variation is still invoking it

god forbid

if you really have a problem with people playing pointless parlor games like this, you really must hate a show where they're constantly giving names like "pull a murtaugh" to common moments in life

that comparison was completely arbi....(wait for it)...trary

and it was bizarrely out of keeping with the rest of the series in that it sucked and wasn't funny

pretty sure characters telling elaborate exaggerated stories is in keeping w/the spirit of this show u dumb fuk and the whole episode was str8 classic sitcom jokes - if u want to laugh @ punchlineless moments of social awkwardness or w/e then gtfo of a cbs sitcom thread - like being half retarded isnt totally the point

u dum fuq

u dum fuq

this would be an awesome license plate

i don't mind the long exaggerated stories, BUT PLEASE MAKE IT CLEVER

the episode with ted teaching barney ROBIN 101--clever

Would understand this argument more if they hadn't done this sort of shit countless times before, and been much lamer along the way

i'm not sure if its an argument, i just want to laugh

not sure i actually want to ask for an example of a lamer fantasy sequence on himym, might be i'm blocking it out

Anyway wrt to the fantasy sequence I wasnt that in to it AND YET by the time both Ted and Barney had both used the 'Dude, it's a poem' line I'd kind of warmed to it through a. their belief that is what a poem should entail and b. that when they're on other other side of it they cant comprehend why.

Also thought Teds tweed looked pretty good, gotta go shopping

i like how this show takes turns in subjecting its characters to complete detachment from reality. this week it was marshall and lily being batshit insane.

"Ted...it's a poem" cracked me up and probably would've been what I ran to quote on here if this thread was more like the 30 Rock thread.

xp Yeah, think thats part of the charm, tho Marshall never far away from being dangerously unhinged in a charming way. tbh I can watch this show just fine even if its not making me excessively lol

Would understand this argument more if they hadn't done this sort of shit countless times before, and been much lamer along the way

― The nation's most valiant right back (Suedey 2), Tuesday, October 13, 2009 3:46 PM (11 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

to summarize the argument: i agree w/ you, da croupier sees things differently

people bitch about episodes of 30 rock all the time here

(it's not all just quotes)

This episode actually make me laugh quite a lot! Somebody here must be wrong! WRONG

i was really stoned too. no laughter. i did enjoy barney's mugging at the end when he realized ted is single and happy and he is in a relationship.

cutty i just meant people post quotes more there, i realize there's crazy shark jumping talk there too

plus blonde chick ws

i don't mind the long exaggerated stories, BUT PLEASE MAKE IT CLEVER

gabbneb w/a bike

Laughed at the Innskeeper/crazy Marshall&Lily/ CAT FUNERAL SONG!!!! way more than Robin 101.

Not overly fond of the way they've handled the Barney/Robin (can we go TWOP can call them Bobin? Barbin?) relationship, it has not brought the funny at all.

to be fair i kinda hate tv so if the show is just becoming "str8 classic sitcom jokes" it figures i'd be nonplussed, but it's not like i'm pining for "punchlineless moments of social awkwardness" or for someone to glance into the documentary camera or aynthing. just like this show when it's a little less shrill burlesque (took me a while to get into 30 rock) and more earthbound/relatable.

Cat funeral made up for the weak points in this episode.

This show is all over the place, frankly. Worst episode for me - to my memory at least - was the 'Barney is secretly married!!!1' thing, which just... ugh. I thought that was bad. Still had its moments though.

xp meow

Surely BarneyRObin = BRo, especially considering Barney's obsession w/ the word.

even that was tainted for me by the weirdness of marshall ending "cat-sitting" with the cat's apparent death. shouldn't it have just cut from happy sitting to the funeral without explanation? sorry if my desire for plausibility pisses somebody off.

that meaning "cat funeral"

If they hadn't shown the open window, the funeral wouldn't have been funny. Then it's just a dead cat, and the only clue about Marshall involvement is Lily's mom trying to strangle him for 1 frame (which only made sense because of the open window).

Barney's secret marriage was a pretty lame conceit, yeah

but why would he end a happy montage with a shot of him looking shocked at a cat going out a window? and wouldn't we assume the cat died because of him if the funeral song? immediately following his sitting song? small potatoes but i really hope someone got fired over this.

woops, extra question mark there

If they hadn't shown the open window, the funeral wouldn't have been funny. Then it's just a dead cat, and the only clue about Marshall involvement is Lily's mom trying to strangle him for 1 frame (which only made sense because of the open window).

― smashing aspirant (milo z), Tuesday, October 13, 2009 4:15 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

expecting the viewers to be able to make an inference that marshall somehow killed the cat is too much i guess?

this is a cbs show u dum fuq

great job on this thread you guys

i think the window shot is there so you assume he let the cat get out and killed it out of negligence, and not that he accidentally stepped on it or fed it rat poison or something much more grisly

gouda anyone?

when marshall was looking out the open window his face looked like it had been scratched up by the cat too - think we were supposed to infer ~something had gone down~ also wasnt him taking care of the cat --> cat dying a pretty obv (if hilarious) direction to take the joke?

Why would Marshall make a music video with some hippie-looking dude and Lily on drums?
Why would Marshall obsess over Gouda?
Why would Marshall and Barney make wagers involving slapping the shit out of each other?
If Robin was a famous Canadian pop star in the '90s, why do her videos look like Cyndi Lauper knockoffs?
How does Barney not have syphilis?

etc. etc. etc.

guys you are forgetting that within the context of the show, it was marshall who assembled these photo montages. please consider his motivations for using the photo of the cat jumping out in the window in his montage in all of your analyses.

If Robin was a famous Canadian pop star in the '90s, why do her videos look like Cyndi Lauper knockoffs?

you answered your own question here

Because Canada only caught up to the 80s a decade late dude.

ha xpost.

the cheese was Marshall's only food responsibility so he got overzealous about it and "the 80's didn't come to Canada til like '93" (xpost)