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

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)

How does Barney not have syphilis?

http://www.tac.org.za/community/files/condomCartoon.jpg?

yeah see that's the level of track-covering i expect from himym.

Why would Marshall make a music video with some hippie-looking dude and Lily on drums?

because he's a textbook Extreme fan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_dN1WXBxuw

Man I drew a comic about safe sex recently (for work) and I'm pretty disappointed I didnt get to draw that condom dude, just some youngsters and stuff

Teenagers not children

Um, guys, I know all the explanations. Just pointing out the regular absurdity of the show - looking for realistic character motivation in creating creepy/obsessive photo montages is kind of silly.

Marshall is all the explanation I need

Same for Barney

Also Ted = douche explains an awful lot there

and so on

Suedey's username still makes me laugh btw.

this THREAD has jumped the shark that's what's jumped he shark

your spelling jumped the shark with the post

but what did you think of the episode, max

i thought it was OK

well that was kind of awful, even if marshall did rip up a phone book.

LOLed at kenny rogers' audiobook about sparky

Robin/Barney angle was OK. Lily being a wet blanket in generic sitcom jam was kinda lame. Kenny Rogers gag was amusing. Fiero/500 Miles callback was great.

I liked the Kenny Rogers and all of the Canadian baiting. The Tim Hortons looked very realistic.

when max says he thought is was OK, he really thought it was shit, but doesn't want to sound like me bitching

it sucked

oh that was last week

this week sucked too