How I Met Your Mother

This writer's strike is really starting to mess with my weekly watching.
A few of my best shows have already started running re-runs.
So, it was with a sigh of relief- and literal thanksgiving, that I watched this new episode.

Anyway, this episode (http://www.cbs.com/innertube/player.php?cat=all&vid=&format=&auto=0) Marshall scares Barney by reviving the old slap bet that he had won- Marshall had the right to slap Barney one more time in life, without warning, open handed- and Marshal is teasing Barney with a website (www.slapcountdown.com) and alludes to 'Slapsgiving' instead of Thanksgiving and that this will be when he slaps him. And Barney thinks October has 30 days, so he's off on his count.

Also, the entire group is planning on hanging out for Thanksgiving.
Ted and Robin find they are having a hard time hanging out alone together now that they have broken up and moved on.
Marshall keeps teasing Barney- he makes the 'hand turkeys' and shows them to Barney...

Anyway, so Ted and Robin were supposed to make pies with everyone, but everyone else bailed, so its just the two of them- and after a getting into a huge fight, they end up sleeping together. They decide they have to stop pretending to be friends, and try to be normal again.
At the dinner, they accidentally reverted to their old inside joke, where they salute and repeat every time anyone says anything with an army reference (like 'major pain' or 'general knowledge'.)

Since Lily banned Marshall from slapping Barney because it was Thanksgiving, Barney starts teasing Marshall- and 5 seconds until the end of the countdown Lily snaps and revokes her ruling and allows Marshall to slap Barney!
Then Marshall sits down to the piano and sings this:

go to www.slapcountdown.com

It's hilarious.

I really find this show refreshingly funny- hope they keep bringing new episodes, or that the writer's go back to work soon!!!

How I Met Your Mother

This is a good episode!

It starts with Marshall freaking out because he can't remember the password to log in to see if he passed the bar exam to be a lawyer.

In a funny turn of events, they each start 'crashing' each other's images, pointing out their flaws- and Robin points out that Marshall does this annoying singing thing where he sings everything he is doing all the time- and she starts singing one of the songs she found particularly annoying- which happens to be the password he couldn't remember!!!

The episode is worth watching- it is pretty funny- and yes, he passed the bar!

How I Met Your Mother

Another really awesome half hour show is How I Met Your Mother.

Bob Saget narrates and the premise of the show is he is telling his kids the story of how he met their mother- but you never actually find out who their mom ended up being (yet) although they allude to it all the time.

Ted, an aspiring architect played by unknown (at least to me) Josh Radnor, is roommates with Marshall, the aspiring lawyer. Marshall and Lily (played by Alyson Hannigan) just got married, but they still all live together. Lily has a secret credit card debt that she has hidden from Marshall, and no one knows except her friend Robyn (a Canadian news anchor who used to date Ted and is always hinted to as the 'mother')

Barney (played by the awesome Neil Patrick Harris) is a man whore who is absolutely flawless with the ladies, a bit of a douche, and the funniest character hands down.

In this episode, Janis from friends (played by Maggie Wheeler- you know the one with the horrendous laugh who dated Chandler) plays a real estate broker for Marshall and Lily when they decide they need to get a place alone (although since Marshall doesn't know about Lily's debt, they can't really afford it). Because of Lily's debt, when they apply for a joint mortgage to buy the place, they get quoted a a rate of 18%, and that's how Marshall finds out about Lily's heinous credit card debt.

Anyway, Lily figures out that if they get a divorce, Marshall can get the apartment mortgage in his name, but he won't do it but they end up getting an apartment anyway- but when they pull up in a taxi, they realize they are DOWn WInd of the SEwage TREatment PLAnt (Dowisetrepla, the name of the area the realtor sold them the apartment in!!!)

Another guest on this week's episode is April Bowlby, whose name you probably don't recognize, except if you watch Two and a Half Men, because she played Kandi last season! She plays Barney's lust interest in this episode. http://imdb.com/name/nm1763049/ I happen to think she is stunning- as a redhead or a blonde (how lucky!).

I totally think Neil Patrick Harris should get an award for his role on this show- it's the best character since Chandler on friends- and I know I mentioned Friends twice in this one post...

This weeks episode isn't the best one to see if you've never watched before, but last weeks 'I'm Not That Guy' is totally worth it!!!