How I Met Your Mother – Disaster Averted (S07E09)

How I Met Your Mother – Disaster Averted (S07E09)

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I like Barney and Nora.  I really don’t like Robin and Kevin.  And yet despite all that, I enjoyed this episode.  The perfect combination of humour and heart.  The staple of HIMYM. Oh and the double-meaning of Disaster Averted.…

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How I Met Your Mother – The Slutty Pumpkin Returns (S07E08)

How I Met Your Mother – The Slutty Pumpkin Returns (S07E08)

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The long-awaited return of the Slutty Pumpkin, now known as Naomi (Katie Holmes), was tonight and surprisingly, it felt like the b-story of the night.  What could top a Slutty Pumpkin?  Barney being Canadian.…

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How I Met Your Mother – Noretta (S07E07)

How I Met Your Mother – Noretta (S07E07)

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It was a jam-packed week on How I Met Your Mother this week with Barney’s brother James (Wayne Brady), Nora (Nazanin Boniadi) playing a big role, and Kal Penn sticking around as Kevin for another week (regrettably.)  Oh and every one of the gang’s parents show up in creepy cameos.…

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Raising Hope – Sabrina Has Money (S02E02)

Raising Hope – Sabrina Has Money (S02E02)

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I’m trying to remember if we have heard anything about Sabrina’s family before now, but I can’t think of any specific mention of them. So, finding out about Sabrina’s dad and sister was a nice way to expand the Raising Hope universe.  And some of my favourite guest stars are the alumni of My Name Is Earl.  This week is was Darnell (Eddie Steeples) who was the pizza guy who wanted a tip (last year he was Tyler the gas man,) but gave Burt a discount on the pizza for taking off the sausage.…

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How I Met Your Mother – The Naked Truth (S07E02)

How I Met Your Mother – The Naked Truth (S07E02)

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The second of the night and it really should have been called “The Sweeping Declaration” as those were the funniest moments of the episode, though there was also the introduction of Edward 40-Hands and Garrison Cootes (aka Martin Short.)  But, the star of the episode had to be Beercules.  Oh and of course the return……

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How I Met Your Mother – The Best Man (S07E01)

How I Met Your Mother – The Best Man (S07E01)

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Can you believe this is the 7th season of HIMYM?  From a show that almost wasn’t renewed for a third, it’s an impressive feat.  Back-to-back episodes (review of second episode is here) brought about signature hints at future episodes, huge laughs, and the question, what is the ducky tie?…

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How I Met Your Mother – Duel Citizenship (S05E05)

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5 seasons in, HIMYM continually ranks among the best comedies on TV.  This epsiode was filled with hilarious Canadian jokes (which seem to be an endless well of gags for the writing team) and a great Marshall & Ted b-story.  After last week’s lacklustre episode, it was great to get a classic.  Who doesn’t have stories of crazy roadtrips with friends.  And believe it or not, I had one with a friend who had to hit the bathroom every 5 minutes just like Lily.  It had me in hysterics.  Plus, we saw the return of the Hoser Hut, …

How I Met Your Mother: Shelter Island (S04E05)

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I’m sure there are those on both sides of the Stella-Ted debate, but whether you think the relationship is good or bad, you have to admit that Stella fits into the show so naturally, it almost feels like there’s no guest star at all.  Recently, the HIMYM team has been throwing Stella negatives to the forefront for the obvious removal of her character from the show, which sucks.  I was hoping she’d stick around somehow and maybe she will..

How I Met Your Mother: The World’s Best Burger (S04E02)

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Great episode tonight. Barney introduced the Chinese-Indian-Mexican race and Lilly had her first Burgasm.  Classic.  Four seasons in, and HIMYM continues to top my list of favourite shows.

Also, did anyone else notice how short Regis is?

Million Dollar Password (S01E01)

Two things I learned tonight: 1) Rachel Ray isn’t the brightest mind around 2) Regis Philbin doesn’t know Neil Patrick Harris is gay I’m not old enough to remember the original game show Password, but I have seen an incarnation of Pyramid or $10,000 Pyramid and so I get the general idea of the game. Here’s the general idea: A celebrity is matched up with a regular person. Like charades or pictionary, they are given a word (aka password) to portray to their partner, but in this case, they can only give hints in 1 word doses. For example …

Is this proof that Stella is the Mother? (How I Met Your Mother)

In the season finale of How I Met Your Mother, there’s a sequence where Ted goes through the whole life-flashes-before-your-eyes idea.  In reality, it was 70 frames of pictures from the first 3 seasons.

And tucked in between all those pictures was one interesting image that stuck out…

(and no it’s not the one of Stella..check it out after the click)…

How I Met Your Mother: Miracles (S03E20 – Season Finale)

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We’ve officially closed the chapter on the third season of How I Met Your Mother and it’s incredible how regularly this show manages to outwit other sitcoms.  While tonight’s episode was was a plot-heavy one, there was still tonight’s gem:  Barney’s Datetime Continuum.If that’s not enough to keep you reading, how about photo stills of every frame of Ted’s life-flash (including one that makes no sense!).  Catch it  along with the rest of the review after the click.…