At a Swell Season performance a couple of nights ago (Swell Season is Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova, the people who won the Academy Award for Once, beating out August Rush somehow, so you know they're good [ZING for no... CONTINUE READING JASON SEGEL'S PHONE NUMBER: A VIDEOGUM EVERYWHERE "MISSION"»
Posted on November 20, 2009 in ,
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Tags: Forgetting Sarah Marshall | Glen Hansard | How I Met Your Mother | Jason Segel | Markéta Irglová | The Swell Season
The most charming celebrity, Neil Patrick Harris, was on CBS's Early Show this morning to speak briskly about his Tony-hosting gig and about getting advice from Whoopi Goldberg and Hugh Jackman. The funniest part was when they showed a picture... CONTINUE READING THE EARLY SHOW ASKS NEIL PATRICK HARRIS ABOUT KATE GOSSELIN'S MULLET FOR SOME REASON»
Posted on June 5, 2009 in
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Tags: How I Met Your Mother | Jon And Kate Plus 8 | Kate Gosselin | Neil Patrick Harris | The Early Show
Kids, sometimes life brings disappointments, like last night's season finale of the still totally great show How I Met Your Mother, which was predictable and lovey dovey and, ironically for its title and theme ("The Leap"), not very risk-takey. (We... CONTINUE READING HOW I MET YOUR DISAPPOINTING SEASON FINALE»
Posted on May 19, 2009 in
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Tags: Alyson Hannigan | Cobie Smulders | Feet | Goats | How I Met Your Mother | Jason Segel | Josh Radnor | Neil Patrick Harris
Well, we couldn't just have funny, stand-alone episodes forever. That would be like if they just had cannibal monster mother episodes of The X Files forever (awesome.) No, they have to get to the "mythology" of the show's premise and... CONTINUE READING HUGGY, LEARNY HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER SAVED BY GUIDED BY VOICES SONG»
Posted on May 5, 2009 in ,
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Tags: Cobie Smulders | How I Met Your Mother | Jason Segel | Josh Radnor | Neil Patrick Harris
Now that How I Met Your Mother doesn't need Britney Spears cameos to be a certified hit, it seems CBS is letting them just do whatever they want or something, because Monday's episode was one of the funniest of the... CONTINUE READING THIS WEEK'S HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER WAS ABSOLUTELY HILARIOUS»
Posted on April 29, 2009 in
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Tags: Alyson Hannigan | Cobie Smulders | Girl Talk | How I Met Your Mother | Jason Segel | Josh Radnor | Neil Patrick Harris
Last night's HIMYM began with a scene in which Barney, Marshall and Ted are telling a dirty joke when Lily walks up. After the other guys refuse to tell her the joke, claiming it's "boy-funny," Barney whispers it to Lily,... How I Met Your Mother'">CONTINUE READING THE "REALLY DIRTY JOKE" FROM LAST NIGHT'S HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER»
Posted on April 14, 2009 in
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Tags: Alyson Hannigan | Cobie Smulders | How I Met Your Mother | Jason Segel | Josh Radnor | Neil Patrick Harris
In order to promote the April 13th episode of How I Met Your Mother, which will concern the Barney/Robin love thing we've all known was coming but chose to ignore this whole season, CBS has put together their own montage... CONTINUE READING CBS'S BARNEY AND ROBIN LOVE MONTAGE: BARF!»
Posted on April 3, 2009 in ,
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Tags: Alyson Hannigan | Cobie Smulders | How I Met Your Mother | Jason Segel | Josh Radnor | Lollapalooza | Neil Patrick Harris | The Decemberists
It's unlikely that The Wire and How I Met Your Mother share a lot of fans, as superfans of The Wire tend to be the type of people who say "I do not watch sitcoms," so that makes it even... CONTINUE READING YES, THAT WAS BUNNY COLVIN FROM THE WIRE ON HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER THIS WEEK»
Posted on April 1, 2009 in ,
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Tags: Alyson Hannigan | Bunny Colvin | Cobie Smulders | How I Met Your Mother | Jason Segel | Josh Radnor | Neil Patrick Harris | Robert Wisdom | The Wire
On last night's episode, Ted found out that Lily has been purposely sabotaging his relationships for years. This is funny, because Lily is supposed to be nice, but it's also funny because the scene where Ted learns this turns into... CONTINUE READING HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER: DID LILY ORDER THE CODE RED?»
