Don’t worry, there will be more house and baby posts soon enough, but having FINALLY just watched Season 1 of How I Met Your Mother on DVD, I felt it worthy of a mention. (By the way, thanks Steve for the DVDs!)
Anyway, it’s a really funny show – why didn’t anyone tell me? OK fine, everyone told me about it, and we’re behind, so sue us. But Jason Segel is hysterical, Alyson Hannigan is great at comedy (she was quirky as Willow, but rarely laugh-out-loud funny), and Neil Patrick Harris has made a one-joke sitcom star with a catch-phrase NOT be annoying, which is a big accomplishment in its own right.
Oh, and the actors who play Robin and Ted are good too.
My only complaint with the show is that the concept leaves for some plot holes: How does Ted know so many details about things that happened when he wasn’t there? And why does he tell them to his kids as part of the story about how they met their mother? And why is he giving them so many details about how he was into another woman that he didn’t end up with? Isn’t that sort of creepy for the kids? Especially since they know her as “Aunt Robin?” And after a few hours, wouldn’t they just get bored and leave? And why does Ted sound so much like Bob Saget as a father? Is that going to happen to me??
But quibbles aside, it’s a damn good show, and it’s been going fast on DVD. Which is good, since we have another 3 seasons to catch up on before the new episodes start…
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Follow-up comment rss or Leave a TrackbackHow does Ted know so many details about things that happened when he wasn’t there?
He hears from the others, or pieces them together. If I told some stories about Spring 2001, I could probably describe the things that happened, even if I didn’t see them myself.
And why does he tell them to his kids as part of the story about how they met their mother? And why is he giving them so many details about how he was into another woman that he didn’t end up with?
He explains in the pilot that you need to know all these stories to understand how he finally meets the mother. (NOT a spoiler) I won’t give anything away, but as the seasons go on you do get a sense that these are all leading somewhere, and sometimes interwoven (no, not like Lost)
And why does Ted sound so much like Bob Saget as a father? Is that going to happen to me??
That joke was funnier on Family Guy.
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