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

i have no idea what arrest dev-ish means (i mean i know what it means but they invented fake movie gags or something?) but that was definitely my biggest laugh of the episode

The Ocean Walker

wellll obv they didnt "invent" fake movie poster gags - pretty sure that was seinfeld - but the way the joke was constructed and the quick flash to a shot of the poster with v/o instead of just having it as a prop in the background or w/e seemed v. "in the style of" to me

It's true, Arrested Development definitely mastered the fake movie/poster gag, from Les Cousins Dangereux
to "I just want my kids back!"

The Old Man and The Sea > The Young Man and The Sea starring Jude Law > The Young Man on the Beach - A+

I was having some doubt last week about where they were heading with this, but damn if this wasn't a pretty awesome season finale.

Yeah, I thought the whole thing was amazing. Especially the New Pornographers.

Especially the New Pornographers.

Wait, waht?

I was a little sleepy while watching, but weren't they playing TNP near the end of the episode?

I haven't been able to find a copy yet to make sure... am I wrong?

Ok. Rewatched. Apparently it was A.C Newman's "Prophets." Lol @ same difference.

yeah best episode in ages.

"remember. "Baaa means baaaa.""

and SVEN!

Great episode, and yeah I thought that sounded a lot like the NP, but didn't recognize the song. Now it all makes sense.

Funnily enough, I basically gave Lily's leap speech to one of my former students today. Am I cheeseball for thinking this show is pretty OTM about life lessons and all? It's all pretty obvious stuff, I guess, but well it all rings true somehow.

i suppose they're OTM if life has worked out for you

hah nah seriously the show is ridiculously optimistic. but i enjoy it anyway

Ted's leap (stunt double?) was the best by far. Cleared it and then some.

For the last time, I am not Linda Knievel, and I will ever be Linda Knievel!

awesome episode. really loved the ending. what a sap this show makes us.

btw, can we change the thread title once and for all? it's kind of annoying. sorry scott.

I know it was just TV, but doing a leap like that in real life would have scared the hell out of me, especially considering one could likely die if you fell down from a roof. A great ending nonetheless.

robin double mosbying barney was pretty great, too

i still dont get how this links back to that episode that ended w/ him meeting up w/ stella again and saying 'and if i hadnt seen her that day i never would have met yr mother'. is there any connection?

didn't he get the professor job through the connections of Stella's boyf?

and el mother is in the class he teaches. ergo important.

really hoping they don't steal from those rubbish episodes of friends when ross dated a student.

o yeah the professor thing! that's what it is

dur

i kinda hate the barney robin relationship and i thought it was handled really well here

"you're pretty but ... you're freakishly tall and you don't believe in ghosts"

Marshall is a so much better character when they let him go a little gonzo, like the "I WILL NEVER EAT RIBS AGAIN ... IN FRONT OF TED" line and all his preparations for jumping.

next season better start with them stuck on that roof waiting for the owner of the apt to get home, and not with them laughing it up at the restaurant with no explanation

"btw, can we change the thread title once and for all? it's kind of annoying. sorry scott."

don't look at me, i was drunk when i started this thread, and i don't speak for "the other scott".

plus, i just figured that ilx was too snooty for this show and that this thread would disappear forever.

also, can you really get "let's go to the mall" for your cellphone????

You can at least convert the mp3 of it to a ringtone, I would gather.

i kinda love this thread title

ditto!

Length of thread title makes it easy to spot in New Answers. That's a plus.

thread is just unpopular enough to make a good bookmark, and it'll likely be dead until september now, so you might as well do it now

The title of the show is kinda lame. It's only befitting the that this thread title be kinda lame

obviously I am excited by fall TV. HIMYM starts next Monday!

yah, been watching reruns a lot lately so i'm pretty excited about new ones

I've been watching Undeclared so I am jonesing for some Marshall!

Guys. Is it just me, or has the writing gone way, way, way downhill? Please tell me I just watched a bum copy of the season premiere, and that this hasn't just become the worst sitcom on television. :'(

That's um, a bit overdramatic, I think. It was okay but lacking a bit, I guess. And for goodness sakes, have you seen what's on the air a half hour later? (though I didn't stick around for the Jenna Elfman show, so that could have been even worse)

I guess I'm just really in shock. I felt like the writing really tanked, and it sounded like they even turned the laugh track way up.

I was looking forward to it, and I couldn't even finish the episode

Really? I thought it was hilarious

i don't think we've ever got as far as even season two on british tv. first was shown twice on the bbc (bbc3 then bbc2) and now e4(?) is showing them again from the beginning. my absolute favourite episode of season one, Drumroll Please, is on tonight as it happens. hopefully they will continue onto the later seasons when they've finished with the first.

I thought it sucked a bit and I agree on the laughtrack thing. It still had good points (lol whip) but I think they just need a bit of time to sort out the new dynamics of the group, especially after spending most of last season without the girls and now Robin is in a relationship with a new Barney and Ted's going to get a new girlfriend, it's going to take a bit of time. Also be glad to see the end of Lily obsessing over Robin/Barney.

Also, is the mother an economics student? Because I guess that at least avoids the cliche of sleeping with a girl in yr class.

yeah, it wasn't the greatest episode, but ted teaching was pretty funny. big bang theory was better last night. i really should start a seperate BBT thread, but i don't know if anyone would care. then again, i didn't think anyone would care about this thread...

xp yeah, she was in the economics class. though if she turns out to be an undergrad it's still a bit creepy. i admit i laughed at the PROFE bit

as much as i hate that show, i think a BBT thread would get enough attention to warrant it (that is, just enough)

last night was pretty funny to me. i try to live in the moment and laugh or not at what's in front of me, although really how many shows can you say were still at to the top of their game by the 5th season anyway? if it's a mild decline in quality i can live with that.