Posted on March 17, 2009 in
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Tags: Alyson Hannigan | Cobie Smulders | Courtney Love | How I Met Your Mother | Jason Segel | Josh Radnor | Neil Patrick Harris
You know how you'll see a show and tell all of your friends it was great, and they'll watch the next episode and report back to you that you were wrong and they're never trusting you again and you're like... CONTINUE READING HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER IS FUNNY AGAIN»
Posted on March 10, 2009 in
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Tags: Alyson Hannigan | Cobie Smulders | How I Met Your Mother | Jason Segel | Josh Radnor | Laura Prepon | Neil Patrick Harris
Last night's How I Met Your Mother went crazy with the inside jokes and internet discoveries. There were at least three: 1. Ted's "Dr. X" college DJ persona The gang makes fun of Ted for including his college stint as... CONTINUE READING HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER'S EASTER EGGS FOR THE SUPERFANS»
Posted on February 3, 2009 in ,
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Tags: Alyson Hannigan | Cobie Smulders | How I Met Your Mother | Jason Segel | Josh Radnor | Neil Patrick Harris
How I Met Your Mother fans have run the gamut from "What? Okay, whatever" to "Ugh" about Spencer Pratt, Heidi Montag, and Kim Kardashian's blatant ratings-baiting "guest starring" appearances on the show, which finally aired last night. Well, the whole... CONTINUE READING HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER: HEIDI AND SPENCER'S CAMEO WAS ABOUT...POOP»
Posted on January 13, 2009 in , ,
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Tags: Alyson Hannigan | Cobie Smulders | Heidi Montag | How I Met Your Mother | Jason Segel | Josh Radnor | Kim Kardashian | Neal Patrick Harris | Spencer Pratt
And also Kim Kardashian. From the looks of a behind-the-scenes promo on CBS.com, though, they get made fun of. So there's that. Sigh.... CONTINUE READING SPENCER AND HEIDI ARE ON HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER TONIGHT»
Posted on January 12, 2009 in
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Tags: Heid Montag | How I Met Your Mother | Kim Kardashian | Spencer Pratt
(This week, we're highlighting some of our favorite Videogum posts / video-related moments of 2008. So that's why things look different, and are old, this week. And Happy Almost New Year!) Originally posted on Videogum on October 2, 2008: On... CONTINUE READING TREND ALERT: ALL NETWORK COMEDIES NOW REQUIRED TO MAKE AT LEAST ONE "CLEANSE" JOKE»
Posted on December 30, 2008 in , , ,
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Tags: Anna Faris | Cleanse | Cobie Smulders | How I Met Your Mother | Jason Sudeikis | Kelly Kapoor | Master Cleanse | Mindy Kaling | Saturday Night Live | The Office
Suit up! The first SNL guest host of 2009 will be...Neil Patrick Harris!... CONTINUE READING SNL IS GOING TO BE LEGENDARY»
Posted on December 19, 2008 in
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Tags: How I Met Your Mother | Neil Patrick Harris | Saturday Night Live
The cast of How I Met Your Mother did photo shoots for EW acting out memorable moments from 2008. The Jonas Brothers one is the best.... CONTINUE READING THE CAST OF HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER RE-ENACT 2008'S MOST MEMORABLE MOMENTS»
Posted on December 18, 2008 in
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No, of course not, that's a very inside HIMYM joke about how we're supposed to wonder that every time a new female character is introduced. So this was the Christmas episode, and Ted's sister came to visit and Barney was... CONTINUE READING HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER: OMG IS TED'S SISTER THE MOTHER?»
