Okay, so for some reason my “How I Met Your Mother Posts” are by far the most popular things on this blog. I don’t really get why that is, unless my readership is mainly a buch of pervs looking for spanking material. Don’t get me wrong, that’s fine, I suppose. What I don’t have to witness only makes me stronger.
But here’s the thing: I don’t really have all that much to say about the show. I enjoy it, overall, although it’s clearly coasting a bit this season. Don’t misunderstand. A coasting HIMYM is still superior to the most common sitcoms, especially those involving Jim Belush or produced by Robert L. Boyett or Thomas L. Miller, but watching the show at the moment is more a matter of habit rather than conviction. In fact, I often don’t even get around to it on Mondays anymore and usually don’t watch it before The Big Bang Theory (which is also problematic, but that’s for another post, maybe).
“Not A Father’s Day” had some good solid laughs and nice character moments. My favorite was probably not something that most people would even notice. It was when Barney casually waved away the people in church who were aghast at him taking a cell phone call. That gesture, so simple yet so imperious, said so much about Barney Stinson, namely that he’s a prick. And he is, even though we love him for it.
Also fun was the indictment of Ted as a total Dad, which was funny both at face value and also as a meta-commentary on the very series structure itself, and the exposure of Robin’s fear of babies. For the record, I, too, find talking baby commercials unbearably creepy.
We also got another important lesson in love and singledom this week from Barney via his ingenious “Cheerleader Effect” rule. It’s always especially fun when I can attest to the veracity of one of Barney’s rules from my own experience, and this one is rock solid.
I didn’t much care one way or the other either for Lily and Marshall’s baby fever plot or Barney’s not-a-father dilemma, and, as is often the case, it’s the little things on the side that really stick out. Robin being a sardonic shrew making everyone around her miserable, in particular, was hilarious. Cobie Smulders continues to be my favorite actor on the series, primarily for her willingness to give a pretty masculine performance most weeks. It really makes her stand out
And that’s all I’ve got, really. Now I’ll post this, and then sit back and watch as the viewing stats rack up. Hope you pervs are happy with what you find here!
For everyone else, remember that you can see the show yourself at CBS.com, and if you’ve got anything to say for yourself, drop it in the comments below. Don’t be shy, jackasses!
POSTSCRIPT: Oh! One other thing I noticed: I’m pretty sure that the sequence of Barney dancing down the street after learning he wasn’t going to be a father was a direct homage to the scene in Hannah and Her Sisters where Woody Allen dances down the street after learning he isn’t going to die. It’s the dixieland jazz that ultimately convinced me.
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