Posted on December 16, 2008 in
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Tags: Alyson Hannigan | Cobie Smulders | How I Met Your Mother | Jason Segel | Josh Radnor | Neal Patrick Harris
Cobie Smulders, who plays Robin on How I Met Your Mother, has announced that she's expecting her first child. Alyson Hannigan made the same announcement last month, so that means both of the female leads on the show are now... CONTINUE READING EVERYBODY ON HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER IS NOW KNOCKED UP»
Posted on November 26, 2008 in
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Tags: Alyson Hannigan | Cobie Smulders | How I Met Your Mother
Last night's HIMYM had no notable guest stars, so it had nudity. After the guys learn a new move from one of Robin's dates ("Naked-Man"), where you wait for your date to leave the room and then be naked when... CONTINUE READING HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER: THE ONE WHERE THE BOYS ARE NAKED»
Posted on November 25, 2008 in
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Tags: Alyson Hannigan | Cobie Smulders | How I Met Your Mother | Jason Segel | Josh Radnor | Neil Patrick Harris
How many ways are there to say this show is going downhill? A show that initially seemed to want to be a cross between Friends and Cheers (or, well, Friends with drinking) has lately morphed into some sort of Sex... CONTINUE READING HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER: THE OPPOSITE OF "WOOOO!"»
Posted on November 18, 2008 in
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Tags: Alyson Hannigan | Cobie Smulders | How I Met Your Mother | Jamie Lynn Sigler | Jason Segel | Josh Radnor | Mad Men
Hey, did you hear that Heidi and Spencer are going to guest-star as themselves on a January episode of How I Met Your Mother? I guess that's fine. Did you know that Alyson Hannigan, who plays Lily on the show,... CONTINUE READING HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER: THIS "SOCKS"»
Posted on November 11, 2008 in
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Tags: Alyson Hannigan | Cobie Smulders | How I Met Your Mother | Jason Segel | Josh Radnor | Neal Patrick Harris
Well, spoiler alert: the boring lady has left the building. This episode wasn't good, BUT since all the not-goodness about it was tied up in the fact that it existed solely to purge Ted's engagement and boring fiance from the... CONTINUE READING HIMYM: JASON JONES STEALS TED'S GIRL, THANK GOD»
Posted on October 21, 2008 in
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Tags: How I Met Your Mother | Jason Jones | Josh Radnor | Lara Spencer
There were a lot of interventions on last night's How I Met Your Mother. There were interventions for alcohol abuse, the wearing of a funny hat, the performing of too many magic tricks, speaking with an English accent, the improper... CONTINUE READING HIMYM: HEY, REMEMBER THAT GREAT MR. SHOW INTERVENTION SKETCH?»
Posted on October 14, 2008 in ,
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Tags: Alyson Hannigan | Barney Stinson | Bob Odenkirk | Coachella | Cobie Smulders | David Cross | How I Met Your Mother | Jason Segel | Josh Radnor | Mr. Show | Neil Patrick Harris
Promotional photos released today show Ted marrying Replacement Becky in an Indian-themed wedding. Well, plenty of photos could have "proved" that Ross and Emily's wedding worked out too, but who cares? Just be funny, HIMYM. That's your job. (Our job... CONTINUE READING PHOTOS PROVE TED AND STELLA GET MARRIED ON HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER»
Posted on October 9, 2008 in ,
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Tags: Coachella | How I Met Your Mother
So, remember the episode about how everyone hated Staten Island? This one was like that, but with New Jersey. Ted and Stella have somehow been engaged for weeks without ever having a single discussion about whether they'll live in NYC... CONTINUE READING HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER: NEW YORK VERSUS NEW JERSEY»
Posted on October 7, 2008 in
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Tags: Alyson Hannigan | Coachella | Cobie Smulders | How I Met Your Mother | Jason Segel | Josh Radnor | Neal Patrick Harris | New Jersey | New York